First I just want to say thank you again to Lynn N Chicago and the owner of Stoopid Housewives. They have both been very kind to me. I feel very flattered that the owners of the two biggest housewife blogs have even been kind enough to link to my blog.
Ok - onto the blog. This is going to be short I just had an observation or two I wanted to make regarding the RHONJ season premiere.
I really dislike Teresa Giudice. I have since last year when I truly do feel that she bullied the mentally unstable Danielle Staub. Heck even since the year before, from the Table Flip heard round the world. For the record I do believe that Danielle lied about almost everything and very rarely if ever took any responsibility. Still I don't think Teresa had any real reason to bully her the way she did and the physical attacks were just beyond acceptable.
As many now know I have been working on a Teresa video compilation that will go along the same route as my Kelly Bensimon videos. In the course of doing this I have to watch and re-watch scenes over and over again. So yesterday I was watching the Christening episodes again.
I felt that Teresa was a little bitchy about the hairdresser who she felt should be doing her hair and not Melissas but after that I could see that this woman was truly stressed about this event and it did mean a lot to her to be there.
She wants to acknowledge her brother at the Church even though she was unfortunately late and Melissa only has a snarky comment to make about that. Something about how Teresa never misses a party where someone else is paying. That was just mean.
Then at the Christening - where Joe Guidice did make the effort to show up, even though he was uncomfortable and feeling ill (for the record I really can't stand him). Melissa and Joe Gorga do NOTHING but talk crap about them. Then Teresa comes over to say Congrats again - I don't know why she wanted to say it again, but I think she was trying to be nice and maybe make some peace. Out of nowhere her brother starts attacking her and calling her "garbage".
I can not imagine how hurtful it must have been to Teresa to have that happen. Then in her defense Teresas Joe goes after her brother. What husband wouldn't????? I know it would not matter to my husband where we were or who it was, if someone was calling me names like that for no reason and trying to hurt me - that someone had better run.
Then Teresa behaves like a sober adult and turns her attention away from her brothers drunken antics and focuses her concern on her parents health. Good call, Teresa. Meanwhile shit-faced Joey Gorga wants to go scream at his father some for apparently reprimanding him for acting like a Gorilla at a Christening.
The most messed up part of this entire thing is the after math. The part where anyone ALIVE wanted to blame the Guidices for what took place.....wait...what??? Yeah...
MeJo actually wanted an apology from TeJo for the whole thing. It was THEIR sons Christening, so obviously the people they attacked should have to apologize.
Can I clarify one more time? I seriously can't stand TeJo. I am not a "Team Teresa" player. In my opinion she closely resembles in looks and behavior, a neanderthal. But not this time and sorry folks I have to call it like I see it. In this one instance, Teresa behaved herself like a lady and her brother and his wife and her family acted horribly.
The real question now becomes, how do I fit the TRUTH of this encounter into my video compilation while still making it clear that Teresa is a bitch who rarely accepts any responsibility for her bad behavior? It would seem I have my work cut out for me.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Fired New York Housewives
So a lot has been going around about the four housewives fired from the New York installment. The Fired Four (is that something like the Fantastic Four - but like on opposites day?) are Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, Cindy Barshop and Alex McCord.
Now personally I rather liked Alex though in the last season it did appear that she was going out of her way to "bring the drama". She said she had "finally found her voice" and when she did, most people wanted nothing more but for her to lose it again. I always found her relationship with her husband, Simon, to be endearing - although many others just wanted him to go away. I have a feeling that the rest of the casts hatred for Simon probably had something to do with Alex getting the boot. I guess in New York society being detached from your husband is the way most women would prefer it. Here in the Mid West I know a lot of women who would call their hubby their bff. I guess I never really saw the problem with it. To be fair to others, I can see how they did fit the "social climber" claims.
Cindy was probably the Housewife that I always cared the least about. This woman is the absolute definition of boring. And annoying! "LuAnn you don't get to tell me what to do either." Um okay... Last time I heard that it was my 7 year old speaking to my 14 year old and it had something to do with whether or not ketchup could go with peanut butter. The worst with her was some play date she was suppose to be having with the sperm donor for her twins. It was actually painful to watch. Everything the man did she complained about, he was too rough, blah blah blah. No he wasn't, he was acting like a father, which is something you should be thankful for. Because Cindy, while you "have everything you ever wanted", those kids of yours will probably want that 'father time' so why not just let them play? Anyway, Bravo sent Cindy to the 'exiled' list, which was really a no-brainer since she was about as interesting as lint.
Now which should I list next - I have trouble deciding who I can't stand more; Kelly or Jill. What is worse, complete conniving manipulative bitch or absolutely-in-need-of-meds psychopath? Grrr - Lets go with bitch.
Jill Zarin it is. If anyone has to wonder why this one got the axe, they must have spent the last three years popping jelly beans in kelly land. You could actually SEE Andy Cohen getting panic attacks when he even so much as mentioned Jills name. Jill was an original New York housewife and apparently she got it stuck in her crawl that she was the "popular" girl. She truly acted like she ran the show and I think deep down she believed she did.
People originally loved Jill, but that was back when she was playing momma hen to the much-more-loved Bethenny Frankel. Unfortunately in season 3 Momma Jill lost the vast majority of her fans when she tried desperately to ostracize Bethenny. We all began to see exactly how manipulative this woman was. From calling other cast members to convince them not to film with Bethenny to literally making Bethenny cry on a phone call that Jill allowed LuAnn to listen in on. "She made her cry, she made Bethenny cry!" (Even Kelly knows this is a faux pas)
Moving into season 4 she continued with the Mean Girl facade and continued to lose fans by the truck load. She even seemed to start getting on Ms. LuAnns nerves. She had nice things to say to peoples faces most of the time but as soon as they would turn their backs, she was busting them down in every possible way.
I don't think any of the show drama she brought was what caused her to be fired, but I think it was more her constant attempts at manipulating the show. I can easily see how irritating it had to be for producers to try to shoot footage only to find that once again Jill had decided who would film with whom and when.
The best part about the Jill business is how she tried so desperately to convince the world that she was "negotiating" with Bravo about the next season, when in fact the world knew there were no negotiations and she really got nothing more than a phone call to tell her she was fired. Now she intends to pursue her career of tacky product lines that none of us want anything to do with. She thinks she is going to make millions... Another visitor in kelly land we see.
Now Jill is threatening to tell all about Bravo. Of course we are all waiting with baited breath. Not that any of us cared to see her for another two seconds on the show but there is quite a bit of interest in the jelly beans that she is about to spill. Lets hope she is not just talking out her skweezed ass once again.
Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly. Where oh where do I start? The beginning I suppose. That takes us back to season two and an Arthritis Charity meeting where she so sweetly told a child Arthritis sufferer "how cute" her illness was. Then went on and on about how busy she is and how she puts her name on NOTHING. All at a preliminary meeting. A girl sitting next to Bethenny asks "Who is she?" to which Bethenny responds "evidently she's Madonna". Kelly is horrified by this clear attack and murder attempt. "What?!!!", you ask? Right that's what the rest of the world asked as well.
Kelly didn't let this go all through season 2 even though Bethenny made numerous fruitless attempts to squash the issue. Honestly at no point in any of the footage does Kelly appear to be actually following a conversation, she just randomly spews nonsense. For example someone could ask Kelly what she thinks about Global Warming and she would say "Well I am just so grateful for the Eskimos and all they do, you know I don't personally like to club baby seals and I know that has nothing to do with Eskimos but Peta does a lot of like hard work you know." At the start viewers tried to follow, then during Season 3 we all realized that this girl was a long way off her meds and there was no hope in understanding.
Season 3 ended with the ill fated trip to Saint Johns. The entire cast was of the strong opinion that Kelly had a serious break down at this time and I have to agree from the footage we saw. The cast claimed that it was far worse than what was shown on TV which led many of us to beg for uncut footage. That never happened and I found myself hoping that a body guard or something would speak up about what happened. No luck.
On to Season 4. More of the same. Bethenny left the show to actually make millions on her own and so Kelly didn't have to fear for her life anymore but she still had plenty of "Kelly" moments to keep us guessing. After the suicide of Russell Armstrong it appears that Bravo may be finally taking the mental stability of cast more seriously. That is a good thing - although seeing an un-medicated schizophreniac in action did hold a certain amount of interest for me.
Watch Kelly in Action!
There is much going around the rumor mill about who the new housewives will be. Certain names have come up and it is rumored that Bravo is looking for actually rich women now, not just those who will fake it to be on the show. The names out now are Carole Radziwil a former ABC news producer with Kennedy connections, Heather Thompson who is a married mother of two and has helped celebs launch clothing lines and Aviva Drescher a Wall Street wife with three children. Much remains to be seen and Bravo has confirmed nothing at this point. One thing is clear, these possibilities certainly embody the glitz and glam that Bravo has been looking for much better than the previously mentioned Fired Four.
Now personally I rather liked Alex though in the last season it did appear that she was going out of her way to "bring the drama". She said she had "finally found her voice" and when she did, most people wanted nothing more but for her to lose it again. I always found her relationship with her husband, Simon, to be endearing - although many others just wanted him to go away. I have a feeling that the rest of the casts hatred for Simon probably had something to do with Alex getting the boot. I guess in New York society being detached from your husband is the way most women would prefer it. Here in the Mid West I know a lot of women who would call their hubby their bff. I guess I never really saw the problem with it. To be fair to others, I can see how they did fit the "social climber" claims.
Cindy was probably the Housewife that I always cared the least about. This woman is the absolute definition of boring. And annoying! "LuAnn you don't get to tell me what to do either." Um okay... Last time I heard that it was my 7 year old speaking to my 14 year old and it had something to do with whether or not ketchup could go with peanut butter. The worst with her was some play date she was suppose to be having with the sperm donor for her twins. It was actually painful to watch. Everything the man did she complained about, he was too rough, blah blah blah. No he wasn't, he was acting like a father, which is something you should be thankful for. Because Cindy, while you "have everything you ever wanted", those kids of yours will probably want that 'father time' so why not just let them play? Anyway, Bravo sent Cindy to the 'exiled' list, which was really a no-brainer since she was about as interesting as lint.
Now which should I list next - I have trouble deciding who I can't stand more; Kelly or Jill. What is worse, complete conniving manipulative bitch or absolutely-in-need-of-meds psychopath? Grrr - Lets go with bitch.
Jill Zarin it is. If anyone has to wonder why this one got the axe, they must have spent the last three years popping jelly beans in kelly land. You could actually SEE Andy Cohen getting panic attacks when he even so much as mentioned Jills name. Jill was an original New York housewife and apparently she got it stuck in her crawl that she was the "popular" girl. She truly acted like she ran the show and I think deep down she believed she did.
People originally loved Jill, but that was back when she was playing momma hen to the much-more-loved Bethenny Frankel. Unfortunately in season 3 Momma Jill lost the vast majority of her fans when she tried desperately to ostracize Bethenny. We all began to see exactly how manipulative this woman was. From calling other cast members to convince them not to film with Bethenny to literally making Bethenny cry on a phone call that Jill allowed LuAnn to listen in on. "She made her cry, she made Bethenny cry!" (Even Kelly knows this is a faux pas)
Moving into season 4 she continued with the Mean Girl facade and continued to lose fans by the truck load. She even seemed to start getting on Ms. LuAnns nerves. She had nice things to say to peoples faces most of the time but as soon as they would turn their backs, she was busting them down in every possible way.
I don't think any of the show drama she brought was what caused her to be fired, but I think it was more her constant attempts at manipulating the show. I can easily see how irritating it had to be for producers to try to shoot footage only to find that once again Jill had decided who would film with whom and when.
The best part about the Jill business is how she tried so desperately to convince the world that she was "negotiating" with Bravo about the next season, when in fact the world knew there were no negotiations and she really got nothing more than a phone call to tell her she was fired. Now she intends to pursue her career of tacky product lines that none of us want anything to do with. She thinks she is going to make millions... Another visitor in kelly land we see.
Now Jill is threatening to tell all about Bravo. Of course we are all waiting with baited breath. Not that any of us cared to see her for another two seconds on the show but there is quite a bit of interest in the jelly beans that she is about to spill. Lets hope she is not just talking out her skweezed ass once again.
Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly. Where oh where do I start? The beginning I suppose. That takes us back to season two and an Arthritis Charity meeting where she so sweetly told a child Arthritis sufferer "how cute" her illness was. Then went on and on about how busy she is and how she puts her name on NOTHING. All at a preliminary meeting. A girl sitting next to Bethenny asks "Who is she?" to which Bethenny responds "evidently she's Madonna". Kelly is horrified by this clear attack and murder attempt. "What?!!!", you ask? Right that's what the rest of the world asked as well.
Kelly didn't let this go all through season 2 even though Bethenny made numerous fruitless attempts to squash the issue. Honestly at no point in any of the footage does Kelly appear to be actually following a conversation, she just randomly spews nonsense. For example someone could ask Kelly what she thinks about Global Warming and she would say "Well I am just so grateful for the Eskimos and all they do, you know I don't personally like to club baby seals and I know that has nothing to do with Eskimos but Peta does a lot of like hard work you know." At the start viewers tried to follow, then during Season 3 we all realized that this girl was a long way off her meds and there was no hope in understanding.
Season 3 ended with the ill fated trip to Saint Johns. The entire cast was of the strong opinion that Kelly had a serious break down at this time and I have to agree from the footage we saw. The cast claimed that it was far worse than what was shown on TV which led many of us to beg for uncut footage. That never happened and I found myself hoping that a body guard or something would speak up about what happened. No luck.
On to Season 4. More of the same. Bethenny left the show to actually make millions on her own and so Kelly didn't have to fear for her life anymore but she still had plenty of "Kelly" moments to keep us guessing. After the suicide of Russell Armstrong it appears that Bravo may be finally taking the mental stability of cast more seriously. That is a good thing - although seeing an un-medicated schizophreniac in action did hold a certain amount of interest for me.
Watch Kelly in Action!
There is much going around the rumor mill about who the new housewives will be. Certain names have come up and it is rumored that Bravo is looking for actually rich women now, not just those who will fake it to be on the show. The names out now are Carole Radziwil a former ABC news producer with Kennedy connections, Heather Thompson who is a married mother of two and has helped celebs launch clothing lines and Aviva Drescher a Wall Street wife with three children. Much remains to be seen and Bravo has confirmed nothing at this point. One thing is clear, these possibilities certainly embody the glitz and glam that Bravo has been looking for much better than the previously mentioned Fired Four.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Welcome to Real Housewives Watcher!
Heyas! Glad you found your way to my little blog. I have just put together this blog as a place to compile housewife gossip. As you can see there isn't much here yet, fortunately I have a life outside of these drama queens, so after a couple hours of putting this together I will have to wait until I have more time to add the meat. Or the fruit, whichever be more applicable.
I have quite a lot to add when I get around to it, including some observations about a self proclaimed inside source referred to on Twitter as RIONJ1.
I make no claims as to the truth of any of the gossip out there about these wives. Any opinions expressed here by the Author are simply my opinions and are not represented as fact. Any gossip posted here is just that; gossip, while celebrity gossip often has a large grain of truth to it, there is also gossip out there that is simply fabricated. It is not my job to sort that out. I do not assert that anything here is fact. It is my opinion that most housewives wouldn't know the truth if it smacked them with a 2 x 4, nonetheless I have not personally witnessed any of these events and can not verify them either way.
I hope to be able to offer a broad range of links and info regarding the Housewives series for anyone who wants it all in one place.
P.S. Clicking on the adsense links is greatly appreciated and will go a long way towards affording me with additional time to compile Housewives info here.
I have quite a lot to add when I get around to it, including some observations about a self proclaimed inside source referred to on Twitter as RIONJ1.
I make no claims as to the truth of any of the gossip out there about these wives. Any opinions expressed here by the Author are simply my opinions and are not represented as fact. Any gossip posted here is just that; gossip, while celebrity gossip often has a large grain of truth to it, there is also gossip out there that is simply fabricated. It is not my job to sort that out. I do not assert that anything here is fact. It is my opinion that most housewives wouldn't know the truth if it smacked them with a 2 x 4, nonetheless I have not personally witnessed any of these events and can not verify them either way.
I hope to be able to offer a broad range of links and info regarding the Housewives series for anyone who wants it all in one place.
P.S. Clicking on the adsense links is greatly appreciated and will go a long way towards affording me with additional time to compile Housewives info here.
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