MiniCap: RHONYC

60 Comments

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   what?
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:15 pm

   What is up with Sonja this season? Really used to like her, now not so much. Maybe we are just seeing her more and how she truly is. I am glad Alex has finally found her backbone, she just needs to tone it down some.

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   Nikki Hughes
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm

   Alex is SO obnoxious. She is trying so hard to be the mean girl and is failing miserably. Every time someone moves, she tries to start a fight about it. She doesn’t know how to act like that, and it’s embarrassing. LuAnn was actually spot on when she said, if you make it to the top of the ladder you have to be comfortable with who you are, and it’s painfully obvious that Alex is not. I love Sonja.

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   NotWithoutMyTV
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:43 pm

   If you look real close, you can see the strings the producers are using to control Alex. Alex is the new Jill, and Sonja is the new, slightly dimmer Bethanny. Like flipit said, this show knows its formula.

   Problem is, they’re all always screaming at once, or one is screaming and the others are saying “LA LA LA CAN’T HEAR YOU” so I can never tell if anyone got called a whore.

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   sarcasatire
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:52 pm

   Sonja is brilliant. Mememe! She can make anything about her. A gay march? Sonja’s middleaged debutante parade. A lover’s art show? Sonja’s pivotal role as muse. A WWHL appearance? Sonja’s chance to get into David Arquette’s pants.

   Sonja, you make egocentrism look good, girl.

   (although, I found Sonja to be more out of line during the confrontation at the art show, I do love how flustered Alex gets. If you’re new role is to pick fights, girl, you need to learn how to argue. (Where’s Star when we need her?)

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   Fan-Ann
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 1:07 pm

   I would think that if the committee got one look at Simon’s jacket, they probably begged Sonja to absolutely not back down on her stance of being the only speaker from the show. And how frustrated was Alex to realize that Sonja actually had the position and guile to make that demand! No matter how Sonja acts, she can be counted on to be entertaining and fun. Alex is starting out the season being shrill and humorless. The only thing entertaining about Silex is the way they dress….that jacket, and her bondage dress were hilarious.

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   2muchbravo
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 1:10 pm

   Ok, Sonja went after Alex at her house. Alex DOES need to know when to zip it. I’m tired of these beyotches passing judgement on Alex like she’s a piece of shit on their shoes. SHE worked hard for what’s she’s got unlike LuANN, Jill and Sonja who married the money they have. I think Kelly is a little of both. That’s why she identified with Bethenny and Ramona and they her.
   Having said that, she and Simon do stick out like a red poppy in a field of yellow daffodils sometimes. But that’s no reason to be disrespectful.

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   wow
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 2:01 pm

   Sonja seems to be the new Jill…fame (haha) gone to her head! Why do the favorites always disappoint the longer they last? On WWHL, she seemed to be stepping into that “bad editing” territory and Andy gave her the stank eye right away!

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   BamA
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 2:02 pm

   I think Sonja is vile. I think they’re setting her up to be the next “Jill” of the season!

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   what?
   Posted April 15, 2011 at 2:43 pm

   Too bad they finish all of the filming before some of the episodes air. It would be interesting to see if the women would behave differently immediately after seeing themselves on TV and seeing how the public reacts.

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    ohralphie
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    I love this franchise – but, these women are vile. Luann, Sonja and Jill all act to the manor born when in fact they married (and more importantly had children with) rich men. Yet they act that they didn’t have to climb the social ladder?! Granted it is hard to climb when on ones back, but still….

    I was very angry that the girls (with the exception of Alex) treated the meny so shallowly. I found it quite distasteful of Luann making a a gay joke at Simons expense after his very touching speech. Such a difference from Sonjas ‘I love gays – gays love me!’ debacle.

    Can’t wait for the recap!

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    Gussi
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    u’ve all got it wrong. Jill is working behind the scenes to turn everyone against Simon and Alex. Just like she told everyone not to film with Bethenny, she’s leading the pack to turn on the VanKempens. That group doesn’t like for ppl to point out their bs, and superficiality. Ramona and the VanKempens r keeping it real. the rest r trying to break into Hollywood.

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    Andrews
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 6:02 am

    Sonja was awful this episode. Everything was about her. Alex tries hard to get her point across but everyone just shoos her away like an annoying bug.

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    eurotra$H
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Haha..LuAnne was so ridiculous not wanting to talk about hairremoval. Jeez..These ladies are so uptight and hypocritical, except Van Kempens and Ramona, it’s hilarious. Jill is absolutely pathetic “why do you always pick on me”, victimizing herself and throwing daggers around like a circusartist. I like Alex, but i think they gave her the wrong script this season.

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    Jason
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    I love Sonja. Yeah, she’s obnoxious, and has a duck pout, but who isn’t obnoxious on this show? Jill and Ramona are over the hill bores, and Alex is desperate. Sonja at least has a self-deprecating sense of humor.

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    2muchbravo
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    On WWHL Sonja blamed the editting for making her seem like it was all about her being grand marshall not about the cause. Sure. Right. If it was such a big honor and if the gays mean so much to her why did she just speak off the cuff and not at least have some notes? Especially since apparently she’s not good at making speeches. I think we’re going to find out that Sonja’s a shit stirrer.

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    FuriousFlipper
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Ah, just watching now and love that Sonja went from hair clips to a big roller in her bangs to nothing in a matter of seconds when greeting Kelly. Hello, continuity? Anyway, RHNYC is the best of all of these. Last season was out of sight. Loved the teasers last week. It’s going to be good.

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    ohralphie
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    @2muchbravo-on Sonjas blog she said that she had wrote a speech, but the notes ‘mysteriously dissapeared from her dresser’ while the girls were getting dressed. Is she trying to say that Alex stole them? Perhaps Jerry Falwell snuck in the back door (no pun intended)to do the evil deed? More then likely she thought since the day was all about her she could just wing it.

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    notwithoutmytv
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    I loved the shots of the crowd during Sonja’s ramble-a-thon. The Housebitches are whooping it up, and the other 5,000 attendees are staring into space and wondering if the guy selling Italian ice is coming back around.

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    sojo
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 6:49 am

    Simon’s speech sucked hahahaha-they should be grateful Sonja spoke instead!!!I loved watching Alex have her ass handed to her at Sonja’s party.

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    fancyface
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 7:58 am

    @sojo….Sonja..is that you? Give me a break! Simon’s speech rocked but since it takes more than a 7th grade education to understand what he meant, you probably didn’t get it. And if yelling over someone so they can’t make a VALID point is handing her her ass..then yes..Alex had her ass handed to her…please!

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    ohralphie
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 9:16 am

    Agreed, Fancyface – Sonja may have embarassed Alex at the party and may have given the marchers a half assed speech, but in the end she made a complete fool out of herself. She tried to say on WWHL that she merely mentioned seven times that this was ‘her day’ and wouldn’t you know it? Those Bravo rascals used every single time! And she only meant it was her day in the context of getting ready at her home….oh, and at the venue preparing herself to uplift the masses/her gays. Wait! That’s it – she didn’t mean it was ‘her day’ she meant to say it was ‘her gays’. What a bloated buffoon. At the end of last season I had a hard time reconciling the cool woman we got to know vs the drunk driver. Now I can see it….

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    kenzie
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    fuck these “mini caps” i want to laugh my ass off and theres so much to make fun of this episode, mini caps are wasted potential. do your fucking job Bbitz!!

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    Hypnotoad
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    Minicaps are the same as “about last nights,” essentially — each show just has it’s own separate “mini-cap” now. There will be a full recap up just like there has always been.

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    Thatswhatshesaid
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    I noticed the curious case of the disappearing hair roller as well. Very weird. I can’t wait for the recap. I’m off to the Bravo blogs to see what side “The Brunettes” are on now that they’ve seen the episode and not just heard ho-nja’s side of the story.

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    sojo
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    Hi-I don’t mean to offend-I thought we were all free to express our comments. I’ve never had anyone be rude before. Oh well. I stopped watching RHONY last year because I couldn’t take the Bethenny/Jill thing and it got boring. All I remember of Alex is her being pretentious and know it all. Sorry, that’s how I see her. It’s not that Sonya was right-it’s just that Alex can’t let anything go-she has to be right!!! and how she acted to Jill at the wedding-how is it her business if Jill decides to sit it out? Why does she keep pushing? I can’t stand her. But, to answer your rude ass comment-I did understand everything Simon said and I can’t stand him either.

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    sojo
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Flipit-really, can you say something here about fancyface and her insulting me for giving my opinion? That is uncalled for-one of the reasons I love this site and your reviews is because people are so nice and they may not agree with others opinions, we’re all respectful. except for fancyface.

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    libithina
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    After three straight days of failed DVR recordings of this episode (hey DirectTV, I hate you giggle) I finally got it today. Here’s hoping I can watch it before Thursday. I’m a pretty important business person dontcha know. Buy sell! That’s all the housewives do right?

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    Robinez
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    Good idea, sojo!

    I bet flipit will get to it right after he has a word with the people that don’t like kids, kittens and rainbows. And don’t forget the drinkers. They are posting here! I know it! We gotta do something about them! burp.. pssst…some folks smoke the reefer too!..

    Wow, I just realized that he has alot of stuff to do before he get’s to your problem with fancyface. How about that y’all just decide to agree to disagree? That way flipit can concentrate on the people that drink kittens. I personally think it’s something that needs to be addressed. buurp. Immediately.

    Take Care, Robin

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    Yea..sojo, people are generally nice but insults can fly fast and loose, so watch out! Best to rise above it, though..nothing worse than name-calling and mud slinging on the internet.

    I haven’t seen Simon’s speech..I missed part of the episode, but I’ve read on the interwebs a crack he made about marrying Alexandra and not Alexander for a green card. (We all know if gay marriage were legal, Simon totes would’ve married Alexander, and skipped off into the sunset with his green card tucked into the breast pocket of his sequined blazer. Happily ever after, folks.)

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    Robinez
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    Aww Sarcas, there is a helluva alot worse than name-calling and mud slinging on the internet. Cancer, earthquake and famine are just three off the top of my head

    Nobody brought up mud slinging. It looked to me like a simple misunderstanding. Many time’s the inflection is lost in translation in type and I was hoping that maybe a little humor was needed. You never know, they may end up as friend’s just to spite me because I put my nose in their beeswax. That would be cool.

    flipit really needs to get on those kitty smoking people. cough.. smoking kitty people..no..people smoking kitty?.. anyway those people!

    Me and you have fought right here. I think that we should do anything that we can to diffuse crap from happening in the future.

    TC, Robin

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    Flipit
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 12:45 am

    be nice! well, to each other. be mean to the idiots on these shows. they signed up for it!
    and bbitz isn’t slacking, he’s just very…um…detail oriented? his full on recap will be up later on today! xo

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 1:16 am

    I love Bbitz! And I love the mini-caps because sometimes, after a show has aired, one just has to unload. Housewives shows can do that to a person. *blush*
    Yet I still look forward to recaps full of quotable lines and hilarious screen grabs. Take yer time, Bbitz, I know I shan’t be disappointed!

    Robin, I agree wholeheartedly. Which is why I told Sojo to rise above it. With real issues, like earthquakes, cancer, and famine, nothing is sillier than being dragged into a flame war. Alex and Sonja are a lot more entertaining, and readily available for the mere price of a basic cable package.

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    classy drunk
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 4:26 am

    I guess this is what systematic bullying looks like. Flipit, you must take a stand somewhere. (giggles)

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    kdfinjpn
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 4:42 am

    Wait – systematic bullying? Is that a real medical term? Oh, I think Bethenny beat me to that, didn’t she? LOL, Classy!

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    sheesh
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 4:54 am

    Flipit.
    While you’re addressing bullies could you talk to Simon about bullying Sonia, who bullies Alex, who bullies Jill, and Ramona who bullies potential employees, and Kelly who bullies little Pocahontas, and Luann…BULLY!
    I would also like for you to have a sitdown with my sister and my manager.

    Does a march have Grand Marshals? I thought parades have Grand Marshals and a march has? I really don’t know what a march has.

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    kdfinjpn
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 5:04 am

    Marches have delusional, self-absorbed “gay icons”, I guess. So in this case they should have invited Kim Z. to join with Sonia. Now THAT would have been something to see!

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    fancyface
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 5:32 am

    Sojo…did you really just ‘tell the teacher on me?’ Lmbo…oh wow. Didn’t know you were so sensitive. It was really just a little flippant remark because your statement was so ridiculous (in my opinion..which I think I’m still entitled to) Don’t take it personal. I just don’t think there are any redeeming qualities in Honja’s display & Simon’s speech WAS about gay marriage and not marrying for a green card. His point was that he’s lucky that he’s a straight man that came here and fell in love with an Alexandra, the woman he would later marry and therefore was able to get a green card & not a gay man that came here and fell in love with an Alexander, a man he wouldn’t be allowed to marry and therefore would eventually have to return to Australia without the man he loved. A very roundabout way of making an excellent point & in no way a ‘gay admitting slip’.

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    LAC
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 6:47 am

    Wow, did Sonya go from zero to vile in record time! Could you imagine her at the civil rights march in the 60′s? “Yes, I know that a Martin Luther King wants to speak, but I was assured I would be the only speaker!I am a black icon!”

    And really, I would be happy to offer my argumentative skills to Alex. She needs to learn to shut a bitch down right.

    Sad when I actually look forward to seeing Luann – if only for the quips.

    The portrait unveiling was hilarious – someone is not gonna be pounding the Sonja after that. Looked like something you would see on Rod Sterling’s creepy show “Night Gallery”

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    mulecitybabe
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 7:10 am

    Sonja’s portrait looked like a forensic drawing that tries to guess what the skeleton looked like when it still had flesh. And I mean one done in some podunk town that gets a high school kid to do it in exchange for dropping the misdemeanor weed charge. So what I really mean is that it totally captured the old hag. What a bitch. I liked her last season but now I’m done with her saggy ass.

    Team Silex!

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    sojo
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 7:32 am

    Thanks for the support guys. I was just tired last night and was so shocked when I saw the remark. I can’t wait for the full recap!!

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    fancyface
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 7:56 am

    Support Sojo? Someone needs to brush up on their sarcastic remarks detector. LOL…it’s all love doll.

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    Casey
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    I’m starting to think the fancyface/sojo battle may be even more entertaining than the RHONY! lmfao. Fancy – I’m in love.

    Sonja was a total ho-tard, was she not? I mean, really. It’s all about you? Seriously. And did y’all see how she totally missed David Arquette’s jab at her about the march being all about her? She thought he was just confused! hahahahhahahaaaaa Oh man, did I laugh my ass off at that. What a dumb bitch. Simon’s speech was great, I thought. He had a very great point and the gays would have appreciated it, I think. Sonja was too unsupportive of the cause that she *couldn’t* make an off-the-cuff speech. If she actually cared, she would have done much better. Alex was right, as usual. And Sonja started that stuff at the party. It was the wrong place and time on both of their parts. However, when Sonja basically attached Simon TO Alex, she crossed the line. If someone was talking to me and said “I don’t appreciate…what’s his name…your husband. Simon, right? Chirping in my ear!”, I would knock that bitch out. It would be impossible for me to restrain myself and that’s exactly what set Alex off. Had Sonja not said that, I would say that Alex needed to tell Sonja to let it go for now, but that we’ll get to it later in a more appropriate setting.

    So, thanks Sonja for being such a disappointment – I really thought there would be more than two likeable people on this show this season. Wrong.

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    Casey
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    Er, that should have said “attacked Simon to Alex” not “attached”…since that’s already the situation.

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    fancyface
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Thanks Casey. I, my family, employees, cheerleaders, kids, & fiance, think I’m lovely

    And right the crap on with your Honja comments. I liked her last year even though it was something that kinda bugged me about her, but boy did she loose my respect. If she’d saw herself and realized how ridiculous she was behaving then at least apologized or admit she started in on Alex, she would gain more points. But ole girl is on the social networks doing the exact opposite by telling people that Silex had a horrible reception the 1st season but she ‘overlooked’ it & didn’t judge them, therefore we shouldn’t judge her…is she for serious? Keep digging the hole Honja..btw..ask Jill how she sleeps down there when you finally hit bottom.

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    RHOC Fan
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    Love FancyFace/Sojo-gate please do continue. Last move was FF with the “sarcastic remarks detector” line so I believe it’s now your move, Sojo However, I love feeling superior to the RHs more. It’s as if there’s finally a cure for all the gossipy sniping I used to direct at the real, real housewives I actually know. Again I feel superior…

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    I think Sojo played it well..she ignored the patronizing comments, and refused to trade barbs. It’s one thing to disagree..I mean, no one here will have the same perspectives always, and good, insightful debates pop up all the Gasm. But what does it say about a person who feels compelled to insult someone’s intelligence, put them down, or mock them because you have differing points of view?

    Elegance is luuuurned, mah fren!

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    Robinez
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    I think that the high horse is apparent and LuAnn can’t sing.

    Oh, that brings me to another question I have wanted to ask, How come Luann’s daughter is still sporting a cast on her arm? The kid has had a cast for ages. Is she still jumping out of her window? Does she think it is fashionable? Is it fashionable? It isn’t as if she is poor and can’t get her arm fixed properly…

    This question, along with famine, has been bothering me.

    Take Care Robin

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 12:14 am

    High horse, high road…one man’s treasure, one man’s trash. It really is all just a matter of perspective, right?

    Sonja thinks she was right and so does Alex. But it has been pretty clear to most viewers, which one was out of line, combative even, during their confrontation. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t others who feel differently. One’s perception is their reality. Ask Gary Busey.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 12:28 am

    OOps, I almost forgot! I finally got to see the parts of the episode that I missed and saw Alex, at her house after the march, throwing Jill some ‘palm tree shade.’

    Alex had already spoken to Jill about meeting up at another time to discuss their past conflicts, not wanting to rehash things right then, and possibly sully the event. (“Elegance is lurrrrrned…” not well sung, but no less accurate. Unless, Alex was born classy? Poor, but classy.) Well, she and Jill agreed to play nice until a later date and Jill went to take her seat on the couch. In comes Francois, Alex’s hyper young son, and he beelines to Jill. “Just don’t climb her leg!”, Alex chirps. HAHAHAHA!!
    Brilliant. Alex is like an elephant…never forgets. Alex is also like the digestive tract of someone with lapband surgery. She can only take so much before she’s liable to pop. I think this season, we’re gonna see the shit fly. A scatological nightmare of epic proportions. I can’t wait!

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    Robinez
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Oh God no! Not Gary Busey. If you asked him for the time he would come up with shit like T= tell I= informants M= my E= eye hurts..or some such thing..

    Robin

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 1:35 am

    Yea, Gary Busey is a piece of work. It’s hard to tell is he’s being exploited or if he is capitalizing on his wackiness and being crazi-er. I do find him entertaining and am looking forward to DearCrabby’s recap to see her, and everyone’s else’s, comments and ideas. Trump sure turned on him quick, though. Gary went from being “brilliant”, to someone putting an APB out on him because, somewhere, a village was missing their idiot.

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    classy drunk
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 5:06 am

    I loves me a good on line battle! Proceed FF and Sojo. Unfortunately I could get more battles if the GD NFL would go ahead and end the lock out so alas this is all I have right now.

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    crazy rooster
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 5:11 am

    @ Robinez, pass the kitty, Yo.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Did anyone else think there was something manufactured about Sonja’s behavior toward Alex? When she started saying “It’s my day” it came totally out of the blue. And then acting as if she didn’t know Alex was on the committee –come on! Then, at her party, when she insulted Simon, you know she’s watched the show and she knows there’s no surer way to get Alex fired up than to bring Simon into it. I got the impression Sonja was either just shit-stirring or even (for some reason)trying to get Alex off the show. Either way, it sucked to watch Alex twist and turn. She’s too abrasive and doesn’t seem to understand that society can’t function without little lies here and there, but she didn’t deserve to get kicked out of that party.

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    maryedith
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    Girl needs to lift her butt a couple of inches if she’s going to model any more bondage dresses, though. That was a bit of a saggy mess all around.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    I just want to know why Sonja was carrying a purse in her own house. It seemed just the right size for a tube of lipstick, a mirror, and a gram of coke.

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    KJW
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    Alex wore the same bondage dress to Bethanny’s 40th B-day meltdown

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    Jeanine Schaefer
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Does anyone else get the Angelina Jolie/James Haven vibe from Cindy and Howie? It creeps me out. Where is this full recap anyway? I’m getting twitchy waiting for it!

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    Robinez
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    @crazy rooster Here ya go…cockadoodle doooo

    TC, Robin

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    TV Junkie
    Posted April 24, 2011 at 11:48 am

    This is such a gross group of woman..they are not true NY society..they are Andy Cohen’s idea of NY society .and look at Andy..let’s not go there..all of these woman would be trown out of the Junior League ..if they were still in the age group allowed to join..but the worst is the mid west trailer park queen or should I say queens( Alex and her husband)-Queens of Tacky!! Can’t stand them..Alex is soo bony that she looks like a creature from Night of the Living dead..and LOL her nude pictures OMG skin and bones with hanging little breasts..no life in them ..just like no life in her..