No, Madison Keys won’t take sides on the latest season of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

MELBOURNE, Australia—Speaking of heated rivalries, where does Madison Keys stand heading into the sixth season of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City?

The defending champion got her share of staid questions about the pressure of defending her maiden major title at the 2026 Australian Open, but lit up when asked for an update on her reality streaming queue.

“I’ve got to catch up a little bit,” cautioned Keys, who first opened up about her love for the long-running *Housewives* franchise during the 2025 US Open. “I have a few more episodes of their Greek trip, and then the reunion. I'm really excited. I have to wait for a time where my husband's not watching because he can't handle the fighting. I find it very soothing.

“I try to watch it before bed. He hates it. I'm trying to find a little quiet time, like four hours, where I can just binge it all!”

Where conflict abounds on and around the tennis court, Keys responds to the ensemble format of RHOSLC, and refused to take sides in the growing feud between stars Heather Gay and Meredith Marks.

“You know, I feel like it really just depends on the episode where I end up,” she said with a laugh. “I really feel as though they're all just doing their part to give us the best entertainment. They're doing it well.

“I feel like I don't even want to pick sides because I just hope that they continue to be the people that they are!”

With a major tournament on the horizon, Keys is looking to reap all the benefits from having won the title in 2025, having made reality gold of a different kind when she scored back-to-back victories over Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka to lift her first Grand Slam trophy.

“Everyone keeps asking me how my life has changed,” Keys admitted. “It hasn't changed that much, other than I have a really cool trophy at home. I have a lot of people that come up to me and tell me winning made them cry. I never thought I would have that ability.

“I think it's just really been cool as an athlete to have had that impact on so many people. I've always tried to be very open and honest with everything that goes on in the sport, kind of do my part of humanizing this part of the sport. I think for me, the biggest thing that I feel like is a huge takeaway is I was able to do that. I don't think very often in sport you see that you have the ability to make people cry happy tears.”

Keys will return to center stage in Melbourne when she takes on Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova to kick off her Australian Open title defense.