RadarOnline.com:
The Real Housewives of New York City newbie Kristen Taekman can be added to the long list of the not-so-real housewives who’ve had plastic surgery.
Flaunting her new breast implants,
the model-turned-Bravolebrity openly discussed her silicone
enhancements — and implied they were an anniversary gift from her
husband!
“First year is diamond, somewhere along there is paper and nine years is silicone,” the RHONY star joked during Brandi Glanville’s Podcast One show.
This was the second surgery for the busty blonde, who is married to
EBOOST co-founder Josh Taekman, and mother to son Cash, 5, and daughter
Kingsley, 2.
“I’ve had two kids and breastfed. I needed new ones. They look and feel so much better,” she told Glanville.
When asked if her husband approved of her fuller figure, the busty blonde teased: “Josh needs to get a vasectomy ASAP. That’s all I’ve got to say.”
Prior to her first surgery, Taekman candidly revealed she tried everything to make her boobs look bigger.
“I had the cutlets for the longest time. I burned those puppies the second I got the real thing,” she laughed.
Taekman will join Aviva Drescher, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Ramona Singer, and Heather Thomson for the sixth season of RHONY, which premieres in March.
Although Taekman stayed mum about the show, Glanville mused that her model BFF will be stirring up plenty of drama.
“You tell it like it is…. The only thing fake about you is your boobs!” the RHOBH star jested.
RELATED: ‘RHOBH’ star Brandi Glanville helped Kristen Taekman through ‘RHONY?’
EOnline.com:
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards is capitalizing on her reality TV fame with a new clothing line for shopping network HSN.
The
Bravolebrity is releasing an eight-piece collection inspired by her
personal style. Items in the Kyle by Kyle Richards line are priced
between $69.90 and $199.90. The collection debuts February 25th on HSN.com.
“The number one question I was asked [was]: ‘Do you have your own
line?’” Richards told EW. ” I’d always thought about it. Then I started
having dreams and when I would wake up, I had [designed] a piece of
clothing in my head. I’d never done that in my life, so I thought it was
a sign.”
Richards talked to EW about her fashion favorites, whether she’ll be back for another season of RHoBH, and recent run-ins with former Housewives Adrienne Maloof, Taylor Armstrong, and Camille Grammar. Read on for all the details and get a sneak peek at her HSN collection.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was it like designing your own clothing line?
Kyle Richards: I wanted everything to be comfortable
and to [evoke] relaxed glamour. We discussed the ideas I was having
dreams about — which is quite strange to me still — and we looked at
things I’ve worn for years… Like, ‘This shirt has the idea I want.’
Do you have a favorite piece?
One of my favorite pieces is the one-sleeve jumpsuit. The fabric
literally feels like a pajamas. I always wear it at home when I’m
entertaining because I don’t want to be in a tight, uncomfortable dress.
I can also wear it on a red carpet. In fact, I just wore it in blue on
the Arsenio Hall Show. I also love the jacket with embellished sleeves. I
get so many compliments on it. I have friends already asking me for
that one.
Will we see any clothes from your line on upcoming episodes of RHoBH?
You will, eventually… In this season, no, but in the upcoming season you
will, because this comes out in February and our show is wrapping
around then.
When do you start production on the next season?
I’m not allowed to say, they won’t let me. I actually don’t even know
that right now, but once they tell me I’m not allowed to say. We
[usually] shoot over spring and summer.
One thing you don’t see until the episodes air is what your fellow Housewives say about you in interviews. What do you think they will say about your clothing collection?
Some of them have it seen it and they’ve already asked me for some
things. I’m like, “You have to wait. It’s coming, I promise.” Then other
ones have not seen it yet because we’re not all speaking. [Laughs] But
eventually they will.
I somehow always assumed that all of the fighting was for the cameras.
No. A lot of people think things are staged nowadays or that it’s
lightly scripted, but our show is 100 percent real. Nothing is scripted
at all in any way, shape, or form, unfortunately. I would love to be
able to say, “This is just a script and everything’s fine,” but that’s
not the case.
Was it always in the back of your mind that you could use the
exposure of being on a reality show to get into the fashion business?
It really wasn’t. I was a child actor my entire life, so, to me, it was
like, “It’s TV. Whether it’s scripted or unscripted, this is just
another job.” I thought it would be a fun experience. I didn’t have any
big ideas. Everything happened on its own. I’ve always loved clothing. I
come from a family of all women, so playing dress-up was a big part of
our household. I’m very much like my mom. I’m realizing that, as I’m
getting older, at times I’m glamorous, but I like being comfortable. By
day, I’m running around being casual. My mom was just like that too. A
lot of this is inspired by my her.
Your sister Kathy Hilton also has a line of dresses and your niece Paris has her own perfume. Do you talk shop with them?
No, on this particular thing, we didn’t. Design is so personal. I knew what I wanted everything to look like.
Do you or your fellow Housewives have to run your business ideas by Housewives creator Andy Cohen?
No, we don’t. I think it’s great that, because of the show, I’m have the
ability to connect with my fans. But business-wise, no I haven’t spoken
[with Andy] about this. He knows about the line, but he hasn’t seen it
yet.
At one point you were talking about doing a line of handbags, is that in the works?
I was doing one and then I stopped. It was overwhelming at first —
getting used to having this crazy schedule with the show and all my kids
and my husband too. I’m like, “It’s my kids, then my husband,
unfortunately. [I'm] a mom, you’re going to have to understand that.” It
was overwhelming, [but] the next step probably would be handbags or
sunglasses. This [could] just be the beginning.
What’s coming up on this season of Housewives?
I feel like this season — as crazy as it’s been and at other times it’s
been more mellow — it’s really building, building, building. The end
really comes to a crazy head. Right now, we’re literally building up to
this volcano that’s about to erupt on everybody.
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NYDailyNews.com:
Reality TV star and talk show host Bethenny Frankel
was back in divorce court Friday trying to bounce her ex from sharing
the Tribeca apartment where they have been living with their daughter.
Frankel allowed Hoppy to share their Hudson St. loft after filing for
divorce last year so he could continue to be close to their 3-year-old
daughter, Bryn.
It’s unclear whether Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ellen Gesmer resolved the request or why it was made.
Frankel's papers, like all divorce records, are sealed and Gesmer, who
presides full time over divorces, does most of her work behind closed
doors in her chambers instead of in open court.
Frankel arrived looking spiffy as usual in a short black leather
quilted skirt and black high heels with a pointed red toe. The toe
matched her red quilted bag.
Hoppy, 42, wore his favorite grey suit -- but sported a closely trimmed full beard.
The couple spent hours in separate courthouse corridors, waiting for
their cache of high powered lawyers to confer privately with the judge
and then with their opposing colleagues.
Their paths crossed just before lunch when they both met with the judge.
Hoppy seemed more relaxed when he left but Frankel was tense,
retreating to a hard bench where she sat with crossed legs and arms as
she talked to her attorneys.
Neither Frankel nor Hoppy were talking as they left the courthouse.
Frankel, 43, now appears to have a new, younger boyfriend, financier
Michael Cerussi III, 34. The two were photographed in the Florida surf
over New Year's weekend.
RELATED: How Bethenny Frankel Minds Her Body
Wetpaint.com:
Earlier this week Porsha Stewart announced plans to legally change her name back to Porsha Williams,
and now it looks like she’s actually done it! Porsha’s divorce from her
husband Kordell Stewart was finalized late last year, and though there
was a point in time when Porsha said she would keep her ex-husband’s
last name, she recently had a change of heart.
Porsha explained her change of heart to ABC News, noting, “I
was holding onto something, and I really can't explain to you what it
was. But just as a woman, we have the right to change our minds.”
But with her mom in tow, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star made a major change on January 15.
“Rolling with my boo #ladydi Changing it all to Porsha Williams.
Independence feels so good! #newyearnewme #boom,” she wrote alongside a
photo of her and her mom, as they were — we assume — en route to make the name change legal.
And it seems like the name change was the last thing Porsha had
to do in order to let herself move on.
Though she once toyed with
getting back together with her ex, she now maintains that will never
happen. Porsha appeared as a guest on Bethenny today, January 16, and when asked if she would get back with Kordell — who is now dating Towanda Braxton — she said, “No, absolutely not.”
However, Porsha says she does still have a healthy attachment
to her ex post-split. “I have love for him. If something happened to
him, I would definitely be sad. But love is not a word to me, it’s an
action. If I can’t show you my love then I don’t love you the way I
would love another man.”
Well said, girl!
RELATED: RHOA Kenya Moore backs Kordell Stewart over Porsha Stewart's 'tired' divorce storyline, Kenya wants more camera time?
RadarOnline.com:
Joyce Giraud and Brandi Glanville have been locked in a battle of words ever since the fateful episode where Brandi made a racist slur
towards the new cast member and now Joyce has exclusively told
RadarOnline.com that she felt attacked and has only been defending
herself in the situation.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newbie explained how things have turned into such a disaster for the 90210 ladies.
“Brandi started attacking me.
She was saying that I was using her for a story line but I have a
life. I have a job. I have a lot going on that people would be very
interested in. So I was just defending myself,” she told Radar.
The actress, who starred on NBC’s show Sibera, told Radar that she
believes she definitely made mistakes in the beginning of the tiff.
“I think Brandi thought in the beginning that since I let her get
away with what she said that she probably thought was just a dumb
beauty queen or a wallflower. It took me a long time to throw labels!”
Joyce says she was a fan of the show and “I really thought I would
like Brandi. But she is doing to me exactly what she said happened to
her. She is playing the victim. She called Kim and Kyle Richards
bullies. It is a double standard.
“She always got away with treating people badly. It isn’t ‘telling it like it is’ it is she ‘attacks like it is.’”
RELATED: Real Housewife Joyce Giraud: ‘I’m Not Anorexic… But I’m A Size 2!’
Wetpaint.com:
Don’t get us wrong, we love that NeNe Leakes, the breakout star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta,
has parlayed her reality television career into a career in scripted
TV, but at times we feel like Mrs. Leakes’s ego has gotten just a bit too big. Case in point: On a recent episode of RHoA, NeNe said that she was “too good” to be in Kandi Burruss’s musical, A Mother’s Love. This comment prompted us to wonder if NeNe has gotten too full of herself.
Wetpaint asked Viggle
LIVE! users if they felt that NeNe has become too full of herself after
some success on scripted television and an overwhelming majority of
those who responded — 78 percent to be exact — believe that NeNe has, in fact, gotten too big for her britches. With roles on Glee and the now-canceled sitcom, The New Normal, NeNe has successfully transitioned into primetime television, but her role on Glee is small and sporadic, and The New Normal is no longer on the air.
Still, NeNe isn’t about to let any of that slow her down, and
she frequently heads out to Los Angeles to find more work in the
entertainment industry. It might be even more encouraging for NeNe to
know that 22 percent of those who voted in our poll felt that she isn’t
too full of herself, just downright fabulous, hunni!
We must admit, it’s hard not to admire NeNe’s tenacity and work
ethic. When our gal wants something, she goes after it with all she’s
got!
RELATED: NeNe Leakes Praises Her “Strong Man”, Husband Gregg
RadarOnline.com:
Brandi Glanville might have finally taken things too far.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star recently made a comment on her podcast that she “wanted to be molested
as a child and was passed up,” sparking outrage among the public and
advocacy groups — but Glanville claims it was all in the name of comedy.
Glanville, 41, immediately responded to the criticism on Thursday
morning tweeting an apology and stating she’s sorry if she offended
anyone.
But anti-sexual assault organization, Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), isn’t laughing.
“As any good parent would know, sexual abuse of children is nothing to laugh about,” spokesperson Katherine Hull told FOX411.
“Sexual abuse should never be fodder for comedy.”
As Radar previously reported, the Bravo star had comedians Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine on her Brandi Glanville Unfiltered podcast and when Florentine opened up about widespread molestations in his church as a child, Glanville pounced.
“I was actually stalking you online, Jim, and we have something in
common! I, too, wanted to be molested as a child and was passed up,” she said.
“My sister got felt up by a principal, and nothing for me: He didn’t even look at me sideways.”
Jamieson asked the reality star, “Did you feel hurt by that?”
“Yeah,” she said. “Now looking back, I’m super-bummed. I was thinking, ‘All this and nothing?’ Super-hot and they passed me up!”
RELATED: Joyce Giraud Rips Brandi Glanville: ‘If Settling Is Finding The Love Of Your Life, I’d Happily Do It All Over Again’
Examiner.com:
NeNe Leakes has no problem with Kim Zolciak returning to "The Real
Housewives of Atlanta," as long as Kim will fully participate in the
show. All About The Real Housewives
reported on Monday, Jan. 13, that NeNe responded to the possibility of
Kim returning to the show with a slight diss on Kim's work ethic.
NeNe was on Andy Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live" on Sunday night. A
viewer tweeted the show asking NeNe if she wants Kim to return.
“I’m not against Kim returning to 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta,'
as long as she’s willing to work,” NeNe responded with a laugh.
NeNe's feeling that Kim was lazy towards the end of her time as a
housewife was shared by the other housewives. During a group meeting in a
restaurant midway through season five, NeNe, along with Cynthia Bailey,
Phaedra Parks, Kandi Burruss, Porsha Stewart, and Kenya Moore, told Kim
that they felt that ever since she got married and had her babies, she
didn't want anything to do with them anymore, as evidenced by her
reluctance to take part in group outings. The confrontation resulted in
Kim storming out of the restaurant, her last appearance on the show.
Kim Zolciak recently revealed that she's open to returning to "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," despite her less than warm departure.
"Now that I'm done having babies, I can't say that I wouldn't go
back. For the most part, I enjoyed my time on the show," she told a
magazine in December.
RELATED: NeNe Leakes starts production company
LifeandStylemag.com:
In and exclusive interview with Life & Style, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Yolanda Foster opens up about the devastating effect Lyme disease has on her.
“Every day I’m fighting for my life,” Yolanda tells the new issue of Life & Style.
“For the past year, I’ve felt like I was in prison in my head.”
The
former model, and mom-of-three adds, “I had such severe neurological
Lyme disease, it shut down the function of my left frontal lobe. I
couldn’t write, I couldn’t read — I was in bed for eight months staring
at the ceiling.”
But
Yolanda explains it wasn’t until last February, after learning her
brain function was down to just 20 percent, when her doctor finally
recommended a clinical trial that used electroshock therapy to
reactivate parts of the brain. And it worked!
Before the trial, “I
started to think I was going insane,” she tells the mag. “There were
times I felt I couldn’t live another day this sick.”
With several
treatments left to go, Yolanda says function is up another 20 percent.
“I’m optimistic,” she shares. “I realize how blessed I am to have all
that I have.”
RELATED: Real Housewives' Yolanda Foster, 49, gives husband nude photobook of HERSELF for sexy anniversary present
RumorFix.com:
Although a gossip site is reporting that Kim Richards is getting fired by Bravo, our sources close to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills say “the story is total bullsh*t.”
The webloid not only claims “She’ll have to go back to being a REAL housewife,” but that her current storyline is “boring.”
Well we can’t argue with that last point.
Anyway, the gossip site also says Kyle Richards is threatening to leave if Kim is fired.
Our highly-placed source says none of the story is true and “It will be a while before next season is discussed.”
RELATED: 9021, Go: Bravo Plans On Firing Beverly Hills Housewife Kim Richards After Current Season — Sister Kyle Threatens To Quit
HollywoodReporter.com:
Bravo started the year off on a high note Sunday with what proved to be its most watched night in the cable network's 33-year history.
The network saw a series high for The Real Housewives of Atlanta, averaging more than 4.5 million viewers, which was also a franchise high for the Real Housewives brand. 2.7 million of those viewers were adults 18-49, another high for Bravo and Real Housewives.
Atlanta continues to help grow other series. The launch of Blood, Sweat & Heels ranks as a network best for a series premiere, averaging 2.5 million viewers and 1.4 million adults 18-49.
Thicker Than Water (2.3 million viewers, 1.2 million adults 18-49) also hit a season high, leading into the 11th-season premiere of Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens: Live (1.8 million viewers, 960,000 adults 18-49).
Sundays have been especially strong for Bravo in recent months, despite the heavy broadcast competition from Sunday Night Football, with The Real Housewives of Atlantanow the de facto crown jewel in its reality catalog.
RELATED: NeNe Leakes: Kenya Moore Is An 'Attention Whore'
RadarOnline.com:
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita and her husband Chris Laurita have put their home on the market, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.
The six-bedroom, 5,700-square-foot Franklin Lakes manor — which was featured on the hitBravo show – boasts an asking price of $2.85 million.
The couple are the original owners of the home on nearly two acres, which they bought in 2001 for $1.7 million.
The home features hand-painted Tuscan murals in the dining room and bathroom, a gym, a wood-paneled library, a wine cellar, a heated four-car garage and custom walk-in closets, listing agent Gregory Earnshaw of the McBride Agency in Franklin Lakes detailed.
The listing comes after the pair reportedly faced a foreclosure filing in early 2013 by Hudson City Savings Bank.
The lender withdrew the action in April, after the matter was “amicably adjusted,” according to public records.
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