Real Housewives of NJ – Over and Not a Moment Too Soon!

Thank you Bravo for making this season a short one.

I just watched last night’s finale, and oh dear GOD, I never want to see these women together again.  Like I’ve blogged before, I like Dina, Caroline and Teresa….they’re just boring.  Yeah, there was a lot of drama in the finale, but it was so not worth it.  Jacqueline…I can take or leave her.  She needs to grow a backbone and develop a personality, but she is harmless.  Ugliest dress of the year award goes to her for that navy and gold mess she wore to the dinner party.

A little note to Danielle Staub/Maher:

Danielle, I feel bad for your kids.  You are a narcissistic bitch, there’s really no other way to say it.  Sitting around showing them your modeling pictures…LAME.  Would you like to remind the audience of any other claims-to-fame in your life?!

And, it’s disgusting how you acted at the dinner party that a.) your kids were present at and b.) you were nicely invited to even though the majority doesn’t care for you.  Are you THAT jealous of other people when they’re happy and having fun?  Teresa was having a good time joking around and making everyone laugh, and then you go and plop the book on the table.  Do you really need to have center stage at all times, even if it’s “lies” about you?  Why would you even bring that to a party? You’re sick and twisted.

Who the heck cares who found out about it first and who told who.  What did you think was going to happen when you went on a reality show?  Did you think your past was not going to be uncovered?  Hello -do you live in the real world?!?  You knew it was going to, and I think you secretly enjoy all the attention it has brought you…which again leaves me absolutely disgusted with you.

Your poor, poor children.

Sincerely,

Modernista

P.S. Bravo, I will not even be able to stomach the reunion for this series.  Please don’t waste our time with this crap again.  Maybe without Danielle and with someone else more interesting NJ could work, but in its present form, it sucks.  Bring back my girls of NYC!!!

The Trainwrecks of New Jersey

Ok, so they’re not all total trainwrecks, so that may be a little unfair.  The series though, is a complete trainwreck.  And, I guess that’s why I made it a point to watch this week’s episode last night!

When I saw the previews for this season, I thought I would hate Dina.  Maybe that’s why she’s my fav because my impression from her promoted comment about being a bitch or something threw me off guard.  Her relationship with her daughter is actually touching…it seems like she’s a genuinely caring mother.  And when she claims to have nothing to do with spreading rumors about Danielle, I believe her.

I like Caroline more and more with each episode.  She seems like a bit of a hovering mother…something that would drive me insane especially at the ages her children at at, but they don’t seem to mind.  (Or, they just want to be on TV!)  And while she seems like a great family person and nice enough lady…she’s kind of boring.

I don’t really get Jacqueline.  She flip-flops siding with her family and Danielle which is ludicrous, if you ask me.  Danielle is a psycho path.  It’s generally a good life rule to stay away from those.  She seems to want to try to be a good parent and not spoil the crap out of Ashley, which is good because Ashley is a brat.  But honestly, Jacqueline doesn’t have much of a personality on this show and bores me.

Then there’s Teresa…who doesn’t seem to have a mean bone in her body (until next week, that is!) but her boob job storyline is beyond lame.  There’s just not much interesting going on there either.

You know how I feel about Danielle.  Someone commented on my post from last week that Kelly Bensimon should be happy Danielle came along to take the hate away from Kelly.  I disagree…it’s completely different.  Danielle is a fraud, a felon, a bitch, delusional and a psychopath.  Kelly Bensimon is clueless, spoiled and stupid.  I have no idea why Bravo would put a woman like Danielle on this show.  Yeah, I know they need controversy, but seriously…this is just insane and stupid.  Her “breakup” with Steve was pathetic…and then her telling her kids about it and how he would still be in their lives.  Did he really say that or did I miss something?  That also made me feel really bad for those kids.  Growing up with a self-absorbed psycho path mother can’t be easy…and then when you add bed hopping and multiple boyfriends into the mix, they’re going to have issues.

Oh, and I hope Teresa isn’t going to the same doctor for her new boobies as Danielle…they really looked lopsided!!

Next week looks completely staged but definitely entertaining.  These characters are too boring for a second season though…I don’t think I can stomach them too much longer.  Bring back my ladies of NYC

Real Housewives of NJ – Is Danielle Delusional, or What?!

I got sucked into Bravo’s Real Housewives series a few months ago.  It was a Sunday and probably rainy and cold.  There wasn’t anything on TV I wanted to watch, so I settled on a Real Housewives of NYC marathon.  Obviously, I had heard about the show but didn’t think it was something I’d like.  Well, the crazy antics of Bethenny, Jill, Ramona, the Countess, Alex and the one I can’t stand (Kelly!) completely drew me in and soon I was dvr’ing new episodes and watching reruns over and over.

So of course when the new series The Real Housewives of New Jersey started, I watched.  And let me just say, the NJ cast is nothing like my NYC favs.  It’s like watching a trailer park on crack.  Seriously, most of these women are portrayed as nothing but gold-digging, white trash tramps who married men with a ton of money.  They have no class, and for the most part, the storylines are beyond boring.

I just watched last night’s episode while working out this morning…the one where everyone finds out about “the book” that sheds some light on Danielle’s shady past.  First, it completely shocked me that a woman who visits dating sites specifically for weathly suitors, broadcasts a phone sex relationship she’s having and then goes to meet the guy only to be stood up, looks like an alien due to what I’m sure are many trips to the plastic surgeon, counts her daughters as her best friends (and they’re 10 and 14!) and will only date men with billions of dollars is shady.  Insert sarcasm.

What was more interesting to me – although not really surprising – was her reaction to everyone finding out.  She played the ultimate victim.  She blamed Dina (who is my fav on this lame cast) for telling people…um, hello!  What she’s being acused of is no joke!  Kidnapping, holding people for ransom, posession, are serious felonies!  Being arrested is one thing…being arrested by the FBI is certainly a big deal.

Danielle kept saying how if they would have just come to her first, she would have talked to them about her past.  I don’t beleive her for a second.  This woman is a self-absorbed, crazy psychopath.  She didn’t own up to any mistakes in her past…she was just looking to blame others.  She’s a snake.