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"Sonja Morgan wasn&amp;apos;t so sure about the whole &amp;quot;reality television&amp;quot; thing when Bravo initially approached her about joining Real Housewives of New York.\r\nWhen the network was first looking to start up a Big Apple-based version of its hit show, Morgan -- who was married to John Adams Morgan, the great-grandson of J.P. Morgan, for ten years -- seemed like a natural fit for the franchise.\r\n\r\nAt that point, though, Morgan says she wasn&amp;apos;t quite ready to let cameras chronicle her every move.\r\n&amp;quot;Reality TV was first starting out,&amp;quot; Morgan explains to Lifestyle Mirror magazine about her decision to turn producers down. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t know if it was going to be a cross between Jerry Springer and Desperate Housewives.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHer 2006 split from her then-husband changed everything, and by the time Season 3 of RHONY rolled around in 2010, Morgan says she was finally ready to give it a shot -- for the sake of her daughter.\r\n&amp;quot;I knew at that point my divorce settlement wasn&amp;apos;t coming,&amp;quot; the Upper East Sider says, citing the $6 million property she resides in with her daughter Quincy. &amp;quot;I needed to support myself and my daughter in our townhouse.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdds Morgan, &amp;quot;I never imagined being a single mom. Never. But you&amp;apos;re a mother, you do what you have to do, and the kids come first.&amp;quot;\r\nOnce she started filming for the series, Morgan was more than happy to embrace her role as the optimistic, free-spirited partygirl. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re you, but your amplified by ten,&amp;quot; she says of her on-screen persona. Still, &amp;quot;if you sign up for reality TV, you have to be yourself,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;People want to see how real people live [on reality shows]. It makes people feel like they&amp;apos;re not alone in the world.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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