"And she's the one that was like, 'You guys can come the next day and film the aftermath and where we're at with everything.'" We want to respect your time," Manusakis said. "We were like, 'Whatever you need, we obviously would love to cover it for the show, but we know how sensitive this is. That can come off as production was not being sensitive, but they were actually very, very good and sensitive about everything."įor Manusakis, the key was balancing being empathetic with the needs of making a TV show. "Of course, they still want to get the raw emotions and everything and tell the story. We need time to process and grieve by ourselves," Mary recalled. The scene is canceled, and we're not doing this. "Romain called them and said, 'You are not coming. Then Manusakis got a call from Romain telling them that Mary had lost the baby. Production was scheduled to film a scene in March at Mary and Romain's house in which the couple would share photos from Mary's ultrasound earlier that day. With the initial good news captured for the show, Manusakis and her team were eager to follow as much of the experience as Mary was comfortable with. "I just really didn't even think it through that a miscarriage was a possibility." Mary privately grieved while she worked with producers to figure out how to publicly address the loss "Getting pregnant, that's the exciting, easy part," Mary continued. "I didn't plan to announce the pregnancy as quickly as I did… I think the excitement just clouded my brain and made me not really think that one through clearly. If it affects somebody else, then I will hold back because they didn't sign up for this, I did," Mary said. "My thinking is that unless it involves or affects someone else, like a friend or a family member that's not on the show, I'm willing to talk about it. The decision to share the initially happy news with the world was, at first, an easy one. Ultimately, Mary waited until she could take the test on-camera, and the resulting scene appears in the season seven premiere, filmed at the beginning of this year. Mary and Romain learn they're pregnant on the season seven premiere of "Selling Sunset." So I'm going to take a test,'" Mary said. And so they kept calling me, asking me if I was or not, and I said, 'Well, I still don't know, but I am late. "They knew we were going to start trying when we were in Bali. The couple was on vacation in Bali over the New Year when production started checking in about the potential of filming Mary's pregnancy journey. "My first thing was, 'If you're trying and you're going to be taking tests, if you're feeling it in your body as a woman and you want to take a test on-camera for us, we would love that." "We've worked with Mary since season one, and it's always about building the trust with her and having those conversations with her," Manusakis said. Mary, 43, had been open about wanting to have children with her husband Romain, 30, and mentioned they had begun trying to get pregnant. Mary waited to take a pregnancy test with the producersĪt the beginning of each "Selling Sunset" season, cast members have conversations with producers about potential storylines. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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