NYDN.com:
So this is the harsh reality of reality television.Woah, talk about scandal! This won't help LuAnn sell any more copies of "Money Can't Buy You Class' either. But of course that's the least of her problems.
A video that, according to media reports, depicts Victoria de Lesseps, the 16-year-old daughter of Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, rolling what appears to be a joint and uttering a racial slur, has raised hackles and eyebrows since making its debut on YouTube on Wednesday. (It was gone Thursday.)
But the teen's antics have been overshadowed by the cynical behavior of a number of supposed adults connected to de Lesseps' Bravo series, "The Real Housewives of New York."
Trouble began brewing on the reality series set soon after the video's debut when the Countess' castmate Ramona Singer, who has a 15-year-old daughter of her own, re-tweeted a link to the video she'd received titled: "the countesses daughter rolling a cigarette swearing n****r!fast forward to 4:12!!!"
Backlash from disgusted Twitter subscribers and "Real Housewives" fans quickly followed, and Singer has since deleted the tweet. (A screen shot of her deed can still be found on New York magazine's Daily Intel site, however.)
Singer also told us yesterday that she "sincerely regrets re-tweeting" the video link and has reached out to de Lesseps to apologize. She added that she "loves LuAnn" and "regardless of our catfights on the show, our children are off-limits."
According to a source close to the situation, the producers of the Bravo series were not necessarily of the same mind, though.
The source tells us de Lesseps was initially unaware of the YouTube video and Singer's re-tweeting of it because she was filming a music video at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, while Bravo was simultaneously taping the fifth season of "Real Housewives" in the same location.
didn't Victoria get busted for sneaking out a window in the Hampton's?
ReplyDeleteI think speculating about any of the housewives' children should be kept off limits. They should be able to grow up and make mistakes without the rest of the world watching, despite their mothers' wishes to have their own dirty laundry aired on national television.
ReplyDeleteMaybe luann needs to be "present" when rearing teenagers, perhaps? I don't think the "mother's helper" is going to be sufficient at this point in time. I'm just a little old school in the area or "hands on" parenting, lol!
ReplyDeleteMaybe mom Luann should spend more time being a mom and less time trying to be a socialite countess pregnant girlfriend acting like she's 20.
ReplyDeleteMaybe mom Luann should spend more time being a mom and less time trying to be a socialite countess pregnant girlfriend acting like she's 20.
ReplyDeleteMaybe mom Luann should spend more time being a mom and less time trying to be a socialite countess pregnant girlfriend acting like she's 20.
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