Why is 'Members Only: Palm Beach' & Its Trump-Loving Cast All Anyone's Talking About?

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Why is everyone talking about Members Only: Palm Beach – and its Trump-loving cast? STORYSumnima Kandangwa Jan 19 , 2026 RHOBH’s Bethenny Frankel compared the Netflix reality show cast to ‘Walmart Birkins’, while a writer called the show ‘The Real Housewives of Maga’ Netflix’s latest reality TV show , Members Only: Palm Beach, stars Hilary Musser, Rosalyn Yellin, Maria Cozamanis, Ro-Mina Ustayev and Taja Abitbol, the wealthy residents of Florida’s most affluent seaside town. The show’s description on Netflix reads: “Private clubs, luxurious couture and charity galas mean everything in this soapy reality series, set in a posh paradise with a wealth of drama.” Premiering on December 29, 2025, with all eight episodes dropping the same day, Members Only: Palm Beach has already garnered attention – not all of it positive. Viewers of the show have likened it to the “Temu version of a Housewives show”, and Bethenny Frankel – who actually starred in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – set off a storm on social media when she likened the stars of the new show’s members to “Walmart Birkins” in a TikTok video. Advertisement Palm Beach residents themselves are up in arms, distancing themselves from the version of their home presented on the show and even claiming that not a single scene was shot on Palm Beach. An article by the Hollywood Reporter also highlighted that only Suebelle Robbins, who is hardly featured, actually lives on the island. Shannon Donnelly, who writes for the Palm Beach Daily News, told the publication the cast members are “geographically challenged coattail riders who present themselves as Palm Beachers when they are not”. As it turns out, the majority of the cast members actually reside in Palm Beach County rather than the Town of Palm Beach itself. And the negative criticism doesn’t seem to have affected them at all. “We’re having fun, we’re being fabulous. We’re all on the island all the time,” Yellin told Page Six. “It’s none of their business, really. They just want to latch on to our coattails.” Whether Yellin and her co-stars are actual “Palm Beachers” or not, one thing is for certain: they love Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. While not overtly political, the show’s stars mention Mar-a-Lago several times over the eight episodes, making it clear that there is a shared obsession with Trump’s exclusive resort. For instance, Ustayev says on the show: “It’s so much pressure to try to fit in, and I want to because I love going to Mar-a-Lago and being in the same room as the president and Elon Musk, that is such an amazing feeling. You feel like, oh my God, you made it.” The women’s clear love for Trump has been another factor that has turned viewers off. One Huffington’s Post editor called the show The Real Housewives of Maga and, according to Newsweek, a majority of the women on the show are registered Republicans and labelled the show a “love letter to Trump”. Select Voice Choose your listening speed Get through articles 2x faster 1.25 x 250 WPM Slow Average Fast 00:0000:00 1.25 x