Tuesday, March 31, 2009

More on Kelly in NYC court today


So....here's a photo of Kelly outside the NYC court today, where her allegedly abused boytoy Nick Stefanov sought to extend his restraining order against "Socializer," Kelly Killoren Bensimon.

According to the NY Daily News, Kelly is going with the old "blame it on the boyfriend" defense.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20269066,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines From the article:

Blame it on the boyfriend.

The lawyer for Kelly Killoren Bensimon - one of "The Real Housewives of New York City" - says her jilted beau was responsible for the lovers' quarrel that landed the reality star in court.

"I can't believe the guy went to the police," defense attorney Ed Hayes said Tuesday. "It is very, very mean-spirited. It's not like she's in his apartment. He's in her apartment."

Hayes said there was a break-up between Bensimon and Nicholas Stefanov, followed by a scuffle in her Manhattan apartment when he refused to leave.

"It's the reverse of a jilted girlfriend," Hayes said after a brief court appearance. "He's a rejected boyfriend."

While prosecutors asked for an extension of an order of protection for Stefanov, Hayes charged the ex-boyfriend was sending Bensimon threatening e-mails.

"I'm going to make your life misery," read one of the missives cited by Hayes.

Bensimon, 40, the ex-wife of famous fashion photographer Giles Bensimon, was dressed in black from head to toe for her courtroom appearance. The case was put off until June 8.

The mother of two girls was accused of punching 30-year-old Stefanov in the face, causing lacerations below the left eye and "substantial pain," according to a complaint he filed with police.

"I'm devastated my girls and I have to go through something like this," said Bensimon, sporting a gold watch and diamond stud earrings. "They don't need to be exposed to something like this."

Bensimon, a model and editor, was confident the case would be resolved in her favor. "The only time I'll ever be here again is for jury duty," she said.
She could face up to a year behind bars if convicted.

Kelly Bensimon in court for assault charge



Pictured above, Kelly Killoren Bensimon--in happier days--with then husband (and old man) photographer, Gilles Bensimon.

This morning, Kelly was in a Manhattan courtroom with her famous mouthpiece, Eddie Hayes, to answer charges of putting a beatdown on her fiancee/boy toy, Nick Stefanov. Kelly is 40, Nick is 30. Kelly was the 3rd wife of French born Gilles Bensimon, who is 65.

According to People magazine, Stefanov was not in court this morning and Kelly said little more than how "uncomfortable" this situation is for her and her two daughters. Her lawyer, Eddie Hayes, did manage to tell a tv program that Nick is just a "jilted moron." The link to People magazine: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20269066,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

Real Housewives of OC's Vicki receives death threat?



Listen, I abhor Vicki's "woo-hooing" as much as anyone, but I can't condone a death threat against anyone. What kind of obsessed fan would email Vicki and Jeana????

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/03/31/2009-03-31_real_housewives_of_orange_county_star_vi.html From the article:

A "Real Housewives" star is experiencing some serious off-screen drama.

Vicki Gunvalson, one of the stars of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Orange County," has received death threats from an unhappy female fan.

The obsessed viewer, who was not pleased with a comment Gunvalson made to a castmate during one episode, called for payback, reports E! News.

"Vicki did get a threatening call from a fan who was watching the show, and she didn't like something Vicki said to [co-star] Jeana Keough," says Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino. "Jeana also got an e-mail at home containing a direct threat to Vicki."

Amormino said the fan alluded to potential acts of violence in the e-mail to Keough, saying, "I'll take care of Vicki."

"It is a criminal threat and we are pursuing it aggressively," Amormino says.

Gunvalson has been on the hit series, now in its fifth season, since the show's inception.

The 45-year-old also runs a successful insurance and financial services agency.

SCARY!!

Breaking up is hard to do, my love



Breaking news on "The Countess," LuAnn DeLesseps...and it's not about her upcoming etiquette book! Rumors have been swirling in The Big Apple that the Count, Alex DeLesseps--the often unseen husband of insufferable LuAnn may be shacking up with a much YOUNGER woman overseas. Today, it reached The NY Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/31/real-housewives-countess_n_181122.html From the article:

Luann de Lesseps, the countess from "The Real Housewives of New York," is single. The 40-something American former model has been dumped via email by her 60-something husband Alex, with whom she has two kids.

Tuesday's NY Post confirms the rumors first reported Monday by New York Social Diary.

From the NYP:


A close pal said, "They decided to separate. She got wind he was seeing somebody and he didn't answer her when she called. He finally sent her an e-mail saying he was with an Ethiopian woman in Geneva and he was serious with her."


The revelation came as a shock to the countess, who celebrated her 16th anniversary with her husband on March 16.

"Luann was blindsided. She was just devastated," the close friend told Page Six. "They have basically lived apart for many years -- he lives in Europe and comes and goes as he pleases, but she never thought this would happen.


Monday's NYSD wrote:


Word comes from across the sea, that New York Housewives' Luann deLesseps has flown off (desperately?) to Europe to see husband Alex in an attempt to save their crumbling marriage. Alex, the Count de Lesseps has, it is said on the streets of Geneva, taken up with a beautiful Ethiopian beauty who is not only quite a bit younger than he but also quite a bit younger than his wife.


In the meantime, the sixty-something count has slimmed down, tanned up and looks years younger, according to friends, which once again raises the age-old question: Ain't love grand?



Luann plans to keep the title, though. Her book on manners, "Class With the Countess," comes out next month.






I sure hope LuAnn took note of the dating advice she laid on Bethenny a few episodes back--it seems she may need to use the advice herself. I'm sure, being Alex's fifth wife, she never saw THIS coming . A marriage unraveled via email?? How declasse!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Pot Calling the Kettle Black (Why I can't stand Bethenny Frankel)



The cartoon is just a little kitchen humor directed at Real Housewives of NYC's Bethenny Frankel. I DVR'd tonight's episode, which was good because the past few weeks have been boring and predictable so I just semi-watched while they aired and didn't bother with a re-cap. The truth is--I can't stand Bethenny Frankel and it actually has LITTLE to do with her incredibly annoying voice!!

Tonight, I rewound several parts just to make sure I could accurately quote Miss Bethenny. I was stunned at her hypocrisy so here are the quotes I had trouble with (both are directed squarely at fellow castmember, Kelly Killoren Bensimon):

43 minutes in, she looks directly at the camera and says, "Her reputation is someone who is really, really trying desperately to be famous."

The next gem, attributed to some "unknown people" who have been talking to Bethenny happened 47 minutes into the episode, and again, was announced straight into the camera so there's zero chance of bad editing or misquoting/splicing, "People have said to me that she's extremely enamored with celebrities and it's very important to her to be associating with influencers and celebrities and, and, and, people like that. I know celebrities, too. It's my work. It's not my goal."

Now please, in the name of IRONY, please tell me these words weren't declared by Bethenny Frankel of not ONE, but TWO reality tv shows. Yes, the celebrity-seeking contestant of Martha Stewart's Apprentice and The Real Housewives non-housewife.

Go back in time to 1994 and check out Bethenny in "Hollywood Hills 90028" or given its reviews...don't. Here's the synopsis on www.imdb.com It's not pretty http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369540/

From there, you only have to read Bethenny's blog this week to learn more of her "celebrity" connections..."I produced large-scale events such as the Grammys, Emmys, movie premieres, and more... in my past life.

This not-so-kind assessment of Bethenny comes from the OC Register, which does a great job of covering their own OC Housewives "The reality TV world surprises us sometimes with all of the interconnections. We saw a great example of that this week on “Dancing With the Stars.”

And we’re not talking about Bethany Frankel of “The Real Housewives of New York” (and Martha Stewart’s version of “The Apprentice”), who was sitting in the audience Monday and practically waving into the camera every time it pointed her way."
http://pedrowatcher.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/20/reality-tv-its-a-small-world-after-all/4569/
Yes, Bethenny of blogging on *any* show on Bravo and now expanding that to blogging on Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bethenny-frankel/the-business-of-reality-t_b_172147.html In Bethenny's own words, "Well, it is true. I am now a reality star.

I always say it is about the journey not the destination and this is part of my journey.

In my years of acting, TV production, then movie production, then event production and ultimately pashmina importing, I never knew that I would become a chef to the stars and more famous for my role in The Real Housewives of New York City.

I always say, "Don't hate the player, hate the game."


When it comes from a woman who apparently has chased (and found) stardom of sorts, touts herself as a CELEBRITY chef, writes a book, incorporates how she can help Oprah with her weight loss book on nearly every interview, blogs anywhere there is an audience, tells reporters that she used to babysit Paris Hilton, and finally, is so in love with her own reflection in the backdrop of "Dancing with the Stars," where does Bethenny get off criticizing *ANYONE* of being "really, really desperate to get famous," when in fact, she is the complete embodiment of that accusation? It's a kind revision of history when Bethenny claims that she "knows celebrities because it's her work and not her goal." Precisely what "work" was involved with "Dancing with the Stars?"

Unlike Bethenny, I don't hate the player nor the game. It just seems like a pile of hypocrisy for her to accuse Kelly Bensimon of doing something she has actively done since 1994.

Dear Bethenny--you'd better check yourself before you wreck yourself. (I know that's one of your favorite lines to repeat, ad nauseum, but I couldn't resist)


Real Housewives of NYC Season 2, Episode 6 Runway Run-In




1. We begin this week's episode with Kelly sorting through her Fashion Week invites, but I'm distracted by the giant horse statue that resides in her living room. Jill pays a visit to her fav NYC designer, Zang Toi. He's ADORABLE in his kilt, and his legs are enviably hairless. I wasn't familiar with his clothes, but they look amazing on Jill....most especially the ball gown!! It was nice to see Jill feeling like a princess (although, truth be told, there is no way in hell she's a size zero....and not because she's overweight, but because she's busty). Still, the clothes in this collection make Jill look radiant and it's so nice to see.


Fashion Week has even hit the 'burbs and Alex and Simon are traipsing through Brooklyn to meet up with their local designers. I KNOW these two are always saying that they are each other's stylists, but REALLY (!!) why is Simon here? None of the other housewives (on any franchise--OC, ATL, or NYC) have this co-dependent relationship with their husbands.... He's just TOO involved. Listening to his monologue about how living in NYC means having to own the right number of little black dresses (how is he an authority on this topic, Mr Hotel General Manager??), followed quickly by his 'vasectomy revelation'....ugh! My stomach.



2. Jill, Bethenny, and Ramona meet up with Jill's friend, Christina to talk charity stuff and it can't be overstated that Christina has a rooftop garden and view TO DIE FOR!!!! CreakyJoints sounds like a terrific charity.

Bethenny says in her voiceover that she gets frustrated at these meetings because "it's a lot of talking." I can't imagine how else the details would be hammered out (hieroglyphics?) and what more important things does Bethenny have to be doing..? Baking cookies and cupcakes? (Okay, that seems snarky, but just last week, Bethenny asked Alex to join her at the health expo and I don't remember Alex criticizing that all it amounted to was handing out muffins and cookies). Besides, Bethenny was finding a way to market her "skinny girl" margaritas so it wasn't a complete waste of her time.

3. Next, Kelly is off to Russel Simmons' Fashion Show. I don't know if this is directly related to the addition of Kelly Bensimon to the cast, but Russel has been in at least three episodes of the RHoNYC this season. He's almost neck and neck with Simon in the camera-whoredom department.

Speaking, again, of Simon, I was confounded by his confrontation of Ramona this week. They were in the front row of the fashion show and (again) not another husband in sight. WHY IS HE EVEN THERE?? We don't see Mario or Bobby. Anyway, wrong time and place for the discussion he was trying to have with Ramona. He's not a cast member, but I'm pretty sure (with all his personal interviews and voiceovers) that he thinks he is one. Here's a clue, Simon, when someone is avoiding you, you can't possibly think that a crowded fashion show (with reality tv cameras rolling) make it an appropriate venue for ironing out last season's tiffs?



4. Kelly and LuAnn visit the Malo cashmere store. LuAnn and Kelly are both so statuesque that they could be sisters. I don't know why Kelly was being such a stick-in-the-mud. LuAnn is coming off a rough few weeks as "The Countess/Manners Hypocrite" so it was surprising to see the LuAnn of last season--who is actually damn likeable. In my humble opinion, the cashmere dress looked better on LuAnn and I totally didn't get Kelly's pairing the hat with the gorgeous dress. LuAnn settled on a beautiful black sleveless number, which fit her perfectly.

In the Malo store, LuAnn mentions Jill's charity and there's the foreshadowing that Jill hasn't included Kelly in the planning stages and I could understand Kelly's trepidation of being invited to the charity meeting second-hand.



At the Malo show, LuAnn and Kelly dish on the Ramona-Simon feud. LuAnn mostly threw Ramona under the bus. She downplayed the "Simon at girls night" from last season (which was the very beginning of the creepiness that *is* Simon) and proceeded to run Ramona over a few more times, back up, and run her over again.

Kelly, for the second time, expresses her concern about getting involved with Jill's charity, yet LuAnn apparently doesn't pass this info to Jill and that will be critical later. I do *not* understand Kelly's reluctance to have her name on invitations, but at least she's been consistent in saying this two days in a row. If LuAnn was assuming the role of messenger, she should have relayed not just the invitation, but also the feedback she was getting.



5. Jill and Ally arrive at the Zang Toi fashion show luncheon (YAY Ally is back!) As she explained last season, Jill is a "connector" and she clearly likes hooking up this designer with her circle of friends who can afford his clothing line.

I was surprised to see Bethenny at the luncheon, but I'd forgotten she was on the cover of "Social Life" magazine and the gown she was wearing was by Zang.

The fashion show luncheon was a great success and Jill was clearly in her element.

6. Kelly goes to Jill Stuart's studio to interview her. Her interview "style" was all over the place and I'm not sure what "gems" she got for her article, based on the awkward conversation we saw. I'll cut her some slack in that she works for "Page Six Magazine" for the NY Post--a publication that won't be winning any Pulitzers in the foreseeable future.

7. Bethenny and Jill have a girls' dinner at Le Cirque. I love this restaurant and I was surprised/disappointed that they allowed filming of a reality show in their dining room. Bethenny *finally* decides to tell about her reasons for not liking Kelly, which dates back TWO YEARS. I am puzzled because in the very first episode of this season, when she and Jill are in the Hamptons and Jill begs Bethenny to tell her everything she knows about Kelly, she didn't mention a peep about the crap she made seem a big deal tonight.

Anyway, according to Bethenny, two years ago, Kelly was supposed to host a party for Bethenny's friend, Ginny Hilfiger, at Kelly's apt and Bethenny says that Kelly didn't even bother showing up until TOMMY HILFIGER arrived and worse yet, Bethenny is sure that Kelly was hitting on Bethenny's boyfriend at the time, Kevin. Kevin was a famous photographer and Bethenny swears she was paying too much attention to him and saying she wanted to book him to take her pictures, etc. So, there's a history...and now the rivalry seems to make sense.

The funniest part of the whole episode was Jill's objection to Kelly's not wearing a bra (or as she pronounces it..."brar")!! Bobby Zarin does not need to see wandering breasts (and frankly, neither does anyone else.)



8. Yes, it's still fashion week and although Bethenny keeps protesting to the camera that she's not a "fashionista" and she's so not into fashion, we are about to see her attend yet another fashion show (and she lists three others to Kelly that we DIDN'T see her attend...). She's been invited by Jill Stuart's publicist to Jill's show. Naturally, we already know that Kelly and Jill Stuart are chummy and Kelly has an interview coming out about Jill's line so, for sure, she will also be there. (Also, audience, be real--surely the film crews KNEW these two would be filmed at this event for tonight's episode. We're not as naive as the plot line would suggest).

Bethenny was next to Jill Stuart's publicist and Kelly was with Howard Stern's wife, Beth, so I have no idea why Kelly and Bethenny chose to sit directly next to each other, except that it gave them each an opportunity to move their hair around and look uncomfortable....and give the camera crew something to tape.

I have to agree with Kelly's interview assessment that she invited Bethenny to see the work of a photographer with her and Bethenny basically turned it into a pissing contest of who knew whom better, etc. It was a really passive-aggressive moment for Bethenny. If she wanted to bring up the long-forgotten moment of Kelly flirting with a boyfriend...who is at least two boyfriends ago, then she should do it or let it go.


(Who ELSE is late for this meeting? Uh, ALEX and apparently, Ramona)

9. And now for the best scene of the ENTIRE season. Charity meeting number two at Christina's fab apt and Kelly shows up late. (Upon reading Alex's blog on Bravo, apparently, she was LATER than Kelly so I'm not sure why the late arrival seemed to set everyone off). Anyway, Kelly immediately puts her foot in her mouth by responding to the news that Ally has arthritis by saying, "Oh that's cute." True, that was about the last thing to say, BUT I blame Jill for the set up on this. After being invited, secondhand, by LuAnn, clearly Kelly doesn't even know the basics on the event.

Predictably, the issue of being named an Honorary Co-Chair and appearing on the invite is broached. The Countess knew this several days prior so there's a communication breakdown between Jill and everyone serving on her charity. As soon as Kelly voices her objection to being tied to *any* charity (not just this one) Bethenny starts shooting looks all over the room as if this woman has just murdered her cat. For Bethenny, clearly, this isn't about the charity, but it's an easy foil for her agenda of not liking Kelly. Period.

Kelly expresses that she is at the meeting to get info and she's happy to attend and/or work in the trenches, but she doesn't want her name on it. As Bethenny flashes crazy-eyed looks around the table, the girl next to her asks, "Who is she?" in regards to Kelly and Bethenny thinks it's time for one of her self-congratulatory one liners, "Evidently, she's Madonna." It was a catty moment and not funny, especially from the person who is using the charity to market her alcoholic signature drink and playing bartender at the event.

Bethenny then launches into some lecture about "coming from a place of no," where she kind of lost me, but I thought Kelly's blog on Bravo's site summed it up best that the "place of yes," vs "place of no," is clearly something one would hear on a therapist's couch and I agree (http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/blogs/kelly-killoren-Bensimon/b-is-for-bully-not-baked-goods).

Bethenny accuses Kelly of showing up at the charity a half an hour late and by saying what she would and wouldn't do, that she made the meeting all about herself, but it all goes back to the fact that Jill should have reached out to Kelly, personally, in advance of the meeting and gotten her approval. I can't imagine Bethenny being in a "place of yes" if the same scenario was thrown at her.

Next week promises to be AWESOME with Kelly and Bethenny really duking it out.

**It should be said that I don't care much for Kelly!! I was totally unaware of her before she joined this show and when she was arrested, a few weeks back, for putting the beatdown on her boytoy, I dredged up every article I could find in the NY papers and posted them on my blog. I don't think Kelly fits in well or adds much to the dynamic of this show, BUT in this argument, I don't think Bethenny has a leg to stand on....and I'll post why in my next entry.

Here, also are Bethenny's blog http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/blogs/bethenny-frankel/bang-it-out .


In case you need Trashy Tamra Barney's perspective (??) she offers her support for Bethenny (who, curiously blogged in support of Tamra in the hideous episode that became known for Tamra getting a houseguest "naked wasted") http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/blogs/tamra-barney/cut-the-bs

Preview for next week's catfight

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Ramona Singer dancing--alone--at Hamptons party

Sheesh--last week, I thought it was just me (or some unfortunate editing!) when I spied Ramona dancing, by herself, at the Hamptons Party for Bethenny's cover on The Real Housewives of NYC. The show has "featured" Ramona's spastic dancing in the past and it never disappoints!!

Some genius posted this clip on Youtube and as you can see, my eyes did *not* deceive me. Not only is Ramona a horrible dancer, please note that she is the ONLY person in the crowd, dancing at all. Classic Ramona.

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Bravo TV Video - Catchphrases


This is a VERY short clip, but it emcompasses why I am having trouble getting into The Real Housewives of NYC this season:

Ramona rambling about getting what she wants (and not just spitting out what she has been saying since she first met a tv camera--that making money is an aphrodesiac and she likes it), the "Countess" referring to herself in the third person, and Bethenny having absolutely no sense of modesty by dubbing HERSELF the "Queen of One Liners," yet prattling off tons of one-liners...none of which remotely belong to her! Newsflash, Bethenny, the 1980s called and they want their lines back.

Bravo TV Video - Feeling the Heat



Ooooh. I just figured out Bravo's new site. Well, the site itself isn't new, but they did some upgrades a while back and I could no longer figure out how to embed the videos or photos---and that's because AOL won't play nice with *ANY* site on the entire internet. Playing with IE, there's actually a tag to embed on Blogger, which will make the RHofNYC easier and more fun.

Here's the icky clip of Simon "feeling the heat." Ramona is right--he makes my skin crawl! And is it just me or did Ramona get her meds adjusted because she's not nearly AS loathsome this season...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

As much as Simon van Kempen makes me itch....



Okay, as fake as I know these two are...and as much as I skeeve when I hear Simon mutter, "feel the heat," while being massaged (and I do!!)

I am so loving the digs he takes at the faux NYC Housewives on his blog (Bravo only publishes the HouseWIVES so Simon has his own outlet) here: http://www.mccordvankempen.com/blog.php

"Real" Housewives of NYC





I had so many posts dedicated to the antics of those crazy Orange County Housewives, yet I can barely type a write-up on the Housewives in my own city....of NYC.

Unlike 90% of the blogosphere, I CANNOT stand Bethenny Frankel. God help me!! I can't stand her shrill voice or her corny second-hand lines that she passes off as her own. For example........"Check yourself before you wreck yourself." Sure...we *ALL* know Ice Cube uttered that phrase in 2006. Right? Cough, cough?

Apparently not. Bethenny used that in the final show with Andy Cohen and the cast cracked up. This week, in cast blogs, not only does Bethenny recycle it, but Jill uses it.

I find Bethenny soooooo annoying and so self-congratulatory that I find the show hard to watch. I am ever so grateful that Bethenny owned up to throwing up in her own mouth over watching herself, on this week's episode, talking about how envious others are of her....because we were all feelin' it.

Weakly, she wrote, that she didn't realize how that would play out. Uh---I can never see how it would have played out well. Patting yourself on the back that hard? Yeah--we weren't envious. Trust me. We were all feeling badly for you and luckily, you did catch on. (We wanted to tell you to "Check yourself, etc.") I am 99% sure Luanne was dubbed "Discountess" somewhere else before Bethenny STOLE that one-liner.

I like Jill. She's a busy body and I think either Bravo should give her gay boyfriend, Brad, his own show or cut him lose. He sucks the oxygen out of the show. I know Jill's daughter was in Paris, etc, but we do *NOT* need a sub-plot of Ginger (her dog) or Brad. Her husband, Bobby, is awesome and we could use more of Gloria, her mom.

What we could use a whole lot LESS of is the "Zarin fabrics," multilevel chocolate diet scheme, your Ebay site, your sister's radio show, your "Team Jill" tee shirt tie in, and every other link you can possibly put on your blog!!! This is a mindless tv show---not an infomercial for every business endeavor you have ever considered. It's a recession and we are home watching Bravo because we do NOT own homes in the Hamptons. Just stop!!

Crazy-eyed Ramona has never bothered me. I find her amusing and I like Mario and Avery. In real life, I'd avoid Ramona like the plague, but since she's part of the show, I watch her and I love her Hamptons house.

Luanne? Luanne, Luanne, Luanne. Goodness gracious. Telling the pizza delivery guy that you are a COUNTESS? Ridiculous. As ridiculous as chastising Bethenny last season for using your "real" first name with the limo driver. Luanne--you are the Count's THIRD wife. Get over yourself. We have *ALL* read about you in the NY Post for your drunken and cavorting escapades so drop the etiquette crap. See where E-T-T-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E bullshit got Tamra and avoid that pitfall. You are setting yourself up for a huge fall and the other castmember's blogs are showing you up.

I totally discount AlexandSimon. Yes, they are one word. They're fake to the extreme and the beauty is that they are clueless that this show (their vehicle to SOCIETY) shows them up as frauds so I watch and laugh that fake laugh as they expose themselves (and much more when Simon wears his speedo). Their kids are terrors that I hope I'm never seated next to on a small airplane.

And that only leaves Kelly Killoren Bensimon, whose arrest I dedicated at least three posts to this week. She is soooo mannish and in light of the whole Chris Brown/Rihanna crap, she should be held to the same standard.

As for the broad shoulders and the fake uber-educated prose blogs she posts? Yeah--thanks for the rundown this week on everything that happened since you last wrote? I was sure bored to tears with the detail----------------until I realized you left out the whole ARREST thing that happened. Try again, doll. True? Yes, your booking sheet actually indicates you ARE a man!! It was a mistake, but an understandable one at that. At what was it you said on camera about "Kelly-time?" You said that mean something FUN was gonna happen. Did you mean a smackdown? Was your boyfriend sporting flesh wounds and that can only mean...."Kelly time?!?"

Here in Manhattan, no one who is really "high society" would ever consent to these camera crews and crazy editing. Ditto on the West Coast (and clearly in Atlanta). It makes for good basic cable TV, but these divas let the "fame" of basic cable get to their heads---and THAT it why it's fun to watch!! Further, I read a blog Bethenny submitted to Huffington Post last week (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bethenny-frankel/the-business-of-reality-t_b_172147.html) What's so funny in reading her post, in earnest, is that this shrill bitch *STILL* doesn't get that the joke is on her.

Absolutely, I will still DVR "The Real Housewives of NYC." It's mind candy. Empty calorie tv, by definition....and watching these ladies take themselves so seriously is incredibly funny. They can write all the "CYA" blogs they want....the joke is (and always has been ) squarely on them.

Chelsea Lately

I so rarely watch E! Network (okay, except for watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians.....which is so awful I can't *not* watch it). I saw the season premiere of Keeping Up with Kim & the Gang, but I was distracted while it was on so I rewatched it tonight and left E! on.......

You'd be surprised at what happens when you leave on a station you wouldn't normally watch. I SWEAR Chelsea Lately said Jason Mesnick used to sell cell phones in the mall and he's flat broke.

Did anyone actually see this show.........or am I hallucinating??

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Alex McCord loses her job at Victoria Secret



I was just reading an update on Kelly Killoren Bensimon and the charges against her for battering her boyfriend (uh, allegedly) and I found out that Miss Alex McCord (other half of AlexandSimon) lost her job. Oh no!! How ever will those two be able to afford the clothing shopping sprees and enjoying St Barth's (off season)?

If I had to guess, they will just drop the renovation plans on their townhouse and continue to live in the shambles they did last season.

More on Kelly Killoren Bensimon's arrest





This comes right from NYC's favorite tabloid/newspaper of record when it comes to gossip--The NY Post--and funny enough, it's the newspaper where Kelly used to have a column:

She's a hissing, claws-out socialite on the hit Bravo reality show "Real Housewives of New York City," but Kelly Bensimon turned into a butt-kicking boyfriend beater in her posh lower-Manhattan coop last week, court records claim.

The 6-foot-tall, 40-year-old former model, horse fancier and one-time marathon runner got into a fight last week with her boyfriend, 30-year-old Nick Stefanov, and clocked him, giving him a black eye and opening a blood-gushing gash on his left cheek, according to the records.

Stefanov fled her apartment on Centre Street after the Tuesday-morning beating and reported the mother of two to cops at the 5th Precinct station.

A source said Bensimon at the time was sporting "a fat lip."

Bensimon surrendered two days later and was charged with misdemeanor third-degree assault. She's due in court March 31.

"We got engaged a couple weeks ago," Stefanov told one friend. "We got into an argument that escalated and escalated. She hauled off and started swinging. She got a lucky punch on my cheekbone and just split it right open. I went down to the police station covered in blood."

Stefanov declined to speak directly to The Post, but told pals he went to his hometown of Pittsburgh because he was embarrassed to be seen in New York with a black eye and cut face.

"If I had done it to her, I would have been put in jail immediately," Stefanov told his friend.

"My injuries are worse than Rihanna's - and Chris Brown was charged with two felonies."

After dating Bensimon for nearly four years, and being a surrogate father to her two daughters, taking them to soccer games and ballet classes, Stefanov isn't ready to end their relationship.

But when he got back to New York a few days later, he learned there was a restraining order that prevents both parties from contacting each other.

"I sent her an e-mail, and the cops called me and said you can't do that," Stefanov told a friend. "It's snowballing into something no one ever intended."

Bensimon's lawyer, Stephen Turano, called the charges "unfounded."

A Bravo spokeswoman said the show "doesn't comment on the private lives of our talent."

An e-mail to her ex-husband, fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon, who is the father of the couple's two daughters, was not returned.

Kelly Bensimon ran the New York City Marathon in 2007, wrote a book on bikinis and was a columnist for Page Six Magazine.

She also modeled for Elle, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, and was the face for Clarins.


http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/beau__i_got_a_wife_beating_158911.htm?CMP=EMC-email_edition&DATE=03102009

Kelly Killoren Bensimon arrested for hitting her boyfriend!



Wow. This is big news in NYC....it's even on the front page of the NY Daily News. Here's the article http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/03/09/2009-03-09_real_housewives_of_new_york_city_star_ke.html

I have to say that I really don't "get" Kelly as an addition to The Real Housewives of NYC. I watched one episode where she tried to explain her job as "The Socializer," or whatever her job is. She flits into Hamptons parties, takes some photos with guests, proclaims the party "foxy," and skips away.

There is something very masculine about her build. I sure wouldn't want to take a sucker punch from her! Anyway, I you know you're news when Regis mentions you at the top of "Regis & Kelly," and that's how I first heard about this. Not good.

One thing of interest--she is 10 years older than her punching bag, I mean, beau...Nick Stefanov.

Monday, March 9, 2009

JASON MESNICK--awesome Youtube video--as you've never seen him before!!

This made me laugh HYSTERICALLY. I was so glad to be home alone when I viewed it because I am sure I couldn't explain to anyone else how funny I find this video!! Pay special attention to the EYEGLASSES and the second photo....is that a man-perm gone wrong?? Thanks to whomever posted this on Youtube. I am sure I'll reference this post for days to come when I need a good giggle!!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Melissa Rycroft to join "Dancing with the Stars"




Well that was quick!! Melissa, formerly engaged and dumped by Jason Mesnick, has signed on to the show "Dancing with the Stars" to replace Nancy O'Dell from Access Hollywood, who was injured during rehearsals.

Melissa may have an advantage, having been a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. I could have *sworn* she said on Ellen Degeneres's show that her reality tv show days were behind her. It is a girl's perogative to change her mind---so what's Jason's excuse??

Link to NY Daily News article http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/03/08/2009-03-08_the_bachelor_exfiancee_melissa_rycroft_t.html

Saturday, March 7, 2009

More details on the Gretchen Rossi restraining order against Jay Photoglou

I am really starting to like the website Radar Online! According to their latest post on the Jay Photoglou melodrama, Gretchen is seeking restraining orders in additional cities. Here's what they have to say:

"Real Housewife Files a Restraining Order
Adding another twist to her ongoing real-life drama, The Real Housewives of Orange County star Gretchen Rossi filed a temporary restraining order on Friday against a rumored recent ex-boyfriend Jay Photoglou.

A source tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that Rossi had at least thirty pages of evidence against Photoglou to show the judge this morning and plans on filing similar orders in multiple cities. She also apparently filed a restraining order for him to stay away from her dogs.

"I look forward to the truth being played out in court," Photoglou tells RadarOnline.com. "It's an obvious attempt by Gretchen to silence me, as I've only spoken the truth about our relationship."

Here's a direct link to their article: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/real-housewife-files-a-restraining-order.php

I guess it would be easy to accrue 30 pages of evidence with Jay's big mouth and busy fingers hitting up every tabloid and internet website he can find....

Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney show their faces--On Ellen's talk show

Well I hope that's the last I see of those two...I tuned on mostly to see how Ellen would handle the scandal-ridden couple. Jason's excuses are weak and pathetic and when they brought Molly out, what's with her embracing and kissing Jason? Um, didn't they arrive to the studio together and weren't they backstage in hair and makeup together? Someone forgot to give Molly the memo to QUIT pretending like she hasn't seen Jason--like she did on the Affter the Rose Part II atrocity.

I could also live with just one four minute segment when they can refrain from shoving their tongues down each other's throats. Just...ick.

Now, go away.





Jay's reason for giving the 911 tape to radar online...WEAK

Here's what Jay posted online, regarding his release of the 911 call (links to the actual call and restraining order filing at end of post):

"This 911 call took place at 00:32 hrs. Wednesday January 28th 2009. 3 days before the filming of the reunion show of the Orange County housewives.

The events immediately leading up to and following this call are critical in understanding why I made this call. I really thought Gretchen had taken Lunest to take her life. A by product of this call will show Gretchen as someone who will say whatever she needs to to get whatever she wants.

*Please read this before you listen to the call.*


Grecthen knows the story of someone in my life that tried to commit suicide, she has even asked me if even I have talked to them to let them know how much it affected me, after meeting this person. This will always be a sensitive subject for me.

So, to the night of the call.

Gretchen and I started out Leaving our house at 8 or 8:30 P.M. (I had moved in December 29th 2008) we were going to a birthday party @ 3 thirty 3 in Newport Beach. While at the party, Gretchen noticed a girl there named J***. J*** works at the salon Gretchen gets her hair done. Gretchen had just found out a few days earlier that J*** had just started dating C**** her ex- husband (he claims they were just friends). She was not happy as she thought she was J***'s friend.

While at 3 Thirty 3 stares went back and forth across the bar between Gretchen and J***. About 10:45 a friend of mine comes out of the ladies room and says I think Gretchen is getting into a fight in there. I look over and J*** was gone too.

I ask the birthday boy's girlfriend to go check and see if she is O.K. Birthday boy's Girlfriend agree'd. Then another friend of ours comes out of the Ladies room and says "you should go in there and get your girlfriend", to me. I figure Birthday boys girlfriend is in there one of them can grab help if it gets that bad.

30 minutes go by, Gretchen and 4 of our friends come out of the ladies room. ALL of them (except Gretchen) looking at me like 'dude you gotta control her'. I asked what happened and Gretchen said "I gave J*** a piece of my mind". Then one of the girls that was in there with her "yeah and almost a piece of your fist".

I said "girl (referring to Gretchen) you gotta stop that, you gotta get over what C**** is doing". I said this in front of the other people (I shouldn't have done that) She claimed I was taking C****'s side. So this started an arguement between us. She explained this and that about how J*** was her friend and she has no right to date C**** several times. So after I still didn't take her side and she said "I'm just gonna kill myself".... O.K. I was (too) thinking dramatic. But figured lets go home, so to not excite the situation I said "Let's just go home and write your blog". We had watched the episode earlier and always wrote her blog together. Notice no blog since Jan 23rd 2009???

We were still arguing as we walked outside to valet. Valet pulled her car up she got in the passenger seat, that was fine, although she had driven there, I thought she was too upset and a little buzzed too drive. I shut her door got in the driver's side of the car. as I started to pull away I realized I forgot my jacket inside. So I told her I was going back to get it.

When I went back inside and grabbed my jacket I let birthday boy know we were leaving. Gave him a short summary why (no longer than 5 minutes inside) we were leaving. I walked outside and saw she and the car were gone. I asked valet if he saw where she went, pointing at where the car was he said "she got out said ""F*** him"" and drove away.

I walked back inside to see if anyone else was leaving to give me a ride home. No one was. So I jumped in a cab and went home. My cell phone battery was dead. My keys to my car, car charger and the house were inside the house so I couldn't call or let myself in.

I rang the door bell. I couldn't have been more than 15 minutes behind her. No answer, so I walked to the back yard. Checking the sliding glass door it was locked too. The worst just went through my mind. She overdosed on her prescription sleeping pills (Lunesta). I now start banging very loud. I then walk to the side garage door and knock again very loud. I decide to walk to the street to see if someone driving by would call 911 I was scared she took her pills and was making good on her threat. No one drove by for 5 minutes. I walk back to the house, pounded on the front door very hard. She finally came down opened the garage door. I lived there. She even told the police that when they were there.

I walked in and immediately asked her why it took her so long to answer. She said "I was sleeping". I said "Gretchen you don't sleep that deep unless you've taken your sleeping pills", and asked her if she took her sleeping pills. She said "maybe". I said how many. no answer from her. I said "Gretchen I'm not kidding" she smirked. So I picked up the phone and called 911.

Now please listen to the call.


After seeing the reunion show. It became clear to me that Gretchen is going to do or say what she wants to get what she wants.

On the tape you heard her say I am her boyfriend. Then 3 days later on the filming of the reunion show when called out by Tamra she says no he is an ex. The morning of the reunion show filming I walked her cloths to the driver of the towncar supplied Bravo/Evolution. On the way home from the filming of the reunion show she sent a text to me " I am too shaken up to talk I just want to come home and take a sleeping pill". This has been her way of letting me know something is serious, and to take her serious she is not in a laughing mood. (The night of the 911 call she went one step further by using the word kill)

She lied about where I lived on the 911 tape, but when the police were there she told the truth (I think that was because I could hear her talking to the police officers in the house and she knew I would say something if she lied about where I lived.)

You hear her lie about my last name. This is because there was alot of stuff on the Internet about us. She later said she did that so no one could look up my name and see us in a police report together.

I am upset the most about the night she referred to me as sliding my hand over on her and making an unwanted advance. I was driving that night and the things she described DID NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY at all.

Gretchen tell the truth!!!"

******

Well since Jay admits this happened before the Reunion Show taped, maybe THAT is why Gretchen called Jay a "stalker" and an "ex?" Still doesn't give her a pass on not being fully honest, but I'm glad she filed for a restraining order today. I think this guy is seriously crazy after listening to the 911 call. He would have been better off not leaking it....?? And, if he insisted on releasing it and writing the above post, maybe he should look into spell check??

Here are some links from previous posts:

The infamous 911 call: http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/real-housewife-denies-suicide-claim-on-911-tape.php


And.... a link to the lovely "Absurd to sublime blog," which has a copy of Gretchen's filing for a restraining order against this nut: http://absurdtosublime.blogspot.com/2009/03/gretchen-rossi-and-jay-photoglou-she.html

Friday, March 6, 2009

Gretchen Rossi files for restraining order against Jay Photoglou (NOW will you go away, Jay??)



I was just cruising one of my fav sites, Absurd to Sublime because they always have *the best* OC dish and once again, they deliver! Gretchen filed for a restraining order this afternoon against that idiot, Jay Photoglou. Reason? Harassment. It's about time! I just wish we could make it a class-action. Photoglou is a clown....I am only sad that Tamra's son, Ryan, isn't on the police force. Maybe he could have a guest starring role in Jay's fiasco!

Here's a link to Absurd to Sublime, where they were even kind enough to copy the order for us! http://absurdtosublime.blogspot.com/2009/03/gretchen-rossi-and-jay-photoglou-she.html

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Jay Photoglou's 16th Min of Fame, via 911 call & his Myspace quote



Ha! I just found this gem on radar online. I never heard of that site until they aired some interviews with crazy Octomom. Now they are playing the famous 911 call that Jay has been broadcasting on every site will vindicate him.

NOT IN THE LEAST!

It seems Psycho Jay rings Gretchen's doorbell for 25 minutes and when she lets him in, he dials 911 and tells them that Gretch is attempting suicide!! When pressed for *HOW* she is trying to kill herself, he claims she's taken Lunesta (sleeping pills).

Gretchen takes over the phone, not at all in an overdose haze. She sounds more lucid than dumb-ass Jay!

On the shady side, Gretchen admits Jay is her boyfriend and she gives a fake last name for him.

If I were dealing with a nitwit like Photoglou, I'd want something stronger than Lunesta!!

If you have 13 minutes you don't mind wasting, listen for yourself http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/real-housewife-denies-suicide-claim-on-911-tape.php


PS---I had to add the pearls of wisdom Jay has posted on his Myspace (damn, I wish he could take his own advice here):

"Photoglou Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are" http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=9926872 Too bad Jay has neither character nor reputation.

Melissa appears on Ellen DeGeneres talk show (VIDEO)

Melissa was a guest on Ellen's talk show this afternoon. I think she did a terrific job and I believe she was honest.

Jason and Molly are scheduled to be on Ellen tomorrow and I don't expect them to skate. I don't think Ellen is a big fan of theirs and I watched the promo of Jason holding a rose and I felt nauseatious.

I liked seeing a picture of Melissa with her new beau, Ty, and she did confirm that the emails circulating are real, FYI.


The emails between Melissa and Jason Mesnick

The internet has been buzzing about the emails between Jason and Melissa, post break up and it didn't take long before they fell into the hands of Access Hollywood. Here's a link to the pdf file.

Basically, Jason is a wuss. That's not really news is it? He blames it all on "the producers," and Melissa says she believes he was in touch with Molly while they were engaged...

Read for yourself: http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/pdfs/BachelorEmails.pdf

Chris Harrison's final blog


I really liked that Chris Harrison started blogging this season. His blogs always stir up tons of posts and he takes the criticism in stride. He's become "The Bachelor's Wingman" and although I think his role is rather baffoonish (clinking the glass, announcing that it's the "final" rose, etc). Here's his final wrap up of The Bachelor Mess:




Not sure if it's safe to come back in here, but I wanted to come back today and give you my final thoughts now that everything is out in the open. I completely understand that many, if not most, of you are upset at what went down. It's not up to me to judge whether Jason was right or wrong in doing what he did. That's for you guys to decide and debate. I hate that he hurt Melissa like he did but I also see the other side. I spent time with him and Molly and have talked to both of them several times since we shot After the Final Rose part 1. I don't know if it makes it any easier for you to swallow but they are in love and are fighting like hell under an extreme amount of pressure to make this work. I told him that he must really love Molly to have done this. The easy thing for him to have done was break up with Melissa and just let it all go away, but that's not the choice he made and that's what we showed you.

I found it very interesting to hear what the bachelorettes who came back had to say. Most of them are very good friends with Melissa, but they saw firsthand what really happened this season. I can tell you now that we all thought it was Melissa from the start. I remember thinking that first night that it was going to be hard for us to hide the fact that Jason was so in love with her. Even the other women could tell it was Melissa. But they also said that they could see his feelings for Molly grow stronger toward the end. It will be debated for some time to come what was right and what was wrong, and I'm happy to hear all of your opinions. I really am. I find it fascinating to hear how you feel about all this. We all bring our own baggage into this discussion and that definitely helps shape our thoughts and feelings. I'm not here to apologize or excuse anything that Jason said or did, but let me say this publicly about everybody involved: I consider all three of them to be friends. I've talked to Melissa and know she's doing fine. You'll see her this week telling her story to Ellen and in the magazines. By the way, I will also be dishing on Ellen's show Wednesday. I wish Melissa the best and know that we'll keep in touch and that she'll be fine. I also consider Molly and Jason to be friends now and wish them nothing but the best. After taping the special Friday night, Jason, Molly, Jillian, my wife, and my friends all hung out in my dressing room and had a cold one. We talked about what was about to happen this week. Jason and Molly are well aware that many don't appreciate what happened and hold ill feelings toward them. They are going to have a lot of pressure on them and all they can do is just rely on each other and do the best they can. I wish you all could have hung out with us and just seen that these are real people going through life just like you and I are. It just so happens that what they do is magnified times a thousand because they are on TV.

There will be a lot said and written about this season of The Bachelor. For better or worse, it's one for the history books. I can't do much about the rumors and flat-out lies that are being told out there. I have been as honest and as detailed with you as I could possibly have been. I am sorry that this is hurting some of my friends but they are strong people and will come out on the other side of this just fine. I've never been a part of anything like this before and will be perfectly happy if it never happens again. Ratings aside and contrary to what some of you may believe, I didn't enjoy one bit of what happened. I would love to show you a great love story every time but that's not how life works, and in the end we may have indeed brought you a love story after all. Five years down the road, when Jason and Molly are married, I wonder if many of you will feel different about this.

Let me just wrap this up by saying, I'm very excited to announce Jillian as our next Bachelorette. I think it always speaks volumes about our show when the good people like Jillian decide to come back. I think it also helps that I showed her the script for next season, and although she's not happy about having octuplets, she does like the guy we picked for her so she's all good. Seriously, Jillian is the best. We couldn't have found a more down to earth, funny, thoughtful woman. I hope she finds what she's looking for but be warned – even if she does, we just learned it may not happen exactly how you like!

A quick thank you to the wonderful crew I work with on The Bachelor year in and year out. I love you all like family. My thanks to my new friends at EW. When I started this I had never blogged before and now that it's done it's safe to say I'll never do it again. Kidding...I'll be back blogging about Jillian when we premiere in May. Until then, thank you for watching.

For everyone who's been a part of this one, I'm Chris Harrison. Good Night!


The one line I STRONGLY object to is this one: "Five years down the road, when Jason and Molly are married, I wonder if many of you will feel different about this." Give it a rest, Chris, they have been dating SIX WEEKS. That would be, uh, a RECORD for Jason Mesnick. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves!!

Here's the link to Chris's blog: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/the_bachelor/index.html

Ryan Sutter has some words about Jason...






I posted Trista Sutter's not-so-nice reaction to Jason Mesnick and his Bachelor-bombshell. Reading around the internet, I found Ryan Sutter's blog (didn't know he had one) and he also has some unflattering opinions to share.

You know you suck when a guy like Ryan Sutter, who I didn't think had spoken in about 7 years, has some choice words for your morality and behavior. Enjoy!


Ryan Sutter comments about Jason:

Because I actually watched the last hour of the Bachelor last night I thought I would jump into the popular conversation and offer my two cents.

Prior to last night I had not watched a Bachelor series since the Bachelorette that I was on seven years ago. Why? I don’t believe the show holds a very high moral standard and quite frankly I don’t enjoy reliving a very stressful and exhausting time in my life. That said, I would not change my experience and find my personal hardships a very small price to pay for the resulting life they afforded me.

You see love is not easy to come by. Sometimes it embarrasses you. Sometimes it humbles you. And sometimes, as in Jason’s case, it makes you look like a complete jackass. Jason took part in a show that preys on those of weak spine and spirit. He fell victim to a program of intense emotional overload intended to create a narrow tunnel of vision from which only rash and irresponsible decisions could possibly be made.

I have no doubt he made the decision he felt was right when he chose Melissa. I’ll buy his explanation that when the real world with all of its real world influences and realities came back into play he had second thoughts. At some point, however, Jason needed to realize that the re-entry of the real world meant that he needed to resume his role as a real man. If his feeling for Melissa had changed he should have told her.

There is absolutely no excuse for the savage treatment Jason laid on Mellisa’s heart. If he truly cared he would have disregarded the request of the show to hold a public break-up. Jason crumbled under the pressure of the production and in the process walked down a path cast with shadows of shame for which he will always be remembered.

Jason had to know the consequences of his choices. His cliche laden explanations, though weak and uninspiring, are his attempt to justify a decision he is convinced he made for love. If that is truly the case, can we really blame him? I get emails all the time from people desperate to find love. It seems some people are willing to do most anything for a chance at the queasy stomached emotion.

Still, I would like to believe that when it came right down to it, the majority of the broken-hearted would stop short of blatantly and quite publicly torching the feelings of someone they laid claim to caring for simply to further their own desperate quest for love. Love is a powerful force, capable of providing us with both the cause for stupid decisions and the strength to overcome them. For Jason’s sake I hope he found it.

Courtesy of www.ryansutter.com/blog

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

From Jason's Myspace Page:








I came across Jason Mesnick's Myspace page last night and since then, it's been "updated." I don't know if the update included purging the TON of angry posts I saw on his page last night, but here's his new "About Me" blurb:


About me:
I just want to say 'thank you' to everyone who's been supportive throughout the entire Bachelor process (especially over the last 24 hours!). I can't tell you how much I appreciate the encouragement. Reality TV and reality are sometimes worlds apart, so again...thank you for understanding that and for sticking with me. Molly and I are incredibly happy together and your well wishes mean so much right now. For those of you who've been asking what I'm up to next, I'm working on starting a new resource/organization for single moms and dads - something I'm obviously very passionate about. Check back in a couple days for more details. Talk to you soon, Jason



Hmmmmm. Starting an organization for single moms and dads? Homeboy should concentrate his efforts on getting some psychological help, but okay....

Trista Sutter speaks out about Jason Mesnick (and it's not flattering, Jay!)



HA! I just saw this article on MSNBC. It's Trista's reaction to Jason and his engagement gone wrong

Here are a few of my fav quotes from Trista:

Original “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter, who was an avid watcher of the show this season, said she couldn’t believe how it all unfolded, as Mesnick broke off his engagement with Melissa Rycroft and got back together with the previously dumped Molly Malaney during the “After The Final Rose” special.

“I am still just blown away that anyone could do that. I mean, first of all, to propose to one person when you say you’re in love with two people, that just seems not necessarily right to begin with,” Sutter said. “I just feel horrible for Melissa. No one deserves to go through what she went through.”


and this:

And while Mesnick told People magazine it wasn’t his choice to break up with Rycroft on national TV, claiming it was “part of the deal” with ABC, Sutter had a hard time believing he couldn’t have at least given Rycroft fair warning.

“I had a contract with the producers at one time, and I can’t speak to what Jason’s contract said and what he was required to do, but it seems like the right thing to do would’ve been to tell Melissa before he blindsided her in front of a national audience,” Sutter added. “He could have told Melissa exactly what was going to happen beforehand so that she had some breathing room. That would have been a little classier. I just think it was really disappointing.”


OH---AND *THIS*

However, Sutter said she doubted she would’ve been able to give Michel a second chance had he come back asking for one like Mesnick did with Malaney.

“I don’t know that I would have, because deep down, I knew he chose someone else over me, even though he told me he was falling for me — he didn’t give me a chance,” she explained. “I was surprised that Molly did. I would’ve said, ‘You know what, I have been waiting for you to say this for a long time, but let’s take it step by step because I don’t know where I truly stand if you decided to propose to someone else.’”

“And I wouldn’t be kissing him! That was another disappointing thing to me,” she continued. “He was engaged to someone, what, an hour before that and then he’s kissing somebody else? It just doesn’t seem right.”

And while her heart goes out to Rycroft, who she has met and called “adorable and truly a sweet girl,” Sutter also felt bad for someone else involved in the “Bachelor” love triangle, Mesnick’s young son, Ty.

“As a mom, I just feel bad for Ty. I know that’s probably not what people are thinking about because it’s about the women, but the fact is Ty was introduced to both of these ladies… Ty saw Jason hold their hands and probably kiss these two women, and after the proposal, they even all jumped in the pool together,” she said. “He’s seen his dad fully invested in a relationship with Melissa, and now to change it up and bring back Molly has got to be confusing for a 4-year-old… It’s just so awful all around.”
Here's a link to the article:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29494451/

I am glad Trista called Jason out for all the following things: what Jason put Melissa through, that he was in any way "forced" or under any obligation to break up with Melissa on televsion, the fact that less than an hour after dumping his fiancee, he was playing tonsil hockey wih the girl he previously dumped and how confusing this all will be to his 4 year old son. Kudos, Trista!

Deanna Pappas..delusional? Returns to the Bachelor (surprise) in New Zealand



I was musing in an earlier post about the unnecessary cameo appearance by former Bachelorette, Deanna Pappas. I have never seen her on any tv show. I did see footage of how she allowed Jason to propose to her last season before telling him that he was a loser--and he still is!

Still, Deanna showed up in a matronly outfit, had a super brief convo with Jason and then dashed back to her waiting car. Literally, if you blinked (or ran to the kitchen for another much-needed glass of wine) during the finale, you missed Deanna.

I remembered reading a magazine article/interview about the return of Deanna and it's been so overplayed and hyped that I felt sure she'd be delivering a big bombshell. Instead, it was about a minute of "Dear Abby, advice columnist" and then, I guess, jet home from New Zealand to Atlanta? Here's a highlight...

"We know from upcoming clips that you make an appearance on The Bachelor. Can you give us a preview?

"The burning question. Unfortunately everyone will just have to watch and see what I am doing there. It will be worth the wait. The women were not that happy to see me, I can tell you that."


Huh???!!! As far as the audience knows, she saw neither of the two women so it's a strange remark, but maybe NOT...coming from a woman who broke her engagement and has a show about...well, getting married!

Here's the full article:



Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas didn’t get her fairy-tale ending after enduring two seasons on the reality dating show, but that hasn’t stopped her from helping other frazzled brides-to-be plan their big day as the host of Get Married, a wedding advice show that airs every weekday on Lifetime. In a recent phone interview from Atlanta, where she lives and tapes the series, the 27-year-old chatted about, yes, weddings, hinted at why she and ex Jesse Csincsak called it quits and talked about her much-anticipated visit to The Bachelor pad now inhabited by her Bachelorette runner-up Jason Mesnick. — Carrie Bell

Tell us about your new co-hosting gig on Get Married?

It is the bride’s guide to getting married…from finding the right dress and invitations to writing vows, picking a cake and planning the honeymoon. The show handles broad topics and refers viewers to the site GetMarried.com where they can find local vendors and even more tips. My co-host Colin Cowie and I also have blogs on the site. Me, I just talk about everyday life and my ongoing quest for love.

Why did you want to host this show?

When the opportunity came about I was engaged, and when the president of the company contacted me in Colorado, I thought I could learn something [for my wedding] and follow my TV hosting dream. I flew back home to Atlanta and met with her. It is a very close-knit family, a comfortable setting and I really liked their goal of helping brides and grooms.

What do you say to people who question your credibility as a host of a wedding program?

I have very thick skin but negative comments would get anybody down. I still very much want to fall in love, get married and have my own family. My beliefs and wants and needs haven’t changed. I am still the same person even though I am no longer engaged. Colin is not engaged or getting married and the last two hosts weren’t either. There is so much focus on me because I was that girl who went on two reality shows to find love and it didn’t work out.

Do you still believe in happily ever after?
I still believe in happily ever after. None of my past relationship have worked out for a reason, but I believe those people have come into my life to lead me to the next person and maybe that next person is the one I am meant to go to the altar with.

We have heard a lot from Jesse about your breakup. Can you give us your side of the story?

Life moves on. He’s in another relationship. It’s been three months now and I’m pretty much over dealing with the breakup. Everyone handles it differently and sometimes when people are hurt and mad, they say things they didn’t mean. Hopefully one day people will be sorry for the false accusations and mean things that they have said, often on the Internet. Although I did choose to put myself out there on national TV, there are things I believe should be kept private and out of respect for me and Jesse. We realized that we were two totally different people who wanted totally different things and we lived our lives in totally different ways and it was never gonna work. I loved him sincerely, but it would not have worked in the long run.

Do you guys keep in touch? Any chance for reconciliation?

Nope. No chance of us getting back together for sure by now.

What did you think when you saw your Bachelorette runner-up Jason was chosen as the next Bachelor?

I was very happy for Jason. We talked a lot before we went on. I told him it would be one of the best experiences of his life and that he would form many wonderful friendships and fall in love. I warned him that it is wonderful and hard at the same time.

Oh, here's the link for the People Magazine article: http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/01/26/deanna-pappas-on-upcoming-bachelor-appearance-itll-be-worth-the-wait/

After the Final Rose, Part Deux (DUH)


I wish Molly and Melissa were wearing tee shirts with arrows pointing towards Jason that read, "I'M WITH STUPID"


I admit that I watched Jason on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. The most "amazing" part was when Evangeline Lily left before Jason could propose to her, too. Good call. I was disgusted by Jason's excuses on Jimmy Kimmel since he taped an episode of that show after getting engaged to Melissa. The best was that Jimmy let Jason *be* the joke.

I just cranked up the DVR and I have Part II of the After the Final Rose ceremony on. It finally occurs to me why this "switcheroo" bothers me so much. All except ONE of the Bachelor/Bachelorette couples have split before getting married so if it were the same fate for Jason and Melissa, no big shock. Jason could have quietly (and well out of the spotlight) have called the engagement off (*OR* given an engagement more than 6 frickin' weeks) and then pursued whomever he chose, but this asshole wanted to have his cake and eat it, too.

It reminds me of the couples we have all known (even on the periphery) who leave their spouses and then try to convince the shattered families that their love couldn't be denied. It's horseshit--selfish and self serving horseshit.

Melissa and Jason got engaged just before Thanksgiving and Jason taped his humiliating breakup on January 18th. Jeez. Even being single, I know how difficult holidays can be for families and so tough on relationships. They knew each other SIX weeks in a surreal setting. Six weeks into real life and this cad dumps his fiancee.

In REAL life, I think Jason is an accountant. In REAL life, he couldn't afford the lifestyle he had on his tv show. Yet, when REAL life becomes the backdrop, this guy cuts and runs. Oh, and he cries....like a girl. I am so goddamned sick and tired of watching this guy cry.

I am so glad that some former bachelorettes have returned. Not sure why Kari is onstage since she wasn't near the top of the list.


Nicki looks so attractive--ahem--once her sideburns are covered up. Thank God she didn't get chosen. She would have melted down if she got the ring and got dumped.

Stephanie looks "amazing," which is Jason's favorite word. She appears to be well rested and so much younger. Steph backs Jason's decision to follow his heart."

I am glad Erica brings it. I had little use for her as a contestant, but unlike Nicki and Steph, she is able to express her disappointment. She said she was flabbergasted and that Jason should have thought about it and taken a step back. Erica nailed it when she said, "These are people's lives and this is a serious commitment." Golly, Erica, you'd think his being a divorced dad and all...that he'd know that.

Naomi, who previously held the title for "Most Awkward Moment" in Bachelor History has been outshined by Jason's dumbass move. Suddenly, burying a dove who committed suicide seems sane. She's also fiesty and talking about wanting to put her fist through the tv and punching Jason.

I am POSITIVE that Melissa had some friends in the Girls' House and it's nice to see women banding together. For a change. Naomi said she saw the connection between Molly and Jason by watching the show the past few weeks.

Kari's back and I disagree with her perspective that he showed integrity to break up with Melissa in front of all of America. Jason and integrity are strangers, if you ask me.

Steph is making the argument that as a parent, you have to do what's best for your child. How is getting a divorce from Mommy, joining a dating show (and Ty thinks he may be getting a new step Mommy) and then being introduced to two more ladies, Molly and Melissa make Jason a "good" parent? We all saw Ty on yesterday's show, just after Melissa accepted the ring, and the three of them jumped into the pool with their clothes on. I am *positive* he knew that Melissa would be joining their family. How do you un-do all that damage??

Erica calls Jason out on that and says just because he's a dad, he won't get a free pass from her. Tonight, Erica rocks!! You just knew, as soon as episode one that Erica would never be getting the ring and frankly, I am surprised Jason kept Erica around as long as he did, but at least she has the guts to say what she thinks...even if she thinks Jason is a schmuck!

Kudos to the GUY in the audience who said Jason should never have gotten engaged if he was so sad about sending Molly home. Male audience member as hard to find and thank goodness this guy didn't play the male "fraternity" card.

Stephanie is trying to bring the sunshine to this situation and as much as I like her, I just can't muster the upside.

Jason appears so he can answer some questions from the audience. Complete understatement when he admits his actions weren't classy and then he excuses himself by saying that he followed his heart. (BIG DEAL! This world is about more than just you.)

In the clip from last night's show, we have to hear (again) how the chemistry changed. Melissa may not have been blindsided, but she says that Jason isn't telling the truth. His insistence that he did what was best for everyone is greatly exaggerated..he did what was best ONLY for himself. I still feel like there are parts of this story we haven't heard.

I am calling BS on the excuse that Jason *finally* saw Molly's emotional side as she was leaving. He, also, says he handled the situation with "integrity." Sure. Breaking up with a fiancee and crushing someone is real integrity, doncha know?

Now Jason is saying that Molly became his best friend. Didn't we heard this about Jillian, as the reason she was sent home. Molly challenges Jason, according to him. No, Jason, she is an immature 24 year old.

I'm proud of Melissa for not showing up and justifying this spectacularly stupid television "reality" show. Molly and her ten pounds of eye makeup have taken the stage. There's something about her sharp eye teeth that make me dislike her smile. Too bad Shannon ("the tooth nazi") left the show too soon. I missed a lot of last night's After the Final Rose--turning off the tv in disgust will lead to that. Anyway, I just picked up on Jason's line from last night, when he is trying to get Molly to take him back. He said, "I think the most insincere thing that I could do would be to move from one thing to another." UH, HULLO??? Isn't that PRECISELY what he's doing?

This show (The After the Final Rose, II) was only taped this weekend (maybe Friday?) and Chris asks Molly what's been the hardest part and she talks about her morals being called into question, etc. BUT last Friday was well before the finale aired. I am sure everyone on the show has read Reality Steve, but asking the question and making it seem current is pretty underhanded. Even for ABC. And as sad as these rumors have been Molly is so glad to have Jason to lean on. Boo-frickin-hoo!

I think it was in poor taste to put Molly and Jason onstage together. They are *NOT* a Bachelor success story! Chris keeps harping on the fact that Jason and Molly hadn't seen each other until the first "After the Final Rose" ceremony. I will NEVER *ever* believe that.

Big deal that Molly is moving to Seattle. Based on what she knows of Jason's track record, I'd advise to pack light and consider moving into that fabulous tent the crew presented to you. ICK!! The final few minutes of tonight's show basically rubbed Jason and Molly's lovie-dovie twisted relationship.

As for the big announcement that Jillian is the next Bachelorette, eh? As me if I care!! Seriously, I didn't like her from her immediate "hot dog toppings" cry for attention. I did like her howntown date and her extended family was awesome....probably the best of the three he met. In light of her constantly having to explain that she had trouble with her feelings, etc, I'd say this will be about as much fun of watching paint dry!! I feel too hoodwinked to give this show any more of my attention, ratings, or advertising dollars.

I still have ZERO idea as to why Deanna came back (except that from episode one of this season, they showed in in quick succession to the old "crying hysterically over the balcony" Jason. Deanna got about 45 seconds of air time. For *months* she has been plugging her upcoming cameo and DeAnna has mentioned that her appearance will be well worth the wait, in fact, here is what she told People Magazine on January 26th, "It will be worth the wait. The women were not that happy to see me, I can tell you that." http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/01/26/deanna-pappas-on-upcoming-bachelor-appearance-itll-be-worth-the-wait/

Did any of the other women even SEE her? Delusional Deanna! I hope that 45 second walk-on role goes towards you grand total of 15 minutes of fame!!