Jennifer Tilly got a ‘Piece of The Simpsons’ in her divorce from the Co-Creator

Jennifer Tilly is finding the silver lining in her divorce.

On the December 3 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsthe actress, 66, opened up about her own divorce from ex-husband Sam Simon, while the other housewives discussed their respective separations from their former spouses.

“It takes a really long time to get over a divorce,” she recalled. “My ex-husband was Sam Simon, who (co-created) The Simpsons. I was married to him for seven years. We were together for about 10 years, and then when we broke up, I got a piece of it The Simpsons in the divorce settlement.”

“No one knew that The Simpsons should go on for trillions of years,” she added with a laugh. “Honestly, every day I say, ‘Thanks Sam!'”

Tilly came along RHOBH as “a friend” in season 14, along with newcomer Bozoma “Boz” Saint John. Prior to the season premiere, the Chucky alum told Vulture that she had “always been a super fan” of the hit reality show and was excited to step into her new role.

But after filming for a while, she admitted it’s not all as glamorous as she thought it would be and revealed what surprised her the most.

“I remember thinking, ‘I live in Beverly Hills, and it would be fun to see Beverly Hills through the lens of really rich people,'” she explained. “I thought I’d see a lot of people shopping on Rodeo Drive, but a lot of the filming they do is in the Valley, in places where it’s easier to get permits. So it’s not like you’re on the fanciest places in Beverly Hills and arguing.”

“They’re usually fighting in a place that’s not in Beverly Hills because the really fancy high-end places don’t want housewives screaming at each other in their dining room,” she added.

Tilly said she never thought she’d be on the Bravo series — and has even turned down the opportunity before — but this year she decided to take the “challenge.”

“For me, it’s like working with Martin Scorsese,” she said. “My boyfriend always says if he got $40 million he’d go into space and experience zero gravity. For me to be on Housewives experiencing zero gravity. I was more excited to meet Kyle Richards and Erika Jayne and the other ladies than I was to meet Elizabeth Taylor.”

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills sent on Tuesdays at 8 PM ET on Bravo.