RHONY: What Happened To Simon van Kempen After Season 4
On The Real Housewives of New York City, Simon van Kempen was the controversial husband of Alex McCord, and it's time to let fans know what he's been doing since his appearances on the show. The van Kempen family moved from Brooklyn to Australia, and the former luxury hotel manager decided to go back to school while living abroad so he could pursue a law degree. Simon and Alex are still happily married, and their sons Francois and Johan van Kempen are teenagers.
On RHONY, Simon caused a lot of drama with the women in Alex's circle of friends. The housewives were confused by Alex's codependent relationship with her husband and the pair's obsession with social climbing in New York City. RHONY housewives often mocked the couple's decision to reside in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan. This made them outsiders on a show filled with socialites from the Upper East Side. Simon and Alex's parenting skills were questioned when, in front of the women, their sons showed disruptive behavior at a restaurant. However, in 2010, Simon still co-wrote a parenting book with Alex, which is called Little Kids, Big City.Like many Bravo stars, Simon's leveraged his reality fame by releasing a pop song called «I Am Real» in 2011.
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Simon was a memorable househusband on RHONY, and he went from one of the most disliked characters to a fan favorite. He crashed the infamous season 1 dinner party at Jill Zarin's apartment, which was supposed to be a «girl's night.» In season 2, Simon was RHONY's Jill's surprise partner in a tennis match against Ramona and Mario Singer, because Jill's professional tennis player friend dropped out. There were RHONY scenes where viewers rooted for Simon, especially
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