Krissy Marsh: Why I tried to quit The Real Housewives of Sydney

The Real Housewives of Sydney was cancelled after just one season in 2017 because Foxtel executives thought it was ‘too nasty’.

And cast member Krissy Marsh revealed on Thursday that she almost quit the show herself because her family was dragged into the drama.

The 48-year-old explained on the Back From Reality podcast that she tried to get out of her contract when a co-star spoke about her relatives on camera.

‘There was one point in the show when I basically quit,’ Krissy said.   

‘Every reality contestant gets a psychological test. So they knew what my triggers and my button were, and that was my family.’

The former real estate agent decided that she was ‘out’ after another Housewife supposedly went too far by speaking about her family.

After learning what had happened, Krissy took a stand and convinced some of the other Housewives to walk off set with her. 

‘[Producers] said, “Why are you quitting the show?” and I said, “Because my five minutes of fame isn’t worth what could affect my children for a lifetime,”‘ she said. 

Her bold move convinced the producers to scrap the footage in which her family was mentioned.

After the reality show began airing on Foxtel, Krissy claimed she was ‘trolled’ by the people in her own social circles. 

‘I was trolled, but it was actually by people I knew,’ she said. 

‘The whole production company had prepared you for being trolled and what to do and what not to say, but not by people you knew.’

The former model is married to property developer John Marsh, with whom she shares three children, Billy, Nicco and Milana.