Patrick McDonald
Emmy-nominated reality TV producer and host of the Renegade Rainbow podcast, formerly a supervising producer on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules.
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APPEARANCES
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PODCASTS
Sep 29, 2026
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
So you got your crew, right? And you get to a scene and, like, your day is scheduled.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
So you'll have a scene in the morning and a scene in the afternoon or, like, a scene in the evening, whatever.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
And those scenes are usually scheduled for, like, about three hours of shooting.
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Patrick McDonaldGUEST
So you go from, like, being a normal person in, in complete obscurity to, like, being at the, at the top.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
Number one on Hulu, um, on every, like, blog, every magazine, all the things, you know? Like a, a Taylor Frankie Paul.
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KaiaHOST
So just tell me a little bit about how you even got into like the producing world.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
So before I got into producing, I, well, like I worked in TV for years, you know, I moved to LA when I was, when it was like 2005, when I was 19.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
I got my first like job, like production job on a like staff job on a show in 2008, 2008, 2009.
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KaiaHOST
And I don't know if I would reassess my marriage, but I know that's a lot of strain on a marriage.
speaker_1ADVERTISER
Granger, for the ones who get it done.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
Uh, and so I talk-- I find out that this producer is gonna be in Atlanta doing Married to Medicine.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
I was like: "God, I wanna work on Married to Medicine." I was like: "That's what I..." Like, I was like: "I should be working in production on these reality shows.
Patrick McDonaldGUEST
Um, and I know I would be so good at that," 'cause I kn- I was like, I had already been on a show.
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KayaHOST
So I would definitely be pissed at Justin, and I don't know if I would reassess my marriage, but I know that's a lot of strain on a marriage.