The Real Housewives Blog: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

EOnline Has A "Best Housewife Ever" Contest Going On

Forget to blog about this earlier, but it's still not too late to vote what with 8 contestants left (including somehow Kim Zolciak) and voting ending tomorrow at 5pm. My vote would be for Ramona Singer, but unfortunately she's no longer in the running:

Welcome to the elite.

That's right, we're down to just eight ladies in our Best Housewife Ever tournament, which is finally deciding once and for all who is the all-time favorite star of the Real Housewives franchise.

There have been many surprises, including the early exits of favorites such as NeNe Leakes and Bethenny Frankel, and the Sweet 16 saw the shocking departures of The Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra Barney, Beverly Hills' Brandi Glanville and RHONY's Ramona Singer.

So who is Bravo's ultimate Housewife? That's up to you!

Still left in the competition? Vicki Gunvalson, Caroline Manzo, Teresa Giudice, Shannon Beador, Kenya Moore, Jacqueline Laurita, Lisa Vanderpump and Kim Zolciak.

Voting in this round closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, which means you totally can say you have plans this holiday weekend: voting for your favorite Housewife so that she lands a spot in the semi-finals!

Aside from securing the ultimate bragging rights at their next showdown on their respective show, The winner's coronation will reach almost 30 million people, as it will be announced on E! Online and all of our social media platforms. Plus, the winning Housewife will also be invited onto the E! News set to receive a prestigious (and, possibly, hilarious) award trophy, to be aired in front of our global E! audience.

Kenya Moore Denies That She's Dating Kordell Stewart

MadameNoire.com:

Speaking of rumors that came completely out of left field, it appears that there has also been talk of a secret romance between Kenya Moore and Kordell Stewart.

The former pageant queen recently took to Twitter to shut down the whispers—not that we’re really sure people were believing them in the first place.

KENYA MOORE ✔ @KenyaMoore Follow

Me and Kordell Stewart? NEVER... #bishplease #stopplaying #liespeopletellforfun #stopusingmetogetclicks

11:47 AM - 28 Aug 2014

As it turns out, the rumors began with a report published to MTO, which claimed that the two hit it off at the opening of Peter and Kordell’s new sports bar Sports One. Although there were plenty of instances where Kenya showed a little too much interest in Porsha’s marriage and divorce from Kordell, we never thought that she was interested in him romantically. If anything, her interest in Porsha’s misery was more than likely fueled by her strong dislike for her.

Update 2:20 p.m.: Kordell has also responded to rumors that he’s seeing Kenya Moore.
“There is a lady who I am very interested in,” Kordell told “however, it is not Kenya Moore.”

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Taylor Armstrong's Former Father-in-Law Believes Son Russell Was Murdered

TMZ.com:

Former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Russell Armstrong's dad thinks his son's death in 2011 wasn't a suicide -- he believes it was murder, and he claims Taylor Armstrong won't help him prove it.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ ... Louie Armstrong is asking the court to force the L.A. County Coroner's office to fork over Russell's autopsy pics, which he plans to have checked out by his own forensic specialist.

As we previously reported ... Russell's family hired a private detective after his suicide in 2011 -- because they were convinced he was killed.

Armstrong seems to think Taylor would have better luck obtaining the photos, since she was Russell's next of kin at the time of his death. In the docs, he says she refuses to assist his efforts.

We reached out to Taylor. So far, no word back.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Adrienne Maloof Appeals to Thief to Return 'Priceless' Diamond Necklace Taken From Her Beverly Hills Home

TMZ.com:

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof says she was robbed of a priceless necklace, but she's hoping the thief is a kind-hearted bandit who will someday return it.

We saw Maloof at Berri's in L.A. and she told us about a diamond encrusted necklace that was stolen from her house a while back ... possibly during a party at her Bev Hills mansion.

Maloof tells us the diamonds alone are worth more than $10K -- but that's NOT the reason she wants it back.

Tamra Barney Apologizes To Alexis Bellino, But Alexis Doesn't Believe It's Sincere

RumorFix.com:

Tamra Judge had an epiphany on The Real Housewives of Orange County last week after she was confronted by most of her co-stars during dinner in Bali.

And, because of it she apologized to former cast member Alexis Bellino. Now, only, RumorFix has Alexis’ reaction.

Tamra said the attack by the women reminded her of a trip she, Alexis and other other girls took to Costa Rica where Alexis was called fake and a show off.

At that time, Alexis left the table and was crying in her room. “I want to publicly apologize to Alexis for being any part of that night,” Tamra wrote. “I had no idea how bad it hurt to have so many people coming at you like that while being so far from home. But now I do and have learned so much. Like that saying goes — ‘karma is a bitch!’

In a statement to RumorFix, Alexis says, “Thank you for your apology, Tamra. I forgave you long ago. Next time maybe pick up the phone instead of doing it publicly, which feels more for attention than sincerity.”

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Jacqueline Laurita Doesn't Believe Victoria Gotti's Story About Rino Aprea Cheating On Wife Teresa

Inquisitr.com:

Jacqueline Laurita may have left The Real Housewives of New Jersey because the show became too much for her. Laurita was heartbroken when her friendship with Teresa Giudice started crumbling. Laurita was upset because Giudice wasn’t open about her legal struggles and wasn’t telling her friends about the fraud charges.

Laurita decided to focus on Caroline Manzo’s family instead, as she has been filming a few episodes of Manzo’d With Children, which will air this fall on Bravo. However, it sounds like Laurita has been watching this season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, because she knew everything about Victoria Gotti’s story that Rino had cheated on his wife.

According to a new RumorFix report, Jacqueline Laurita may have left the show, but she has no problem sharing her opinion about this rumor. And given her experience with the show, Jacqueline doesn’t think that the rumor is true.

Teresa Aprea and her husband, Rino, had been married, divorced, then remarried. Gotti revealed that Rino had told him that he had slept with Teresa’s mother, which led to their first divorce. Teresa’s mother, Santa Napolitano, hasn’t issued a statement since the episode aired.

“It’s unfortunate that people, especially when you are not castmates, including Victoria Gotti, purposely come on to Real Housewives of New Jersey just to start horrible rumors, especially about somebody’s mother and husband/father on national TV,” Jacqueline Laurita has said about the story.

“It seemed all too familiarly set up. Maybe someone felt threatened by Teresa and her family’s presence on the show and wanted to take them down a peg. I don’t know. I just don’t understand,” Jacqueline Laurita added.

Plus, Gotti claims that she is friends with Rino, but she was eager to share this rumor with the world, even though Rino had remarried Teresa. But it does seem odd that such a rumor would come up at this point in time. Many have assumed that Victoria was just trying to get back on television.

Heather Dubrow Speaks On Rumors She's Leaving "Real Housewives of Orange County"

LALATE.com:

Is Heather Dubrow leaving Real Housewives of Orange County after tonight’s reunion? Heather Dubrow implies to RHOC fans that this might be her final season. Generally, Housewives who exit the show often don’t share final remarks to viewers in their BravoTV.com blog. But this month, Heather implies that this might her final season.

When Heather Dubrow started Real Housewives of Orange County, she had taken a break from acting after a series of major TV roles. During Heather’s first RHOC season, Alexis Bellino wrongly claimed that Heather wasn’t an “actress like Angelina Jolie”. But as LALATE first reported when Dubrow signed onto RHOC several years, Heather was (and still is) a major TV actress. She was not credited back then under her married name. Dubrow progressively added more credits to her acting resume in recent years. And now, from having less than roughly twenty thousand Twitter followers upon joining Bravo, Heather has become one of the most recognized BravoTV personalities.

So is Heather leaving RHOC? She tell news this month “No one is perfect, certainly not us. This show is small glimpses of our lives. You as the audience are privy to what’s going on in everyone’s world . We are not and sometimes we act and react differently than you’d expect because we didn’t have that knowledge. There were also many situations this season that became such a big game of telephone. It was hard to keep track.”

Heather was deeply troubled with the final dinner of the season. “Terry and I have been together for almost 18 years and I have never seen him speak to another person as he did to David at Vicki’s party. SO not like him. All I can say is Terry never heard David OR Eddie yell out lewd things to me at the hoedown. We were told repeatedly by a very reliable (or so we thought) source about what David had said and they made it sound VERY bad. That was what Terry was reacting to.”

For now, Heather thanks BravoTV fans for allowing her and Terry to come into their homes for several seasons. “I don’t know what my future is with Housewives show but I am very grateful for all of the opportunities it’s presented to me and my family. I hope you have enjoyed getting to know us over the past three years and realize we are not defined by moment or a season, but by how we live our day-to-day lives, how we love our family, and how we cherish our friends”.

Phaedra Parks' Husband Apollo Nida Ordered To Go To Prison....Now

RadarOnline.com:

It’s time! Just weeks after Apollo Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison for his fraud case, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the Real Housewives of Atlanta star has been ordered to report to federal prison on September 10.

According to court documents obtained by Radar, Phaedra Parks’ husband must surrender himself at the FMC Lexington prison in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 10 at noon.

Though he originally faced up to 30 years in prison, Nida was sentenced to just eight years for fraud and identity theft back in July. He also must pay nearly $2 million in restitution.

According to a written affidavit, Nida created fake companies, enabling him to access databases to find individuals to rip off. He opened fake bank accounts under those real names and funneled stolen U.S.

Treasury checks and auto loan proceeds into those accounts.

He also allegedly opened a fake auto dealership and applied for auto loans in the names of stolen identities.

Nida was first named in connection with the crimes in January. After multiple closed-door meetings with prosecutors, he entered a guilty plea in May.

This is not his first time behind bars: He previously served six years for a car theft scheme.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Dina Manzo on Divorce: 'It’s A Very Hard Subject For Me To Talk About'

Inquistr.com:

According to a new Bravo report, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo is now sharing her divorce struggles on the show. Dina sat down with divorce attorney Vikki Ziegler and explained that she wasn’t necessarily ready to take it further and push for a full divorce.

Dina Manzo adds that she has known Ziegler for years, as they went to high school together. So, it isn’t surprising that Manzo is so open with Vikki about her struggles. Dina revealed that even though they had been separated for a year, she wasn’t ready to draw up the divorce papers and sign them.

“I love that I can turn to her for advice on my separation; I know she’ll always have my best interest at heart,” she reveals, adding, “It’s a very hard subject for me to talk about, and I think you could tell by how swollen my eyes were from crying the entire drive to her office that day. I am doing the best I know how, and I’m so grateful for all the support that I have in my life.”

Dina Manzo didn’t tweet with fans while watching the episode, but she did give a big thanks to everyone who sent her supportive messages.

I missed a lot of your tweets tonight, too many came in to see now but I appreciate how supportive you all are, I really do xo,” she tweeted as the episode aired.

During the show’s second season, Manzo decided to leave the show because of the drama with Danielle Staub. But she decided to come back in support of her friend, Teresa Giudice.

According to The Inquisitr, Dina Manzo came back to the show as her sister, Caroline Manzo, left to film her own spin-off show, Manzo’d With Children. The sisters are not speaking these days, but both of them are hoping for a reconciliation down the road.

Vicki Gunvalson Admits To Flirting With Shannon Beador's Husband David

TheHollywoodGossip.com:

The Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson admitted flirting with "hot" co-star David Beador in one of the stranger moments from last night's reunion.

This came out after David and Heather Dubrow’s husband Terry joined their wives and the other cast members housewives on the couch with Andy Cohen.

Vicki revealed that David asked her a rather provocative question about her bra - what color it was - and that the "hot" RHOC husband is a total flirt.

David, whose marital problems with Shannon Beador are well documented if you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online, was in the hot seat.

This tied into David's infamous hoedown "spread those legs" catcall of the mechanical bull-riding Heather Dubrow, which Terry “lost two months of sleep” over.

Terry said that part of the reason he took an inappropriate, but mostly harmless comment so hard was that Gunvalson had also riled him up about it.

After telling him that David “loves to flirt with me and touch my underwear,” Terry said it was hard for him to let go of the remark, even if David apologized.

Gunvalson then said David “never touched” her underwear, but definitely flirted with her as they got dressed and ready for the Dubrow hoedown.

Heather begged to differ in this Real Housewives of Orange County Season 9 Episode 19 rehashing, insisting that Vicki told her all this about David.

Vicki shrugged, “He just said, ‘What color bra do you have on?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know.’”

David, ashamed, added, “You were getting dressed at our house before the hoedown.”

Alex McCord Recaps "Real Housewives Of New Jersey" and "Don't Be Tardy..."

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Kathy Wakile Speaks on Her #1 Selling Dessert Cookbook: "Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet"

Wetpaint.com:

We haven't seen a ton of Kathy Wakile so far on The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 6, but that's because the desserts queen was hard at work finishing up her much-anticipated dessert cookbook, Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet.

Indulge, which features Kathy's own recipes for creating mouth-watering mini-desserts that will satisfy your cravings in just a few bites, is currently on pre-order at Amazon (it's released September 2) — and it's already hit the #1 best seller in Dessert Baking spot on Amazon. Talk about impressive!

Wetpaint Entertainment recently caught up with Kathy to talk about what makes her book so irresistible and to get some dish on the most recent RHONJ drama.

Wetpaint Entertainment: Anyone who's watching RHONJ knows you're the dessert expert, but what sets your cookbook apart from all the others out there?
Kathy Wakile: Well, everything is small, bite sized. So I've developed all the recipes, broken them all down, controlled them to make sure everything is right per recipe. It makes it fun. And then it's so pretty. Everything that's small is so cute, you know? So each recipe makes the desserts aesthetically beautiful.
Also, I don't take any of the flavor away. I make everything small, but in that I don't take the sugar out, I don't take any of the extra fat out. So you do feel like you've indulged in dessert. Real dessert instead of a reduced calorie whatever. How I'm reducing the calories is the size, so you do get satisfied with just two bites. That's the key. You go traveling to Europe, you get regular desserts, but they're small, the way that desserts are intended to be. Just little sweet notes, not this supersized anything that doesn't really have any taste, and then you feel guilty afterwards.

And then the other great thing is that my book is broken down by season, because that's the way I cook, and most cooks really do cook that way, using what's readily available at its peak of freshness. And what you're thinking about. You know, in the summer time you're not really thinking about baking, because it's too hot, you don't want to heat up your house, so we're looking for lighter things, like gelato, or we have a section of fruit barbeque. It goes through the seasons, and it's great that way.

What was the hardest part of developing the book?
I think it was testing and re-testing and making sure everything was right. For me, the creative side of my brain is always working, so I don't write things down. I don't think to write things down, and I just assume that other people know. And when you're writing a book, when you're teaching, you have to take people step by step through the recipes. As someone that's been doing it for so long, that's hard to remember. As a teacher, you have to remember you're teaching someone who has never made this before, or maybe has never baked before. So that's a really important factor in writing a cookbook, or specifically a dessert or baking cookbook. I have to remember that I'm teaching someone.

What's your favorite recipe from the book?
I think that any of the lemon desserts are my favorite because they're sweet and tart at the same time, and refreshing. And I have a number of different lemon desserts. The Lemon Dream Cheesecake Cuties, they're so cute, and they're tiny, they're literally three bites. They're decedent, and refreshing and tart, just something so special.

What's your top piece of advice for someone who is new to baking?
Start off with the simplest recipes, and perfect that, and go from there. Don't try and make something that's so complex that you end up getting so confused and discouraged and not wanting to go back to it. If you start off making something simple, and making it really great, that's your foundation for the next thing.

So in my book, I have recipes that start with one element. Like, apple pie, simple right? Very simple. I have a recipe that's simple but small. And then from there I build on other recipes that incorporate apples, some are simple, some make them a little more complicated. So in the fall, when everyone's going apple picking, we have four different apple recipes. And that is the same for, in summer, with tiramisu, I have a traditional tiramisu, and then I have three other recipes for tiramisu, each one that's a little more complex. So I say master the basics, and then build on it.

That sounds like a great way to learn.
I want to encourage people to bake and make desserts, but not discourage them or have them feel guilty afterwards. And the best thing about my recipes is that they break down easily to share. Instead of making one big cake to share, and then you have none left, you can make a dozen little cakes, and bring six over to someone. For me, it makes it easy to share, and sharing is caring. That's the best part of cooking, it's sharing it with people you love.

We've seen you a little on RHONJ Season 6. Will we be seeing more of you?
Yes! During the time when we were filming I was so involved in writing my cookbooks, so I really needed that time to finish up. And also my expanding dessert line, I was on tour, with my desserts, so that kept me busy. But towards the end of the season I had a little bit more time, so you'll start seeing a little bit more of us.

Teresa Aprea's Husband Rino Allegedly Cheated On Wife With Her Mother ‘More Than Once’

RadarOnline.com:

Is this the most twisted Housewives scandal yet? After last night’s episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey revealed claims that Teresa Aprea‘s husband, Rino, cheated on her with her mother, Santa, a RHONJ insider tells Radar, “It’s true” — and it happened “more than once!”

Viewers were stunned on Sunday night, after guest star Victoria Gotti told Amber Marchese and Teresa Giudice that Rino had admitted to the dalliance with his mother-in-law.

Now a source tells Radar, “It happened a long time ago, but Rino and Santa did have sex. And it happened more than once.”

“Teresa’s family is crazy and it shouldn’t be shocking to anyone that knows them,” the source continued.

The claims emerged when Giudice’s friend Gotti stopped by to surprise her while Giudice was promoting her Fabellini wines. Gotti then invited Giudice and fellow cast member Marchese – who showed up to surprise Giudice as well – to her home to catch up.

Gotti then explained how she met Rino while out to dinner at his restaurant. After only knowing him for two weeks, she claimed, he gave her a diamond Rolex watch while she was recovering from surgery in the hospital. Despite thinking that he was nuts, she said, Gotti continued a friendship with him.

“One night we were all out as a group in his restaurant. He started talking about his divorce and he tells me this crazy story,” Gotti said on the show. “He said, ‘It’s something that she will never forgive me for’… and I said, ‘You cheated?’ And he went, ‘Yeah.’ And I said, ‘If the love is strong enough she’ll get over it’ and he went, ‘No.’ I went, ‘So you cheated more than once?’ And he said, ‘No, it’s who I cheated with… Her mother.’”

In episodes to come, expect Bravo to “fully exploit this tawdry affair,” the source said. “Ratings for the show have been so low. Teresa’s mom is mortified that this has been discussed on the show, and now says she has to go into hiding!”

Monday, August 25, 2014

Tamra Barney Wants You To Know That She's Not Getting Divorced and She Wasn't Fired From 'RHOC'

Honestly, I don't even think Tamra tries to be the "villian". I just think it's her natural inclination to talk shit to people's face and behind their back (tho you think she'd chill when it comes to Vicki) and like most people she hates being around people she deems as "phony" (i.e. Gretchen and Slade, which the whole world can attest to). Love her or hate her tho, you can't deny that she gets a reaction, thus Bravo would be stupid to get rid of her:

Surprise, surprise, another cast member is getting ready to bite the dust in the Real Housewives franchise. On the heels of Teresa Giudice getting fired from The Real Housewives of New Jersey, there has been an increase in reports claiming that Tamra Barney is getting fired from The Real Housewives of Orange County.

The show just ended its ninth season on August 18th, and we’re already looking at cast replacements for next season. Apparently, Bravo is thinking of firing Tamra because of her crappy attitude towards her co-stars and towards the show in general. See, there’s a delicate balance here – the cast members have to be catty enough to generate gossip and good TV drama, but not so much that they cause major behind-the-scenes problems. Ideally, everyone would just be really good at acting and fake their drama, but these are not professionally trained thespians – they’re reality stars. They are on reality TV for a reason, and that’s usually because they failed at acting, music, or another, more respected profession.

Really, the only reason that Tamra is still on the show is because her divorce drama from Eddie Judge was bringing a lot of publicity, even if the divorce isn’t necessarily a ‘divorce’. Yeah, that’s right – Tamra’s totally been faking the majority of her relationship problems with Eddie, which she knows has been keeping her relevant in the eyes of Bravo. She understands that the minute she stops being a draw, she’s done for – and unfortunately for her, that’s already happened. Bravo doesn’t see the attention she gets as enough of an offset for her horrendous behavior, and so it’s bye-bye time for Tamra Barney.

Of course Tamra Barney thinks that reporting the gossip and news about her, Eddie Judge, their fake divorce and Real Housewives of Orange County is verboten. Of course Tamra took the time out of her busy entrepreneurial schedule (Tamra hilariously decribes herself on her Facebook page as an ‘entrepreneur’) to slam CDL – check image above. In any case, let’s see what Bravo does.

Lisa Vanderpump and Brandi Glanville Mend Their Friendship After Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Fallout

EOnline.com:

Have two of our favorite Housewives turned a new leaf after one of the season's most infamous feuds?!

So it seems, as E! News has learned that Brandi Glanville hosted a housewarming party at her new pad on Friday night, where both Lisa Vanderpump and husband Ken Todd were in attendance.

Glanville and Vanderpump—who quickly formed a bond and soon seemed to be BFFs when the former model joined the hit Bravo show in season three—had an epic falling out last season after the mother of two accused her former bestie of being disloyal, citing the restaurateur's friendship with Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Marie, who has said that she had an affair with Glanville's ex husband Eddie Cibrian.

We're told that jaws dropped when Ken and Lisa walked in the door, in spite of the couple shunning Brandi at the reunion last season, although it seems the former pals have begun to sort out their differences.

"They approached Brandi and chatted with her very cordially," a source tells E! News of longtime lovebirds. "I wouldn't say things were as good as they used to be, but fences seem to be mending."

An even more surprising attendee?

Adrienne Maloof, who previously threatened to sue Glanville after the author made comments about her family on television.

Last month, fans were shocked when photos surfaced of the former enemies hugging it out with a source telling E! News that the two mended fences at co-star Kyle Richards' annual White Party.

"At the end of the day, neither one of them wanted to keep fighting," an insider spilled to E! News in July. "A lot was said and I think both realized they were each in the wrong. They first saw each other at Kyle's White Party, then decided to meet up a few days later for a sit down. It wasn't so much about becoming best friends or anything. It was just about making peace."

Sunday, August 24, 2014

NeNe Leakes Accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Sonja Morgan To Appear On "Millionaire Matchmaker", Ramona Singer May Try As Well

RadarOnline.com:

Turtle time goes on a blind date? Millionaire Matchmaker‘s Patti Stanger wants to set up newly single Ramona Singer for the upcoming season of the reality show, and Sonja Morgan has already been set up and filmed for Bravo hit program, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

“Bravo and Patti are hoping that Ramona will agree to be set up on a blind date for Millionaire Matchmaker….men are currently being screened for Ramona. Viewers would get to see a different side of Ramona now that she has finally decided to ditch cheating husband Mario,” a source told Radar.

“Fellow New York housewife, Sonja Morgan has already filmed for the upcoming season, and is advising Ramona to do it because it was so much fun! It would be a great confidence booster for Ramona to have a bunch of men vying for her attention at one of Patti’s infamous mixers.”

The 57-year-old wine lover opened up about confronting Mario about allegations he was seeing mistress, Kasey Dexter again.

“We were doing great, but when I got suspicious July 24 and questioned him, he admitted he was still seeing her,” the reality star spilled to Us Weekly on August 11.

“I screamed, ‘We’re done!’”

“He used to have morals and believe in family,” Ramona huffed, adding Mario “is not the man I married!”

Friday, August 22, 2014

Insider Reveals: ‘RHOBH’ Is A Snooze-Fest This Season — ‘They All Get Along Great & It’s Not Good For TV!’

Get rid of phony-ass Kyle (who, besides being friends with everybody, let's face it controls the strings on this show) and evil-ass Brandi and 'RHOBH' will get much better in a heartbeat:

Don’t expect screaming matches and hair-pulling this season on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, because an insider exclusively tells RadarOnline.com there’s no drama because everyone is getting along!

Hard to believe, but even Brandi Glanville and Lisa Vanderpump aren’t causing any waves, the source insists.

“This is going to be the most boring season ever of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” an insider told Radar.

“There’s no drama, which means there’s barely even a show for Bravo. The issue is that everyone gets along! It’s horrible!"

Season 5 is comprised of franchise alums Vanderpump, Glanville, Kim and Kyle Richards, Yolanda Foster and newbies Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson.

But despite early reports of Vanderpump being ousted by the cast or jealousy and animosity within the group of ladies, the source says they get along far too well — which won’t bode well for Bravo.

“This is the last thing Bravo wants, is a cast of girls who all get along. It’s not what viewers tune in for,” the source said.

“The girls shot in Santa Barbara this week and it was beyond boring. They need something truly crazy to happen to save this season.”

Preview From Caroline Manzo's "Manzo'd With Children"

USmagazine.com:

Caroline Manzo may be done with The Real Housewives of New Jersey, but she'll never be done with family drama — especially now that all three of her kids are living under the same roof again. As seen in this exclusive preview of her new Bravo reality show, Manzo'd With Children, chaos ensues when sons Albie and Chris move back home to live with their parents and sister.

Set to premiere on Sunday, Oct. 5, with two back-to-back episodes beginning at 9 p.m., the series follows former RHONJ star Caroline as she tries to keep the peace among her three children and husband Al Sr. If this preview is any indication, though, she's got her hands full — and then some.

"I always secretly wished that my boys would come back home," the 52-year-old Bravo-lebrity says in the clip. "Careful what you wish for."

One source of tension for the family? Albie's new girlfriend, a bikini-wearing bombshell whom his mom describes as "like a living beer commercial." (And not in a good way.) "The same kids I gave birth to are trying to kill me," Caroline jokes.

The show also chronicles daughter Lauren's efforts to plan her wedding to longtime love Vito Scalia. "You really gotta calm it down with the Bridezilla nonsense," Albie says.

Albie later slams Lauren as a "toxic person," telling her they don't "need to have a relationship," and throwing (and breaking) a glass against the ground. "I'm so f---ing tired of everybody's advice," he yells while walking away, as Lauren wipes tears from her eyes.

Watch the insanity in the video above! Manzo'd With Children premieres on Bravo on Sunday. Oct. 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Carole Radziwill Talks "RHONY" Season 6 and Aviva Drescher Drama

Buzzfeed.com:

Being the voice of reason on a reality show such as Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City is destined to be a doomed position, as Carole Radziwill found out the hard way in this past season. When she first joined the show in Season 5, Radziwill — a writer and Emmy-winning former ABC News producer — served the necessary function of commenting, if not sometimes gawking, at the often crazy behavior of the rest of the cast. She was a stand-in for viewers.

It was not to last. Season 6, Radziwill’s second — which began airing in March — drew her immediately straight into its mad heart. What sucked her in were accusations from Aviva Drescher, a cast member who had also joined the show in Season 5, that she had heard “on the street” that Radziwill used a ghostwriter for What Remains, her 2005 memoir. Radziwill, who confronted (and strenuously denied) the question on camera in a heated fight with Drescher, was flabbergasted, and the scandal — #bookgate — hovered over and partly informed the trajectory of the season. What Remains is Radziwill’s recounting of her life with her late husband, Anthony Radziwill, his prolonged struggle with terminal cancer, and their close friendships with Anthony’s cousin, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Three out of those four people died in the summer of 1999, which is also what What Remains is about. To call its authorship into question was new and ugly emotional territory, even for Real Housewives.

The second of three reunion episodes aired Tuesday night, and #bookgate was addressed. The cast fell into its usual formation, with Radziwill, Heather Thomson, Kristen Taekman, and Luann de Lessepps on one side (literally), and Drescher, Sonja Morgan, and Ramona Singer on the other. Drescher still maintains she did not have a ghostwriter on her own memoir, Leggy Blonde, and in an effort to advance her theory that no writer writes a book alone, somehow also managed to smear Harper Lee. In other words, it was a mess, and nothing was resolved. Part 3 of the reunion will air next Tuesday.

I recently met Radziwill at a diner in West Hollywood, where we talked about the disaster with Drescher, how infuriating #bookgate was for her, her frustrations with some of the other cast members (Sonja Morgan!), and her work outside of the show, including her recent novel, The Widow’s Guide to Sex and Dating. Oh, and we talked about Drescher throwing her leg on the floor.

In your first season, you were able to rise above and not get drawn into drama. I felt like your experience this season, however, proved that it’s impossible on one of these shows to rise above in perpetuity.
Carole Radziwill: Last season, because I was new and because all the women, I think, genuinely liked me, as I them, there wasn’t anyone gunning for me. I did, if you recall, cry — they made me cry.

That’s true.
CR: It was an intense time in St. Barts. And there was a lot going on. Some of it not fun for me. But yeah, this season I scream. I cop to that. It wasn’t my finest moment. But I think I proved that I’m pretty easygoing about things, whether it’s gossip about my ex-boyfriend or silliness about who’s bossy and who’s not. Or who’s not invited to some party, or who is. But I think what really matters to me is my work. And when you not only question my integrity and my credibility — but also, it went deeper than that. I could have understood Aviva repeating gossip about my work, and saying people said I had a ghostwriter, although it seems implausible. But listen, there’s no industry that’s immune to gossip and professional jealously.

But when the attack was not only about my career, but impugns my late husband’s family, belittles my accomplishments, and kind of trashes my novel in a way that I knew to be untrue — and then she ridicules my age — it’s, like, Whoa! I feel like the audience wants you to defend yourself. You don’t mess with someone’s career, or work, or family.

When something like that happens, how aware of the cameras are you?
CR: Had I been more aware, I wouldn’t have reacted the way I did, I think. If someone said to me at a cocktail party, “Well, I hear gossip that Bill Whitworth, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, ghostwrites all your books,” I would have been, like, “OK, you’re crazy.” And walked away. But as she’s saying it, I’m like, What is she saying? And then I’m like, She’s saying this on national television? And the minute you start to defend yourself, which I did, you kind of look defensive.

She asked me at lunch if I used I ghostwriter. I said no. I asked her, she said no. It should have ended there. It didn’t. She went to everybody and repeated the gossip. And then confronted me in her home. I said no then, and then yeah, I got spitfire angry when she then continued to belittle my accomplishments and ridicule my age and talk about my late husband’s family — I couldn’t say I was so aware of the cameras at that moment. I was and I wasn’t. I was aware that she was saying this stuff on national television, but I wasn’t able to take that awareness and say, Let me at least behave in a way — I think I behaved in a way that anyone would have.

It happened so early in the season. It must have been jarring.
CR: You’re just coming back, you’re getting your sea legs, like, OK, I’ve got to gear up for this again! Had I known she wasn’t going to bring up her process of hiring a writer to work with, had I known she wasn’t going to bring that on camera, I never would have asked if she had hired the writer. At that moment when I said, “Have you hired the writer?” I fully thought she was going to do scenes with her. So when she said, “No, I did it alone,” in my stomach, I said, Oh, shit. I never thought she would go as far as she did.

Throughout the season, Aviva either said she wrote her book herself or “it takes a village.” But her book was ghostwritten by a woman named Valerie Frankel. Why is that a bad thing?
CR: It’s industry standard. She signed a deal, she had to turn that book around quickly. They peg it to the show. It’s what every other Housewife does. And it’s great. It’s great for publishing, it’s good for writers. It just never occurred to me that she wasn’t going to be honest about that.

I imagine that one of the frightening things about being on a reality show is that people can just say anything.
CR: I know, Kate. I know! And I don’t have skeletons in my closet, I don’t have things I can’t talk about. But I realized after that, Oh, you can just make it up. I remember after that scene going to the producers and saying, “Well, that was drama, but it’s not true.

The publisher didn’t pass, and Bill Whitworth is an editor.” He was my copy editor, which is a phenomenal insult to him to even say that, because he’s one of the most respected editors. It’s just that he didn’t come on until the very end of What Remains. I remember saying to the producers, “That’s not true.” And they looked at me, like, We don’t care about the truth. It was this stupid “Aha!” moment.

When something like that does happen, which is upsetting and potentially damaging, what do you do? Do you call Andy Cohen?
CR: The ironic thing is that the next morning at 10 a.m., I was at a wedding with Andy; a mutual friend was getting married. I was in a rage! I’m really good with Andy, because we do travel in the same social circles, and I’ve never — it’s like a Chinese Wall. Because I can be very passionate about things, especially about work, and I do regard the show as work. I don’t like to get into conversations with him about it, because he is the executive in charge of Bravo, and there’s a professionalism that has to exist. Neither of us wants to talk about the show when we’re at weddings. But I broke my rule.

Tell me more. CR: I think he had heard about it. And he knew I was upset about it. He was very smart, though. He said, “Rely on the intelligence of the audience, Carole.” I was, like, “I can’t do that! That’s slander! And this is insane!” And you know what? He was right.

Right.
CR: But there were calls to lawyers.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Lisa Vanderpump’s Family Members Think She's An ‘Egomaniac’

RadarOnline.com:

Lisa Vanderpump has millions of fans, but several of her family members aren’t among them. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that some of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s extended family have distanced themselves from her over her “egomaniac” tendencies since stepping into the spotlight.

“They are fed up,” a source very close to Vanderpump tells Radar exclusively.“They have given her too many chances and they cannot stand the person she has become. They do not even recognize her anymore and want nothing to do with her.”

What is even worse is that the RHOBH star, apparently, couldn’t care less!

“Lisa is so caught up in her world, she does not care what her family, or anyone else, thinks of her,” the source tells Radar.

“Lisa is a total control freak and is very demanding,” the source, who has known Vanderpump for years, reveals. “She is a total egomaniac. Aside from her family, some of her old friends are even dropping like flies too. She has become just an awful person. A lot of people don’t want to be around her anymore.”

Vanderpump herself has admitted, “I have to be frank, my family in England have not supported my choice to venture into this world.”

Indeed, when approached by Radar, Vanderpump’s British cousin Sally said, “it’s not something I want to get into,” and a relative, John Vanderpump, also declined to discuss the reality star.

On July 25, her brother, Mark Vanderpump, tweeted, “As your brother, @lisavanderpump, you need to get your skinny a** back to England and stop pissing on about reality TV.”

Sonja Morgan Has A New And Younger Boyfriend

RadarOnline.com:

It’s out with the old and in with the new for Sonja Morgan! Since breaking up with Harry Dubin on the Real Housewives of New York City, the reality star is moving on in the dating scene. The 50-year-old cougar, was spotted hand-in-hand with a handsome mystery man over the weekend in the Hamptons — and only RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal the identity of her new beau — and his age!

The lucky guy on Morgan’s arm is 45-year-old David Svanda, who owns Svanda’s Framing & Art in Brookfield, Connecticut.

“I’ve known him forever!” Morgan told Radar.

During their date night at at the Hamptons Magazine Celebration of The Children’s Justice Campaign, “He was so patient. We came in the back door and were running out the back door!” she added.

“I was at my friends Joan and George Hornig’s home to support Kelly Rutherford to bring awareness to how difficult it is for divorced mothers. Her story is poignant,” Sonja said. “Obviously, you caught me and my friend as we were exiting! He was a very good sport to come along, but we did have a fabulous dinner afterwards at Red Stix. I had to leave the next morning to L.A. and then my daughter and I have a rendezvous for the rest of the summer in France.”

Morgan, who filed chapter 11 bankruptcy, recently sold her Saint Tropez home for $5.7 million to help pay off a $7 million judgment for a movie deal gone bad.

“I sold my house in France so I will now be in a better position to settle with Hannibal Pictures over the movie that never was never made,” she added. “I’m very proud of the first movie I produced, The Marsh, starring Forest Whitaker and Gabrielle Anwar — but this was a hard lesson learned and I look forward to moving on with my life. I’ve never felt better and I’m very grateful to Bravo for the opportunities they have given my daughter and I.”

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

NeNe Leakes Slams Cynthia Bailey and Kenya Moore; Speaks on Her Time on RHoA: "My Life Has Changed For the Better"

Wetpaint.com:

It comes as no surprise to us that NeNe Leakes’ life is pretty darn fabulous, and it seems things are only getting better for the outspoken star.

The 47-year-old mother of two, who graces the cover of September’s Pose Magazine, reveals that her days on Real Housewives of Atlanta have helped her mature into the strong woman she is today.

“Over the years, I feel I have grown for the best,” reveals NeNe. “I have grown as an adult. I am older and wiser. I know so much more now that I didn’t know when I came into this world. I feel I have gotten better. I feel my life has changed for the better.”

While NeNe may be maturing with each passing season, she still has plenty of detractors. However, the reality star says that those who only see her bad side simply don’t know the real her.

“I think people misunderstand,” says Nene, adding that her feud with co-star Cynthia Bailey has been hyped up for the cameras. “I don’t go out a lot. I am very private. I am really chill. I understand why the girls on the show are made to come after me. I am the original.”

As for her insistence upon speaking her mind, NeNe says that she’s trying hard to curb her combative instincts.

“My husband is always like, ‘you don’t need to say that,’ or ‘you don’t need to be that real about it.’ I’m like, okay, maybe he’s right. I’m going to do much better from now on. I am really working on it.”

Teresa Giudice Pleads With Bravo To Not Send Cameras To Sentencing Hearing

RadarOnline.com:

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has told Bravo not to send cameras to her upcoming sentencing hearing, but the network is ignoring the missive and plans on using it during the filming of the reunion show, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

There have been mounting tensions between Giudice and Bravo because the diva has refused to film additional scenes for the show because of plunging ratings.

“Teresa doesn’t want cameras from Bravo to be at her sentencing on September 23, and has told producers of the show her thoughts. Bravo doesn’t care what Teresa wants or thinks, and they are done protecting her,” a source told Radar.

“So, Bravo will absolutely send cameras and plans on utilizing for the reunion show. It’s no secret that the ratings are in the gutter, and Bravo knows there will be a lot of drama during Teresa’s sentencing.”

The New Jersey table flipper believes that the network has exploited her legal issues in pursuit of ratings.

Giudice recently lost her patience after Bravo arranged for her to do a sit-down interview with the New York Post which “ended up being an absolute hatchet job,” according to the insider.

Despite her desire to spend time with family in the face of her legal issues, “Teresa agreed to do a limited amount of press to promote the Real Housewives of New Jersey,” the source says.

“Bravo insisted that she do the interview with the paper. During the interview, Teresa felt the direction of it was negative, but the Bravo publicist did nothing to stop it, or get it back on track. Teresa felt the publicist should have done more to protect her, or stop the interview.”

Bravo have become frustrated because the fan favorite has decided to keep a lower profile ahead of her looming sentencing hearing, and scaled back on promotional appearances.

Our source previously told us, “It’s very frustrating for Bravo . . . They tried to tell Teresa that she was contractually obligated to show but her legal crisis manager, Wendy Feldman, shut that down. Teresa’s contract is actually very loose, and doesn’t clearly dictate what media she must do.”

Expect Giudice to show up for her sentencing hearing “with her hair and make-up professionally done, and wearing a brand new outfit. Even though Teresa would prefer that no news crews cover the sentencing, she will look her best,” the insider said.

Phaedra Parks Refuses To Answer Probing Questions About Apollo Nida In Deposition

Inquisitr.com:

A deposition that Phaedra Parks gave in her own defamation lawsuit against former friend, Angela Stanton, has been uncovered. Stanton says the Real Housewives of Atlanta star is “thwarting” the legal system and making a “mockery” of it.

The Inquisitr reported on Parks’ affiliation with Stanton and the lawsuit that the two are embroiled in. That full story can be read here.

Radaronline reports that the RHOA star refused to answer questions about Apollo Nida and his criminal activities while they were married. News of this emerges after Radaronline obtained public records filed at the Gwinnett County Courthouse.

Apparently, when Parks agreed to sit down for the deposition she’s been dodging, she was only willing to do it with a long list of conditions. Court documents filed by Stanton’s attorneys say that if the deposition was videotaped, Phaedra wanted complete control of the transcript. She didn’t want the media finding out about it, or having it leaked on the attorney’s website.

Filed documents read:

“Parks frequently refused to answer questions and discuss topics that have the strongest relevance to the instant case, thus thwarting truth-finding function of the discovery process and impeding ‘the progress of this case and possible rulings’… Namely, she refused to answer any questions regarding her relationship with and knowledge of the criminal activities of her husband, Apollo Nida, a man with numerous and recent convictions and financial crimes.”

“This is a line of questioning that is very clearly and very obviously relevant to the ultimate question in this case, i.e, whether a reasonable person could believe that Parks herself was involved in the sort of criminal activities described in Stanton’s book.”

“Questions regarding Parks’ knowledge of, benefit from, and participation in her husband’s criminal schemes are very obviously relevant to the issue in this case … This is particularly true given that the schemes described by Stanton in her book (insurance fraud, forgery, VIN fraud) closely resemble the financial crimes for which Mr. Nida has been convicted. Yet throughout her deposition, Parks refused outright to answer any questions regarding her husband or her knowledge of her husband’s involvement in criminal schemes.”
When Phaedra Parks was asked whether her husband, Apollo Nida, “recently pled guilty to a number of federal financial crimes,” her response was, “I will not be discussing my husband.”

The Real Housewives star was criticized for “doodling” during questioning. At one point, Stanton’s attorney said to her, “You appear to be ignoring me.” Phaedra responded, “As I have answered earlier, I will not be having any answers or having any discussion regarding my husband.”

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Tamra Barney Tells Lizzie Rovsek: ‘My Husband Would Never Touch You With A 10-Foot Pole’

RadarOnline.com:

The season nine finale of the Real Housewives of Orange County featured Tamra Barney in typical trash-talking mode.

And if, as RadarOnline.com has reported, Barney won’t be back on the reality show next season due to her diva ways, she certainly went out with a bang on Monday night’s episode!

Barney was angry with Lizzie Rovsek after her co-star allegedly told her that she was jealous because Barney’s husband, Eddie Judge, wanted to f*ck Rovsek.

The incident happened after an off-camera truth and dare style game earlier this season in which Judge was asked who he’d like to marry, shag, or kill and he supposedly said Rovsek would be the one he’d want to “shag.”

But Rovsek has maintained she’d said “marry” — and not “f*ck” — to Barney.

“Whatever you think I said, I apologize,” Rovsek told Barney during a party Vicki Gunvalson threw for the whole gang on Monday’s RHOC.

Rovsek’s husband Christian chimed in, telling Barney, “It doesn’t f*cking matter. We played the game … when stuff became personal … you kind of closed up.”

Barney said, “It did hurt my feelings and actually … when I did get upset was when we were playing the game she said, ‘I want to shag Eddie because I want Mexican-Italian babies.’

“And knowing the situation we have with the whole baby thing,” said Barney, who had discussed having another baby with Judge, who is Mexican.

“I was just having fun!” claimed Rovsek, who is Italian.

She then told the cameras, “I don’t feel sorry for Tamra and her baby situation. She has four kids. She’s been married three times. I think she has plenty of babies. She’s almost 50-years-old. She’s fine.”

But Barney told Rovsek, “What you said about my husband was disgusting.”

She added, “Listen, Kentucky Fried T*tties, my husband would never touch you with a 10-foot pole.”

Camille Grammer Requests Judge Stop Her From Handing Over Medical Records, Texts & Emails In Ex-Boyfriend's Defamation Lawsuit

RadarOnline.com:

Camille Grammer has asked a Texas judge not to compel her to hand over private information to the court in her ex-boyfriend Dimitri Charalambopoulos’ defamation lawsuit.

In June, Charalambopoulos, 36, accused the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star of spreading “false and defamatory statements” about him. The ex-wife of Kelsey Grammer infamously claimed that her onetime boyfriend viciously assaulted her while she was recovering from cancer-related surgery at a hotel in Houston, Texas on October 16, 2013.

Grammer is now refusing to give the court extensive medical records, personal photos, text messages and emails related to the case.

“Not only would production of the documents be costly and time consuming, but many of the items that Plaintiff seeks contain private and sensitive medical information that Grammer should not be forced to produce,” attorneys for the 45-year-old argue in Texas district court documents.

In addition, Grammer filed a motion to dismiss her ex’s lawsuit on August 12.

“Grammer’s statements to third parties such as doctors, media outlets, and on social media implicate Grammer’s exercise of her right of free speech under the TCPA because they are statements ‘made in connection with a matter of public concern,’ her attorneys claim in court papers.

The judge has not yet made a decision on her motion. Her lawyers tell Radar the “motion to stay” is standard practice in any anti-SLAAP lawsuit filed in Texas. Such lawsuits allow an individual to file a motion to strike a complaint filed based on a free speech.

Grammer dated Charalambopoupos for two years until the alleged beating shattered their romance.

“This man belongs behind bars!” she tweeted soon after the incident.

Though police initially charged Charalambopoulos with assault, a grand jury dismissed the case due to lack of evidence in May.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Amber Marchese Doesn't Back Off Claim That Nicole Napolitano Is a Homewrecker

USmagazine.com:

Time for a cocktail! The feud between Real Housewives of New Jersey's Amber Marchese and Nicole Napolitano is far from over. Marchese has responded exclusively to Us Weekly about Napolitano's latest claims, still insisting that Napolitano once broke up a marriage.

"I know Nicole's position now is that [her boyfriend] was separated, but this is simply not true," Marchese explains to Us, in regards to Napolitano's remarks. "Interesting that when confronted with the 'rumors' she did not simply make this claim. Instead she was outraged and acted like an animal."

As seen on RHONJ last month, Marchese made claims about Napolitano's past to costar Melissa Gorga. When Napolitano learned that Marchese called her a homewrecker, she (in front of twin sister Teresa Aprea and other witnesses) got into a scuffle with Marchese at what was supposed to be a friendly party.

"Nicole was fully aware that he was with his wife and that she was having an affair! I believe her embarrassment is causing her to rewrite history," Marchese adds to Us. In fact, the Bravo newcomer alleges that there are "three unavoidable facts" to prove that Napolitano hasn't been telling the truth.

"One, he was married and living with his wife when Nicole began the affair. Two, he moved out because of the affair and has moved back in with his wife now that the affair is over. They were not separated or divorced as court records show no filings by either party. Three, [his wife] no longer speaks to her friend who first introduced Nicole to her husband because of the hurt she caused their families."

"I normally would not give this issue the time of day, but [have because of] Nicole and Teresa's physical assault on me and constant attacks on my character. Nicole and Teresa cannot go around physically harming people and breaking up other’s marriages and pretend to be self-righteous," Marchese continued. "I do not judge her for her actions, I leave that to a higher power."

As for Napolitano, she's hurt about the entire ordeal. "From the beginning, I thought Amber and I were friends so I was hurt that she would say this about me," told Us earlier today. "There was nothing for her to gain by making up something like this."