Personal Life

Tamra’s birthday falls on the 2nd of September, 1967. She was born in California in the United States of America. Although Tamra rose to fame as a television icon in the reality show named “The Real Housewives of Orange County”, she is also a real estate agent. She has made her presence felt to the world, since 2008. In her reality show “The Real Housewives of Orange County”, she stars along with Vicky Gunvalson, Heather Dubrow, Meghan King Edmonds and Lizzie.

Tamra is blessed with three children with Simon Barney whose names are Spencer, Sydney and Sophia. She also has an older son named Ryan, whose father is Tamra’s ex husband named Darren Vieth. Her current husband’s name is Eddie, whom she married in 2013. She became a grandmother when her eldest son Ryan’s daughter was born.

Tamra is quite popular on social media and she has over 859k followers on Instagram. Despite the fact that she is 48 years of age, it can be said that the amount of hard work and dedication that she has put into being fit has definitely paid off as she won the Fitness Pageant Competition in May 2016. Tamra’s life almost came to a standstill when she lost custody of her kids. During a reunion episode, Tamra revealed that she hadn’t seen her 17 year old daughter, Sidney Barney in years. According to Sidney, Tamra had ruined her dad’s life and so she decided to part ways with her. Tamra later added that the three kid’s father Simon had once attempted to get sole guardianship of all the three kids, which was disallowed to him but still he got the guardianship of Sidney. Tamra is allowed to visit her daughter every other weekend and meet her for 3 hours.

Talking about Tamra’s hobbies and personal interests, she is a passionate cook and her first job was at Burger King. She once used to be a manicurist for a living. In junior high school, she used to play the clarinet for her band.

Career

Most of you would know Tamra as a housewife, but before that she used to work as a realtor in Orange County. She contributed the most to her family’s finances. Despite the fact that her net worth currently stands at $800k, there were a few speculations earlier that she was going through some financial difficulties. After she married her husband Eddie, she opened a fitness location named CUT Fitness. She runs the business along with her husband but there were rumors that she is finding it a strenuous task to handle the gym together with her husband. Tamra earns $350,000 each season by starring on the Real Housewives and the rest of her income arises from her investments and also her business.

Apart from starring in the ‘Real Housewives’ television show, Tamra has also gained a lot of money from other television shows such as “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, “Lopez Tonight” and “A-List Awards”.