Real Housewives of NYC Recap: Reunion Part One

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   Lils
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 7:39 pm

   Aviva looked really weird, maybe eye work?

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   RTVfan
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 7:50 pm

   @Lils Aviva has that hardened, bitter face of miserable person. You can always see it in a person’s face, a happy or even just contented person is much more facially relaxed.

   I started to watch this reunion but even though it was tamer than RHONJ, these reunions have become much too hard to stomach. I’m sure it’s manipulated that way, but listening to grown women scream and harp on each other like junior high school girls is no longer tolerable to me. Thank god for these recaps so I don’t have to hear their voices!

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   cherrylipgloss
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 8:09 pm

   I’m not buying Caroles explanation about being all about the “funny”. She wouldn’t know humor from an iambic pentameter. I hope she reads this. She might learn something. You, my dear BSL,totally get ‘funny’..

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   MarGoRita
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 8:11 pm

   Now I KNOW aDiva was full of shite bc when Heather – love her – called her out and said, when Andy asked her about her behavior at St. Barth’s, she said she thought she went to a really ” dark place”. The look aDiva gave her was utter shock, like, huh?! What?! No way!v she was aghast and completely taken aback! Did anyone else catch that!! What a lunatic!!! I cannot stand that woman. She really, really takes ME to a dark place!!!

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   aliens.rock
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 8:50 pm

   I think RHNY are the most articulate and classy out of the whole bunch of RH. And even though their dramas are fake, at least I have a pleasure of watching well dressed (most of the time) ladies who lunch. I think I would rather watch that then Honey BooBoo rolling in mud…I wonder how Lu is going to get out of the Italian pickle? Well, I feel that we all have our own screw- ups, it’s just that we did them in our twenties, and without cameras following us… Cheater IS a cheater, but I hope she worked this stuff out with Jacque.

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   Ohiomom
   Posted October 10, 2012 at 9:52 pm

   Billy Mays…brilliant. I want to be a TVGasm recapper when I grow up.

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   classy drunk
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:21 am

   I think RHONY is the reason for watching housewives shows. The are wealthy women. Some are married into it, some born into it, and some worked for it. These ladies lunch and do fun things that many people can’t do and will never be able to do.

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   hot cawfee
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 5:46 am

   Are they bringing the husbands into the mix next week?? I know Mary-O will steam-roll over anyone to get some facetime. I am curious if Jacques will show up– Lu (she loves when we call her that ) is very much on the Hamptons circuit. He is never photographed with her at any event.
   Sigh….am glad the season is over– love Heather and Carole kind of lost me. I was so on-board with and designated her my Girl Crush but not interested in reading her book or watching her new show.

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   featherhead
   Posted October 11, 2012 at 7:24 am

   Did you guys see that Jill is going to be on WWHL – one on one with Andy (Monday night). I read an interview that she did and boy is she delusional. Her fans want her back on TV, lol. I thought she had some show like a GMA that she was doing?

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 8:18 am

    When LuAnn said that about Carole not acting “like the princesses I know”
    Did anybody else see how Sonja gave this knowing kind of nod? And said something that sounded like
    “and she knows a lot of princesses. I’ve been to lunch with her”

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    classy drunk
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 8:27 am

    I can’t wait to see the Jill Zarin segment on WWHL. I don’t want her back on the show, but this should be good.

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    Annie
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 8:49 am

    Aye Aye Aye…..Aviva. On one hand, she is annoying and incredibly bitchy in the way she chooses when and how to bring up her phobias, and it does seem every episode brought a new phobia…BUT…..I am sure what happened to her a child was extremely traumatic and painful. It seems to me she has a phobia / anxiety of machines failing, causing her harm (planes, elevators, etc) stemming back to her not having control of the machine that took her leg. I wonder if she had (or is in) therapy for all her issues? She literally wears them on her sleeve because homegirl looks awful.

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 9:57 am

    I loved when Luann was asserting that after all, she had BOUGHT jewelry from Ronjana

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:01 am

    and Carole shut her down by saying that Luann had gone to the warehouse to get jewelry wholesale! For all their so called money, some of these women are cheap! Also, when Luann was bleating on about how she only wanted to wear Naeem’s dress in a mag shoot to do him a favor, Carole told her that Naeem’s dress would NEVER be in “Life and Style.”

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    LAC
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:12 am

    Thank you for this act of humanitarian kindness. The screeching and harping has about a 10 minute shelf life for me at a time.

    Let me guess. Was one of the princesses that the Countess knows in the Italian crowd that she brought back to the villa? Princess “DO-ME-A!” – that one? I may not be on team Carolyn about the dress thing, but 3 minutes of watching the Countess’ tone deaf music videos cured me of any sympathy.

    What the hell was Ramona wearing? Tina Turner called and would like her 90′s tour dress returned. And did Aviva really, really, really, really, really, really , really , really, really…zzzzzzzzzzzz

    God, what a world we live in where we are arguing over an ex who looked like that.

    Loves the Heather – who knew?

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    fancyface
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:14 am

    “Carole told her that Naeem’s dress would NEVER be in “Life and Style.”

    But his line being on HSN is better because….? Carole is not cute. I didn’t like the way she came off at all. She was absolutely trying to insult LuMann & her stating the opposite was a lie. If you’re a bitch…OWN it! We love bitches! Especially when they own up to their bitchiness. She’s not as above the fray as she likes us to think. Her saying she was wearing a dressed she borrowed from her friend at the reunion is further proof that she’s a lying hypocrite. Lu also stated in her blog that the racks of clothes that were OUTSIDE of her apt door were absolutely borrowed & waiting to be picked up. Why lie about it?

    I for one always leave racks of my clothing that I’ve paid for outside my door so maybe she wasn’t lying. OR she probably set them outside for her neighbors to rummage through & take home. She’s SUCH a good person!

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    Holyterror
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Re: Cheap rich people …

    This is very common. There was once a study done that found that test subjects who were “wealthy” we’re more likely to do absolutely anything if they thought they were getting something for free. They’re also more likely to refuse to pay for things because of minor complaints, and to exaggerate the harm they have been done by other people. I once worked at Ralph Lauren, and they teach you to watch carefully for people who buy high-end items, because they tend to steal a few things to go with them.

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    NotAlway'sPerfekt
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    kthxbai, I did catch that. I really want to like Sonja but she’s just so damn delusional. Nothing sadder than an aging party girl.
    Princess “DO-ME-A!” Thanks for the hearty chuckle, LAC!
    Holyterror, I’ve read some things about that too. Perhaps that explains why the rich get richer… Ugh!

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    cherrylipgloss
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    @FancyFace….surely you jest?? His … whoever the eff he is…line is on HSN? Thats like below walmart if that’s even possible. And Carole also very condescendingly proclaimed to Lu that “It’s not Vogue, honey”. It might just be me, but I heard that “honey” as an insult.
    @HotCawfee…Carole lost me too. But that Heather…Love me some Heather

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    Classy Drunk
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    Timeless by Naeem Khan is the lower tier brand. Like Stella McCartney and Versacey line in h&m and Moschino in Target. Lots of designers are doing it these days.

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    cherrylipgloss
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    @classy…doesnt surprise me, but then how do you hold yourself to such a high standard if you’re also cranking out low end apparel to appeal to the masses? It sort of negates the exclusivity of his designs as well as Caroles argument that unless you’re Michele Obama he won’t dress you. In essence anyone can wear his designs….It sort of dilutes the name.
    I tend to stick to middle of the road good quality brands….jeans from gap, shorts by jcrew, dresses by Tory or Tibi….that works best for me since they tend to hold up.

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    clares
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    @cherrylipgloss I see caroles point to some extent. Stella McCartney at H&M is not the same as her designer line. The dress that LuMan borrowed was most likely hand sewn and took many hours to create much different than off the rack pieces sold on HSN. Stella McCartney, Ralph Lauren Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Burberry, Alexnader McQueen, etc all have off the rack lines but it doesn’t make their hand sewn couture items less desirable or less expensive.

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    Gma96793
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    I think Andy Cohen has opened a can of worms by inviting Jill Zarin back to WWHL. Reading her twitter, she is quite full of herself……

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    @Classy Drunk I wonder what LuAnn would’ve done if Naeem had said “oh how nice of you to offer! Here’s this great dress from my HSN line I’m starting up. It’s perfect for Life and Style AND for you!”

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    NotAlway'sPerfekt
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    I definitely have to watch it because the preview shows her asking the $1mm question…”Why did you fire me?” Dun, dun, dun…

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    Classy Drunk
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    Well gap has a high end (banana republic) and low end (old navy).

    This really isn’t a new thing. Like Clares said, the clothes for hsn are lower quality and probably mass produced. Whereas a gown for Mrs. Obama is hand stitched.

    Kthxbai…now that would have been a sight to see.

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    AmyOops
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    I am SO off the Carole bandwagon I actually threw myself at the ground while going 60 MPH just to get away from her snotty ass. She IS a mean girl and really needs to own it (as stated above), or fix it. I’m not into mean girls…and I’m really not into mean girls in denial…that lie…and patronize…and act above it all…all with fake lips that put Jagger to shame.

    I thought Lu came across as quite respectable during this reunion. Wow! Oh, and I wanted to kiss her when Princess Carole was saying she neeever, ever refers to herself as “princess” and Lu pointed out IT’S IN HER GODDAMNED TAG LINE. Mwahahahaha.

    Love that Andy would not relent on some of the “hard” questions asked by viewers. No, changing the subject will not work, ladies

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    Too-Old-To-Care
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Lu said she “happened to be carrying a copy of Life & Style” when she went to visit Ranjana.

    Have you EVER seen one of these ladies spoil the effect of her put-together outfit by carrying a magazine? Maybe she meant she was carrying it in her handbag and subtly dropped it on the floor while she was looking at earrings. Either way, it shows she went there with the intention of asking to borrow clothes for her next photo shoot.

    I didn’t get that Carole was saying Naeem would dress Michell O and not Lu, but rather that he might be willing to loan Mrs. O. a dress, but not Lu.

    When Aviva mentioned that she used to be a model, I had visions of her and Alex doing a shoot together. Maybe with Simon and Daddy George in the background wearing matching leather S&M ensembles . That visual ALMOST cancels out the final recap shot of Ramona.

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    cherrylipgloss
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    I get the diff between low and high end clothing. just that no one i know shops hsn….so why act so snobby about it the whole thing. just say don’t send the clothes if you dont want to loan them like sonja said. he’s a big boy…it’s not that hard really. biggest non-issue on the reunion.

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    Holyterror
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Borrowing clothes is like borrowing a Kleenex.

    Just put a crowbar in yer wallet and BUY it if you like it, Lu.

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted October 11, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Too- old, I thinks you’re on to something. Simon will be George in another 30 years or so! But without money.

    Look, I don’t like Carole either, but I don’t like Luann more. So when Carole shut her down about Life and Style, I loved it, I don’t care where Naeem sells his clothes. I just love to see the countess taken down a few pegs.

    I do believe that those are Carole’s own clothes on the racks though. She’s a single millionaire in her 40′s. why wouldn’t she shop a lot? She probably has the clothes in storage and has them brought up as she needs to choose outfits, maybe with a stylist. According to celebritynetworth.com, Carole is worth $50 million, while Luann is only worth $2 million. So yeah, no wonder Luann has to buy earrings wholesale and ask to borrow dresses. 2 million bucks can’t buy much class in that stratosphere.

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 4:36 am

    I guess I can see both sides. For Carole it was awkward. Since she knows Naeem and Ranjana in real life.

    But on the other hand it’s not fair to expect LuAnn to know names of designers that don’t already have their name on some mass market thing or other. No matter how famous and big time they are. The show was made before Naeem’s HSN line was out. So LuAnn probably thought he was just starting out. And meant to be sweet.

    But it’s also not fair to expect Carole to know how Delusiona LuAnn is. Not just about her Countess and RHNY fame. But how much she knows about the world.

    I mean she and Carole are both trashy. Just different kinds of trashy. And they’ve had real different lives. It’s hard to explain. And I already wrote a book. So here’s the summary:

    I don’t think LuAnn’d do the same thing if she got introduced to somebody that was a famous designer in her mind. Like Eye Sack.

    My guess is Carole picked the Michelle Obama example because she’d already messed up once. Making assumptions about LuAnn. So she wanted to say a name she’d be sure LuAnn would think of as a super famous person.

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    darlingclementine
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:42 am

    Clothing fight was annoying.

    I wonder if Carole really does smoke with any of the other ladies, and I want to watch that on my TV.

    Ramona >>>>> Aviva

    Next one will be better.

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    Mimo
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:45 am

    We were talking about millionaires being cheap. There are only 6 of us in our office. Three millionaires (all related), one management and then the two peons (of which I am one). Christmas gift exchange was always a nightmare. The value of the gifts we gave each other were pretty commensurate with our respective salaries. i.e. peons spent @ $25 management @ $50, millionaires @ $75-100. Once year we decided to donate to Toys for Tots rather than exchanging gifts. The three non-millionaires added up what we would have spent and then bought @ $150 worth the toys. The millionaires? Each brought in one gift @ $25. I guess that’s why they are rich and I’m not.

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    Mimo
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 7:46 am

    clarification – we each bought @ $150 of toys

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    SurrealGirl
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    I never paid too much attention toCarole, but her top lip doesn’t move when she talks.

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    Tibi
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Carole is not worth $50 mil. The Radziwill family lost their money during WWII, as I understand it his father left Poland and became a British citizen therefore foregoing his title as prince. Anthony may have had some money but he had to work and might have had a good salary and Jackie O left him 500,000 in her will (don’t think she would have left this sum if he had multi-millions. Carole needs money that is why she is on the show to hawk her books and for the salary. Her mother-in-law was not extremely fond of Carole and now has Alzheimers so don’t think she will get any inheritance there. It seems that clothes put out on racks in front of one’s apartment are there for the designers aides to pick them up. Would you leave your clothes out in front of your house on racks?? There would be no reason for her to leave clothes in the hallway if they were not to be returned. Carole is a phony and the most snarky, vicious of all the housewives.

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    LastCall
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    There must be something terribly wrong with me because Carole was really starting to annoy me during this season, but after watching her on the reunion, I suddenly started to like here again. I enjoy her snarkly little digs at Lu and generally found her funny.

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    SurrealGirl
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    Aviva states “I don’t want to go there” about her accident, but in every episode she talks about her accident and/or her phobias. Give it up! Everyone knows because she won’t shut up about it!

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    SurrealGirl
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Does Sonja think her “trout pout” looks natural?

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    cherrylipgloss
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    @Tibi….enjoyed your comment and the seemingly inside information.I agree that carole is not all she’s cracked up to be. She seems to have carefully orchestrated her desired persona. I saw a lot of condescension coming from her at the reunion esp toward luann. Luann seems to get to her. Are you a new yorker?

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    labowner
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Really does it matter how much money Carol has? I can pretty much guess none of us have ever had a rack of designer clothes (let alone more than one) we can borrow from any where or anyone.

    Ramona’s look reminds me of Patrick from Sponge Bob.

    Sonja again looks great. I wonder if her look swings are due to a professional making her up as opposed to herself or one of her minions doing it?

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    Tibi
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Thanks Cherrylipgloss, nope not a NY, I’m from the deep south. When Carole started being as insulting in her blogs as she was I started googling her and the Radziwill family and found the above information. On one site even Carole admits she doesn’t have 50 mil. more like 50 mil pesos.

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    AmyOops
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    @ labowner: Ah HA! So it’s not just me…I’ve been wondering what the hell is going on with Sonja’s . . ( appearance. There are some scenes, especially interviews, where she looks absolutely *breathtaking*. Then in the next scene – not so much. Odd.

    Oh, and totes agree Tibi. I second the thanks for the info. I can’t see Carole “lowering” herself to do a RH series unless she needed to promote something. Research or curiosity my ass

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    clares
    Posted October 12, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    @tibi I agree with you about Caroles worth, I have heard and read that she has millions but not $50 million. I have never heard anything about her and her mother-in-law being on the outs. I heard the opposite, I also heard she was very close to Jackie O. I do know from living in NYC and having friend who worked at Calvin Klein (at the same time as Caroline did) that she was very, very close to Caroline and John Jr.

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 9:05 am

    Somebody posted a list a while back. With how much $ all the Housewives have. If I remember right Lisa from BH had the most. It wasn’t anywhere near $50 million though.

    I’d be surprised if anybody with that much $ would do it. Although Camille says she’ll be on there once in a while next season. (she got $50 million divorcing Fraser after season 1 of BH)

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    Tibi
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Clares, Jackie O died in 1994 and that is the same year that Carole married Anthony. Goggle Jackie O’s will and you will see she left Anthony and his sister $500,000 each. Most of my information comes from reliable sources such as the Radziwill genealogy. The information about Carole and Lee not being close comes from statements by Caroline Kennedy. I do not think Carole is broke, but she certainly came on the show to sell books, especially her new one. The nice salary doesn’t hurt either. I just think Carole is actually the biggest phony and the most arrogant and passive aggressive woman on the show. In other words–I just don’t like her.

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    cherrylipgloss
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    @tibi…easily the most passive aggresive with a self-induced “I don’t give a shit” veneer.

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    Clare S
    Posted October 13, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    @ tibi I don’t disagree with you about Carole being phony but I have seen photos of Carole with her mother in law before the Alzheimer’s set in and I heard their the grape vine that they had been close. Just because Jackie O died the year Carole married does not mean they were not close. I am not a big fan of any of the house wives and I think they are all vile to different degrees but it doesn’t mean Carole was or is not close to her husbands family.

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    realhousewivesfan
    Posted October 14, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    well the season ended but i still don’t know who i’d like to not see return, in all honesty i can watch this show with out Lu-Ann, she’s never been entertaining that i could remember (accept cheating on her french bf but IDC about them).. just pretentious. Carol doesn’t say what she thinks to the girls or anything amusing when she’s filming for the show, only in her interviews! if it weren’t for those id be like “who is that girl?” either she STOPS that or don’t bother bringing her back. Boy Aviva… don’t know where to begin, she’s Kelly 2.0 which will be our fun for next season since Kelly didn’t ever film her home life, Aviva’s at least more the housewife package.
    i liked Heather, Sonja is always tv gold lol and Ramonna and Aviva originally but now shes the queen bitch, which is fine, but i hope she could balance her both personalities out!

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    LastCall
    Posted October 14, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Sorry, but as snippy as Carole might get, nobody could ever take away LuAnn’s title of Most Passive-Aggressive Housewife of All Time.

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    LastCall
    Posted October 14, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    BTW I don’t any of these people personally so I don’t have any clue to their level wealth or poverty, but the Celebrity Net Worth website says:

    “Television executive Anthony Stanislas Radziwill had a net worth of $50 million before his untimely demise in 1999.”

    If that was even close to being true, Carole must have at least a little sumthin left, no?