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Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
The odd person on the show is Kelly.

What has she contributed to the show and have in common with the others?

Nothing really and Bravo should let her go.

The first year everyone didn't like Alex.

Then it was Ramona and Luann.

Now it's Kelly and I happen to agree. She's not a good fit and she has major problems.

I still think that the problem between Bethenney and Jill stems from Bobby.

Did we forget that Bethenny spent an entire summer leaning on Jill and now she seems to throw that out the window.

Why and what do we not know.

We can't see everything that happens like B.B. with 24/7 and have to subside on the edited show and we all know how that comes out.

Bravo needs to keep the current H.Ws. but get rid of Kelly.

It's like she's thrown into the mix to show up at each event and it's not working at all.

Kelly doesn't even want to appear but seems to do so because it's in her contract.

Kelly goes, the rest stay and see if they can work out their personal problems.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I like all of the ladies personally. There is some behavior that I do not like, specifically, when they are mean to each other. Except for Sonja, none of them seem to know how to handle situations gracefully, they are all either too passive and grow resentful (Alex), too blunt (Ramona, Bethenny), confrontational (LuAnn, Kelly) or catty (Jill). I can't say that I have ever been around a group of adult women that spend so much time shouting at each other. But I do enjoy seeing them, what is going on in their lives and most of their interactions with each other. Thank you Bravo and Housewives!

Shenanagon
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07-28-2009

Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shenanagon a private message Print Post    
Theresa talks to People magazine about Bethenny http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/06/04/real-housewives-teresa-giudice-bethenny-frankel-finale/

Calls B a B and supports Jill. Doesn't think 50 yr olds should sing. ( Luann's 43 or 44 I think)

I was disappointed reading this. Big Ouch!!

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
2 fast comments cause I'm typed out here. Skimmed the article will read full after I see the finale but;

1) Teresa has a book on the NY Times best seller list? Must EVERY HW write a book and who the heck is buying them??

and

2) And this would be better in TRHoNJ thread but only makes sense here. Hsow is she only earning $3,333 a month from RHoNJ, they are allegedly going under financially, yet now she has a Times best selling book. HUH??

Ok one more fast comment. Alisons, I liked or tolerated them all the first season, before all the drama, fights and meltdowns. Kelly IMHO should never have been brought in or invited back this year, and I wish Bravo would focus more on their lives and less on the the endless fights and drama. JMHO of course.

Shenanagon
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07-28-2009

Saturday, June 05, 2010 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shenanagon a private message Print Post    
ITA that's what got us all interested in the first place being able to see how the rich live. We found out they have the same problems we all do and we formed attachments to our favorites. Now it's a crazy lady on each show and drama with no real life.

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 1:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
I tried to pick up this thread where I left off, so maybe I missed it and you can send me back to it.

What the heck was up with the note from Kelly to Ramona saying she needed to go back and be with her girls and that is why she left?????????? It smells like a cover up. There were also other envelopes that were not opened and read on the show.

Plus the whole Jill arriving saying she thought Kelly would be there. When Jill said she had seen Kelly at the airport between glass. Script much? How much editing did it take for Bravo to even get a few seconds of the mani/pedi that didn't involve Kelly's actions/behavior. I think Jill got an ear full when she surprised them that day. We just didn't get to see it.

We know what happened, but the casual Bavao viewer (me before this season) would think Kelly left because her kids needed her for some reason.

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 4:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
Skip my last statement. It was the lead up to Kelly's break {whatever you call it}, that lead me to check the clubhouse for info.

I may be truly addicted now. BB zoombie and now following other shows in the press........is there a support group? Can anyone help me in the early stages?

Wait, this is the wrong place to ask. I would ask the mods to give us a reality annoymous thread but we would all feed into each other.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 4:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Frogichik - ITA with your post - I forgot about the cook provoking comment from Kelly.

Also, I wish I was obsessed enough to email Andy to ask about Jill and Bobby showing up - why was it ok to bring Bobby to the "all girls weekend" that alone would've brought "drama" considering the freak out Ramona had last season when Simon came to the "all girls dinner" the HW (and viewers) gave Alex and Simon a lot of grief over that -

then when I saw Alex shaking, and saying this is the first time I am w/o simon and my boys - I seriously think she will NEVER do that again!! and it may be the reason she doesnt sign up to do HW again.

which is a shame! I truly enjoy my time away from my dh and kids - just a boost to my spirit - and I've enjoyed Alex this season, they have shown her more vulnerable as opposed to a "social climber" trying to get pictured in the page 6, etc (I got a flashback of Simon and Alex going to an event and talking about it - showing the dress etc - compare THAT scene to the DC housewife-to-be that "crashed" the White House Dinner)

Bravo has a script that works, and darn it how dare anyone suggest anything different?!!

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
reader
jill and bobby were going to vacation on another island nearby and jill detoured it to "drop" by. from interviews and blogs i have read bobby was just there to drop her off and say hello and had a hotel for himself (i guess jill had expected to stay the night).

Tre34
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08-17-2005

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tre34 a private message Print Post    
Hmmmm......is Teresa trying to set up a feud with Bethany in order to sell her skinny book - after all it would give her publicity? Or has she learned that many think she has "ripped off" Bethany's idea with the "Skinny" name with cooking?

I am no Bethany fan (find her a little too caustic) but Teresa appears a little too low here - and I always thought she (Teresa) is as the folks in the Dominican Republic say "Chusma".

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
ITA oregonguy -thanks for adding/clarifying that is an important point... but it still stood out to me in the light of how it affected Alex

I havent heard anything about Teresa's book other than here - and I havent clicked on the link - interesting Tre... I will say it kind of bugs me that Bethenney is getting so much press for "her" skinny girl Margarita - when that's the recipe from eons for a perfect margarita!

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
oh lol Tre....the last word I would expect to read here at TVCH would be CHUSMA ha ha ha ha ha (I am Cuban btw...) I have to agree.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/business/06bravo.html?hp

I'm convinced that the best way to get a housewife off any of the shows is to not talk about her. At. All.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Interesting behind the scenes info from a blogger who talked to Alex and Simon:

I Hate Jill Zarin Blog

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
good info on the alex/simon interview

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Great interview - interesting tidbit:

Of course we asked Alex about Kelly’s behavior on St. John and to explain what the ladies were all saying about her behavior being ten times worse than what we saw. She reiterated what Bethenny said, that if they continued to film and/or aired more of what went on, there may have been severe consequences for Kelly.

Alex confirmed what we already knew, Kelly was escorted off St John by producers, and everyone agreed that they would, on screen, stay with the story that Kelly chose to go home to be with her children. I believe that it was Bethenny who first confirmed in the press that Kelly was, in fact, deemed no longer fit to film and was taken home.


I'm thinking if they aired what wound up on the cutting room floor, maybe her ex-husband might have sought custody of the children.

Frogichik
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06-11-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Frogichik a private message Print Post    
"I'm thinking if they aired what wound up on the cutting room floor, maybe her ex-husband might have sought custody of the children."

They live in the same building in NY and from what I read she has a great relationship with the ex, but who knows the truth.

I have been reading the I hate Jill Zarin blog for a while. She is funny. Jill put on her Twitter that she was being harassed from someone in Chicago and she has contacted the authorities. I think Jill may mean her.

Oliviamimi
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05-30-2009

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oliviamimi a private message Print Post    
I need help! At the beginning of the season I read an article about Simon and Alex not being invited back next year. The article said it was due to Simon and his < diva-ish> ways, so that rumor was planted by Jill? He certainly has been a gent this year. I don't see him in this light at all.
I started out this season with Jill as being one of my faves. By the 3rd episode I couldn't stand her. If she did do all of the things that people have accused her of, doing the fake names for amazon, etc., I hope she gets called out on the reunion show.

Frogichik
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06-11-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Frogichik a private message Print Post    
From Jill's Facebook

Jill Zarin

So..we are being harassed and threatened by a family from chicago and Alabama. We have contacted authorities. I will block anyone who is linked to them per postal service law enforcement until they finish investigation. This is a serious crime and all evidence has been handed over. If you are involved in anyway..I suggest you stop. Enough is enough. It is NOT funny or a joke.

From Jill's Twitter

Someone posted my address and told people to send me threatening mail. She and others did. Using the US Postal service is a serious crime.

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I actually read there was a Twitter Tweetmaxine or something that was posting housewives addresses, Gretchen of OC's address was given and Jacqueline of NJ had random people show up at her house.

That is SOOOO crossing a line and they should do something about it.

Frogichik
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06-11-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Frogichik a private message Print Post    
http://absurdtosublime.net/2010/06/05/an-intimate-evening-with-alex-and-simon/

An Intimate Evening With Alex and Simon

Oliviamimi
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05-30-2009

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oliviamimi a private message Print Post    
The threats are serious business. I do hope anyone involved will be prosecuted. She may not be popular but she doesn't deserve to have her and her family's privacy and safety threatened.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Frogi, it is also possible that she may have lost whatever "jobs" she had in the works. The only two "serious consequences" I can think of are custody of the children and income.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
A spoof on the RHONY reunion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixBP4EfuhVA

Frogichik
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06-11-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Frogichik a private message Print Post    
I was JUST going to post that Youtube, LOLOLOLOL

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
well people are weird! Fanatics can be frightening, and some are crossing that stalker line if they show up and actually write threatening letters...

yet there are the Hollywood star maps, and tours.... an insatiable curiousity perhaps... the other side of the coin is her business is getting "free publicity" and she does want (albiet serious) people to visit/shop... same with OC HW I think Vicki ran into the negative side of her personality, (she didnt think her customers watched HW, one did and brought it up ) and we saw her "tone it down" and become more humble...

and also, if its a "reality show" and they "all agreed to 'stick to the story'" hah - no wonder people are wanting more details... what's the dish?