By Molly Claire Goddard
6:01am PST, Nov 7, 2025
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Wendy Osefo was up for the challenge of stepping into another woman's shoes on her episode of
Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition. In an exclusive chat with
Wonderwall.com, the
Real Housewives of Potomac star opens up about swapping lives with activist
Alethea Shapiro, balancing her professional and private lives, the "constant struggle" that she's "still working on" and more.
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The 'Constant Struggle'
"It's something I'm still working on," Wendy Osefo says of juggling her private life with her life in the spotlight. "The hardest thing I have found in my life is that trying to balance and incorporate all these different elements, both personally and professionally, is difficult. I have moments where I'm just completely overwhelmed. I tell [my husband Eddie Osefo], 'I just need a break today.' I have to reset. It's a constant struggle and journey for me. I think it will always be."
Signing Up to 'Swap'
"I'm one of those people where I jump into things headfirst, then think about the consequences later," Wendy Osefo says of signing up for Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition. "I was like, 'This will be great!' I can look back on this when I'm 90 years old and say, 'Look what I did!' But my husband [Eddie Osefo] had more questions. He was like, 'Wait, what is this? What are we doing? How long is this?' It was a mixed bag. But we talked through it. Then it all made sense and we decided, 'Hey, why not?'"
Trading Lives with Alethea Shapiro
"I wanted to come into the Shapiro household with love. I know that they had their own rules," Wendy Osefo says. "I also knew that these are kids who miss their mom. I didn't want to be a burden. I wanted to be an addition. I wanted to make sure that I respected what they had going on. But I also wanted to bring in any positivity I could add to their household. I hope I was able to do that."
Connecting Over Motherhood
"The key difference between Wife Swap and The Real Housewives of Potomac is that in RHOP, we center our friendship as a group," Wendy Osefo says. "The story and what the viewers get to see is that group dynamic. With Wife Swap, we center around our experiences as mothers. That in and of itself is a unique sorority — for lack of a better word — to be a part of. Because motherhood is not easy. It's not for the faint of heart. You get to see two women, myself and Alethea, navigating the same thing, but doing it in the ways we know that it's best. That's what makes the show so interesting. No one is doing anything and doing it because it's bad. We're all doing it because we think that that's the better approach."
Osefo's episode of Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition airs on Sunday, November 9, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
