There will be someone missing from the upcoming reunion episode of the reality television show "The Real Housewives of New York City."
That's Jennifer Gilbert, an event planner who was quietly introduced in recent weeks on the Bravo TV show as someone arranging a party for housewife Jill Zarin.
Believe it or not, Gilbert wasn't just tapped to organize a party but to be a full-fledged cast member on the third season of the show, which follows a group of women as they juggle their careers, motherhood and busy social calendars. But she says she couldn't get any airtime.
"I don't know there's anything I could've done differently to advocate for myself without looking obnoxious," Gilbert says. "I found in a lot of situations if you didn't scream the loudest or say the meanest thing you weren't heard."
TV crews followed Gilbert for three months at her homes in New York and in the Hamptons. She was filmed for the show's open, but viewers rarely saw her.
"I was surprised because I really did film quite a lot," she says.
Nothing against Jennifer (she seems nice from what little I've seen) but like I've said before 8 is too much to carry for an hour-long show. Plus, if Jennifer's going to go the DeShaun Snow route (nice, but boring) she'll quickly find herself off the show. Sonja Morgan found a lane (i.e. ditzy) and its certainly working for her (well, until she got arrested for that DUI the other day), if Jennifer wants to stay on RHONY she needs to figure something out (i.e. a "personality quirk") and step up her game (i.e. "milk it"). Of course she could just replace Kelly, that'd be cool by me.
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