Since (sort of) testifying before Congress in January, somehow D.C.’s favorite poseurs, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, have managed to keep a low profile.
Even so, the Daily Beast reported the White House gate-crashing couple has gotten that sweet reality TV deal after all on “The Real Housewives of D.C.”
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But how has the couple been able to stay out of Washington public life for the past few months as the network executives mulled this decision? They were getting their fill outside the country, of course.
The Salahis spent a week in February touring Australia and were surrounded by cameras.
But this is where the story gets weird.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi mainly traveled down under to participate in a Feb. 6 polo match, where Tareq Salahi would play with the United States in one match against Victoria. As part of their Australian debut, the Salahis partnered with publicist Max Markson, which the Australian newspaper the Age described as a person “who never misses the opportunity to prolong someone’s 15 minutes of fame and make a buck.”
Teamed up with Markson, the Salahis originally were scheduled to attend a press conference and a cocktail party.
“Never one to miss a photo opportunity, Markson has asked Tareq and Michaele to bring the gatecrashing outfits they wore to Obama’s state dinner in case snappers want to capture the lady in red and her hubby in his tuxedo,” the Age reported.
Markson denied this report, and said the couple did not end up wearing the outfits for a photo-op.
On the day of the actual polo match, the Salahis were spotted posing for pictures with a camera crew. But it apparently wasn’t their own. Dale Henderson, of the production company Fluid Motion, said he had been tapped by HBO to shoot a day’s worth of polo, not the Salahis, in a documentary style like “60 Minutes.”
Since the Australia trip, the Salahis haven’t been seen publicly, with one source close to “Housewives” telling Yeas & Nays she has no idea of their whereabouts. The Salahis did not respond to a request for comment.
The Daily Beast, citing two sources close to the casting process, reported Friday that the Salahis are cast members on the upcoming D.C. reality show.
