WHEN NATALIE NUNN opened the Celebrity Bound Boutique on Main Street two years ago, she had no idea she would find herself literally 'celebrity-bound' on the fast track to becoming a sweetheart of reality TV.
Natalie, 24, stars on the fourth season of "Bad Girls Club," which premiered Monday on the Oxygen Network and is now showing every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Even though this makes her an official bad girl of the Hollywood scene, she hasn't cut ties yet with Pleasanton.Natalie grew up on the Peninsula, and her parents Earl and Karen Nunn moved to Pleasanton five years ago. At the time, she was attending USC, where she played soccer all four years.
After graduating with a double major in sociology and communications two years ago, she relocated to Pleasanton and opened her boutique. She loved running it, but also knew her personality was made for reality TV.
"I hadn't seen the first few seasons but heard about the show. I sent a tape, and they had me come down for interviews. I went through the process but didn't give up. I was honest when I auditioned — it was just me," Natalie said.Apparently her honest self was enough to land her on the s
how and jump-start her life as an official Hollywood Bad Girl.
She loved everything about filming the show.
"It's entertainment. It is my life, but at the same time it's an experience. People will love or hate you, and it's like the country we live in — freedom of speech," she said, adding, "I have no regrets. It was a great learning experience."
It turns out her education came in handy, too.
"I had to communicate with the other girls. My role was to be very manipulative, to get what I want out of these girls — how can I control or run over them. That was easy in so many ways because I used my sociology major to understand them."
Her parents support her choices.
"They say have fun with your life. My mom didn't do all this — she had her children young and is living it through me. She enjoys it and says there should be a 'Bad Mom's Club.'"
The demands of her new lifestyle caused Natalie to sell the boutique, but she still calls Pleasanton home. In fact, she's so loyal she included another local business in the show.
"I wanted to tie in Pleasanton, so I brought down the MedSpa on Main Street to do facials. The aestheticians gave us a pamper day and did a special "oxygen" facial for us.
"I am a socialite in L.A., big in the party scene. I shop and hang out and with a young elite group. It's an ongoing party," she says. But even a party girl has to unwind and that's when she returns to Pleasanton.
"I'll be around for the holidays. When I come home, it's relaxing. People always tell me that I belong in L.A., but I love it here. It's a taste of reality for me."
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