Today I ran across an article on Yahoo.com noting one of the many problems with reality tv. Do not get me wrong, I am a fanatic of reality television and will continue to watch and chronicle the characters lives; however, viewers need to realize that life is not as glamorous as it may seem to the average joe. Click on the link to check out some of the major players of the reality television world (arguable) during their own times. “Jon Gosselin, Speidi, and other reality television stars who went from starring in primetime to being penniless.” — Suzy Byrne, Yahoo! TV

The Reality of Reality TV

Real Housewives of New York: Let’s play catch up!

I love Carole! I am glad she is beginning to see how LuAnn is. She called LuAnn the “one-upper”. She said LuAnn, will, “one up you and raise you some crazy thing”. Which is definitely true! While the ladies are out playing croquet, the “royal wars” are on! Carole helps LuAnn to shut her face by quickly picking up croquet. And then winning the entire game. Heather starts to notice the tension between the two ladies. LuAnn is just being true to herself, annoying everyone around her.

Once Carol was speaking about her book, LuAnn cannot help to speak about her book. Then Heather talks about being a gymnast, and LuAnn chimes in and tells of her gymanstics. Carole starts to one up LuAnn and stating that she was on the football team. She is so hilarious! Finally, when Carole and Sonja leave the table and Heather decides to tell LuAnn about her annoying personality traits. It goes completely over LuAnn’s head and for once, she is not the topic of her own conversation, she blames everyone but herself about how the mood is around her. Go figure!

When Sonja gets back from London, she immedately goes to learn what she missed as far as throwing Aviva and Reid an anniversary party. Since her departure to London, Ramona has been helping out with the anniversary plans. The party was in what seemed to be a hotel lobby, which was fine for the other ladies, but weird for Heather.

Although Aviva tripped down the stairs at her own anniversary party, the real entertainment came from a singer, Cara Quici. Now I am not sure what party she should have been performing at, but this was not one of them. Heather took the words right out of my mouth, “is this for real”! It was so weird! I could not stop laughing! Still, the speeches made up for the entire evening. On the way out, Ramona and Heather cannot leave without a fight. It did rub me the wrong way how Heather said Ramona started it; however, Heather was the one who egged the situation on. She continuously followed Ramona around the room taunting her until Ramona ran into the arms of Luann. Ironic! 🙂

Later, Luann has a wine party and tries to set Ramona up for laughs. She has the ladies sit blind folded and tatse an unknown wine to decide whether they liked it or not. Then she had them differentiate the flavors that were in each bottle by smelling them. Ramona pasts the test with flting colors as she was able to name each flavor and each smell accurately. Much to no one’s surprise, the wine turned out to be Ramona Singer’s Pinot Grigio. Is that class Luann? She tried to set her up to look foolish but the tables turned all too soon.

Aviva plans a trip with Ramona to Miami. Since Carole will be there, they will get together while the ladies are there. She also invites Sonja since she wants to introduce her to a sex addict, Aviva’s father! Right! This should be interesting. Once in Miami, Aviva’s father is introduced. He is both handsome and suave. I cannot wait to see how Sonja receives him…

Real Housewives of New York: New Cast Members

The season began introducing us to three new cast members, Aviva, Carole and Heather. They are all pictured below…

Aviva Drescher is a NYC socialite. Though she has a law degree, she decided her best time spent was with her children so she has become a full-time mother of two. Aviva seems to be the sweetest cookie of the bunch and a great asset to the show. I admire her honesty and heart of gold that you will not find amongst most women. Her statuesque beauty leads you to believe she is perfect in many ways. She surprises the ladies and tells of her accident at six years old that left her without a leg. Her amputee leg you would never notice as she struts her stuff down the NYC streets. The girls have a curious time learning about her experience, but she handles the questions like a natural born leader. She has done a great job of playing the middle as both Ramona and Heather threw her under the bus on last nights episode. FUN FACT: Aviva is the cousin of funny lady and actress, Fran Drescher!

Carol Radziwill went from award-winning  journalism to best-selling author and last night she surprised the ladies with the great news, her book is being turned into a television series! Way to go Carole! She is very interesting, social  and funny, but manages to have a laid back personality. She strikes me as a modern day hippie with humor out of this world. I became very fond of Carole as soon as she was introduced on the show. The way in which she lightens up a room leaves me wanting more and more of her every week. She is one of the best additions to all the Real Housewives cast members. She has a charm and quality that I have not seen in any of the ladies since Bethenny Frankel has moved on. Another surprise on last nights episode was her admittance of being a Princess. Yes, what all little girls dream of! Carol shys away from the attention Ramona gives her title, still I must say I am with Ramona on this one. We finally have someone with better class than LuAnn. And that is not just speaking of her title!

Heather Thomson…oh Heather, where should I began? First off, let me introduce her….she is a very successful business woman with a background in the fashion industry. She has worked on the lines of Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and Tina Knowles and Sean “PDiddy” Combs to name a few. Her greatest success is her own line of women’s shapewear, “Yummie Tummie”. I think Heather is a great addition when you are seeking drama. She pretends to be “drama-free”, but she would be the first in line for it, if it was not for LuAnn De Leseps still in attendance. Heather acts as if Ramona should know how she feels and she claims to be authentic, yet she will not be truthful with Ramona and outright tell her she is not fond of the other “fiery” characteristics. That is not even my biggest problem with Heather. Even if she “does not want to be mean” she keeps the truth from Ramona. Heather should not pretend to be friends by continuously inviting Ramona to other events and smiling all in her face. Just ignore her and stop with the fake friendship already! I agree that you do not have to invite any person to your trip that you do not wish, but the blatant attempt to leave Ramona out is a bigger dramatic play on “mean girls” than inviting all the ladies. Clearly, you want her to feel some type of way. I am not a fan of such passive aggressive behavior! I mean, you all are cast on the same show. It is not like Aviva is trying to get you to invite some creepy lady from around the corner.

Anyway, there are qualities that I like about Heather, but she needs to stop pointing the finger at Ramona. They are one and the same! Very much alike! Heather also goes out of her way to make digs at Ramona. At least I can say that Ramona is completely honest about her likes and dislikes. The funniest thing was Heather attempting to dress the ladies on last nights episode. She kept up the digs at Ramona, who already dresses as the business professional that she is. Ramona did successfully one up her by commenting on those hideous point-toe boots. I rewinded the DVR about ten times because my friend and I could not stop laughing. Ramona called Heather’s style “weak” for a fashion designer. She also added the comment about the boots… “what is up with those pointy-toe boots…they look like shit kickers…makes me want to kick the shit out of her!” Oh My Gosh, Ramona! That was the funniest thing I had ever heard.

It looks like Ramona does get left behind on next weeks episode. I cannot wait to see how this mess turns out! *Photos provided by Bravo TV Promo photos