Cameran Eubanks Reflects on ‘The Real World: San Diego,’ ‘Southern Charm’ and Motherhood in New Book: Revelations

February 2, 2021

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Southern Charm fans who’ve been missing Cameran Eubanks, look no further than her new book, One Day You’ll Thank Me: Essays on Dating, Motherhood, and Everything In Between.

“Believe it or not, I had a very easy time writing it. There was nothing that was hard for me to share,” the 37-year-old reality TV personality exclusively told Us Weekly about the book, which was released on Tuesday, February 2. “I wanted to share my experience with motherhood primarily. I read a lot of books prior to becoming pregnant that kind of told you what to do and gave you advice. And I wanted to just give an honest explanation of what I went through, but I also wanted to drive home to women, especially, that you need to ultimately trust your gut and go with your intuition.”

While Bravo fans met Eubanks when Southern Charm premiered in 2014, some TV enthusiasts recognized her from The Real World: San Diego, which aired on MTV in 2004.

Cameran Eubanks Book Revelations Book Cover

“I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience doing [reality TV],” Eubanks told Us, noting that she never thought she would be on Southern Charm for six seasons. “I originally signed on thinking it would be on maybe a year or two. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would last seven seasons. It’s been a wildly successful show.”

Eubanks confirmed in May 2020 that she wasn’t returning for season 7 of the Bravo series. While she subsequently denied allegations that her husband, Jason Wimberly, had an affair, Kathryn Dennis claimed Eubanks walked away from the series before Dennis repeated the accusations about Wimberly.

“I don’t have any regrets,” Eubanks told Us about her time on the show, noting she wouldn’t do anything differently.

The author, who shares 3-year-old daughter Palmer with Wimberly, went on to admit that she has no interest in a return to TV anytime soon.

How big are reality star salaries? Jason Tartick breaks it down with Us Weekly editors.

“Reality TV has just changed so much. I think especially in the last few years, it’s gotten a lot more toxic,” she told Us. “I feel like as a society, we are shocked by less and less. So, it has to [be] more and more to stay relevant and to stay on the air. … I think there’s going to be a shift in reality television soon, maybe in the next five years … people are starting to get sick and tired of all the mean and nasty. There’s so much of it in the world right now. And people want to, obviously, you want drama and entertainment, but I want to be able to turn on the TV and laugh and be uplifted. And I hope it’s more that way in the future.”

Scroll through for everything we learned from Eubanks’ book:

Credit: Gregory Pace/Shutterstock

Cameran Eubanks Reflects on ‘The Real World: San Diego,’ ‘Southern Charm’ and Motherhood in New Book: Revelations

Southern Charm fans who’ve been missing Cameran Eubanks, look no further than her new book, One Day You’ll Thank Me: Essays on Dating, Motherhood, and Everything In Between. “Believe it or not, I had a very easy time writing it. There was nothing that was hard for me to share,” the 37-year-old reality TV personality exclusively told Us Weekly about the book, which was released on Tuesday, February 2. “I wanted to share my experience with motherhood primarily. I read a lot of books prior to becoming pregnant that kind of told you what to do and gave you advice. And I wanted to just give an honest explanation of what I went through, but I also wanted to drive home to women, especially, that you need to ultimately trust your gut and go with your intuition.” While Bravo fans met Eubanks when Southern Charm premiered in 2014, some TV enthusiasts recognized her from The Real World: San Diego, which aired on MTV in 2004. Cameran Eubanks Book Revelations Book Cover “I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience doing [reality TV],” Eubanks told Us, noting that she never thought she would be on Southern Charm for six seasons. “I originally signed on thinking it would be on maybe a year or two. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would last seven seasons. It's been a wildly successful show.” Eubanks confirmed in May 2020 that she wasn’t returning for season 7 of the Bravo series. While she subsequently denied allegations that her husband, Jason Wimberly, had an affair, Kathryn Dennis claimed Eubanks walked away from the series before Dennis repeated the accusations about Wimberly. “I don't have any regrets,” Eubanks told Us about her time on the show, noting she wouldn’t do anything differently. [sendtonews type="float" key="9nNXMidWiz-2841900-14453"] The author, who shares 3-year-old daughter Palmer with Wimberly, went on to admit that she has no interest in a return to TV anytime soon. How big are reality star salaries? Jason Tartick breaks it down with Us Weekly editors. “Reality TV has just changed so much. I think especially in the last few years, it's gotten a lot more toxic,” she told Us. “I feel like as a society, we are shocked by less and less. So, it has to [be] more and more to stay relevant and to stay on the air. … I think there's going to be a shift in reality television soon, maybe in the next five years … people are starting to get sick and tired of all the mean and nasty. There's so much of it in the world right now. And people want to, obviously, you want drama and entertainment, but I want to be able to turn on the TV and laugh and be uplifted. And I hope it’s more that way in the future.” Scroll through for everything we learned from Eubanks’ book:

Credit: Gregory Pace/Shutterstock

Cameran Eubanks Reflects on ‘The Real World: San Diego,’ ‘Southern Charm’ and Motherhood in New Book: Revelations

Southern Charm fans who’ve been missing Cameran Eubanks, look no further than her new book, One Day You’ll Thank Me: Essays on Dating, Motherhood, and Everything In Between. “Believe it or not, I had a very easy time writing it. There was nothing that was hard for me to share,” the 37-year-old reality TV personality exclusively told Us Weekly about the book, which was released on Tuesday, February 2. “I wanted to share my experience with motherhood primarily. I read a lot of books prior to becoming pregnant that kind of told you what to do and gave you advice. And I wanted to just give an honest explanation of what I went through, but I also wanted to drive home to women, especially, that you need to ultimately trust your gut and go with your intuition.” While Bravo fans met Eubanks when Southern Charm premiered in 2014, some TV enthusiasts recognized her from The Real World: San Diego, which aired on MTV in 2004. “I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience doing [reality TV],” Eubanks told Us, noting that she never thought she would be on Southern Charm for six seasons. “I originally signed on thinking it would be on maybe a year or two. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would last seven seasons. It's been a wildly successful show.” Eubanks confirmed in May 2020 that she wasn’t returning for season 7 of the Bravo series. While she subsequently denied allegations that her husband, Jason Wimberly, had an affair, Kathryn Dennis claimed Eubanks walked away from the series before Dennis repeated the accusations about Wimberly. “I don't have any regrets,” Eubanks told Us about her time on the show, noting she wouldn’t do anything differently. [sendtonews type="float" key="9nNXMidWiz-2841900-14453"] The author, who shares 3-year-old daughter Palmer with Wimberly, went on to admit that she has no interest in a return to TV anytime soon. How big are reality star salaries? Jason Tartick breaks it down with Us Weekly editors. “Reality TV has just changed so much. I think especially in the last few years, it's gotten a lot more toxic,” she told Us. “I feel like as a society, we are shocked by less and less. So, it has to [be] more and more to stay relevant and to stay on the air. … I think there's going to be a shift in reality television soon, maybe in the next five years … people are starting to get sick and tired of all the mean and nasty. There's so much of it in the world right now. And people want to, obviously, you want drama and entertainment, but I want to be able to turn on the TV and laugh and be uplifted. And I hope it’s more that way in the future.” Scroll through for everything we learned from Eubanks’ book:

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Filming ‘The Real World’

In the book, Eubanks detailed the lengthy audition process to land her role on The Real World: San Diego when she was 19 years old. “MTV called my family members and friends to get even more information about me,” she wrote. “I was also questioned and screened by a psychiatrist. I remember thinking that if I wasn’t picked, at least the interview process itself had been an interesting, memorable experience that taught me a lot about myself.”

The reality TV personality has fond memories of filming the MTV docuseries, revealing that she got so used to being taped, it was hard to adjust after the five-month shoot. “We were actually offered therapy once we wrapped the show to help us deal with transitioning back to the actual real world from The Real World,” she wrote. “The Real World opened my eyes to so much and I truly think helped shape who I am as a person.”

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Relationship With Brad on ‘The Real World’

While Eubanks wrote that she made it out of The Real World “unscathed,” she acknowledged her “steamy” makeout sessions with costar Brad Fiorenza. “It never evolved into deep feelings, though, and Brad never tried anything else,” she wrote. “In fact, Brad and I traveled together extensively after the show for speaking engagements about The Real World and even stayed in the same hotel room on numerous occasions … but we always had separate beds. I still think of him as a dear friend.”

Eubanks added that she’s also still in contact with former castmates Randy Barry and Jamie Chung, who went on to become an actress.

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Meeting and Falling for Jason

Eubanks revealed that she was briefly engaged to a professional athlete when she was 24. She also had one other serious relationship before she met Wimberly on a blind date. “It was definitely a whirlwind romance. Jason was and is so different from the macho, egocentric guys I’d always dated,” she wrote. “Jason was the first guy who was always a complete gentleman to me. … He didn’t even try to kiss me until our fifth date!”

After three years of dating, Eubanks married the anesthesiologist in April 2014 when she was 30 years old. After he proposed, she warned Wimberly that if kids were a “non-negotiable” for him, she might not be The One. He replied, “If it happens, it happens. But if not, I love you and I want to marry you.”

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Pregnancy Diaries

Southern Charm viewers watched Eubanks go to therapy as she tried to figure out whether she wanted kids. After she decided to go for it, Eubanks got pregnant one month after she stopped taking birth control (for the first time in 15 years).

“Because I’ve always had a very fast metabolism, I have a hard time putting on weight. … For the most part being so thin actually made me very insecure for a long time,” she wrote. “So I loved having curves for the first time in my life, as well as boobs, when I was pregnant.”

As Eubanks’ got bigger, however, she wrote that she felt “bloated and constipated” instead of “cute and sassy.”

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Dealing With Postpartum

“I remember seeing Kate Middleton coming down the stairs of the hospital after her first baby, Prince George, was born. She was wearing heels and [pantyhose], with her hair coiffed to perfection. I thought for sure that was going to be the same way I’d be walking out with my baby,” she wrote. “That’s a crock of s—t. God bless her, but Kate was wearing a diaper for sure. It was probably a royal diaper, not a Depends like I had on, but the Duchess of Cambridge was wearing a diaper.”

While Eubanks wrote that she didn’t have a “major case of postpartum depression,” she revealed that she had the “baby blues,” admitting she would sometimes hold her newborn daughter and “sob” from her various fears. She also addressed the pressure to lose the baby weight, citing women wearing waist trainers on social media.

“About two weeks after I had Palmer, I remembered that I had these waist trainers in the closet and decided to strap one on. It’s so hard to do that Jason had to help and once it was on it felt like a torture device,” she wrote. “While my stomach looked completely flat under my T-shirt, my insides felt like they were in a vise. This lasted about five, maybe ten minutes, but that was it.”

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Two-Drink Rule

Eubanks revealed she kept herself to a two drinks a night rule while filming Southern Charm to avoid portraying a “bad version” of herself on the show. “I actually encouraged my costars to do the same, but it fell on deaf ears … about four times in the course of six years I got drunk on camera and I’m fairly certain I fell down in every scene,” she wrote. “Reality TV is like a mirror. If you are an asshole, it will show you being an asshole. If you are kind, it will show you being kind.”

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Jason’s Thoughts on ‘Southern Charm’

“People often asked me why Jason was not on Southern Charm. They thought it was because he didn’t approve of it, but that’s not the case,” she wrote, noting he’s friendly with the cast and a “fan” of the show. “Jason was the one who pushed me to do it every season. He always supported my filming the show even though he wanted no part of the spotlight.”

Eubanks didn’t even tell viewers about her relationship with Wimberly until season 2 of Southern Charm. “I didn’t mention him during season one because I honestly didn’t believe the show would make it to season two,” she wrote.

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BravoCon Tea

Eubanks didn’t name names but wrote that she was “very disappointed” by some of the fellow Bravolebrities she met at BravoCon in November 2019. “I watched a couple of the Real Housewives act as if they were legitimately A-list celebrities. The nicest Housewives were Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp, and the nicest cast was from Million Dollar Listing,” she wrote.

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Leaving ‘Southern Charm’

Eubanks wrote that she’s still in contact with former Southern Charm costars Whitney Sudler-Smith, Patricia Altschul, Craig Conover and Shep Rose, but has no plans to return to the Bravo series after her season 6 exit. “I had a child and since becoming a mother, my priorities had changed. I also felt like I was at a different place in my life and I just didn’t fit on the show anymore,” she wrote. “The drama on reality TV lately has taken a dark turn and become something I don’t want to associate myself with anymore. False accusations can be made and nasty rumors can be started for the sake of a ‘good show.’ It just started to feel a bit icky.”

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