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That was my question. And while I understand the reasoning re: why Teresa could get away with a gag order on Bravo but not Adrienne, I think that if Teresa DID threaten/blackmail Andy Cohen with legal aggresssion similar to what Adrienne has done, she should be equally punished. Yes, Teresa is the driving force behind RHoNJ. She is the breakout star (and, unlike Andy Cohen, I think she could front her own cooking/lifestyle show and make it a success, unlike Dina Manzo's House Party) but RHoNJ is a horrible toxic monster now and if it were put out of its misery now, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. I don't "buy" any of it. It's clear the whole thing is a sham, right down to Caroline's family relationships, Jacqueline's sanity, Teresa's marriage and Melissa's fake martyrdom/victimhood. RHoBH is totally scripted, too, but I think some of these rivalries, friendships, threats and mega-money are 100% real, and that's why I am invested.

RHoA has been a chore for me to watch for much of this season. And yes, I love Nene. There just isn't enough of her! RHoBH captures my imagination because I absolutely love some of the women -- and some of the others totally drive me to anger. I am so ready for Adrienne and Kyle to be called out, publicly, on their [!@#$%^&*], it's not even funny. If TayShana can be called out in Season 2, so should these two hypocrites. It boggles my mind to think everytime Brandi is at an event, she gets raked over the coals and called "a really cruel person" (thanks, Faye!) for essentially saying the truth. Why is nobody calling Adrienne "a really cruel person" for suing a friend and calling her a liar when it is now clear she plainly is not? For trying to turn all the other women against her? Why is nobody calling her "a really cruel person" for accusing Lisa of selling stories to Radar? God knows Lisa was called out at Reunion on the Very Serious Charge of coining the phrase the Maloof hoof. Why is nobody calling Kyle out on the fact that she uses Faye as her own personal attack dog? I just worry that Adrienne will not show up to Reunion or will put a gag order on Andy and Bravo in order not to get any "difficult" questions. Yolanda's blog :wub: And she wants to do another season if they'll have her?! LOVE. Yolanda's words to Brandi in Monday's episode: Yolanda: You know, you've been great about it. You've been saying from the beginning 'Hey, I fucked up, I did something wrong, I apologize, now can we move on?' She's the one that doesn't want to move on so there's not much left for you to say. Brandi: She wants me to move on if I sign something saying I will never speak my mind again or say the truth or have an opinion which... I can't censor myself and why would I want to do that? It's a free world... Yolanda: It's ridiculous. Brandi: ...it's, like, if I do that, I will... will... implode. (laughs) Yolanda: It is ridiculous. But, I mean, you shouldn't worry, you know. Adrienne is... is, you know, a very insecure woman that is using her status to intimidate people. Yolanda (VT): Based on Brandi's experience with Adrienne, I just feel that, you know, Adrienne is using her little rich girl's powers to intimidate people in this group and I just do not think that's cool. Yolanda: If she had balls and felt strongly about her conviction, she would pick up the phone and talk to you and say 'Listen, woman, I don't like you did this, this and that.' But instead she calls a lawyer, you know why? Because she can and she has the money to do so. Brandi: Ugh. Yolanda: Because $10,000, you know, maybe doesn't mean anything to her! And so when you go to that tea party, just keep telling yourself that, and you can step back and look at it and go 'Screw you, who are you?" Really, who is Adrienne Maloof in this world? Brandi: Ugh. Yolanda: You know what I mean? In the big picture, she's nobody.

I cannot BELIEVE that is Faye. Really? It's a totally different person, no? I know there's been surgery and skin bleaching but... As for the RHoBH episode, Adrienne's has the face of a lying snake. She also has a "tell" when she is lying -- her mouth goes down on one side, almost like she wants to bite her lip. She was doing that when she kept saying that Brandi was lying and that she didn't threaten her legally. And sure, we can split hairs about whether Adrienne sent Brandi a letter asking her to cease and desist or actually filed a deposition against Brandi but the fact is, it is practically the same thing in terms of what Adrienne wanted to achieve -- threat and intimidation. A C&D is still an act of legal aggression by Adrienne against Brandi. The whole episode was set up yesterday so that Adrienne's cheerleader Kyle and Kyle's attack dog Faye would keep repeating over and over "She didn't file anything" as if Adrienne didn't actually threaten Brandi and Brandi is just imagining things and trying to sully Adrienne's spotless reputation. Go TayShanna in drunkenly exposing that whole sorry farce. Kyle is a fake friend to Lisa. I really get the impression that KR is the type of woman who will happily be invited to Lisa's restaurant, to her home and all her parties, take her free meals and gifts -- and then turn around and bitch about Lisa behind her back. Adrienne and Kyle are dying with jealousy about Lisa's popularity.Apparently, it was Kyle that went to Andy Cohen about doing a BH version of the RH franchise, she suggested which of her sisters, friends and acquaintances would be interested in joining the show. It must really burn to see Lisa, and not her, become the breakout star. I wish I had the time to transcribe Yolanda's conversation with Brandi because every one of her words were PERFECTION. For somebody so wealthy, Yolanda really has her feet on the ground and is full of common sense. "Adrienne is a spoiled rich girl who plays with power to intimidate her friends." Right on. Oh, I want Yolanda to stay on SO much next season! I am ok with all the ladies returning, actually, yes, even TayShanna, Camille, Marissa and Adrienne, because they all bring something to the table. Kim can leave, though.

I caught up with RHoV too! Ronnie is, like, the Queen of this show because all the women are vying to be her BFF. Mary-Ronnie-Jody is the triangle the producers are hoping will keep on giving. Obvs I am rooting for Mary and Ronnie to get past their differences but the previews don't leave me hopeful. I just can't deal with seeing Jody belittle Mary with her nastiness and everybody just stand there pretending they didn't hear anything. I mean Jody compared Mary to pestillence -- and this was the "nice" episode with Remington and everybody being civil for Remy and Ronnie's sake! This show seems closer to RHoBH than any other franchise in showing all the laid-back glamour of these women's lives and interiors of their houses. Like, Ronnie's house is crazy-amazing! I love all that stuff. Ronnie still seems a little shaken and fragile after what happened to her daughter. I just love that little girl Remy, though, who worked that party like a true hostess and welcomed all the HWs to her barbecue. OT but Ronnie's son Jhordan is gorgeous and I cannot believe she has a son that age. Mia's nose job is well done. She looks 100 times better. Out of the new housewives, I was surprised how much I warmed to Robin. I wasn't sure I would enjoy watching her but I did. Ioulia I knew I would like. Um, Amanda is not winning me over thus far. There is something a little "meh" and blank about her.

This is why I love Yolanda. She just reads Kyle like a book. "That's beautiful. That's great."

RHoNJ is so toxic that it will take an AWFUL lot for Bravo to revamp this show -- they need to revamp the mentality of all the people involved first and foremost. This was once the most authentic and real-feeling of the RH franchise, now it is so much fakery and bile that I can't keep track of it. RHoBH bleeped out Adrienne's entire reason for a lawsuit against Brandi and Bravo and that show is STILL easier to follow than NJ where all these women (including Dina and Caroline, two HW I really liked) selling their souls for D-list fame and doing backstage deals with different Bravo producers. RHoBH: Whenever I think of Kyle, I am reminded about what George Clooney once said about fame freezing your mentality at the very point you become famous. So if you became famous as a teenager, chances are that even as you grow older, your mentality is still in high school. Kyle "Witch Mountain" Richards is still in that HS mindset and it is really sad. Seeing her interact with her family, she does come across as a loving mother, a pretty solid mom actually, but as soon as she is with women her age -- bam! She needs to become Queen Bee. Yolanda I also love the Lisa and Yolanda friendship. It's not as evident as Lisa and Brandi's high regard for each other, but without even saying a word, you know Yol and Lisa have each other's back. It feels like a friendship of equals in that they don't feel the need to pander to one another. Lisa & Brandi are different; Lisa is very sisterly, almost maternal with Brandi, which is very sweet. BTW, I also liked how Yolanda and Lisa just threw themselves into the pole-dancing with very little fuss. Yolanda and Marissa looked and dressed for the pole dancing like it was an exercise or yoga workout. Adrienne looks worse and worse with each passing episode. And her knockoff business.

Sorry! I can't even take credit for it. It was D-Listed that referred to him as "Magilla Gorilla's midget brother" and since then I cannot unsee this:

I love both Camille and Miss Lisa. But it was interesting to me seeing how bent out of shape Camille got about Brandi making her look bad in Lisa's eyes. Lisa really is Queen of this set and even if they don't like her, none of the women want to be seen going against her publicly. I am surprised that Camille is even involved or that she may have taken Adrienne's side -- at Reunion she seemed to be distancing herself from Adrienne, Kyle and Taylor and happy to be sitting with Brandi and Lisa. The whole argument was so moot anyway -- 51% means that you don;t just co-own something, you actually have the majority stake. Best bits: Gorilla Paul having his back hair lasered off, and Ken making himself (and Giggy) two cocktails while Lisa was in Las Vegas. Yolanda is so fab to watch, she really does not tolerate bullshit. I am sad that she has been stricken with lyme disease and probably won't do another season of RHoBH. BTW, in the previews next week, does TayShanna seem really wasted or what?

I didn't know she was biracial either.

Adrienne on RHoBH has ruined her reputation by her own hand. She has really shown her true colors. I am SO excited to watch the RHoV again! I already adore Ioulia. And Ronnie and Mary look as stunning as ever. But Robin from Texas? Her hair is a disaster. I haven't seen an uglier hairstyle since the mullet.

So basically her entire reason for suing Brandi and trying to stick a gag order on her is bullshit?! Adrienne is nuts. I assume this Life & Style magazine interview was forced on her by the Maloofs and her legal team.

I was going to say -- most of the higher-end restaurants have some private equity fund backing them in part or entirely. The costs of starting up a restaurant and keeping it running seven days a week with the staffing, rent, food/drink costs and other overheads are huge. It is also a waiting game because some days of the week or even some weeks, there may be less diners, and you have to finance the fallow period before, say, the December party season or Oscar time when reservations go up. I can see that, and I like that about her -- Bravo doesn't own her. I could see her bowing out although I love the balance she provides as Voice of Reason and above the drama which contaminates HWs like Adrienne, Kyle and Taylor. I do think her blog entries are epic, though, and that is one thing that may entice her to sign up for another season -- the contact with viewers. She seems to relish giving advice and there are a lot of readers who do ask for it on her blog. Yolanda is like a Dutch-accented Goop.

Bullshit. Jill Zarin would return for half that figure. She was begging Andy to take her back on that WWHL interview. Anything for a platform for her Spanx ripoff and My Momma Makes Chicken Soap and Other Stereotypes book. And no way in hell is she a Bethenny, Nene or Lisa Vanderpump! She is so deluded. She has always resented that Bethenny did well for herself, the licensing deals, the products, the lifestyle brand, and especially the talk show. She felt that was her crown.

Wow I thought I was the only one who loves Yolanda! I read a couple of posts saying "Oh, next season Andy will fire Yolanda because she's not bringing it" and assumed that's how everybody felt. But I love her, love her cooking, her Goopy-know-it-all advice, her straight-arrow take on things, her house, all of it! IA, for me BH is by far the best franchise because of its slow build. And because it is the most glamorous of the RH franchises, there is plenty of fascinating filler in terms of watching these ladies interact in the BH social firmament. There is a pecking order and all these amazing alliances and hidden agendas between the women. It is almost like a royal court with countesses deferring to duchesses who defer to princesses and queens and whatnot. And there is always something bubbling -- when it explodes, it is major. "We don't say... how he HITS you!" Taylor and Russell being ostracized, etc. The breakdown in Adrienne's marriage has already started! Did you not see Paul trying to serve Adrienne some food, she dismissed him all "I can do it myself" and he was all "We doing this again?!" and stormed off? I know the marriage likely broke down over a number of issues, but they do seem to fight a lot over Adrienne's food intake (or lack of it). Marissa Zanuck's mother is amazeballs. Brandi. And her legs are INSANE. Oh no Camille did NOT just go off on Lisa! Although I sort of love Camille bringing her bitch back to the show. I wonder who does own SUR, then? I assume Ken and Lisa went into partnership with some equity firm that specializes in restaurants and resorts? Maybe Mohammed?

Oh! And I love Yolanda. I love her rational take on things, her blog, her work ethic, everything. I like that she's not there to start fights, even though I recognise that this is enough for Andy to fire her next season. Telling one of her hispanic work crews to study hard and learn English made me cringe because my mom (also not born in America) said the same thing once to somebody. I know it must seem borderline racist to some but my mom, like Yolanda probably, worked super hard to learn and perfect her English, and as a result she worked her way up. She honestly feels that learning English opened up so many opportunities to her, so I can see where Yolanda is coming from, even though if I was the guy, I'd probably be thinking "Uh, back off, rich lady, I'm doing the best I can."

I can understand Mauricio defending Adrienne/Paul even though I didn't like his attitude lording it over Brandi. Basically, like many men, he feels the ladies' constant clucking has blown this whole thing out of proportion and that if Brandi/Adrienne could just meet and resolve their differences, the whole thing would be forgotten. However, I find Adrienne VERY sketchy and I think she would issue an ultimatum to Brandi in return for her "friendship" -- a legal and public retraction and some kind of gag order to sign. It's all so cold and two-faced and mildly threatening with Adrienne now -- "be nice to me or I'll sue your ass and attack you in the press." However, the Brandi attacking is really just a smoke screen to get at Lisa, IMO. Ever since Reunion, when Adrienne, Kyle and Taylor turned against Lisa and tried to besmirch her. I don't know whether it's because they are jealous of her popularity or what, but Kyle & Mauricio chose a side ages ago and it is Adrienne & Paul. It is clear that the Kyle & Mauricio/Lisa & Ken friendship is on its last legs -- they could barely be civil to each other and Kyle and Lisa seem to be on the tip of a fight most episodes. M's attitude really riled Ken up. He looked like he wanted to toss the gin into the nearest garbage can.

I've noticed that, too, where she has been playing the ladies against each other and more specifically targeting Brandi. Those Richards girls seem to specialize in being two-faced but Kim is even more covert about it than Kyle.

Are the Maloofs about to do some kind of real estate deal with Mauricio as broker? Is that why Mauricio felt the need to ruin a dinner party at a restaurant by keeping after Brandi about Adrienne? I get his point but it was really too much watching him shout Brandi down (another husband doing that) while Enabler Kyle sat back like the good HW she is. First Faye, now Mauricio doing her talking for her. Adrienne -- I just can't with this woman. If all this mess was a PR exercise to make us feel sorry for her ass after the Reunion debacle, then it has failed. Spectacularly. I love Yolanda.

Twenny Five ThouZIND! Heck, at least Dana/Pam had a catchphrase. What's Faye's?

It's like "Julia" but instead of "Ju" you say "You." Yulia! I'm so glad there is a Russian HW. Russian women are mystery, bitchery, drama and high cheekbones rolled into one. I know -- we have a couple who live in my building. I am fascinated by them! Ronnie is gorgeous. Robin would be, too, if it wasn't for that awful hair which makes her face look a bit beak-y.

RHoBH: What an... odd little episode yesterday. It felt more like an episode of that SUR spin-off than RHoBH towards the end, with the world's randomest infomercial for Adrienne's "cutting edge" skincare line stuck in the middle of the show. Faye needs to STFU and sit her monkey ass down. Once again somebody is ganged up on by another woman and everybody just sits there saying and doing nothing. Camille who Brandi loves didn't say a damn thing! Brandi crying on the sidewalk was truly sad and the only reason Kyle went out there to comfort her is because Lisa asked her, as hostess, to do so. It's so ironic that Faye accused Lisa of the one using Brandi to attack all her enemies on her behalf because that's exactly what I thought Faye was doing on behalf of Vile Kyle! Lisa. :wub: This woman can say and do no wrong for me. Scheana (WTF with that spelling): Me me me me I I I me me me I just wanted to let you know about MY feelings. Brandi; It's not about you. It's about the family you and Eddie destroyed. Cibrian is such a despicable user. Can't believe I thought he was so hot on Sunset Beach! Loved it when Brandi said he was a terrible actor but could lie like an Oscar-winner.

Get caught up on Season 1 of RHoV because it's pretty good -- one of my fave franchises actually and the closest to RHoBH in terms of feel. As far as facial reconstruction is concerned, Mary is 50 and definitely partakes of the botox. I'd say Ronnie has had some work done, but it is excellent work. And I hate Jody but I have to hand it to her -- I don't think she's had a boatload of surgery but regardless she still has boundless confidence in herself and thinks she is hot stuff.

Christina on Vancouver is like NeNe for Atlanta, Teresa for NJ, Lisa for BH and Mama Elsa for Miami -- the breakout star of that show. I am devastated she won't be back for S2 but also completely respect that she left RHoV on her terms -- and on a high. This is a woman who truly treasures her personal happiness and lifestyle over any vague hopes of fame and celebrity. I wish Teresa, Jacqueline, Caroline and On Display cared as much about themselves and their loved ones to do the same. On the upside, RHoV still has Jody, Mary and especially Ronnie who is a drama machine -- that's still a pretty solid core group right there.

I hope RHoM secured itself a Season 3 because it deserves one. I really grew to love that show. Alexia and Mama Elsa BOTH need to become full-time housewives. I swear, I could have watched Mama Elsa for the full second hour of Reunion the other night. I would love her to "read" everybody -- including "number 3," Andy and his secrets. Marysol could be a friend-of (followed by Ana and Leah) but we know that is never going to happen. I wonder what Ana has on Leah's Texas past? Lisa and Joanna seemed on the outs during Reunion, or is that just me? So, now that RHoM is finished for now, which RH show is picking up the baton? Or are we just getting RHoA and BH for the time being?

I wish Christina was back, that's for sure. She drove story. I love how unapologetic she was about enjoying every aspect of life. I also like how she constantly got up in Jody's face. Still, this show is only starting its second season. This may be a good time to make changes before the audience gets too attached. Witness RHoNJ. They don't dare touch Caroline or Teresa.