Lisa Barlow Talks Mormonism, Lawyers, Fast Food and Why She’ll Never Be ‘Wishy Washy’

Lisa Barlow has a strong sense of what she stands for and — and what she doesn’t.
It has made her a reliably quotable fixture on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, but also a tantalizing target for her castmates. “I was in a blissful state when I started the show,” Barlow, 49, tells Us Weekly.
When she filmed the first season of the Bravo show back in 2020, “No one said anything bad to my face and I thought I was going to have like the best season ever,” she remembers. Of course, that’s not how Housewives ever shakes out, and Barlow has now navigated five seasons of shifting alliances, castmates’ shady confessionals, and fickle fans.
Midway through the gripping current season, the Vida tequila proprietress has been tangling with newcomer Bronwyn Newport and apologized to estranged friend Angie K as well as ex-friend Whitney Rose‘s husband Justin. (She also declared, while negotiating a luxurious flight home from Palm Springs, “I don’t carry Coach, and I don’t fly coach.”)
As part of her collab with DoorDash and Lyft to promote DashPass, Barlow chatted with Us about her love of fast but not fresh food, pop star aspirations, the misconceptions about Mormonism, her army of attorneys, faves and feuds of the Housewives, and her family (husband John, and sons Jack, 20, and Henry, 12).

What is the wildest thing you think you’ve ever DoorDashed?

We DoorDash daily in our household. I love to bake. I don’t cook at all. So I will DoorDash ingredients. I’ll be in the middle of making something and I’m like, oh my gosh, we don’t have this or that. So I always DoorDash that. But I think we’re pretty standard, regular DoorDash people where we’re getting fast food. Henry’s addicted to DoorDash. It’s almost dangerous. [Laughs.] He spends a lot of money [Laughs.] And we have no control. [Laughs.]

You are one of our favorite fast food advocates on TV. If you had one last meal on Earth, what would that fast food meal be?

I would send myself dozens and dozens of Wendy’s nuggets with lots of barbecue sauce and I would be dipping nonstop. I would have french fries as a side. And of course, my baby gorgeous Diet Coke.

Lisa, you answered that too quickly and easily!

It’s my go-to!

Speaking of your baby gorgeous Diet Coke, did you try the TikTok trend of vanilla-flavored protein shakes and Diet Coke?

I did not do that, but if I were to get dirty with my Diet Coke, I would do fresh cream and a shot of vanilla, probably sugar-free vanilla, to go with the Diet Coke.

That’s your Swig order?

Yeah. I think my organs take enough hits with the Diet Coke. They don’t really need muscle milk in there, too. I’ve read about that and I’m like, I don’t think that’s good for your kidneys.

It doesn’t sound very good. Did you see the Dua Lipa viral trend on TikTok? She had a pickle juice, hot sauce, Diet Coke. Is that for you or no?

That is not for me. I’m a purist. I just like easy ice with some lemon, maybe some lime if I can’t get lemon. But I do love Dua Lipa. Her music is on my playlist and in the car nonstop.

We’re going to get to your love of music but first, you recently shared a revelation about fresh food. How often do you have fresh fruits and vegetables?

OK, I do start my day every day with a banana because my mom raising us was like, “you have to have a banana in the morning, whether it’s on cold cereal or you’re just eating a banana.” So I do start my day with a banana. I do have a hotspot in Draper, Utah, that I go for all of my green drinks. So I have one green drink a day to counterbalance everything else. For real, though. Have you been to Italy?

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We loved seeing him step into more of a role this season and to stand by you.

I don’t think he wanted it [Laughs.] But he’s there for it. I think it was nice. I’ve never had John on a cast trip, so to have John go on a trip with me was amazing, other than the cameras and the mics, which I’ve learned to take off and I’m pretty good at it, having conversations and being able to not have to call him and just go in a room. It’s nice. It was nice this season.

You’ve learned from hot mic moments of the past when to take the mic off!

Oh my gosh, yes. I still dispute that hot mic moment. I know I took my mic off, like, I know it was off. They said it was a good boom, but I don’t vent out loud anymore. I just say everything in my head [Laughs.]

She’s learned, she’s learned!

I’ve learned my lesson, I’ve learned from my mistakes. 

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