Real Housewives of New York

I’m still amazed at the dearth of male eye candy on NY. Michael and Jonathan (Mr. HOLLA) have been the only two I’ve ever found attractive on the show.
 
Ramona MOM-SHAMING Luann then following it up with "It must've been terrible getting cheated on LEFT AND RIGHT" has got to be the worst kind of behavior :D
 
Just started Season 5. Half the cast is new :O

Luann saying "Aviva is poised and elegant. You'd never guess she had a HANDICAP" :D The bitch is the epitome of privilege.
 
Just remembered this ICONIC scene from Season 5.



Ramona changing the subject to her nails and furious Luann begrudgingly sneaking a look at them :D
 
Watching Sonja in the reunion crying through her bankruptcy is really sad :( But that evil bitch Jill Zarin just sitting there and loving and saving every juicy piece of detail lol
 
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Ramona dragging everyone in S4 reunion :D

"The BRUNETTES got involved." *Camera pans to Luann and Jill pointing at themselves* :D
 
Omg this is one of Ramona's most golden lines:

"I really wanna apologize to Luann, but I can't because you know what? Down deep...SHE REALLY BOTHERS ME" :D!!!
 
So far loving Aviva, who is very quintessential New York, and semi-loving Carole, as her confessionals sound like she's reading the season's IMDB synopsis :D

That other new one seems MEGA ANNOYING. Not even as just a Real Housewife, but in actual real life.
 
Halloumi said:
Hi huns. I'm now on so4ep06... and these gals are officially my new best friends.

Some quick observations:

- Scary Island!! Kelly is a wild lady, who I do occasionally really feel for. The constant "Bethenny, stop. Bethhhenny SHTOP! STOOOOP Bethenny" has to be the least successful way of diffusing tension in a reality tv show ever. What a moment though as she danced off to bed on Scary Island to never be seen of again, and only heard of through a clearly staged note read out loud by Ramona. Then at the reunion I DIED at her claiming she had a breakthrough not a breakdown. But yes overall she has dark energy and is a pretty leaden unfabulous presence on-screen unless the whole cast are piling in on her. So it's a bit queasy really. Can you imagine how edited to nothing the whole Scary Island moment would have been in today's climate?

- Luann's musical career. Wow. I'm so hot and cold with the countess. Occasionally a regal, unruffled queen, but then just as occasionally a cliquey snob I have no time for. The breaking up of the Ramona orchestrated Jill / Bethenny reunion in S3 was UNFORGIVABLE. Well, UNTIL, her single launch when she busted out MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU CLAAAAASS to an assembled nightclub of bemused friends. Her confidence in the face of being brutally divorced and called a slut by every housewife for 2 seasons was WILD. If Luann was a vitamin pill I'd take her every morning. Truly a queen of rallying hutzpah.

- Bethenny S1-3: truly the lead. S4 is an adjustment without her. The thing about Bethenny that's so compelling is the she manages to so consistently hit the nail on the head in the master interviews that you subliminally agree and laugh with her so often you sort of become her in your head as you watch. A real loss, but I'm aware she comes back. All this said, perhaps not the nicest person?!

- Jill S3-S4: Wow, what a fall from grace. It's so involving watching a whole cast and audience falling SO OUT OF LOVE with someone. From the vicious unforgiving Jill at the top of S3, to the desperate in-too-deep Jill as the season progresses, to the mentally battered BREAKDOWN Jill of S3 reunion, and then into the born again I'm-nice-really Jill at the top of S4. It's the reality tv arc FROM LITERAL HELL. Poor Jill. She's nice underneath. Horrible at the top.

- Alex's personality flip towards the end of S3 is also really weird. She had the 'shy sweet voice of reason' role down pat across S2 and S3, after a very dodgy edit handed to her in S1. But then she suddenly presses IMPLODE over her (seemingly imagined) YEARS OF ABUSE from Jill... It was all so odd. The Godfather style message she delivered to Jill from Bethenny, and then the true apotheosis as she was FORCIBLY REMOVED from Sexy Sonja's Casa Amor in a bondage wrap dress. WHAT ON EARTH HAD HAPPENED?! It was like the producers sat her down and said 'your weird husband is so fat now you are going to have bring the drama yourself' and she took it as a divine message from above. I find it uncomfortable watching someone so reserved hurling themselves into the fray in this way.

- SEXY SONJA. J'adore. What an entrance sticking up for Krazy Kelly on Scary Island whilst clearly three sheets to the wind and also diagnosing her so savagely with her sat right there.

- RAMONA. My queen. Everyone says she's a monster but I actually find her SO SWEET and really loveable. Her energy is so Bambi-esque and she can't hide any emotion that comes over her, it's just so endearing. I smile every time we get the "Ramona's condo" interstitial. I might head over to Wurst's countdown and pen an essay 'In defence of Ramona Singer'... when I'm finished with the show though obvs.

Housewife rate:

1. Ramona
2. Bethenny
3. Sonja
4. Luann
5. Alex



6. Jill
7. Kelly




8. Cindy (who be dis?!)
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Really didn't post this in the right thread.

I'm just getting to Simon's MEAN TWEETING scandal towards the end of Ep4... What the fuck?

And Sonja's bankruptcy over a film she never produced?! Starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Tulisa I assume...

Love them.
 
"Everybody knows you're never home with your children. YOU FALL OFF TABLES." :D Fucking Ramona. She's DEFINITELY on a PTA somewhere.
 
They all know what her offensive strategy is by now, but they still can’t defend against it years later! She really is a master of her craft.
 
KindaCool said:
I TOTALLY believe that Ramona blackmailed Luann with sinister information and she just wiggles out from even admitting it! And Luann has no choice but to give the fuck up :D
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I bet the blackmail from Ramona specifically related to bringing something about Luann up on the show and making it a storyline. And so Luann isn't even allowed to properly call her out on it, because of the fourth wall. Leading to Ramona being able to dodge as Luann attempts to dance around it, ultimately getting off scott free. Brilliant!
 
I finally rewatched the infamous Aviva vs Ramona sit-down lunch that our @wurst so adores.

"You look a little bit more sober when Sonja's around, don't you Ramona?" :eyes:

I died at that line.

I was actually impressed at Ramona for staying as long as she did. There were quite a few moments when I thought she would dart off and cut the scene shamefully short. :D
 
KindaCool said:
THIS. FUCKING. SCENE. :D



If I'm ever asked what it means to BAMBOOZLE someone, I'm showing this clip. I TOTALLY believe that Ramona blackmailed Luann with sinister information and she just wiggles out from even admitting it! And Luann has no choice but to give the fuck up :D
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SO MANY MOMENTS! Luann's clearly pre-rehearsed "pinot filled hat" line KILLS ME as her delivery is so wooden :D

I think @jivafox mentioned Lu looking at Ramona's new nails AGAINST HER WILL in another thread the other day, which I'd never noticed before, and now I've seen it it's the most hilarious part of that of scene of all :D :D
 
Will said:
I finally rewatched the infamous Aviva vs Ramona sit-down lunch that our @wurst so adores.

"You look a little bit more sober when Sonja's around, don't you Ramona?" :eyes:

I died at that line.

I was actually impressed at Ramona for staying as long as she did. There were quite a few moments when I thought she would dart off and cut the scene shamefully short. :D
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SUCH a classic! That they are in what appears to be an ART GALLERY COFFEE SHOP and Aviva doesn't bother to take off her Winter coat just makes it more lol to me.

Seeing Ramona with a TEAPOT is just quite bizarre also :D
 
wurst said:
SUCH a classic! That they are in what appears to be an ART GALLERY COFFEE SHOP and Aviva doesn't bother to take off her Winter coat just makes it more lol to me.

Seeing Ramona with a TEAPOT is just quite bizarre also :D
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“Camomile tea reminds me of my GRANDMOTHER.”

Ramona getting that first dig in which Aviva definitely clocked and returns to later :D
 
Sonja flirting with the plumber is the most adorable thing ever. "Do you wanna see the rest of DAMAGES?" *flicks hair* :D Looked very orchestrated, but she's just such a STAR.
 
I should love KKB with her being from the same pool of chaos Housewives I generally adore, but I just DON'T. She's just so CHARMLESS.
I always remember her at some outdoor magazine party in season 2 literally RUNNING around like a loon, trying to look popular. She's just not IT

Another one for the moopy book club pile THOUGH :disco:
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And self-righteous too, to top it all off. Constantly bragging about being a "nice girl", but then 'writing' a book titled "I can make you hot!"

There's also a bit in the S3 reunion when Bethenny confronts her about saying she's "vegan" but then still eating meat. And Kelly responds with "I'm an adult and I'm allowed to change my mind about things whenever I want", not realizing how embarrassing and incredibly UNINTELLIGENT that sounds.
 
HAT QUEEN Dorinda also had some Instagram drama with Ramona, trying to expose her as a huge Trump supporter I think - but I don't really UNDERSTAND enough myself to give a TL|DR here :D

Just bring her BACK to take Ramona down once and for all at the end of this new season. THAT would be a GAG :D
 
KindaCool said:
Is Ramona homophobic? I feel like she is and I'm just not seeing it.
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I get the feeling that she's quite a live and let live person, despite being a right-wing Trump supporter. I imagine that aside from those she deems above her on the social ladder, she probably treats everyone else she comes across the same. Which is, of course, woefully.

Evil Avery on the other hand... :eyes:
 
wurst said:
HAT QUEEN Dorinda also had some Instagram drama with Ramona, trying to expose her as a huge Trump supporter I think - but I don't really UNDERSTAND enough myself to give a TL|DR here :D
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One of the Real Housewives fan accounts I follow (:disco:) summed it up in a series of screen shots, and it was basically that - taking offence to Ramona posting a group pic with Tinsley and without Dorinda, and then trying to call her out as a Trump supporter, but failing and tagging herself instead. :confused:

It was essentially an Instagram version of the slurring, out-of-her-mind Dorinda we occasionally get treated to on the show. And even thought the new season hasn't even started yet, it made me want her back.
 
I thought Ramona pretty much confirmed that she had voted for Trump in one of the reunions anyway..
 
Suedey said:
I thought Ramona pretty much confirmed that she had voted for Trump in one of the reunions anyway..
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She has, but it's still a wonderful insult to throw at someone anyway.

"You're dissing me? Well you're a Trump supporter, how about that?"

Despite not making any sense, and pretty much slurring in emoji, Dorinda still won that Insta 'battle' imo - because she *attempted* to convey the above message.
 
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