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especially while dating! #roseallday image source: buzzfeed.com
SO Brandi is now like totes over her divorce (did you know she got divorced? me either!) and is ready to put herself back out there! I am just so happy that we aren’t talking about Eddie and LeAnn (Leddie) anymore that I find her first story actually hilarious.
it’s not a walk of shame, it’s a victory lap.- Sonja morgan, RHONY. image source bravotv.com
Oh Brandi. Where do we even begin? Back when The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills wasn’t the most boring city in the Bravo stable (and yes, I am even including Dallas in that superlative- even if all of those women are THE WORST, that one black haired nut is a former carney, so we all win), Brandi was a breath of fresh air, with her supermodel looks and vicious mouth. Her close relationship with Lisa Vanderpump had a sort of Jill Zarin-Bethenny Frankel: West Coast vibe and I dug it. Even Lisa’s melting Rod Stewert doll husband Ken seemed to genuinely care about Brandi. Plus, she said WHATEVER she wanted and DID NOT GIVE ONE EFF. (Speaking of not giving a fuck, can we talk about everyone’s favorite new RHOBH Erika Jayne’s new music video? It is STRAIGHT BANANAS and I LUFF IT SO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAdJzkUzV8k (maybe don’t watch it at work folks)
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smoorgy smorgs! image source: makeagif.com
Like the good Italian that she is, Caroline included some recipes in a pdf that came with the audiobook. Now, I was actually excited to make one of Caroline’s recipes. The women of the Real Housewives of New Jersey may be nucking futs, but I assume they can cook their crazy asses off.
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Where were we? Ah yes, about to jump into the wonderful world of parenting, Manzo style.
relax, christaphah, yoah like 30 yeaahs old. image source: giphy.com
So, honestly, the Manzo children do actually seem to have been raised well. Of all the real housewives, Caroline seems like she would be one of the best mothers. Her three kids all seem to be happy and being on tv doesn’t seem to have made them narcissistic blowhards, which so many kids from this franchise seem to end up becoming. Jacqueline’s daughter, Ashley, oh I’m sorry AshleE, was THE WORST. I could barely watch her scenes. And, of course, she had the most obvious reality show transformation.
about my FAMBILY! image source: newsobserver.com
After the straight nonsense that was both Turning the Tables AND Love Italian Style, I needed a little Caroline Manzo, queen of no bullshit in RHONJ fame, in my life. Caroline has always been the matriarch for the RHONJ, the grand dame who rules with an iron, ginger fist. She unfortunately left after season five (that sixth season! With those weird twins? I effing hated that mess) to be on her own show, the wonderfully (horribly? I can’t decide) titled Manzo’d with Children about her fambily.
there’s more?! L’horreur! image source: reddit.com
YOU GUYS. I thought I was done with ol’ CLu, but there are just MORE clothes from her, ahem, “Collection” that I have to talk about. Plus, this season on RHONY, a necklace Lulu re-gifted to everyone’s second favorite Crazy Eyes, Ramotional Singer, from her Countess Collection* has been such a dramatic story line, that I thought we needed to take a second look.
“buy my shit or don’t. whatever. pass the bottle.” image source: giphy.com
Oh, Countess LuAnn. You are truly the gift that keeps on giving. After ditching her holier than thou attitude post-divorce from the Count, LuAnn’s weird reemergence as a hard-partying sixth-year senior (who is not going to graduate this semester, no matter what her bitch stepmom says) who is so clearly OVER it all is AMAZING. I mean, her music career alone! I could listen to “Money Can’t Buy You Class” on an endless loop forever and be so so happy.
life isn’t all boone’s farm in a prettier package, but it should be.
Ah, Lisa Vanderpump. How can you not love this woman? She is like a British brunette, business-savvy Strawberry Shortcake brought to life. As Beverly Hills tends to be the most fantastical of all of the Real Housewives (or Houzzzzwiiiives, as Kyle Richards says) franchises, and Lisa’s own Xanadu, Villa Rosa, has live swans to greet you at the floating walkway to her front door.
fixed that for you. image soruce: amazon.com & mybrain.org
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Yep, we’re still here.
gee, this sounds… I… what? image source: amazon.com
I should’ve known what I was in for when one of the Amazon reviews of this book was “I thought this was a transcript from a domestic abuse trial.” What did I expect from Melissa Gorga, RHONJ’s bargain-basement (and sister-in-law of) Teresa Giudice?
FIRST OF ALL, I got the audiobook because these women are hilarious to listen to (even though I got pretty BADLY burned by Teresa’s “performance” of Turning the Tables). Guess what? Melissa doesn’t even EFFING READ THIS HERSELF.
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