October 2, 2012 Bravo...
Spin Doctor
Spin is the name of my friend Jonathan’s ping pong club on 23rd Street. It’s a really cool place where you can play pong, eat or just have a drink with friends and watch the pros play.
I put the event together to raise money for the IFP (Independent Film Project) New York and their Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund which my mother-in-law and I set up after my husband died. We worked very hard together and raised over $500,000 to establish it. The fund awards development grants to emerging documentary filmmakers and has helped many new and very talented filmmakers get their work produced.
Anthony left ABC News after we married to head the documentary division of HBO. He was brilliant at it — he received an Oscar nomination for the documentary he produced on Lenny Bruce — and he was passionate about his work, so it seemed an appropriate way to honor him.
Ping pong, however, is another story. It doesn’t honor anyone. It’s a maddening game with a crazy little ball that is impossible to control; it seemed perfect for Housewives. Plus, Spin has a bar. Also perfect.
I asked two of the club’s professionals to play with us, since most of us didn’t know a ping from a paddle. Frank is very good, Jonathan might have been stoned. Heather turned out to have a mean backhand and she and Frank came from behind, in a stunning upset, to beatAvery and take home Mario’s trophy. I learned a good lesson from this: If you want to skip a fight or the recap of a fight, plan a ping pong tournament.
Finally, the Toaster Oven! Oops, it’s Just the Box
Big Guns came back and gave Sonja two pictures. And can I just say, that is one sexy box. And Big Guns seems thrilled to be leaving the toaster oven box business. Did you see him? He did a jig. Heather went above and beyond the call of friend duty. Heather signed up for reality and she got unreality. Heather is in the undergarments fashion business. She is not in the toaster oven box business. Although I think she’d kill it in the empty box business, too. Did I mention she holds a dozen patents from the US Government?
Finally, Sonja’s sense of humor is back — screw the toaster oven, she wants to interview the hot guys. Duh! When does the Sonja Tremont Talk Show air, anyway? The one where she wears sultry ball gowns, headbands, and interviews hot guys?
Teresa in the House
I never met-a-phor I didn’t like. Ha ha. And this scene is no exception. My sister-in-law gives us another tease of her sultry voice. She worked her way through college on phone sex. Do you recognize her? Don’t lie.
And yes, I’m comparing books to babies again. Yes, I know I haven’t had any babies. Yes, I know babies are hard, I’m just saying that writing a book is a bitch and there’s no epidural. And in the end, when I finished, I had to throw my own party and buy the champagne and flowers myself.
I’ve been to a lot of baby showers and I’ve bought a lot of strollers. I bought one for my sister-in-law, even; she liked it. She’s had babies, and books, and she wishes books came much easier.
I-R-O-N-Y meet I-R-H-O-N-Y
Season Note: Ramona plays up her pinot drinking escapades on the show. I get it. She’s in the wine business. She loves her pinot. She says herself, “I work hard and I play hard.” We’ve heard it all season. Sonja plays up the lampshade on her head party-goer who owns a party planning company. Cool. I think it suits them to always look like the life of the party, and I’m sure it is good for business. They chose to play it that way, and consume many glasses of pinot, whether it’s completely true or not. In St. Barths they both had a glass of pinot in their hand in nearly every scene. It is fun to watch, right? We all enjoy it. They make me laugh most of the time. For the record, I think the drinking all the time is a little bit of an act for cameras. But with that in mind. . .
I couldn’t help but wonder. . .Does anyone see the tongue in cheek humor in Ramona and Sonja attending a fundraiser related to liver disease? But first. . .
Does anyone recognize Alan the hairdresser from our Bartini cherry bomb scene? Heather took him home that night. Not kidding. He dressed up like a pirate and. . .well, read it on Wetpaint.
Aviva looks good in everything. No tights, shapely legs, great butt, fabulous outfit. Hot. Just don’t drop the jacket, Viv. Don’t take off the jacket. Aviva, what are you doing? Noooooo. . .Don’t take off the gorgeous jacket and put those silly necklaces on, no! You dropped the jacket! Aviva is a good sport, but not a good model. Models are not designers. Models are meant to be seen and not heard. Strut and smile, and smile! Did Heather just say “strap-on”?
This is where worlds collide. The crossroads of everything that came before and will most definitely come again — Sonja and Ramona are attending a liver organ donation charity event. I’d take Sonja’s heart, because it’s big. And I’d take Ramona’s stomach, she’s got a strong one, but I’ll pass on her colon. It malfunctions when Aviva is around. I’d take her corneas, though, and small intestine but none of her filtering organs — liver, kidney, pancreas, nope. She’s unfiltered and those organs are working hard. I’d take her lungs. I’d definitely take Ramona’s lungs. Her lungs, in fact, would be my number one pick, that and Sonja’s décolleté. Can you donate décolleté?
Lucy and Ethel are at it again here talking all the way through the show, complaining about. . .? (Drum roll, please.) Yep. The toaster oven shoot. You can’t make this up. I couldn’t write this. Shakespeare couldn’t write this. Didn’t I tell you we’d be talking about this photoshoot until the very last minute? I don’t lie.
The show was incredible. It was Heather’s moment to shine. It was for a wonderful, heartfelt cause, and it was fabulous. Ping pong champ and sexy fundraising Queen, Holla! Nice way to end a season.
My Baby Book Shower
George has been lying about his age. Did you see how I did that? I took Mad Aviva and turned her into Fun Aviva. I’m a princess, I waved my wand. I like when Aviva laughs, she has a nice laugh. She needs to keep her hair out of buns, her waist out of corsets, and her laugh out of the closet! Those are words to live by. I take every chance I get to throw some humor into the show now. I’m looking for the funny.
Jacques toasted me. Ramona is seeing. Ramona is apologizing. It took her seven hours to come to my party. Let’s make love, not war. Ramona is stealing my lines. Everybody was. What if I run out of lines?
I invited a bunch of my real life friends to my I Finished My Book party. That’s them sneaking around giggling in the background. They were like Florida school kids at Great Adventure — thrilled to see the animals in their element. Giddy at the chance to see us Housewives up close, unleashed, in the wild. There was an audible gasp in the room when Ramona grabbed my arm, like when the lions yawn then eat a visitor at the zoo. They’re still talking about it, right now.
Rule #746: Don’t invite your friends to your Real Housewife party.
Michael my agent sounds like he’s reading from Tolstoy. He’s a good agent.
By the end of the party, though, my eyes have come unhinged, they’re rolling around in my sockets like marbles. I look possessed. And then, just when I think we’re all fait accompli, a great tremor lifts the room. A powerful wind howls and rages and chunky jewelry is swept up in a cloud. Our screams and fights and screams are all mashed up in a swirling dervish of Louboutins. It’s bedlam. The building buckles and bends. My head, oh my head. Something furry lands on my cheek. I pass out.
When I come to, the wind has died down, the cabs are askew on the Avenues and I am in my bed, in my room, with Margaret curled at my feet. Lenny, my mailman, is applying a compress to my head. He’s in a blue strapless dress, which seems odd, but I don’t let it concern me. Tripp has come round with my coffee, and a man wearing a leather vest, who I can’t quite place on his arm. Lydia my housekeeper holds a tray of canapés. She’s wearing a brown bikini but none of that’s important.
My intern, Eric, hands me a wine bottle and adjusts his boa.
“Now, now,” he says. “It’s okay. You must have been dreaming.”
“No.” I say. “I wasn’t. It was a real truly live place, and I remember that some of it wasn’t very nice. And most of it was very drunk. There was a yummy Lion and a Scarecrow with cleavage and a kind Tinman who tried to fly and a Wizard who made wine — oh, and a real-life Countess! But just the same all I kept saying to everybody was ‘I want to go home.’”
Tripp takes my hand, “Carole, this is George. He’s from Miami. He wants to have your baby.” George looks like Johnny Depp but before I can tell Tripp this, Lydia proposes a toast. “Oh my,” I say. “You all seem so. . .familiar.”
I shake my head. No. It was just a dream. In the other room, my piano begins to play. “Hey, baby, I was worried about you,” Russ yells. I smile. Then someone starts to sing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
“Is that. . .Cara Quici?”
“Shh,” Eric says. “Take a drink.” I do. I felt better. I scratch Margaret behind the ears. A parade goes by under my window. A tuba plays on the street. Someone screams something about f—ing in the ass. Coats go to charity. Dresses to moviestars.
“Oh, but anyway, Mags,” I say, “We’re home! And this is our room, and we’re here. And we’re not gonna leave here ever, ever again because it’s crazy out there! They yell. And no one knows what they’re yelling about and there are too many lunches. But it’s okay. It is. Because there’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.”
And. . .cut. Fade to black.
This was a heck of a ride. Thanks for sticking with me, you guys. I miss you already.
[Editor's note: Read on for an excerpt from The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating]
Random excerpt from: The Widow’s Guide to Sex and Dating
They were just starting, Claire and Dr. Singh; they’d just finished shifting in chairs and clearing their throats, and were on Claire’s second question.
“So is there any evidence, then, that the size of the penis matters, reproductively speaking?”
Just as a hint of a smile crossed her face, Claire’s cell phone began to buzz. She’d set it to “vibrate” and now it lurched noisily across the desk.
“I’m sorry, just ignore it,” she said, and made a gesture with her hand to mean “go on.”
“Before we get too far,” said Singh, “let’s do this.” He was holding a measuring tape. He jumped up, then motioned for Claire to stand so he might measure and calculate her own ratio, her own potential for reproduction.
“I’ve studied every Playboy centerfold since 1952,” he said, with his arms around Claire’s waist, his head down. He mumbled a number and jotted it on his notepad. “And though the bunnies have gotten thinner” — he paused as if about to reveal a great secret — “their hip-to-waist ratios have remained the same!”
A stack of transparencies lay on his desk; anatomically correct line drawings of well-ratioed women: Eva Mendes, Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch. He showed Claire, laying the drawings one over the other, how the shapes were different but the ratios stayed in line.
“Watch this,” he said, putting a transparency of Kate Moss over Scarlett Johansson. “Hmm? Surprised?”
“Well, Kate’s skinnier, and her breasts…”
“But that’s it!” Singh shrieked, delighted. “It’s not the breasts!” He lowered his voice and leaned toward her. “It is strictly the proportion of the hip to the waist. It signals health and fertility. This is the true essence of desire.”
Claire looked down at her own small breasts. She wanted to believe him. She wondered if there was a Mrs. Singh, and if so, what size her breasts were. He jotted her measurements on a notepad and did the math. “Ha! Point seven five,” he said, nodding in approval. “Almost perfect.”
The buzzing continued, persistent. Claire’s phone lurched forward, then stopped, then lurched again. Dr. Singh took in the spectacle.
“We should take a short break,” he said.
Claire agreed, and while Singh ruffled papers she punched in the number for voicemail and pressed “one” to play her messages. There were four:
The first was a policeman in a somber tone: “Mrs. Byrne, this is Officer Callan from the 19th precinct. I need you to contact me immediately, your husband…there’s been an accident.” The second was Richard, who also asked her to call back, and spoke in a suspiciously measured tone. The third was Michael, Claire’s close friend and Charlie’s longtime assistant, who just said, “Honey. I’m sorry. Oh fuck.”
Sasha was fourth. She was sobbing and Claire could hear ice clinking glass. “Jesus, Claire, why aren’t you answering your phone? They dropped a goddamn Giacometti on Charlie, turn the TV on! He’s dead! Oh God. . .Richard said he didn’t suffer. Call me.”
Claire set her phone on the desk and looked at Singh shuffling paper stacks. She ran a couple of versions through her head, then settled on this: “My husband, I think, is dead.” She looked out the window and her gaze fell on an oak tree.
RHONY Reunion Preview…
Thankfully, Carole finds herself entirely interesting and witty. At least someone does.
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That makes one person.
Lol, I know. My goodness.
I couldn’t even get through her excerpt – snore
Totally agree! She thinks she is Carrie Bradshaw. I even noticed a very familiar line, “I couldn’t help but wonder…”
Even on the show she went on about how she’s given presents to people for their baby showers, etc. aka “The Shoe Shamming Episode”
God she goes on and on.STFU!! Hope Carole and the whole cast are cancelled.Boring snooze fest of fake fighting hags.
I couldn’t get thru the first two paragraghs of the new book. Boring -as is Carole herself.
If Carole wasn’t a size -1, no man would look at her with her little boy build and incredible overbite. Is that what caps and veneers does to dental work? Are they all overbites? She’s not cute. She’s not hot. She’s skinny. She’s small. That gets you alot I’m sure but don’t looks count for something? And I swear she is on Prozac or something. She always acts goofy and smiley no other way to say it. She acts high.
Well, I’m pretty sure she’s a joker, smoker and a midnight toker. Take a look.
http://stoopidhousewives.com/2012/04/07/carole-radziwill-takin-a-tour-of-caroles-nyc-apartment-video/
I think she’s a size 00, no kidding. And then she asserts she does no exercise, doesn’t watch her diet? I don’t know…maybe that’s true, or maybe it’s not. All I know is that I have to work my a$$ off to maintain my weight, it isn’t easy, I hate it, and I have to sacrifice all the time. So I am immediately skeptical when I hear people carefreely talk about how they have no problems with weight.
You mean maybe if she WASN’T a size -1 more men would be attracted to her?
ya, I don’t know .. I’m a size 0 and have never had any complaints
He’s saying the fact that she’s so tiny must be the only reason she gets any attention from guys because he thinks she’s ugly with bucked teeth and acts too goofy.
I get what he’s saying, and I agree with the assessment of her teeth, but to me she looks too skeletal. In my book, she’s too tall to be a size -1.
But, that being said, I haven’t kept up with the show too much, but from what I’ve seen, she does seem likable and more down-to-earth than some of the others.
I just finished ‘What Remains’. Good book. I cried at the end.
She seems to write about one subject very well. Her blogs are so lackadaisical. What does she care deeply about? After reading her blog I don’t care about anything either. Watch out; it’s catching.
lol duh…@tangy that was a good book…I thought her writing was subtle …. really enjoyed that read…she wasn’t bitchy and could have been on some points
So far I seem to be Carole supporter, party of one. I like her blog, look forward to her book and find her a refreshing change from the other cast members. As for her looks, I don’t necessarily disagree with what anyone had written. But, God knows I’m no cover girl myself, and have never been big on bashing other women because of them. Dont we get enough of that from men?
I like Carole the best, but don’t think she’ll reup for the show. Hope she does, but don’t think she will. I want LuAnn and Aviva GONE. Especially that pervert Dad of Aviva.
I like Carole too, she is willing to let things roll off her back. That counts for a lot with me.
I like Carole as well. I think she’s had an interesting life and has accomplished a lot for herself. I think she doesn’t have to explain her life choices to anyone, but appearing on a reality show does open that door, though some take it to another level. I think that unless they offer her something worth all the pointless drama next season, she should not do the Housewives again.
I doubt Andy is a good friend to her or he would have never suggested that she be on the show. The series is done, at least for me. This season was a bore and I’ve watched since season 1. I don’t like what it became or what it stands for. I feel bad for wasting time watching it, to be honest.
Well, I have to agree, I used to schedule the dvr to record every new episode so I wouldn’t miss OC, NY and NJ. Now I always forget to schedule a recording, and sometimes don’t watch at all. It seems that ever since Daniellle, the producers think each franchise needs a great villain, and a Danielle comes along once in a blue moon. For example, although Jill Zarin was uber annoying, I never saw her as villainous, dito Alexis and Theresa. Alexis and Theresa are not good villain material because they just are not mean enough. As for Jill, she just got played by the producers into being at loggerheads with Bethanny, and Ramona. I see all three “villains” as gals who Andy Cohen just didn’t like for various reasons, so they were made into the bad guys.Too manufactured for me to swallow whole.
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Yes, you brought up a good point about manufacturing drama. Andy Cohen is so guilty of this – it’s really sick how they play people up and give people the good and bad edits. And I fast forwarded through most of the finale because it couldn’t keep my interest. Don’t know why, but I just feel so “over” it. Thanks goodness for this site and the discussion or I would be totally out of the loop. Are you going to watch BH when it premieres? I’m on the fence with that one.
Well, I have never watched BH, and have only seen one or two episodes of Atlanta and Miami. I just never got into those franchises. The physical altercations on Atlanta (I have seen clips of Nene choking Kim and also one of the Atlanta wives pulling Kim’s hair) and Miami (I saw the commercial for this season) turns me off.
Turns me off, too. The only two shows I watch are NY and BH. BH got really tasteless (well, it always was), and there is no one who is “root-able,” although I did like Brandy. I’m not so sure I’ll watch this season.
I liked watching BH season 1 because of seeing the houses and glamour of BH. But yes, you all are right, it became tasteless as soon as Taylor’s lies began to unfold. I can’t really watch ATL because of the violence thing, but also because I can’t stand Kim Z and also because nothing was really going on. I can’t believe that Bravo believes they have the elite or the movers and shakers of ATL or any city currently on the franchise. If anything, the show serves, at best, as a jumping point for promoting a product or person. At worst, it exposes a double life.
this was her best blog to date…..not so flooded with metaphors….it read more smoothly…we readers have a LOT of material to muddle through…she’s gonna have to master short and sweet
I like her too. She’s bright, quirky, creative and most of all doesn’t take herself too seriously.
I think it’s her playfulness and relaxed attitude that helps her overall appeal and makes her appear to me very feminine and even beautiful. She seems like she’d be a great friend.
I love the most that she makes Luann’s affectations and idiocies seem sharper in contrast.
I hope she can defend herself at the reunion. It used to get on my nerves how she would say what people were thinking in the talking heads, but when it actually came to telling people how she felt, she either was unwilling or unable to do so. I’m willing to bet that Ramona/Sonja are going to go after her at the reunion.
I loved her . At the start of the season, she was my fav and one of the only people I could watch without flipping back and forth. As the season progressed, I found her to be annoying as if she was she was trying too hard . Now I just find her annoying
Haven’t seen as much of the show as most of you, but I agree that “trying too hard” is close to the top of my “Annoying” list.
It only took seeing here a couple of times for me to find her annoying. When someone is trying that hard to be cool/hip, it just comes off as fake.
I have to admit, I resorted to flipping the channel when she was on after the first couple of weeks … her blogs just give off the same fake, trying too hard vibe I got from her on the show
yes, yes….I may have said something similar when the season started. Being cool is one of those things that you can’t “try” to be….it’s inate….you either are or you aren’t and if you have to try it is just fake.
@Just me & Cherry – ITA. I think Carole went on this show to promote her new book. That isn’t a bad thing and I probably would have brought the book, especially after her first book, if she hadn’t been so fake on this show.
Wow! I like her a lot!
I can’t believe she put a book excerpt in her blog! Wish Tre could put a recipe or two in her blog! Carole is a good writer, but her meandering train-of-thought writing style is tedious after the first paragraph. She assumes we are as fascinated with her as she is with herself. Carole: I have a short attention span, so just spit the words out; don’t swirl them around in your mouth like you are tasting wine.
I like her verbose writing style, but I’ve also made my way through 2 Neal Peart books. If you get that reference, you may have issues like me. I am interested enough in her still to follow the meandering prose. I do think she’s clever. Sometimes she writes better than other times, but it humanizes her for me. It’s like we are watching her practice her craft (and I am ok with that).
I like the fact that she makes an effort to produce a well-written blog, and it is. However, it’s a bunch of words strung together without meaning. You know, like a person who talks alot, but doesn’t actually say anything.
In the end, though, I remain very disappointed in Carole. I had liked her the best and related to her the most. Did anyone catch her saying to Aviva at the ping-pong event that if Ramona started anything with her (Aviva), she’d kick Ramona out? As far as I can tell, Aviva started each and every fight, but Carole continues to back up Aviva. I mean, Mario produced gratis the trophy’s for event but she’s already decided to toss them to the street if they look at Aviva cross-eyed? She did kick them out pretty damn fast after the tourny ended. Oh, well. One mustn’t gaze too long at the sun…
Great comment, and I love your name, too!
Thanks! Wasn’t sure anyone would get that..
PJ — I can totally relate! I just want to hear what happens in the story, not all the self-indulgent, flowery words. Cut to the chase!
OMG thank you Hersandra! @fakehousewifea: I hear ya’ but a little Carole goes a long way with me:)
exactly
aviva is a great villian
I agree. I now have more fun love/hating her than watching snoozy Carole.
I noticed that she does not like to mention the part about her defending Pervy Senile George against Ramona! It’s probably because she saw the show and read the viewer comments! It’s so wrong of them to keep defending that digusting old man!!! She loves to trash Sonja and Ramona in these blogs and keeps talking about how great Aviva is! WTH???? How is that charming!?!?!?!
I think he was the “kind tin man” lol. I don’t understand how Heather and Carole can defend his behavior. It’s demeaning to women, objectifies them, and is the definition of crass. If a 40 year old man spoke like that, he get slapped and if a teenage boy acted like George did at the dinner table, he’d be grounded for years. Why is it cute when it comes from an senior? I’m sure some of you have been in the position of some guy begging relentlessly like George did of Sonja. I imagine some women probably did sleep with him not wanting to and feeling horrible about it. That’s not too far from rape, in my view. I know these are very strong words – but I can’t help but think George has put women in this position. Not a gentleman by any measurement in my view. And not harmless.
Another terrific comment. I agree 100%.
And also…Aviva looked like a stiffer unanimated blonde version of Olive Oyl with bigger boobs. Why do they keep saying she looked gorgeous? She looked malnourished!
Of course, Carole is anorexic looking too so she may think Aviva looks fat!
she is a horrible writer. I can not believe she ever got published. must be a case of “who you know”.She is also a huge bore and terminally “cool” as only people who are impressed with themselves could be. ugh, can you tell I dont like her
She’s a Radziwill, that’s why.
Her other book is awesome.
She’s actually a DiFalco… getting paid off the Radziwill name. She’ll never remarry, like The Countess, so she can always use her ‘title’ and late husband’s family name.
agree 100%
Carol – I like your style! (and Lady J & Maud)
Aww shucks, and to think I’m not royalty either!
I really enjoyed Carole this season. I have a lot of respect for the way that she handled herself, by not jumping in the middle of all the drama. I especially enjoyed her well written blogs! I wish that Bravo would have shown us more of Carol and her life, instead of weeks of Adiva harping on the same subjects, over and over. IMO, Carole personifies the successful, single, mature women living and working in NYC.
I am happy that Carole included an excerpt from her new book in her last blog of the season! As soon as Amazon puts “The Widows Guide to Sex and Dating” up for pre-order, I will be ordering this book! I truly enjoyed reading Carole’s first book. I would love to see Carole return for another season. Actually, I would like to see everyone but Heather and Carole gone. Time will tell!
If I were a betting woman, I would say that Luann is def out, Ramona is in danger of being out, while Heather, Carole, and Aviva are relatively safe. Carole may not choose to do another season, while Aviva will need to be less crazed and fraudulent to continue.
I think Carole will do another season, I think she’s on, yes, to promote her book, but also to indulge her ego, and I think its very appealing for that reason. How old is she? 49? Its like a mid-life crisis kind of thing, craving for attention, though I could be wrong, who knows? But there are other ways to promote books and achieve best-selling status, without having to display yourself on a reality franchise, that is collectively considered to be the ultimate in pathetic famewhoring. She could have done something tasteful like a one hour documentary or something, to choose RHONY is kind of bizarre, no? What is she worth 50 million?
Also, if she stays on another season, I predict she will engage in some kind of catfight, and lose some of her high regard; I like Carole, but they always tarnish themselves the longer they stay.
I think I read somewhere (online, something like Slate, but probably not Slate, but not a gossip site) that she actually needs the money. I don’t think Anthony had all that much.
Anyway, I’m not sure she’ll do another season. I’m thinking Bravo will want to keep Aviva for the drama and Heather & Carole will be on her team. If Carole goes, Luann will be on her team, for sure. Luann didn’t really offer up much this season (well, aside from telling Aviva about the private conversation that started the whole fight in the first place) – so maybe she’ll be out. I think they’ll keep Ramona and Sonja – after all, how interesting would a show with Aviva, Luann, Heather and Carole be? They’ll probably want to add someone to be on team R&S, cause you can’t shoot just the two of them all the time, and if I see another “meal” scene with Aviva, Heather & Carole, I’ll put my own eyes out.
We should know pretty soon – don’t they usually start shooting before the holidays?
Agree Luann is out, Carole won’t come back – she did this as research for a future book or column. Ramona will be back if she wants to be. Sonja, maybe not. Aviva will not be back. Heather probably won’t be either. I’d be surprised if this franchise continues.
i don’t mind if aviva comes back even though I really think she is extremely narcissistic and self absorbed. she’s not as bad as watching the true sociopaths that we saw on some of the other franchises….those made me physically ill to watch. I wouldn’t want to see her for more than one more season though. I think she has done irrepairable damage to her reputation from just this one season….she will never regain her dignity.
I agree with you. This season was kind of embarrassing, but she (and Heather) seemed to rise above it and they maintained their dignity. I liked watching them both. The only thing i didn’t like with them was i thought it was completely unnecessary to be so specific about what Sonja did with that pirate dude. If you don’t care about humilating Sonja, at least have a heart when it comes to her daughter!! Luann went a little off the rails with that pirate incident, but otherwise didn’t have much of a storyline other than the bogus baby story. If i knew Ramona I think I would avoid her like the plague because i think she is a jerk, but she IS a great friend to Sonja, which is nice to see. Sonja seems so lost, my heart goes out to her. I hope she finds her way. Aviva? YEESH.
Wait.Last season Sonja threw a costume party and didn’t wear bottoms and flashed everyone, cameras, crew. This season she swam naked kissing Ramona for the cameras. She will do absolutely anything for attention without regards to her daughter. There is no shame there. She’s a disgusting mother-figure.
She didn’t do that in front of her kid or anyone else’s. They were all adult events. PT walks around in her bra and panties the entire time they are in St. Barths. Big deal on all counts.
no, she just did it on national TV which will be forever on the internet for her children to view via screen shots or video if they ever google their mother’s name. Presumably, both of their parents have the good sense not to let them actually watch the show
i have been saying since first episode that carole and heather are my favs. commented
that someone stole my line. LUANNE i have said carole and heather my favs. kinda
gansta chic cool girls.
I’m sorry, I still like Carole. Even though she has no spine when it comes to confronting aviva, her perverted father, lumans pirate, oops the “Italians” and romonja. Maybe she’ll grow some balls next season. Her blog …..a metaphor she used reminded me very much of a book I read once. Hmmm. “the bonfire of the vanities”.
You’re good! I agree – I have no tolerance for writers who love their words more than their story. (dirty little secret: I’ve never gotten through a Philip Roth novel – ever) Story is everything. Story is born from character. Same in movies & TV. Years ago, two medical shows came on the air at the same time: ER and Chicago Hope. ER had a lot of yelling in the “er” and Chicago Hope examined the complicated relationships between a man, his wife and his best friend. Which one did I find more dramatic and interesting? Chicago Hope. Which went on to be a hit and aired for many years? ER.
Maybe Carole should write short stories instead of thinly veiled autobiographies. You could read five pages and be done. Come back and read another a week later and be done.
ps please don’t flame me for thinking Chicago Hope was a better show
“Writers who love their words more than their story”—perfect!
Yes!!!
Exactly what I was trying to say. I think her writing style is very cliche. It’s like her writing style is textbook. I still like her I’m sorry.
I’m so surprised here…I love Carole and find her blogs (and her) hysterical. She goes on and on but really says nothing. That’s kind of the joke. Adore her but she probably won’t be back. Sadz.
I cannot stand Carol, or Heather or PT, or Lou….Ramona was confronted at her benefit bye George the pathetic waste of a human being…and Carol, Lou and Heather heard him and saw him grab her arm….but they are such self absorbed wimps they acted like it was all Ramonas fault.
I would not buy NOR read anything in any book by Carol..Pt and Nasty repulsive George need to go. I love Sonja..and Carols comment about their liver is horrible. As for Heather…and her offer of a favor to Sonja…Since she offered you dont do it half way..You follow thru…what a disgusting whiner. If i offer to drive you to work..i dont drop you off half way mean girl Heather
you make a good point about heather….the half way comparison
as for caroloe….it’s all about the book
I am beginning to see a pattern here–Aviva is tall, thin and certifiable. Kelly Bensimon , Carole Radziwill, Taylor Armstrong also the same. Maybe the problem is there isn’t enough nourishment getting to their brains,