Desperate Housewives' Gaby: Clawing Her Way from Rags to Riches (Twice!?)

Desperate Housewives’ Gabrielle Solis has a textbook rags to riches story. She left home at 15 and clawed her way up as a model before marrying her rich husband Carlos. And as the show continues, the rags to riches cycle repeats for Gaby – she and Carlos lose everything, and then get it back again. So what is it about Gabrielle that makes her such a prime candidate for financial glow-up? And what does her arc tell us about when you’ve moved up in the world – is it all glamor… or is there a catch?

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:36 Marrying "up" (and not just for love...)
01:54 Stay focused, but don't be afraid to update your priorities
04:13 Feeling like you have to hide parts of yourself
06:09 Always know your worth
07:25 Stay savvy
08:40 Find friends on your wavelength
10:18 The silver lining of her over-the-top story

The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was written by Ellie Slee, narrated by Charly Bivona, produced by Jessica Babineaux, and edited by Travis Martin

[AndreaFlores-ebzv]

I don't like how it's framed that motherhood was part of what made her a better person when she was literally FORCED into pregnancy when her husband tampered with her birth control. Also it just reinforces that a woman has to become a mother in order to grow as a person which just feels very devaluing for those who don't want children

[bifa]

Eva played Gabby so well that I didn't even care that she was a catwalk model who's short xD

[PokhrajRoy.]

Gaby is truly one of a kind and Eva Longoria played her to perfection. She’s my favourite!

[TracyDD]

The take did my two favorite characters : Bree and Gaby

[we-need-to-talk-about-it]

Great series! We want all the Desperate Housewives analysed! ❤

[xtrordinarygrl]

I am enjoying these Desperate housewives videos. Keep them coming! I wanna see Lynette and Edie next.

[malalford]

Whenever i think of Eva, i remember her pushing that lawnmower in heels 😅

[teamLewis]

Her family line was the happiest from them all. I love this show, how they represented femininity and power, definitely female scriptwriter was involved in production

[stevennieves]

She was never actually in love with John, she was indeed in love with Carlos but there was an emotional detachment and she used John in order to fulfill that void. This is evident by the storyline in season 4 when she married Victor and starts the affair with Carlos. At the game night when Katherine mentions the John affair Victor said he didn't care and it wasn't a big deal and that showed her that she really did love Carlos because Carlos' reaction to the affair, in juxtaposition to Victor', proved Carlos was the man for her.

[barbiquearea]

I like how even though she didn't want kids from the jump. She ended up becoming very invested in her kids, going out of her way to do whatever is in their best interests. And when she found out she her daughter Juanita was swapped from birth and she met her birth daughter, it really brought out a different side to her. It goes to show that for all her flaws, she wasn't as self centered as she believed herself to be.

[greyLeicester]

It's not 'Wanita' but Juanita.
The 'J' in Spanish is pronounced like an English 'H' in the word Hulk

[ssissigui]

Hated Gaby for her affair with a teenager. But she was a good comic relief and a unapologetic character

[samanthagupta]

OMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EPISODE FOR YEARS

[PokhrajRoy.]

My favourite line from her? “Your father’s side of the family is trash. Any questions?”

[hamisa_mahimbo]

You guys are always spot on as usual! 😄👏👏👏

[whenyourehere]

“Soul-less” are you sure you watched the show? Haha

[karenwalker]

never understood how gaby was a runway model - she's too short! eva longoria is only 5'2". the average runway model is between 5'9″ and 6'0.

[jameslyon]

5 seconds in and youre already messing up main character name pronunciations, some basic research wouldn't go amiss ...

[dilldes]

Ooh are we doing a whole seires on each Desperate Housewives character?? We want it!

[no-one]

This video is so inspiring, just forget the negative critiques and the little negative stuff about Gabrielle. In general it’s so inspiring reminding people you can get all you want in life