Jacqueline Laurita Tells Life & Style: I'm Done With Teresa Giudice Forever

LifeandStylemag.com:

The Real Housewives of New Jersey is infamous for its knock-down-drag-out brawls -- and this season is no exception. But Jacqueline Laurita tells Life & Style that the on-air feud between her and longtime friend Teresa Giudice, 40, has bubbled over behind-the-scenes. "I realized she is not a friend," Jacqueline shares in the new issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now.

The 42-year-old claims that Teresa "sabotaged business dealings and said things behind my back that really upset me." And it's all because Jacqueline wouldn't talk trash about Teresa's sister in law and costar, Melissa Gorga. "She wanted us to help make Melissa look bad on camera," she says. "It got ugly. Teresa's hatred is very deep."

Things grew so tense that Jacqueline says she cut Teresa out of her life and hasn't seen her in almost a year. "The friendship was so toxic that I just don't need that in my life anymore," she shares. "I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and when I figure out someone is no good, I ex them out of my life."

But the former friends will have to face-off on this season's reunion, which is set to be taped later this summer. Is Jacqueline scared to face Teresa, who spoke about punching Jacqueline in the face this season? "She doesn't intimidate me at all -- if she wants to come at me, go for it!" says Jacqueline. In fact, "Once the season is over and the reunion is done, her name will not come out of my mouth again."

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10 Things That Make Kyle Richards Happy: Bling, Fireplaces, and Her Hair

Wetpaint.com:

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards is one lucky lady. Just how lucky she happens to be became quite clear thanks to her appearance on Bravo’s new special, 10 Things That Make Me Happy, which premiered last night.

Among her ten happy-making items were her gorgeous, luxurious house and a mega-blingy diamond ring! “Ten a half carats is a big diamond, even in Beverly Hills,” she bragged. Um, yeah it is!

Despite the warm weather in California, Kyle admits she has to run the fireplace every once in awhile just because she loves having a fireplace in her kitchen. When her husband Mauricio Umansky asks her why she’s got the A/C and a fire going, she just tells him that she’s running the air for the very sake of using the fireplace. 

Nice one, Kyle!

Another favorite thing? Her hair. Because who doesn’t covet her luscious locks?

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Singer Kimberly Cole Raves About Writing 'Housewives' Star Gretchen Rossi's New Song

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When Kimberly Cole isn't churning out edgy dance-pop tracks of her own, like last fall's Billboard Dance Chart Top 20 smash "Arrow Through My Heart," the bombshell is penning hits for others. She is still gushing about stepping into the studio with Real Housewives of Orange County star Gretchen Rossi.


Introduced to her fellow "OC girl" by mutual friends, Cole worked with the reality TV star to pen "Unbreakable." What at first might sound like a break-up anthem, Rossi told Ryan Seacrest when he debuted the song on his popular Los Angeles-based KIIS-FM morning show, is actually an homage to boyfriend Slade Smiley's 12-year old son. The boy has battled a brain tumor for half his life.


Writing the song from an emotional place sets the cut aside from musical releases by other members of the Housewives reality franchise, according Cole. "It's the best, in my opinion, and not just because I wrote it," she says, "It's a legit song."


Cole acknowledges it is sometimes difficult to take the cat-fighting women from the popular Bravo series seriously as artists. Still, she stands behind Rossi. Not only is she "the sweetest person" -- "What you see is what you get," Cole raves, "She has a great heart!" -- Rossi is also "an artist."


"She sounds great on the record," Cole says, "It's a great song!"


"Unbreakable" was previewed two weeks ago on Season 7, Episode 20 of Real Housewives of Orange County. Meanwhile, not to be outdone, Cole recently released the video for her latest dance track, "U Make Me Wanna," on which she again partners with "Arrow" collaborators Eddie Amador and Garza.


All songs are now available on iTunes.

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Brandi Glanville Apologizes For Shocking Joke About Young Man's Suicide

God, I hope Bravo has the good sense to never let this idiot savant hold a peach:

She’s no stranger to controversy, but Brandi Glanville went too far when she tweeted a ‘joke’ about a young man who committed suicide over the weekend.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star wrote the shocking message on Sunday after the 29-year-old threw himself off the seventh floor of the parking structure at The Grove mall in Hollywood.

Eddie Cibrian’s ex was on her way to watch the movie Magic Mike at the upscale complex and wrote: “Some dumbsh*t just jumped off the 2nd story(sic) of the Grove parking structure. If you’re going to try and ruin my movie at least go to the top floor.”

As well as leaving a family devastated, the gruesome incident was also witnessed by many people, including young children, who were left understandably horrified and distraught.

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Sonja Morgan Sets Her Sights On Frankel’s Empire ‘I’ll Be Bigger Than Bethenny!'

RadarOnline.com:

Sonja Morgan has her sights set on building a business and media empire to rival that of her ex-costar Bethenny Frankel!

The Real Housewife of New York City, who runs a catering company, sells toaster ovens and has a cookbook in the works, is vowing to beat the multi-millionaire at her own game, and RadarOnline.com has all the details.

“[Bethenny] used to tell me that my bathroom was bigger than her whole apartment, but now she’s built an empire," Sonja tells the new issue of Star magazine.

“I want my own kitschy daytime show where I can talk about everything from stain removers to Botox. I’ll be bigger than Bethenny, because I’m hungrier than her now.”

Sonja goes on to explain that she has given up sex, partly to concentrate on her career. “I had to tame the cougar in me like a wild circus animal in order to get back to my inner kitten," she says.

The single mom to 11-year-old John Adams Morgan, by financier John Pierpoint Morgan adds: “I’m focusing on my business ventures, and I feel independent and secure.”

She also explains that when she does flirt, there is no end game in mind. “I flirt with the guy I’m not attracted to, to make him feel comfortable,” she says. “But if I’m attracted to a guy I’m very prim, proper and quiet”

And when asked if she’s open to finding love, she shares: “The legs are not open! That’s when you get into trouble. The heart isn’t open because I’ve been betrayed so many times. There are men who want to date me just to be on the show and I can’t take any more hurt.”

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Camille Grammer Talks Divorce On "Bethenny"

Kind of funny (and ironic) how many different 'Housewives' Bethenny's already had on her new show.

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‘RHONY’ Recap: Ramona Singer Wants To ‘Kick The S–t Out Of Heather Thomson’

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The July 2 episode of ‘The Real Housewives of New York’ was no different than any other this season, in that Ramona still wants to wipe Heather out of her life and get the rest of the housewives behind her! Unfortunately for Ramona, Heather signed a contract and she’s sticking around for at least the remainder of season five!

Hard feelings followed through from last week when Heather Thomson invited each housewife to London, excluding dear old Ramona Singer! Of course, this did not sit well with the bug-eyed beauty and Ramona made her feelings known during a “friendly” shopping trip with the girls!

Heather politely asked Ramona to join her, Aviva Drescher and Carole Radziwill on a shopping trip, but as soon as Heather suggested that Ramona should get a makeover from one of the shop girls, s–t hit the fan! (Pardon my French!)

“I’d like to kick the s**t out of her,” Ramona said about Heather in her confessional.

And while it seemed a bit immature to wait for the confessional to express her true feelings, Heather ended up committing the same crime.

“I just don’t really like you,” Heather said about Ramona in her very own confessional. “But it’s not my style to just be like, ‘I don’t like you.’” Wouldn’t that be so much simpler, though?

It’s clear that Ramona and Heather may never get alone, but it’ll be fun to see which side the remaining housewives will take!

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Lisa Vanderpump "Shocked" By Fire At Former Home

CBSNews.com:

A Beverly Hills, Calif., house once belonging to "Real Housewives" star Lisa Vanderpump went ablaze on Friday night.


The two-story home, which was seen on Bravo's "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," sold last fall for a reported $19 million, according to CBS' KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. Vanderpump's daughter, Pandora, also got married on its grounds as part of the TV series.


The new owners weren't home at the time of the fire. Nearly 200 firefighters battled the blaze, which tore through the roof of the home, in the exclusive Beverly Park neighborhood.


"I'm just shocked, really. It's just been an incredible journey coming to America and living there, and my daughter got married in that house, so I'm really emotional about it even though I just sold it a few months ago," said Vanderpump, who has since moved to smaller home in the area.


One firefighter was sent to the hospital with minor injuries, reports KCAL-TV. Vanderpump said the firefighters' health was her biggest concern.

The mansion, which was under renovation at the time, suffered extensive damage, but firefighters say the house can be salvaged.

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The Real Reason Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon & Alex McCord Were Fired From RHONY

Wetpaint.com:

In the process of promoting his tell-all memoir Most Talkative: Stories From the Front Lines of Pop Culture, Bravo executive Andy Cohen let a juicy nugget of Real Housewives of New York gossip slip. Namely, the real reason behind firing former castmates Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and Alex McCord, after Season 4.

As AdAge reports, Andy discussed the lengthy and rigorous research that goes into every Bravo show, during a Q&A presented by Deutsche, New York, on June 28. In explaining that Bravo execs “snort up research like fine Colombian cocaine,” Andy spoke about how important Twitter, Facebook, and blog comments are when considering the future of a franchise like Real Housewives, and its cast decisions.

“Three cast members from The Real Housewives of New York were fired from the show because of negative feedback about them on social media,” reports AdAge. “That kind of engagement is shrewdly pushed along by Mr. Cohen, who says of his post, ‘I’m the biggest s**t-stirrer on the planet and I get paid to do it.’”

Hmm... We wonder how the opinionated Jill will react to this revelation, especially considering her recent call to action on her blog, where she casually suggested that her fans protest her firing. Kelly appears to be just fine without the reality cameras, but Alex may have thoughts to spare on the subject, now that she has her new video blogging platform.

The title from this Wetpaint article assumes that Cohen was talking about Jill, Alex and Kelly, as if Cindy Barshop wasn't there last season. And considering all the ire directed at Jill's team last year, I just can't see Alex being included in the "three cast members" Andy was talking about.


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Details On Melissa Gorga’s “On Display” Party!

Reveboutique.com:

Last night I attended Melissa Gorga's on display release party at Hudson Terrace in NYC. The Real Housewives who shop at Reve Boutique were dressed in some of our hottest looks. If I had Melissa’s body, I’d want to be “On Display” everyday singing on a stage in front of the world… Teresa looked striking hot as well in her Savee Couture ombre dress. Melissa Gorga was wearing a Blaque Label dress priced at only $129 and Teresa Giudice was wearing a Savee Couture ombre dress

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Carole Radziwill Wants to Be Tom Cruise's Next Wife

Wetpaint.com:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may have just called it quits, but Real Housewives of New York beauty Carole Radziwill has already set her sights on the leading man as a potential new romance.

“I want to be the next wife of Tom Cruise,” Carole tweeted, apparently without a hint of irony. “He's really really nice.”

We don’t doubt that Tom is very nice, but considering that he is about to go through a divorce, we don’t really think of him as good potential husband material right now. But then again, Carole is a sexy single woman. Maybe she just wanted to weigh in on the TomKat divorce before things got ugly.

The Real Housewives of New York airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.  

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Is Brooke Ayers a Deadbeat Dad?

ABCNews.com:

Vicki Gunvalson is probably best known as the only original housewife still standing on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Recently on the show, the divorced businesswoman has fallen for a 45-year-old businessman from Mississippi named Brooks Ayers. Ayers has been described as a deadbeat dad on the show, a label which he and Gunvalson often deny, but now a former girlfriend says she has the proof. 

"He has not supported his child," Nicolette Catanzarite told "20/20." "He bailed on the hospital bill, the pediatrician bill, and left me with all of it." 

A 41-year-old model and hair salon owner from Indianapolis, Catanzarite is the mother of Ayers' 3-year-old son. But she didn't always have such choice words for Ayers. When she first met him, he swept her off her feet. 

"I met Brooks in 2007 in Atlanta on a golf trip and he just kind of was a Southern charmer without a doubt," Catanzarite said. "He just always said the right things at the right time." 

Catanzarite said Ayers treated her like a princess -- opening doors, wining and dining her, and giving her a promise ring. 


"He did mention that he was going through a divorce and that he was legally separated and that he had three children," Catanzarite said. "It wasn't appropriate that he would ask me to marry him while he was still married so he gave me a promise ring." 

Catanzarite said Ayers seemed so up front about his life that she never doubted anything he told her.
"I just believed everything that he said," says Catanzarite. 

Ayers told Catanzarite, who was a divorced mother of four, that he wanted a fresh start…and this time without children. She says he explained to her that he had had a vasectomy. 

"It made him sad that he could never, if we were ever to get married, be able to have a baby together," she said. "I bought it hook, line and sinker." 

When Catanzarite found out she was pregnant a few months in to the relationship she was surprised, but assumed his vasectomy didn't take and this was a sign. 

"I was like, this is gonna be the best kid in the world," Catanzarite said, thinking that she would be with Ayers for the rest of her life. "I just couldn't wait to have him and really always thought that this was such a blessing." 

Looking back Catanzarite says the vasectomy was the first of his many lies. Shortly after their son was born she says she noticed Ayers' behavior was becoming erratic and things quickly went downhill. 

"Within two or three weeks I started seeing kind of a different behavior from him," Catanzarite said. "He was obsessive, angry, moody and controlling with me. It was very strange." 

Let's keep it real, after the brutal way Vicki treated ex-husband Donn throughout their marriage, karma would truly be a bitch if all this stuff about Brooke turns out to be true and she ends up on the hook for some of that child support.

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