The producers of the many Bravo’s Housewives franchises have spun too many tales to continue labeling the Housewives franchises as “semi-scripted”… the “semi” needs to be dropped from the description of these shows!
There is nothing “real” about these Housewives franchises; nor is there anything “SEMI-scripted”! Let’s call these shows what they really are: stories culled from producer’s minds. Hold on a sec! Saying that the stories are culled from producer’s brains isn’t entirely correct… ’cause the scenarios which viewers are expected to accept and believe are BRAINLESS!
If YOU continue to believe and accept the dumber than dumb plot lines being fed to viewers… you are being Bamboozled by Bravo!!
In taking a look back at some of the HUNDREDS of interviews in which the Housewives were asked the always predictable question… “Is your show REAL?”… is asked!
HagfaceKyle always responds by saying that everything shown to the viewers is all “REAL”…
Before Kyle’s many statements re how “real” the RHOBH is…
… let’s take a look at the RHOBH from April 2012!
Watch the many eye rolls from Adrienne, Kyle and LisaVPump as Shana takes over the interview… “we’re family”!!!
Shana states that the cameras are there all the time! From April 2011…
Shana states around the 2:00 mark that production/filming is “planned much more than people realize”… NOTE: Oh, we realize that all the “real”has disappeared from the Housewives’ “reality” shows… much more than MissAndy/Bravo realizes!
HagfaceKyle on Geraldo… with her BFF, Faye Resnick! Faye tagging along with Kyle was a little test to see how acceptable Faye would be to RHOBH viewers…
From January 2012…
- Kyle says her show is “all REAL” and,
- as usual per Kyle, Kyle whines about being on her “reality” show.
- Around the 4:30 mark, Kyle goes so far as to say that the “normal viewer” watches the RHOBH repeatedly…
- and also states that the RHOBH has “SAVED LIVES”!!
Faye did not want to disclose her relationship with her fiance, Everett Jack, Jr…
We all know… said like Phaedra Parks… that there is no reality in the “Real” Housewives’ shows! However, HagfaceKyle will never vacillate from her statements that everything on the RHOBH is “REAL”!!!
From October 2012… Kyle says that other “reality” shows are scripted, but not hers!!
I would rather see Camille explain what Faye is, not whom. I hope they are not going to put her on full time. I would have to stop watching.
I don’t need Camille to explain Faye. Faye was a coke whore who sold her best friends memory for a few bucks and a gig for playboy. IMO her values haven’t changed and never will.
The morally corrupt Faye R. Suits her perfectly, will only refer to her as such!!
kyle has the worst little munchkin body in those black leggings. I see where her jealousy of brandi comes from
ooohhhh. that candid photo is so unflattering of Vyle. But, then again, in most scenes, she looks like a stuffed sausage.
Never understood the JUG O Cafe’ on the way to a workout. Can kinda defeat da purpose. Makes your heart pound right outta your chest! Funky breath + awful sweaty feelings! Not for me anyways. After is a bit more palatable though!
@SDHS86 I always have a coffee pre-workout, you burn more calories.
Those thighs are REAL.
How funny for Vyle to make the false claim that RHOBH has “saved lives”! I think Russell Armstrong’s family would strongly disagree. The only lives that were saved by this frustrating dramedy, are the principal cast members: (especially Richards Bitches and Traylor-Park’s). Fayke is gross. I sure hope she doesn’t make it to the list of “regulars” of the cast.
How would the show have saved lives? She’s delusional!
ITA with you, tell me how it’s saved lives?
The show saved MY life. Said nobody ever.
I bet poor Russell would disagree, may he RIP.
Wait, Kyle definitely says Faye is really Maurice’s “like family” friend. Huh. So, not hers. And she says this in front of Faye. Or does she have a choice? We’ve seen what happens when Maurice-iO does not agree.
That makes ya feel a teeny tiny bit better about Kyle having a friend like Faye.
The only RHoBH’s I’d ever want to hear about again are Lisa, Yolo, and Kim Richards (at least she had an actual career as a child) who has the appropriate Hollywood baggage claim.
Wtih Adrienne/Maggie Mae off the show who will Brandi fight with.Camille brings nothing so glad she will not be coming back.Trailer Trash will go off into Lala land.The focus will be more on Kim now with her demons if Trailer is not there to take some of the heat for being an alcoholic.The storyline will shift to attacking Lisa.Dont see where there is anywhere to go with the show now.
Could it be that maybe Bravo has woken up and it will go the way of D.D. and will be less about conflict and more about relationships and values. Awe …….no just wishful thinking.
Maybe there will be new cast members to bring the angst you crave… For me, I’d like a show that highlights mature female relationships (without the insane drama). But, I realize that I am in the minority.
I just have a funny feeling that trailor will be back…..JMO
I think so too. As I thought we were finally rid of Alex-ass from the OC, she came back (even after her Lord and master-hubby bad mouthed the show endlessly).
Who could deny that these shows are not scripted? They all follow the same tired out formula:
1. Fashion shows
2. Somebody throws a “cooking party”
3. Somebody throws a birthday party
4. Psychic readings
5. Spa treatment sessions
6. “Weekends away” to get to know one another/solve an issue
7. A marriage renewal
8. Somebody’s favorite “charity” event
9. Somebody launching a book, cosmetic line, jewelry, etc.
10. A group vacation
11. A surgical procedure (Botox, breast implants/reduction/nose jobs/liposuction)
12. Somebody “writes” a book
13. Dinner parties from hell
14. Repeated “misunderstandings”
15. A wedding
16.. Somebody “demands” an apology from somebody else who won’t give it.
17. A shopping expedition in a high end store where discussion takes place over the last event.
18. The seasonal victim/villain
19. Somebody launches a “singing career”
20. A gay friend, assistant or relative
21. A definite screaming match with plenty of name calling.
22. A guaranteed “meltdown” by somebody
23. Somebody calls someone else a “liar” for an entire season.
When reviewing the list there are few things that have not taken place in DC, Miami, OC, BH, NYC, NJ or Atlanta.
The formula remains the same for each and every franchise. The same thing over and over and for Kyle to suggest that this stuff is “real” is stretching commonsense to the limit.
Sorry Pat Johnson, you call it formula, I call it a weekend! SH you always kill me with the man hands, best laugh of the day.
lol but you left out the golf cart antics
According to a former Bravo producer (can’t remember which one), they would “storyboard” a few months before filming began, and this was the process for ALL the HWs shows. I would add, for ALL Bravo’s shows!
Love: How “reality” shows really work has been covered and discussed to death on SH. The majority of the producers came from producing the now dead “daytime dramas.” Since you are new to SH, will let it slide; however, you should know that SH readers are well-versed in not only the HWs shows, but all the mechanisms that make them “work.” You may want to do a search on SH for anything you need to know re producers and/or HWs.
The Bravo Housewives franchises are nothing more than soap operas with very BAD actors! TFC!! SH
Please please please
Bravo, ditch the richards bitches
Ditch the hoof bitch
Ditch the TTrash bitch — and if Mrs. Grammer wants to continue her re-found bitchiness, send her to the dumpster also
Give us entertainment — love — laughter! The Robertson family isn’t setting records for hatred.
I am done with all housewife show. Bravo has ruined the shows. I will watch the reunions shows of BH and Atlanta for closure.
The shows now seem fake, sad, scripted, badly edited, with forced fights and dumb drama.
Throw in law suits, deaths, info commercials and drunks and you get a hot mess that is not fun to watch.
Fame turns the housewifes into enemies all trying to be the most liked.
Bravo would you please take the Richard sisters off the show!!!! Their storyline is old, tired, predictable, boring and we are so tired of a Callous sister loving that her substance-abuse sister can’t be what she was as a child star. It is sick. It is gross. Kim doesn’t need to be on a reality show period. Kyle and Morris are too lame and we are sick to death of them. Please get a clue-the ratings are suffering and just because you got rid of Adrianne and hopefully Taylor doesn’t mean you will improve ratings, not as long as Kyle and her moronic crew is still on – please start reading the blogs and grasp what the popular view of this mess really is!
I began with the NYC crew when it was kind of fun and the characters were a little quirky.
Jill Zarin was the central member of the cast with her nice husband and sweet daughter. Ramona was always a “little off” but had a certain appeal. Even the Countess appeared to have something going for her while Alex and Simon were a little weird but harmless. Bethenny made it interesting with her little “asides” and even Kelly, dimwit that she was,.
brought a some kookiness in the beginning.
But season 3 turned “dark”. Meanness and hatred just sprang out of the tv.
It appears that after these shows reach season 3 they begin to unravel. The producers will take it anywhere to ensure ratings and these ladies begin to look old, dumb, and tired.
But the NJ crew is the standout so far in how horrible this series really is. As these shows lose their appeal the NJ cast is by far the worst of them.
I agree! The NJ team are consisted of cartoon characters. OVER.THE.TOP.
Pat Johnson, I started with NYC season 1, too, and agree with everything you said about it. They made for good TV without the meaness that soon followed.
GREAT BLOG!!!! As always Ms SH – You tell the truth. Thats why we LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!!!
I agree Pat. The shopping trips in tiny fashion stores pretending to shop as they discuss some problem is too weird. Love your list.
“Oh, YOU’re going to PARIS!?!?! WE’re going to PARIS too! What a coinckidink!!!”
That had to be the most forced ‘unscripted’ dialogue yet, they were laughing their way through the stoopid.
I’d like to have their travel agent – who can get last minute fine hotel rooms & flights to Paris during high season?
They’re all so full of sh*it. I’m positive the worst part of their job is having to write a blog after each episode and then sit in Andy’s Clubhouse and play his gay reindeer games. Oh and then they have to do a Reunion Show and answer fake viewer questions that reveal how much they actually hate each other. If only they could be filmed and collect money. Ha Ha.