July 19, 2012 3:45 pm
Alexis Bellino… Real Housewives of Orange County reunion show…
Well, it’s a bittersweet ending. That’s really the only way to describe where I am. I know that everyone wants to hear from the heart, so that is exactly what I’m going to do in this final blog. . .speak from my heart. Please hang in there with me through this blog, since I’m wrapping both reunions into one. I hope I do not get too emotional, as I am using this blog for closure for myself as well. NOTE: As this is more than likely the LAST Bravo blog Jimbo Alexass will be writing, she is making sure she gets EVERYTHING off her chest!
First of all, I want to discuss my husband. I have watched him be berated, ridiculed, and mocked for three years. I have two words for these ladies: BUZZ OFF. My marriage does not rely on what any of these women have to say about Jim Bellino. He is my husband, my best friend, and I love and cherish him and I will stand beside him for better or worse, through thick and thin. Jim is so amazing to me; he is my support, he is my rock. I respect his mind, I respect who he is, and I respect what his heart is made up of. He is the best father I could ever imagine; he is so charitable, he is so giving, and he loves me to death. I don’t know that any of these women have ever felt the kind of love Jim and I have for each other, otherwise they would honor the fact that he is my man and leave him alone. Jim is a M.A.N. (i.e. mensch as my Jewish therapist says he is in Yiddish). What I mean is, he walks the talk and I can always count on him to do what he says he will do because his word is his bond. He will always be the man in my relationship, and I have NO desire to be in that role. This is what works for us and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve been married once before, and I’ve had boyfriends in the past, and guess what I have learned? I will rule the relationship. I am a very strong individual and I need a man to be a smidge stronger than I am or I will steamroll him. Deep down, I don’t want to run the whole show because I have learned it’s not good for either partner in a marriage to be in charge—hence the title “partners.” I want our relationship to be 50/50, I want someone who will tell me when I am out of line. I need a partner who is not scared of me. If this is difficult for some to understand, I have really good news for you—you don’t have to understand it because it is what works for me, and if it doesn’t work for anyone else, then that’s OK. I am not defending or explaining myself; I’m simply stating the way it is. I have let it go all season with him being the punch line of jokes, and this is my way of releasing it. I have said my peace now about Jim Bellino. He is my husband, and he deserved the first paragraph of my blog because he sat back all season and let these women annihilate him on a weekly basis without any recourse.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a “closing blog” for me without mentioning the infamous Costa Rica “Intervention.” I really did take to heart what each of those women said to me that night. I am a person that wants to fix my faults.
Now, months later, my memories of that night remind me of a bunch of alcoholics sitting around telling their drunken friend that she is an alcoholic, with no disrespect to alcoholics. My point is every single thing these women tried to accuse me of are behaviors they each engage in at least as much as I do if not more. I went home broken and wanting to fix whatever had happened there. Yet after watching the season play out, I really don’t think there is anything I could do to have these women accept me for me.
One example, I was ridiculed for leaving Costa Rica early, then I was ridiculed for showing up to the final party happy. All I’m trying to say is I was darned if I did. . .and darned if I didn’t. To be completely honest, I don’t think I want these women to accept me. We just aren’t wired the same way, and maybe that is something about me I did not see before because I was working so hard to fit in where I did not. I could fight each of these women and win, but in order to win I would have to change who I am, and I will not sacrifice my integrity or hurt them to gain my own prize. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” I’m definitely nowhere near perfect, but I find it easier to look in the mirror knowing I may have bragged a little too much than to look and see someone who is intentionally hurting others for gain, for fun, for money, or for attention. I am real, and I know it, so there’s no need at this point for me to solicit the opinions of others. . .I’m Mr. Nice Guy and I’m proud of that.
Tamra made the comment that I bullied Vicki in San Francisco. NO, it was NOT the same as what happened to me in Costa Rica. There are major differences between the two. Costa Rica was premeditated. Both Heather and Tamra left the room with the very clear intention of calling me out, and it was with hate in their hearts that they came to that dinner.
Tamra even muttered, “We’ll just kill the bitch. . .” Who says that? Who even thinks to say that? What happened in San Francisco was very organic, and Vicki sat at the table and asked me why I was mad at her. When I tried to diffuse the situation, Vicki then said “Bring it on,” so I had very little choice but to discuss it at that table with Vicki. I never wanted that conversation to happen at that moment with other women present, but I also won’t back down when put in a corner. In San Francisco, the spur of the moment wound up in a conversation where Vicki asked for answers. . .In Costa Rica, I wasn’t asking anyone for answers. NOTE: Does Alexass even know the word “muttered” or know what it means?? Nice try, Jimbo!!
While we are on the topic of Tamra, I have to say: I can take all of her abuse towards me, and even towards my husband, but her abuse towards God is unacceptable. I have never heard someone talk the way she talks. She has no shame. Jesus Barbie was cute, but almost crossing the line — I can take it in stride. Yet Jesus Jugs doesn’t just cross the line, it catapults over it. That comment has offended Christians everywhere. How does she decorate her home in crosses yet make a remark like that without an ounce of guilt? Then she is promoting Jesus Jugs wine glasses her Facebook page? So now it’s blasphemy along with defaming Jesus and monetizing on what He sacrificed for us. I would die for Him, and I am sticking my neck out here in honor of Him: Tamra needs to publicly apologize not just to Christians everywhere, but also to Jesus. He doesn’t deserve to have negativity attached to His name just because I decided to do this show.
Let’s move on to another important topic: Nordstrom and treating the crew badly. I am so deeply sorry if this has ever occurred. I have wracked my brain, and had many, many people come forward telling me they have never experienced me the way Heather described. I have asked the production crew about what she was talking about and all of them looked at me crazy and said they knew nothing about what she was talking about. I have also received phone calls, emails, and private messages on Facebook and Twitter from Nordstrom employees saying they have assisted me and do not stand by what Heather has accused me of. I also saw the blog from the publicist for Nordstrom saying they will not acknowledge it nor stand by those accusations. Now, with that said, I am still not naive enough to think there may not ever have been a day I was not the perfect shopper, and for that I apologize. But if these accusations were true, don’t you think that production would have captured ONE second, just one second, of footage of me behaving that way in three years of being on TV?
I have seen Heather being mean to me all season. She tries to make amends with me in my hotel room after premeditating an “intervention” with me. I did actually want to accept her apology in my room the following day and move forward, and I actually thought we might. However, when the rest of the season played out, I saw how she still talked about me in her interviews and to Tamra following Costa Rica, and I couldn’t just suddenly forget and move on. I was stand offish because I didn’t trust her. I can be kind without being a friend to her. There was even a time when immediately after the night where Terry called me phony on national television, we ran into them at a restaurant here in town and they looked at Jim and I and said, “Come on, let bygones be bygones, come join us, life’s too short. . .” You are darned right life is too short! It’s too short to go sit at a dinner table with people who are talking smack behind my back on national television but then trying to be nice to my face. I think I smell a little phoniness there.
Heather talked about me non-stop all season long. Then she greets Jim and I with open arms at the party at her home, but moments before while getting ready with Terry she talks about how she’d toss us out if we so much as brought up Terry having called me phony. Then Terry himself is chomping at the bit to discuss the phony comment with Jim at the party. The two-faced actions and double standards are shocking and just plain crazy. And the gossip is endless. I have never in my life dealt with someone who will go to such extremes to try to be kind to my face, all the while calling me names and being so unkind behind my back. I have heard countless stories from friends and acquaintances about Heather’s misconduct — that she used a nasty tone, that she threw her drink on a server, returned food items repeatedly and deliberately to make sure they knew how important she was, spoke down to wait staff, even that she is the biggest gossip at the school. . .and the list goes on. She is projecting her knowledge of her own bad behavior onto me.
After the reunion, I apologized to Heather for my part in all of this mess, and I was hopeful we may actually move forward — once again. But weeks later, the night the final party actually aired on television, she and Terry were on Twitter saying Jim wasn’t invited to their party, when they darn good well knew that Terry had invited Jim. Plus, how would Jim get through their gate without one of them calling him through? This is just one more example of what I’ve had to deal with all year long. I cannot act like a friend to someone’s face when I know someone is constantly demeaning me. I will not tolerate being treated this way anymore, nor will I back down when pushed far enough. It’s time I stop being quiet about everything and letting people continue to walk all over me. Do I wish I had said all of this at the reunion? Yes, and I was expecting to do so. Yet I wasn’t emotionally healed from Costa Rica at the reunion, so I was not quick on my feet. But guess what. . .I’m healed now.
As far as Gretchen and I, (NOTE: OMG!!! Will these Housewives NEVER learn the very simple usage of “ME” and “I”??? It’s Gretchen and “ME,” Jimbo! ”Gretchen and ME”!!!!!) only time will tell, and I know that time can heal many wounds. But there are some things that occurred over this past season that are very deep, and still very much open and raw. To me, so much changed because Gretchen did make a choice when she befriended Tamra — she wasn’t forced by anyone to make a decision, nor was she placed in a scenario where she HAD to choose either Tamra or myself. I never put her in that place and I have several friends who don’t get along. It’s impossible to have it otherwise. But do I feel her behavior towards me changed? Absolutely. Perhaps it was Tamra, perhaps it was that Gretchen didn’t need me anymore.
Gretchen never would have handled the Fox 5 incident or Costa Rica that way last year. If she loved me and wanted to tell me about Fox 5 out of concern like she says she did, then why didn’t she come to me the MOMENT she found out I got the job with Fox 5 and show me the emails instead of waiting and doing it on the reunion? Yes, I do want honest friends, and if I have lettuce in my teeth, you better tell me or else. . .but be kind when you tell me and do it with love. I felt none of that from Gretchen this season.
Wretched ***BLEEEEECH*** CHRISTINE… will do anything to keep her job…including being phony ‘friends’ with Tamballs…
As for Costa Rica, she has been my good friend for two and a half years, so why didn’t she come to me sometime in those two-plus years and tell me I said things that bothered her instead of waiting and jumping on the bandwagon in Costa Rica? I’m a big girl, and can handle constructive criticism (whether it’s on TV or not), but she had two and a half years to come to me and never did. I feel like she has spent enough time with Tamra now that her patterns, behaviors, outlooks, and opinions have changed. The person Gretchen really is has been lost to this new mean-girl version. I want my old friend back.
The Fox 5 issue is ridiculous. If you listen to what Gretchen and I each say on the reunion, what you will hear (if you really pay attention) is that I’m not making it a competition, she is. I admitted that the producer had offered Gretchen and I both one taping when I was a guest at their station showing my dress line TWO weeks after Gretchen had been a guest showing her makeup line. I’m very honest to say that they even told me at that point they wanted both of us to do a taping about the Del Mar Races on the same day. I said yes that will be so fun, because at that time we were friends and I had no idea I would get a segment from it. I showed up and did the taping, she declined it. After that taping, I was offered to come back for one more, so I excitedly went. After that taping, I was offered a weekly Friday segment, and I was elated! I have no problem if Fox 5 was offering Gretchen a position too, after all this is the showbiz! But once Gretchen came to my home and said they were SUPPOSEDLY still offering her the position, I demanded exclusivity, which Fox 5 didn’t hesitate to give me, so they obviously didn’t want her badly enough to shut that door. It’s really no more than that. But what MADE it dramatic was the way Gretchen told me she supposedly had been offered something first — she capitalized on this foreshadowing event at the reunion.
Before closing, I feel it is important to thank Vicki for standing by me this season. I never would have thought that she and I would be where we are. In the past, when Vicki and I were not friends, there were three things I always said about her: she has a big heart, she is a good mom, and she is a great businesswoman. I am not claiming she is my best friend, and I am not claiming that she doesn’t have faults, because we all do. I just know that this woman does not have a mean, malice heart. We definitely don’t speak every day, but we do hang out, and we are good friends. After being shocked by other actions that have occurred this season, we are taking our friendship slowly, and truly getting to know one another. I feel bad for all the backlash she has gotten for loving Brooks, and I feel that we need to let her figure her own life out. Everyone has said their feelings about him, now realize that she is 50 years old, and she will make up her own mind. Enough is enough.
I also want to thank Dr. Niccole for being such a reputable and respectable doctor, and for giving me the ability to breathe again! And my bumpless nose isn’t too shabby either!!
With all the drama that has occurred this season, I would not change a thing. Nothing is as important as what I am walking away with from this past year: a loving and forgiving God, myself intact, my marriage intact, a new-found friend in Vicki, and an outlook on my career and businesses that is better than it ever has been. My new ringtone is “(Stronger) What Doesn’t Kill You,” because that is how I feel. I have learned so much about myself and what I can change for the better. I AM stronger now than ever before. I believe my kids will grow up and be proud of how their mother handled all of the situations that were thrown at me, and that is all that truly matters (obviously not for 14 more years because if it’s in my power they will not see this show til they are 20! LOL). I kept my dignity and my values, and I will work every day to be a better person.
I am so incredibly grateful for all the fans who have been so kind and supportive this season. You guys have done something for me emotionally that I am not sure you will ever fully understand. It’s been moving beyond words to hear from you, and my gratitude is endless. I adore each and every one of you. I will keep in contact through Facebook and Twitter, as I feel you all are why I am here.
I may not know what the future holds, but I know WHO holds the future. NOTE: Interesting! Alexass knows exactly what the future holds as it pertains to her continuing as an OC Housewife!
Forever Grateful,
Alexis
Jimbo Bellino also got in on the RHOC action with this interview yesterday with “What’s Up Orange County”… didn’t bother to post it until now as WHEN did the Housewives franchises become “Real HouseHusbands”???? Jimbo covers just about everything in this video as he did in the above BravoBlog!
There is ONE thing which, as much as SH despises Jimbo and can see right through his lil scammin’ brain, that Jimbo said that is agreed upon… him callin’ out Tamballs for her “JesusJugs” reference. Had Tamballs said “JewJugs”… MissAndy would have had CUT that out of the reunion show.
Good job at calling out Tamara and Heather. Also like that she addressed the Jesus Jugs stuff. Tamara really does owe Christians a public apology.
Of course she knows the word muttered. She learned it reading 50 shades of grey.
ack darn it – that word was murmur. Ignore me. I hate hat word because of that book.
I was more surprised with “annihilate”
and “foreshadowing”
And “wracked my brain.” There is no way Miss Alexass would ever have spelled that correctly. People with her education and IQ level always spell it “racked.” I doubt if even Jimbo would get that right; I think they hired a ghostwriter.
Agreed. Her blog is too well composed for either of them to have written. I think Jim-the-Chin has hired Tre’s PR firm.
BWAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA
I don’t like or dislike Alexis. She’s no worse than the other housewives. She’s pretty stoopid, but she isn’t vicious or vindictive like Tamra, and didn’t really do anything to deserve a lot of the comments made about her. If she’s not hurting anybody (or if whoever she is rude to doesn’t care to make it an issue) let the woman be with her ugly dress line, 5 minute job at Fox 5, rented houses, fake jewelry, and abnormal chinned husband.
I never really liked Jimbo, he says he is not controlling but I will never forget the scene when they went to a hotel for the weekend with the kids and it was breakfast time and he just sat there giving Alexis orders as to what he wanted to eat when he could have helped himself. I do think he is controlling and has a cave man attitude to women, however he explained himself very well in the video and he made a lot sense so I am warming to him just a smidgeon.
Just for the record SH it is Gretchen and I that is the correct way to say it and write it or were you joking if so I guess it went over my head.
Nope, Gretchen and me is correct. Not Gretchen and I. And
not “Her and myself” as Jim just said. I is a subject pronoun. Me is an object
pronoun. …English major here.
Thank you. I think several of the Housewives skipped third grade because they seem to think that “and I” is always right. Drives me crazy.
Isn’t that crazy? ” me and Slade, me and Eddy…”
Then I have to question myself. Why am I not
watching PBS! Right? But we all have our
guilty pleasures. I do watch lots of PBS as well.
It is kind of fun…
Alexis rant was just that a rant over all the slights that where shoved her way (even though she did the same). She said that she wants a strong man and a man in control but yet says that she and her husband are 50/50 in their relationship, BS. We all know that Jim tells Alexis what to do and go, and Jim was putting the Kybosh on Alexis when she was doing more stuff for her this season. I truly think that Alexis almost told him to F off this season but didn’t have the guts too. Because in a few episodes she had that look of I can’t stand having him act like my daddy.
Sentences rarely end in “I”; a trick to know which is correct is to take the other person out of the sentence to see what sounds correct. Example: “As for Gretchen and I…”. Take out Gretchen. It obviously sounds incorrect to say “As for I.” Voila! Unrequested grammar tutorial compliments of Mrs. Sybil Prince, my 6th grade teacher!
That is how I remember when to use “I” and “me” in a sentence. Sadly, I have tried to explain this rule to people and sometimes they don’t believe me and say I am wrong.
I remember the Hotel also Duchess. I giggled. Now don’t beat on me but it’s VERY possible she trained him. Unknowingly maybe? I say this because she acted just as I always have. No one told me to, I just did. I was blessed with being able to be a stay at home mom. I LOVE every second of doing for my family and still do. It didn’t ruin our 4 now grown sons and hubby would do anything I ask I believe. In our home I’m treated with respect & love.
Now when they come with their families for Sunday dinner, I do what I can for who should need it. But they don’t need me much anymore. But I’m happy to say, “they want me around now and again.” it’s a nice feeling! Last Sunday after dinner the DILs and I sat on the porch while the men cleaned . I’m just saying Alexis may want things how they are? And I know Bravo LOVES to show anything they can in a bad light.
Being a stay at home mom and putting one’s family first doesn’t equate to being treated with disrespect by your husband in public and the multiple other humiliations Jimbo has perpetrated on Alexis. Just ask my husband. If he referred to me as raising “his” children, he would have to kiss my stretch marks for a month.
Aww dear, I was hoping this wouldn’t be taken as me saying, “Boy Howdy, he’s a dandy! About Jim B. I wasn’t by the way. I personally was referring to that ONE screen.
just making a comparison to MY world at one time. MY husband never ordered me! I did. I spoiled him because I could and wanted to that all. So maybe at times that is all its about with Alexis to? We will never know for certain. But there are views I share with her I won’t hide that. My husband is the MAN of our home. He can have it. I like being the girl who pampered and protected. I never wanted a house husband. Like Alexis that’s my choice.
To be clear,
I don’t think all we’ve seen Jim say or do is great/right. Nor do I believ everything Bravo shows is in the context it was meant to be. NO, how’s its edited isn’t to blame for everything. But anyone who watches these shows has to know they LOVE to build them up and rip them down!
Also, the comment above that I made about hotel scene was MY OWN take about how I thought it funny because in my own life I’ve dogged around doing to many times to count!!! And NO I was never told to! Please note hon, I did say I was treated with respect and love in my home.
Women today carry such heavy loads! We are Mothers,home makers, lovers, wives,cooks, all while holding down jobs. That’s just a short list. I wasn’t saying ONLY STAY at home moms blah,blah,blah. Okay??? [peace???]
Had no idea Tamra has wine glasses named Jesus Juggs. She has the nerve to tell vicki shes going to hell after she nailed just about everyone on that show to the cross.
It’s disgusting to say the least.
I liked this blog. I can totally see Heather treating people (wait staff, salespersons, etc.) like crap because look how she treats Alexis. I know Heather was in a couple of sitcoms and married money, but she acts like she’s the Countess Lulu or something. Alexis did forget to mention that after Heather made a comment about Alexis leaving Costa Rica early, Heather turned around and left early as well. I won’t watch next year if Heather and Tamara are on, they disgust me. How the heck did Tamara get on this show in the first place?
Brownie ITA… Alexis may have het faults but mean and Vindictive is not her.. Tamra gets a pat on the back for the Jesus Jugs comment really? I agree w/Alexis it was Blasphemy using Jesus name In a negative way and to put it on wine glasses She should be so proud… Gretchen w/friends like her who needs enemies.. Yeah If Heather&Tamra r back next season I won’t watch… Ion like em… Good blog Alexisss!!!
I’m in agreement, too. Tamra is a vicious and nasty human being, as is Heather.
Totally agree!
So true.
AGREED!!
“I have said my peace now about Jim Bellino.”
HAhahahaaaaa. I wondered if anyone caught that.
I did! Hahaha!
Good point! Lol. And who refers to their spouse by their full name? More evidence to me that a PR person wrote this.
I actually like Alexis and Jim. It has disappointed me this season to see how vicious people can be for the sake of getting attention. I don’t even watch RHOC anymore but still “keep up” through this website. I tried to watch part of the reunion, but I found that Gretchen’s voice was too whiny and shrill for me to listen. Poor Tamara just comes across as harsh and bitter. One paraphrased quote that comes to mind is that no matter how you look on the outside, eventually your true self begins to show through. I miss the old days of seeing Vicki build her business, Jeana treating the other wives with warmth and caring, Laurie hoping to find love as she struggled to cope as a single mom. The women mentioned above had qualities about them that made viewers actually like and relate to them. Now the show appears to be a group of malicious, vindictive, attention-seeking women who constantly try to hurt each other to feel better about themselves. I am no longer “entertained’ by them, just repulsed!
I agree with your comments about the old days… Jeana and Laurie… wish they were still on.
Well said. Bring back the old crew. Let’s see how they’re doing. Alexis may fit in and act differently without the intense competition. I think Vicky would have to go though, too much bad blood.
It all changed when Tamera showed up and has gone down hill since. Why? Would Bravo want this? They were a hit why turn it to this? They done it with Melissa in NJ and Brandi in BH. I can’t understand how this helps them as a network?
I don’t care for Jim, but at least he went to Terry and asked him about the comment he made about Alexis. None of the other husband’s have done that. And when Tamra came up at Heather’s party, he got up and walked away, he did not engage. Course, he left his wife without saying goodbye, or asking if she wanted to come with him.
They have to bring the drama to get camera time. That’s what keeps the housewives employed and also gets the ratings. The HW franchise is in downward spiral because of the need to constantly beat each previous season’s drama. Time to reboot the entire franchise!
Alexis has got to be the most dumbest Housewife in all of the franchises. Excuses, excuses, excuses. At least JimSlob will be able to use these words someday when they divorce – and they will – because she has started to go against her Kings wishes wanting “it all”. He will tire of her not staying home to raise “his children” the way he wants her to. Maybe, one day, she will even wise up and realize that he is one sick control freak. I hope that this is the last we will be seeing of the scam artists known as the Bellino’s.
I didn’t realize there could be a “most dumbest.”
yep, and we have just heard the most dumbest!…
If its true and she is so very stupid and dumb? Isn’t it cruel to attack people who can’t defend them selves? If she the “dumbest” doesn’t that mean the poor soul doesn’t understand all she does and it’s affects? Can’t have it both ways.
I think she got into something she didn’t understand.
(who could, really?) I think she became overwhelmed
and felt the need to compete with their money and
houses, etc. and her husband has so much control over her – no matter what they say. I hope she doesn’t
Come back for her own mental health.
Omgosh Jimbo and Alex call themselves Christians, but what shady past they have and lets see was Jim a Christian when he did all the stuff on ebay and the Feds were after him, No it wasn’t Dropped it was State evidence Alexis!!!!We all can see you and Jimbo wrote this together, I couldn’t even read even half of it, because its always everyone elses fault. So sad you two can’t be real!
@shelley, CHRISTIAN does NOT equal PERFECT.
Each of us are convicted by God as to what he wants from us in behaviors. I’m sorry if some don’t meet what you believe is Christian.
Even if we were at the same church every Sunday we would have our own walk. So when I see where someone attaches “I thought they were Christians” to what they see as wrong it really holds very little meaning. Thankfully it’s not our jobs to judge. That jobs taken.
Awww come on! Deliberate fraud in order to profit financially is definitely NOT Christian. It is considered wrong in any religion. There’s a difference between being imperfect and being a hypocritical con man.
@kel, I completely understand what you are saying. I don’t know about the Bellinos police records or convictions and such?
. My comment earlier comes from watching the women on this show rolling up the Christian Faith to use for a club! So every time the Bellinos do or say ANYTHING they don’t like, out comes the,”I thought she was. Christian?” They aren’t concerned with anything other than using The Christian faith in a twisted way to judge someone. THAT WAS MY ISSUE. Not what her husband has or hasn’t done. I didn’t know he was convicted of what you said? Tamera doing that for more air time I guess? She makes PROFIT I guess?
But even if he did? And even if it was yesterday when he done it? He can be forgiven if he prays for it.
So yes IMO, hearing “I thought you were a Christian” used as a weapon doesn’t sit right with me. It’s even worse coming from Tamera because she opening commits the ONLY sin my faith says you can’t be forgiven for [Blasphemy]
Please note: these are MY opinions and I am not telling anyone they should believe as I do. I’m defending my faith! I’ve enjoyed this site so much since finding it. I don’t want to offend anyone. I of course respect everyone’s views, learning about different things is how I grow. Thank U!
I don’t want you to feel like you have to defend your faith. I consider myself a Christian also. My point is that Jim is, well, a slimeball, who uses religion as a front. I don’t think Alexis does this, although I find her emphasis on money and looks to be hypocritical. And I just really doubt that Jimbo prays sincerely for forgiveness, he has made comments on the show that don’t sound very Christian, like when he told their pastor that the Bellino’s good looks are a contribution to the church, (or something to that effect). Yes, I believe it was on here that Jimbo had to pay a fine and do probation.
Also, I don’t like Tamra’s comments either. I don’t hate Alexis, I feel sorry for her because I think she is married to an overpowering jerk. I think the emphasis on material things in their lives is greatly due to his influence. I wish she could have stayed at Fox5 or been able to do what she likes without him demeaning her on camera.
Morning kel, I get what you mean now.
Did he really say that!?!?!? Wow!,If I said, I make our church prettier by being there :-0 our preacher {My Brother} would request prayer for me!!! And in private?? We’ll, never mind. LOL
We all have a HW we identify & relate to most. That’s is what makes it interesting.
I relate to Alexis I suppose for a couple reasons,
The first being, is that I know how it feels to be judged by someone for entertainment. I am a ministers daughter so they waited for me to mess up so they could say, “I thought you were a Christian?” as a human I make mistakes daily!! As a Christian, I am forgiven.
The second way is because I am HORRIBLE at come come backs or quoting facts off the top of my head. I don’t think that means I’m stupid though. LOL it means my brain dont work well on hateful mode. Foolishly, I stand there saying aaahhh, aaahhh, hmm well you hmm!!!??? And after its over THEN I think of what I should of said. :-/
Alexis, do you wear the pant?????
Jimbo, is Controlling, God didn’t make up to be women to be a SLAVE, yes we do need to respect each other, but Control is not ever right, so sad Alexis doesn’t see this! Heather was right you act scared around him and its like hes your Dad and you need his permission!
Wow –talk about delusions of grandeur!!!! Does she honestly believe Jesus has negativity attached to Him because of HER. This is beyond anything I have ever heard.
Not sure how Bravo is going to find an equally vapid bimbette with a cro-magnum hubby to fall back on…
Not that I like Alexis, but her thorough absurdity will be missed, just curious given her whole new outlook…how does she feel now about trashing her “dearest friend” Peggy last season????
As for the party crap, Jim didn’t want Alexis knowing he was coming, that version indicated that Jim and Terry were the only ones besides the staff/crew who knew, and Heather said it would be inappropriate for Alexis to confront Terry, fine….but how is a host trying to clear up a skewed comment at THEIR HOME a confrontation?
As for the Jeasus juggs bit…found it funny, unlike knowingly portraying yourself as an object of lust and sin not equally insulting to her “church”? They’ve lied, cheated, coveted, Jim is sloth personified, Alexis has committed adultery, and the fact that Brooks got Jims approval just kinda says it all…
I agree…. I wasn’t at all offended by the Jesus Jugs comment! I’m a Christian and I found it funny. I don’t think Tamera was attacking Alexis’ Christianity, I feel she was calling her out on her lack of… During the entire reunion I was thinking, if looks could burst people into flames, Heather, Gretchen, and Tamera would be burnt to a crisp with all the hateful looks Alexis was giving them!! Oh, and on a side note, I hate how Alexis licks her lips…it’s very Cher, circa the 70′s!
Down here in the south we have a saying when a lady has really teased “high” hair. We say,”It’s jacked to Jesus! The higher the hair, the closer to God”! No, we don’t feel we’re insulting Christians by saying that either. High hair, big tits, who cares! It makes me wonder when and why people became so thin skinned??!! Can we not say anything anymore without thinking we may offend someone!? As Sarah so drunkenly said….Is this the world we live in?? Haha
Lastly, during the opening of RHOC, Alexis says “She thanks God everyday for her life, and you would too”. To me that sounds very pretentious! Insinuating her life is so much
better ours! I wouldn’t want her life for anything in the world….
Lol Callisto, remember, “God is my savior, my husband is my king, and my body, it’s SINFUL.” ?
SH, thank you for including that last line in your post!
I’ve been as vocal as possible saying the same thing. Tamera with her trashy mouth has managed to offend me more than anything I’ve seen on TV before.
I like Alexis and wish her the best. I do believe that the others are jealous of her happy marriage. It works for them and they are happy. Plus, she has a KILLER bod! That must really kill them!
Glad she called out Heather, too. That woman is a hypocrite!
The only thing I disagree with her on is that she thinks Vicki does not have a mean, malice heart and is her friend! Vicki is her friend because Tamra dumped her for Gretchen. Vicki is getting even with Tamra.
got half way down and got bored with Jim the Chin’s blog! Bye Alexis, bye Jim, it’s been………… how can I put this…………………………… mind numbingly BORING!!!!
British: Couldn’t agree with you more! And, there is no way Alexis wrote that… Jimbo did. TFC!! SH
Thanks hun, great work on RHOC, prob will be quiet now until RHOBH, much love, respect and well wishes xxx
No more Alexis to redub on the Flipit videos next season. I’m so sad. I fondly remember one of her best lines: “don’t throw rocks at a glass”. Good thing we still have Wretched around to pick up the slack. Bye Alexis!
Good for Alexis and Jim, I have a new found appreciation for both of them. And yes Dizzie, I agree with you. That comment re Jugs was disgusting, but so were the comments that were made on WWL on MLK day. I found both highly offensive. Now, I really am done with Bravo. What I once found to be an enjoyable escape from “reality”, has now become a very disturbing and complete waste of my time. (Ok, I realize that I’m commenting here, so I can put the H in Hypocrite for myself;) Take that Vicki & Wretch. I guess, I just want to vent a little and get the WWL show on Martin Luther King day off of my conscious. Perhaps I was the only that was bothered by the show that night, but I found the sexual jokes to be in very poor taste, that day especially. (I’m referring to when Bravo aired clips of the RHOA trip to Africa. Specifically, the comments made on WWL when they visited a Heritage museum (I think it was a heritage museum?). In any case, the crude jokes and stupid drinking game references towards the museum trip, I personally found to be disgusting. Not to mention, highly disrespectful. (I think the show aired the same night as the golden globes or some other award show other than the oscars?) Anyway, I was and still am upset and surprised that no one else found it offensive. I actually deleted my season pass to WWL after that. I am about to do the same with the entire channel. Thanks for letting me vent.
WOW Alexa, I didn’t see that and haven’t read online much till recently. My gosh ! What I’m this world is wrong with these people? I don’t get Bravo and/or Andy?? Are they TRYING to shut it down? Disgraceful!
But Alexa, I believe to some extent we NEED to comment and complain. If we don’t ? it will get worse. A bit like 4 year olds at a candy store. They are sick without someone saying THAT’S ENOUGH! It will be worse.
My, Jimslob has been rather busy, writing the blog plus the interview. So, where’s Alexass hiding?
Something sounds odd about these statements: “My marriage does not rely on what any of these women have to say about Jim Bellino.” and, “I have said my peace now about Jim Bellino.” That really sounds like Jim wrote it. It sounded more like a man trying to clear the name “Jim Bellino” than a woman talking about marriage. We all know his last name, it would have sounded more normal to say “I have said my peace now about my marriage.”
Clearly, Alexaas, did not write this blog, as she cannot even speak one coherent sentence. These two, Jim and Alexass are both self promoting grifters. Not only has Jimbob comitted fraud once, but multiple times. It is very lucky for him that as of yet he is not in jail for his crimes. Alexass us a fraud and a hypocrite as well…..this whole “Chrisian” persona is just part of their smoke screen to promote their scams. Good riddence to both of them! They are both bores!
This is the housewives show not the house husbands show. I don’t care about Jim. I don’t care about Mr.Ed. I don’t like Fairyterry nor Crooks. Why do we have to hear anything about them? All of there marriages are their relationships and who cares if these women love men we cant stand. Am sick of the focus on whose man did this or didn’t do this. Hell the women alone have enough garbage to keep their story lines going for years. Alexis is gone they will replace her with another bimbo. Move on. I said it before if she wants to keep her religion,marriage and sanity get off the show for gods sake…TammyFaye your disrespect of Christians knows no bounds. I think in the long run she will be the new target along with the other two stooges…All of them deserve a room in hell..lollll
New to the board. Sorta.
I cannot stand Alexis. I cannot stand people who proclaim (loudly) to be christians & then think that everything they do reflects that. I am an atheist & believe in “live & let live”, but this moron drives me INSANE. I don’t agree that what Tamra said “offended christians everywhere” – that’s generalizing & just looking for something to be offended about.
Now i totally get it why Jimbo and Brooke (crook) are friends!!!!
Gina: You are getting things a bit twisted. Let’s clarify by simply asking this: would MissAndy have edited out the reference had Tamballs said “JEWSJugs”?? First, Tamballs would NEVER had said it, knowing she would OFFEND MissAndy. Second, if Tamballs DID call Alexis “JEWSJugs” you can bet that MissAndy would have edited that out… it would never have aired. What is good for one religion is just as good for another… whatever religion is being maligned! TFC!! SH
Couldn’t agree more. Tamra is a cow and Andy is her pimp.
I totally see your point about highlighting the outburst that came from Tamera. Also we gotta keep in mind that Miss Tamera prolly thought long and hard before she came up with that one too. What IS a tad bit upsetting to me is that Andy didn’t call her on it. But I reckon Jesus aint one of his priorities. Obviously. But if that had been a gay slur then she would have hammered on it till tamera’s eyes bled. So if Bravo is gonna just let each housewives words and actions speak for themselves then Andy needs to remember that when he tries to make a whole segment out of some silly thing that Juicy Joe said.
On the censorship thing, I have always been vocal about what they choose to bleep out and what they dont especially when it comes to the gd word. One time Gretchen was saying something like “what gives you the god right?” and of course that sounds weird so I figured she had said “what gives you the gd right” and production edited that out so that Gretchen wouldn’t sound like a foulmouthed dingbat. just a dingbat. And then there have been times when they HAVE bleeped out a gd and there have been times when they intentionally left it in there.
Also noticed that they left Ms Morgan using the n word in there. I looked it up what she was talking about after no one said jack about it I was shocked thinking maybe I didn’t hear it right or maybe in that context it meant sumpin else?!?!?!?!(I was really questioning my sanity at that point) .. sumpin about clockwork orange…well in that movie the use of the n word was the same ole ugly thing it has always been. So how come Sonja gets a pass? Am I missing sumpin?
@Gina, I agree with SH and MP. Andy isn’t a good host at all. Or a good boss. If he were a good host his views would be hard to figure out instead of shoved down our throats.
So it was fair and okay how Andy has spent 3 seasons helping the ladies attack Teresa because HER HUSBAND said “Gay”? You think it’s okay the “J Jugs” comment? The N word comment from Sonya M? The 1st season Tamera appeared she thought she was just the cutest thing calling Gretchen and Alexis a “Retard.” That is NOT OK! Making fun of others problems that are beyond their control is not ok. Using slurs about ones color or faith is NOT ok. Not with job where you deal with the public. It makes me SICK that as a country this day and time he don’t see or care about those things. I know why too. He don’t have a child with a mental handicap. He’s not a Black man fighting against the stereotype so he can get a good job. If I had to guess, He isn’t concerned with being “Christian” either? When we sit back and say NOTHING about these things we are guilty as they are. IMO. Honestly I was surprised he doesn’t say something about that garbage. Seeing how he knows how many think of and treat Gay men.
So, what your saying in if Tamera had said Mohammad’s Mammories it would have been edited!
lol. I say they MIGHT have left that in there just so ANDY could “correct” her on it. And also ride the wave of the free publicity sumpin like that would get from the mainstream media.
Buddha Boobies?
Shinto Silicone Sacs?
Taoist TaTas?
Hindu Hooters?
Confucius Cones?
Have we offended everyone yet? LOL
Uh, how about Mormon Melons?
Weird thing is, Andy let Patty Stanger make slanted generalities about gay men and Jewish men on WWHL. I know she got slammed by the public but she seemed to get off easy from Andy. IMO
HH: Da Stanker got a development deal from Bravo last year. Stanker being a fellow Bravo employee.. maybe that’s why she keeps getting passes from MissAndy? TFC!!! SH