“The thing I was astonished by, people thought that that was fabulous,” the Chucky star recounted. “They were like, ‘She has a house next door to her house and she bought a $4,000 dress for her doll.’ They’re like ‘high five.’ I thought people would be like, ‘That’s horrible that she spent that much money for a dress for her doll when people are hungry.’ But I think the service that Housewives serves is people like to live vicariously through us.”

And despite showcasing her luxe lifestyle on TV, TIlly still believes “it’s kind of gauche to flaunt your wealth”—and money cannot buy you happiness.

“This is why people love Housewives,” she noted. “‘They’re so rich and they can afford all the plastic surgeon that the heart could desire and designer clothes and jewels, but they’re still not happy.’ That is the key to Housewives. Like, ‘Wow, if I had all that wealth, I would be happy.’ But these people, they’re miserable. That’s why people like to watch Housewives.”

As for the ultra-rare Louis Vuitton boat purse she flaunted earlier this season, Tilly clarified the designer bag’s true retail price.