RHONYC: Eek! C’est No More!

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   LastCall
   Posted July 15, 2011 at 10:42 pm

   Not a great episode to me, but watching Ramona use LuAnn’s own passive-aggresive moves against her and mananging to fluster the Countess so much made it all worthwhile. I was sort of hoping the blondes would refuse to be part of that horror of a video in a more honest way; maybe just tell LuAnn they didn’t need the help of one of her dreadful performances as they are perfectly capable of humilating themselves on their own, TVVM, but their fake excuses for not doing the video pissed LuAnn off anyway, so I guess all’s well that ends well. I’m noot sure what was going on, but in that weenie roast scene, Alex actually managed to look very pretty. Maybe Bravo is using some new kind of filter? And of course Jill manafed to look “fabulous” in that rubber helmet with the elctrodes on it, as she always does. Hag.

   You really thought Sonja was being rude to Cindy in that scene? SOMJA? For being offended that Cindy had shushed her? In her own house? While she was cooking breakfast for the bitch? After Cindy rudely decided to take a twenty minute conference call right there at the breakfast table? In Sonja’s own house? Really? Sorry,, I don’t see it. I only know that if Cindy pulled that crap at my house, that hairless beaver would have gone out the window head first. But that’s just me, and may be biased, as I feel an overwhelming urge to throw Cindy out a window even when she’s on her best behavior.

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   sarcasatire
   Posted July 15, 2011 at 11:19 pm

   LastCall..you’re such a defenestrator!

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   sarcasatire
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 2:38 am

   Sonja was only mad because she couldn’t pimp her toaster oven recipes. Eggs? Please. I’ve been to Dunkin Donuts and they make eggs in a microwave. A microwave! So, I can’t be too impressed that you managed to make them solidify in a countertop oven.

   Yes, Cindy was rude, but when you are running a growing business one never knows when their counsel is needed. Of course, a ‘lady who lunches’ like Sonja can’t understand that. “Work for my bread? Bollocks!” No wonder Cindy pointed out Sonja’s golden di*k sucking as a means to an end. (However, if Sonja were smart, the dick she sucked would’ve been platinum. And flaccid (dead) in a matter of months. I guess even 80 isn’t old enough these days. Her husband has a new wife and a bigger house.)

   Ramona lacks tact, grace, and diplomacy. Neither Alex, nor Sonja, nor Cindy had to sit down with Luann to decline her video. They just texted an “I’m busy” message and everyone got on with their lives. But to meet up and take jabs at Luann’s kids, her mothering, and her divorce was just too much. Pride comes before a fall, Ramona. And doth protest too much. The more you keep bringing up your 19 year marriage, the more we see Mario ogling Sonja’s cleavage and hiding his hard-on during the burlesque show. No one really believes you are the only woman he’s slept with in twenty years! Especially given how awkward you were with that bottle of massage oil. A word to the wise: If you want to turn a man on, get naked and SHUT UP!

   Jill. She’s the only woman I know who can talk nonstop through a lobotomy. The doc was injecting fluid into her skull and her speech was not interrupted for a moment! Should we be impressed? Or freaked out?

   Alex’s dad owned oil fields yet she lived in squalor for the first few seasons of the show?! Remember her and Simon’s bedroom? The loft bed, cluttered digs, clothes strewn about? Puh-leeze. Or maybe it’s true what they say, money can’t buy you class. But I’m more inclined to believe they were broke. Classy and broke. (That’s a compliment, right?)

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   Megs
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 3:17 am

   I think it was pretty bitchy of Cindy to at least not excuse herself to go into another room during the call. Sitting there, with it on speaker just screamed “My life is so busy and more important than your shitty little brunch,” which might be true but is still rude. Basically, I think Cindy just doesn’t give two fucks about any of these women and is only putting up with them to get publicity for her business. More power to her, I guess.

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   Truthsquad
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 6:10 am

   Hmmmm.. Alex is an oil heiress? Who knew!

   Next week’s tease shows Ramoner taking a pregnancy test … Ummm… WTF? I’snt she like 60 or something?

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   Freckles
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 7:08 am

   Did anyone see WWHL with Susie Essman and Jeff Lewis? Andy did a spoof on Jill called “The Woman Who Could Do It All” that showed Jill and all of her “knowing it all”. It was hilarious and so on the mark! Must be so incredible to go through like knowing EVERYTHING!

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   Orly
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 8:31 am

   I can’t believe that Luann actually takes her song seriously!! What a delusional piece of work. I love this parody of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLi6dnaPsuc

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   sprinkles97
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 9:20 am

   she doesnt even sing, she just says the lyrics. and its badly autotuned. money cant buy you class? more like reality tv can buy you botox.

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   shantigal
   Posted July 16, 2011 at 11:25 am

   I am so happy that I am behind the times and not able to watch these hags in HD. The make-up sessions in HD would send anyone into hiding. Frightening enough in regular broadcast mode.

   Hey Ramoner – it’s called menopause, you’re not pregnant. Not everything got renewed last year during your process.

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    shana
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 6:23 am

    What is wrong with simply saying politely, “excuse me Sonja, I am so sorry but I really need to take this call. Is it alright if I do it here, or is it better for you if we just re-schedule?” Or something along those lines.
    I think the loud, “I am soooo super busy and super important, why, I don’t even have time for breakfast!” phone conference was Cindy’s way of getting back at Sonja for making her feel inferior the last time they had a private get together at Sonja’s house (and for chopping her out of the pictures from the trip). It was loud and staged and didn’t have to be on speaker–unless Cindy was trying to make a point and Sonja was meant to hear it all.

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    shana
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 6:24 am

    I saw the finished video, it was really bad.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 10:13 am

    These ladies are on a TV show; the same rules don’t apply. First off, they are always made to use the on speakerphone. Second, during filming, they stay where the cameras are. Maybe there weren’t enough cameramen to allow Cindy to leave the room (and film her there) while also filming Sonja pouting in the kitchen.

    Sure, shushing Sonja was rude, but I do believe that Cindy’s sitting at the table using the speakerphone was more at the request of production than because Cindy doesn’t know any better.

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    Where's My Coffee?
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Nahh, I don’t think Cindy didn’t have the guts to stand up to production. She’s a business woman, and she’s no shrinking violet. If that call was important enough to her business, and she didn’t want it in the show, there’s no doubt she would have moved into another room. She shushed Sonja, she could shush a camera man. Besides, she has no problem saying no to being in Luann’s video.

    I’ve owned and run businesses, and if you can’t take 30 minutes for lunch, you’ll end up in an early grave. And if things are that hectic, you call your friend to reschedule. What could be so demanding about ripping off some pubes?

    I agree with Shana. Cindy was either trying to make a point, or she has no social graces what-so-ever. I think it’s both. I think Sonja did make her feel inferior, so she was showing her just how important she really is. Lame. We don’t know what was edited out of their first visit at Sonja’s. Maybe Cindy did need some social tips & Bravo only showed the stuff that made Sonja look like an idiot.

    I don’t think Simon and Alex lived in squalor in the first season, nor do I think their house meant they were without class. Is it you, Jill? Haha (just kidding)If you’ve ever remodeled a house, you know that for a short while, things are rather crazy. I think S & A’s biggest mistake was doing is all at once. They probably thought it was going to be easier than it was. Maybe they’re just stupid. Maybe they’re adventurous. Maybe Bravo paid for it if it went down during filming. I don’t think it was squalor or lack of class.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    The Housewives have a shooting schedule. So, this lunch with Sonja was planned and Cindy was contractually obligated to be there, no matter what else may have come up in her schedule. Plus, let’s be real. There doesn’t seem much intimacy between the two for Sonja to invite Cindy for breakfast in her little kitchen. No, this was Sonja’s toaster oven moment. Part of her story line. She was going to whip up a nice meal and present it like a great chef/host (in hopes of getting a book deal, of course.) Cindy probably told production she had a call but they weren’t going to reschedule their shooting..the crew was already booked/paid for the day to shoot that “scene.” So, she probably said, well I’ll have to take this call, and the producers made her keep it on speaker, and stay in full view of the camera. (They probably also did it to optimize the drama, lol.) These ladies don’t get to call the shots and walk away from rolling cameras at will. You’ve been watching from Season 1, do you still not know how this whole thing works?! (Kelly..is it you? Haha! Kidding!)

    The cameras show up and they shoot specific “scenes”, already outlined for the day. They need location and parking permits that they have to get ahead of time. (I’ve worked in ‘location’ for films in NYC, so I know all of the protocol.) Bottom line, with all the preplanning, if they show up to film the cast, the cast will have to remain available to them. If you try to hide from the camera, they will hunt you down you in hopes of getting some juicy info. You think Kim Richards would’ve let them film her in that limo? Many unflattering things/conversations would’ve taken place off camera if these ladies had a choice. But where’s the fun in that? Thanks, Reality show producers for your iron clad contracts!

    Uhhh..so you don’t think Alex and Simon lived in squalor? Oookay. Potato-potahto. The floors in the hall were unfinished (cement), the bedrooms were a hoarder’s wet dream, and clothes were everywhere. Remember Jill’s and Bethenny’s (separate) reactions when they visited? (And this was when Bethenny was poor! ) It was awful.
    A fifteen thousand dollar shopping spree in St. Barts when they’re walking on cement floors and sleeping in a bed they can’t even sit up in? Yay.. priorities!

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    emilyhartly
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    Cindy. Sonja. This was an easy call. Cindy was inappropriate. Take the call outside, postpone breakfast…socially unacceptable. (I’ll probably like Cin next season as I have grown to tolerate Kelly bean, But I think as of now she should be gone, she is a social underling – we can’t say retard anymore, right?) The powers that be did a good job with this scene, though, as it was wierd Cindy vs. delusional Sonja. You can be right and ridiculous at the same time, Sonja dear.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    @emily, I agree about Cindy’s breakfast conference call being innaprropriate.. I just don’t think Cindy would’ve had a speakerphone convo in the kitchen with Sonja throwing her eye daggers had she not been prohibited from leaving the room. Knowing how these things work behind the scenes, I’m giving Cindy the benefit of the doubt. This time. lol

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    emilyhartly
    Posted July 17, 2011 at 11:45 pm

    @sarcasatire. You are correct, as usual, about the speaker phone, behind the scenes, etc…for obvious reasons I found this scene hilarious, well done editors/producers. I started out not liking Sonja but now I like/pity her. If I were Cindy I would’ve been on the phone giggling about “I’m going to have toaster oven eggs at someone’s house, no really.” Cindy does seem like kind of a tool though, no? Like I said, I’ll surely love her next year.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 12:18 am

    @Emily, do you think she’ll be invited next year? She doesn’t seem to willing to ‘play the game’ and often has this confused look on her face when the petty drama erupts. I fear the producers may not think Cindy is exciting enough or meshing well enough with the other ladies to keep her onboard. She seems to only film with Sonja and Sonja hates her. (She cropped Cindy out of the Morocco pics..ha!) Maybe she just needs to get used to the dynamic and then she’ll get her groove.

    LOL, I’m so with you, thinking about the ridiculousness of the scenes they shoot. I’d crack up laughing at the absurdity of it all. Imagine Sonja’s film schedule:

    Monday: Meet Ramona at Equinox for workout. (Wear black. It’s slimming.)
    Tuesday: Meet Jill at lobotomy appointment.
    Wednesday: Cook eggs in toaster for Cindy. (Note: Dry clean pajamas!)

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    emilyhartly
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 1:10 am

    @sarcasatire. Hahaha “Wed:cook eggs in toaster for Cin.Dry clean Pj’s” Thanks for the laugh before beddy-bye. I don’t see Cindy coming back, but I don’t even pretend to know what the Bravo-powers-that-be have in their kooky heads. I just hope they keep serving it up b/c this is my all time favorite “reality” pleasure! More, please.

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    Where's My Coffee?
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 4:33 am

    Um, people have to move stuff from other rooms for a remodel. I think that’s why you’d find piles. I somehow imagine they don’t have lots of storage spaces. And if cement was exposed during a remodel, why color me shocked. Jill & Bethenny’s reactions are just that: their reactions. Not mine. I like to form my own opinions without reality tv people telling me how to think.

    Was the staff booked up tightly for Luann’s video? Were the ladies under contractual obligations for that too? Funny, how most of them got out of that. Even Cindy.

    Sarcas, I’m not going to get into a tit for tat with you. You made your opinion. I made mine. You’re not an expert and neither am I. It’s just a tv show. People can disagree you know. You can keep arguing, but I’ll be off at the beach. Have a great day.

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    Spelling Counts
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 5:23 am

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    Classy Drunk
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 6:31 am

    I am not on either team with Ramoner and LuMann…they were both a little to passive aggressive to me. I do think that Luann should have just respected the girls not wanting to be in the video. She respected Cindy saying no, so they don’t want to be apart of the video. So what…go and have fun. If you’re comfortable with the message then fuck em. They missed out on a good time and a chance to be in a video, although I am sure they are happy with their decision as the video is a god awful mess.

    Team Sonja. I think it was rude to take the call while Sonja was trying to have breakfast. I really don’t care how busy you are. It’s rude. You can reschedule the call, set the call up to where you take it somewhere else, or schedule the breakfast with Sonja after the call was over. In Cindy’s blog she said it take an hour to get from where she was to Sonja’s so why couldn’t the call have been scheduled for that hour of time. I do believe Cindy was rude to Sonja on purpose because she’s still not over what Sonja said earlier in the season.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 6:52 am

    @Where’smycoffee..I don’t even need to go ‘tit’ with you. If you choose to contradict my opinion, you are free to do so. From your home or the beach. You posted on my comment, I responded once and was done. You’re the one that felt the need to retort a second time. So please don’t try and make it seem like I am going after you or trying incessantly to change your mind, because, frankly, I could care less where you fall on the Housewives spectrum. Don’t take that the wrong way..we are all entitled to our opinions so you go ahead and keep yours. And don’t forget the sunscreen!

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    NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 6:56 am

    I don’t see any of the Housewives saying “boo” to anything the producers tell them to do. I think that whatever pathological need drives them to sign up to have their all their dirty undies on TV first place (and I don’t think money alone would make anyone sign up for this) pretty much precludes saying “no” at a later point. Between the Bravo contract (which I’d love to see, I still think it’s probably hand-written in the blood of virgins and kittens) and the megalomania, I’m convinced every speaker-phone call, every glass of booze, and every eye roll is staged.

    What do you guys think? Is it just money or megalomania that drives these… people?

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    Classy Drunk
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 7:01 am

    Well NWMTV, for someone like Jill I think it’s megalomania, but for say Bethanny (when she started) I believe it was for money and the exposure of her brand.

    For those crazies in ATL it has to be both because those bitches is broke, but for some reason think that they are wealthy socialites.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 7:16 am

    @NWMTV..all of the above!

    What’s even worse, they can’t even quit, they have to be fired or wait until their contract expires. I read that Teresa wanted to quit the show when she found out her brother and sis in-law had signed on but couldn’t because she was contracted to film more seasons. And we all know she can’t afford to be sued by anyone else.

    Commence to fighting at the christening..

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    sheesh
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 7:26 am

    Darren. Zarin. Love it

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    LAC
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 8:11 am

    BBitz – LOL!! Your recap makes up for viewing this episode. That, and making my daughter laugh whenever I talk sing “I’ll bring the diamonds”. I wished they would have filmed in Atlantic City proper – I would have DVR that video just to see them running for their lives.

    I am reluctantly on Team Luann with that meeting between Ramona and her. You don’t like the bitch and do not want to be a part of any of her shitty video – fine. But to act like you are fucking Mildred Pierce and above it – it is just poor form. Particularly when you are half crocked most of the time and demonstrably incapable of not embarassing your precious daughter.

    Can we fly Jill over Libyan airspace? With her constant whiny yapping, Quaddifi would have to step down, if only to stop his ears from bleeding.

    Sonja v. Cindy – I agree with Classy Drunk. I swear, this show is making me reconsider my secret wish to be a lady of leisure. If I have to keep stupid broads company while they attach apparatuses to their heads or make breakfast for them while they are braying down the phone about the hoo-haa business, I think I can stay working middle class.

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    hlesczyn
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 11:17 am

    I am so on team ramona – she is so inappropriate and has no filter – when she was calling luanne out on parenting and alluding to her philandering ex-husband, it was almost too painful to watch; still luanne is so so so so so terrible that i still choose team ramona ALL THE F-ING WAY!!!

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    sheesh
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    The thing with Alex is she is always so affected.
    I wish she would just throw out a “Fuck that bitch!” every once in a while. I would applaud her then. But the “There is no Alex with no Simon” leaves me dry.
    Luann looks reptilian sometimes…like a komodo dragon..no lie!
    I’m just watching it right now so I’m sure I’ll have more to say.

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    sheesh
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    I just saw next week’s preview.
    Ramona may be pregnant?

    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
    That almost hurt.

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    sarcasatire
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    Sheesh…she even takes a pregnancy test at the finale party! HAHA!!

    This is all to further imply that she and Mario are still hot and heavy for each other. But she’s 54 years old; that’s menopause, not pregnancy. Who is she fooling? Puh-leeze, Ramona..I remember you getting hot flashes two seasons ago. Plus, you admitted to taking hormones when you were in the car with Sonja. Gimme a break, Suzanne Sommers.

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    Fan-Ann
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    @sheesh, that made me laugh until I cried. If Ramona missed a period, I imagine there is a much greater chance that she has hit “the change”. But crazy Ramona wants us to believe that not only could she conceive, but that her active sex life makes it a real danger. (pardon me while I giggle) But just in case she is preggers, pray that she quits drinking, and know she would name a baby Pinot.

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    PrimeTimeReject
    Posted July 19, 2011 at 12:02 am

    Pinot only if it’s a girl. Turtle for a boy!

    I wish Alex would learn to breath OUT when she laughs. Inhaling uh uh uh is, as you say, “affected.”

    Totally unrelated to this episode but does anyone know the story behind L’man’s Native American performance? Is there truly any tribal connection in her family, and if so…how many dozens of generations back?

    I wish some of her siblings would ring in online about her REAL family background. I’m sure there are huge holes and fabrications in the story she expects us (and Shaak) to believe.

    Speaking of Shaak, why doesn’t he marry her already so he can get the green card? Or are the gossips right – she’s picking up the tab for his uptown living expenses?

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    Iona Trailer
    Posted July 19, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    I am just getting into watching these neurotic bitches of the NYC. I hate Ramona. She is a drunken googly eyed mess. I love the Cuntess. Yes…she thinks her shit don’t stink but she at least makes sense when she talks unlike Ramona. I was screaming at the TV for The Cuntess to reach across that table bitch slap Ramona to Hoboken when she was talking about how she alluded to her not being as of a mother as her.

    I don’t hate Sonja but she is just a hot mess. Hello…you don’t work. You are an over the hill former trophy wife whose only skill she has is making food in a toaster over and being used as sperm depository for rich old skeezy men. Cindy at least works. Yes…she was rude but I think her call was more important than eating your toaster over eggs. Who the hell invited anyone to breakfast on a weekday at 11:30am? Oh wait….an old slut who doesn’t work.

    I don’t understand why people hate Jill. Those who do must not live in the Northeast who come into contact with New Yorkers on any regular basis. Hello…Jill and Cindy are the only two real New Yorkers. Jill is to the point and in your face. That is a New Yorker people. I would get along with her because you know where you stand with her.

    I don’t know what to make of Kelly. She smiles alot. She must be on some good happy pills.

    I hate Alex. She needs to go back to Kansas and take her gay husband with her. They live in Brooklyn because hardly anyone in Manhattan can stand either one of them.

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    Iona Trailer
    Posted July 19, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    Ramona isn’t pregnant. She’s 54. She’s too stupid to realize that she might not be having her period because she just went into menopause. I guess when you are drunk most of the day you don’t realize it.

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    pantsonfire
    Posted July 21, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    Check this out… Wonder if Tamras gonna keep ragging on Gretchen for having nude pictures leaked online….by someone else…… Ryans got a NICE package though…..
    http://isanyoneup.com/2011/07/12/ryan-vieth-from-o-c-housewives-son-of-tamra-barney/
    and heres the story behind the dick, I mean pic. http://www.realityaired.com/2011/reality-tv-news/real-housewives-stars-son-caught-in-nude-photo-scandal/