While Selling Sunset focuses on real estate agents at the Oppenheim Group, the cast intentionally doesn’t often film in the office.
Bre Tiesi explained the logistical reason why most of the show is filmed outside the office, sharing on the Sunday, November 23, episode of The Kyle & Jackie O Show, “We only do maybe a couple scenes during the season because it is a real office.”
The priority is to use Oppenheim Group as an actual workplace.
“To shut it down is a whole thing and people work from home and stuff,” she noted. “But we still film. So, I would say like four months out of the year typically [we film the show].”
Selling Sunset, which debuted in 2019, follows employees at high-end Los Angeles real estate brokerage the Oppenheim Group. The Netflix series boasts expensive homes, but it’s the drama between the cast that kept viewers coming back for more.
Since its premiere, the show’s stars have debunked claims that they aren’t actual employees selling property. Chrissy Teigen made headlines in 2020 when she claimed that the realtors on Selling Sunset were actually actors.
“I look at L.A. real estate a lot and have never seen any of these people, lol [neither] have our agents, who I have obsessively asked,” she wrote via X at the time.
Jason Oppenheim, who owns Oppenheim Group alongside his twin brother, Brett Oppenheim, responded, “Chrissy, thanks for watching our show! Regarding your agent’s knowledge of members of my team, I respectfully don’t know him either although that doesn’t mean he isn’t successful and didn’t just sell you a stunning home in Weho (seriously, I love your new house).”
Million Dollar Listing‘s Josh Flagg has also claimed on social media that Selling Sunset has “a few actors pretending to be agents” on their Netflix show. Chrishell Stause clapped back at the insinuation after being on the show since its first season.
“Well my license number is #02013937, but I also just had a movie hit @lifetimetv yesterday so check it out,” she wrote via X in 2023 while clarifying that real estate is one of her “many hustles” so she understands the “critique” — and would “love” to work with Flagg in the future.
Chrishell, 44, surprised Selling Sunset viewers when earlier this month she confirmed her exit from the show.
“I’ve gotten to a place where I don’t need the show financially. I’m lucky to have other forms of employment, because it’s no longer good for my mental health,” she told Bustle on November 7. “If they do continue, I wish them the best. If they do do another one, by then, I may not watch it. I don’t know. But I have no ill will toward the show. The show has given me so many opportunities, and I don’t want to be bitter about it, even though I’m leaving not in the way that I would’ve loved.”
Bre, meanwhile, agreed with Chrishell’s decision after she ended up at odds with most of their costars.
“I’m not surprised [she is leaving] because she’s threatened it every season. She’s been threatening it since I got there. I would be surprised if she actually does go. I don’t really care if she’s there or not,” Bre exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “She’s irrelevant to my life, personally. Hopefully she finds something better for her mental state and she can find some peace and she can move on and not be so miserable.”
Selling Sunset is currently streaming on Netflix.
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