Nevan Donahue--cousin and wanted man?

Ha! I found this charming side by side photo on the Huffington Post. I remember Nevan mentioning his tragic "spitting ticket" a few weeks ago, but I must have missed his arrest for soliciting a prostitue and skipping out on community service??

E! News ran this article, after finding out the interesting info on The Smoking Gun:

The warrant stems from a 2007 arrest for on prostitution charge, a spokesman for the West Palm Beach Clerk's Office told E! News.


Donahue's arrest came on February 26, 2007 after he drove up to an undercover female police officer who was posing as a prostitute in West Palm Beach and attempted to solicit oral sex in exchange for OxyContin, according to a police affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun.

Donahue -- who already had his belt unbuckled and his pants unbuttoned and unzipped when he drove up to the officer -- was charged with "solicitation to commit prostitution" and transported to police headquarters for processing, after which he was sent to the Palm Beach County Jail, according to the report. The Jeep Cherokee SUV that he was driving was towed and impounded.

Donahue agreed to a plea bargain in which he received probation and was fined and ordered to perform community service in February 2008, according to The Smoking Gun.

However he then violated his probation by failing to follow through with the deal's 75-hour community service commitment and a warrant for his arrest was issued in August, E! News reported.

"He was supposed to do community service hours and he didn't complete them, or never began them," the West Palm Beach Clerk's Office spokesperson told E! News.

I'll have to do some more digging on this guy, but why would he be anywhere near a reality tv show? It's a real head-scratcher!!

The City Phonies, Part 1, Olivia

I am slightly overwhelmed by the phonies, false characters, and wannabes on this show....and naturally, disappointed. I stand by my love of the cinematography. I rewatched this morning and as long as I can view NYC as the star of this show, I can tolerate it.

Okay, now back to Olivia. The first thing that ticks me off is this forced notion that she is a socialite (or annoyingly, a "social"). To state the obvious, no bonafide Socialite would be seen near a reality tv show.

Gawker, one of my favorite NY sites, posed the question, "Just who the hell is Olivia Palermo?" http://gawker.com/tag/who-are-you/?i=395289&t=just-who-the-hell-is-olivia-palermo

Almost three years ago, there was a web site known as socialiterank.com and it featured these little known and unimportant NYC young socialites. It was on this web site that olivia Palermo first jockeyed for socialite attention and embarrassed herself. Glad to see she's not done with that endeavor yet. For all the sad history on the socialite ranking web site and Olivia's shame, check out this past article from NY magazine. It's delicious. http://nymag.com/news/people/31555/

Weird reality? In 2007, Olivia was repped by Kelly Cutrone (Whit's former LA boss) and her PR firm.

Inevitable conclusion on Olivia? One of the fakest elements of this show. Not a socialite, not working for DVF, and completely fabricated persona. She makes for a great villainess, though, chewing up the scenery and rolling her eyes. Next "character" is Olivia's cousin, Nevan. I just can't read enough of his arrest record....coming up next!

The SHOCKER, my favorite post

I am a huge fan of Gilmore, who hosts Pretty on the Outside, linked here off to the left. He does some of the *BEST* and most amazing sketches of the Real Housewives. I stumbled across his blog on another site and I couldn't stop laughing, all the while admiring his talent and sketching all the housewives, but most of all, Vicki Gunlavson.

I noted a new post on his blog and ran over to see this gem...

http://prettyontheoutside.typepad.com/gilmore/2009/01/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county-the-shocker.html#more

Completely perfect timing since I was bummed out by the boringness that is Whitney Port that I was thrilled for the delicious diversion that is The Real Housewives of OC, creepy Ryan and of course, anything that serves to piss me off about the lies in Tamra's blog about the editing.