We've found the Queen of Derplahoma!
About a month or so ago, we profiled the local almonds, acorns and pecans behind Donald Trump's Oklahoma presidential campaign. One of them is local socialite Carol Hefner. She's the married-into-it-matriarch of the rich, powerful, and connected Hefner family. You know, the one that has lakes, mansions and energy companies named after them.
If Carol's name and face ring a bell, it's probably because you subscribe to the Oklahoma City Friday or religiously read Helen Ford Wallace's articles in The Oklahoman. She's in both all the time. You may also know Carol from the time she ran for the State Senate in 2011, or when she "auditioned" for the not-so-Real Housewives of Oklahoma City scam thing in 2013.
Here's what Carol told KFOR when she auditioned for the "show."
“Without being stale boring or dull, we are gracious but we're fun,” Hefner said. “We're spicy, we're saucy, we shake it up but we do it with grace and dignity."
Yep, Carol shakes things up with "grace and dignity." She's a class act. It's why she's always posting hysterical jokes like this on Facebook: