Jezebel: the real housewives of new york city

Real Housewives: "DisCountess" LuAnn Strikes Again

Tracie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EDT

On last night's Real Housewives, Countess LuAnn made repeated passive aggressive digs at Bethenny and Ramona, until Ramona snapped and told LuAnn that she's married to an old man. Claws ensued.

OMG, the new season of The Real Housewives...

Tracie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:20:00 EDT

OMG, the new season of The Real Housewives of New York City is gonna be SO GOOD, judging by this New York magazine piece about our favorite couple, Alex McCord, and Simon Van Kampen. (The pair have hired their own publicist to keep them in the public eye in between seasons.) Despite the fact that they feel as though they were "victims of editing," the couple, after contract negotiations, have signed on for the second season of the reality show because they came to New York to be famous, and as Simon says, "Now we have that." [NY Magazine]

Real Housewives Of New York: The Bitching You Didn't See The First Time Around

Tracie — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Thank God for DVR. I had no idea that Bravo was airing a clip-show of unseen Real Housewives of New York footage until I noticed it in my recording schedule. What a great, boring Tuesday night surprise! Some highlights from the show include Ramona and Bethenny discussing blowjobs and their vibrators, and more footage of Ramona acting like a maniac/pathological liar. In the clip above, we get to see even more of her confrontation with Alex and Simon on the night that Simon crashed the "girls only" dinner party. Was Ramona drunk when she got there? Who acts like that? In any event, at least she was saying what everyone else watching was thinking.

After record-breaking ratings for its season...

Tracie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:40:00 EDT

After record-breaking ratings for its season finale and reunion special, The Real Housewives of New York City has definitely been picked up for a second season. Yay! It's not clear yet if every cast member will be returning (since Alex and Simon were pissed off at how they were edited to look like social climbers, and Ramoarawn is completely unpredictable), but we really hope they all do. If you still haven't got enough of them, check out the extras Bravo has up on its site. Our favorite is a little clip in which Simon addresses viewer emails about whether or not he's gay. (Click image to check hear his answer.) [Multichannel]

The Real Housewives Of NYC: Raising Their Children By Example

Tracie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST

Much like the fruit that symbolizes each locale, The Real Housewives of New York City and The Real Housewives of Orange County are apples and oranges — there's really no comparison. Maybe it's that in New York society there's so much more emphasis placed on culture and education, or maybe it's just that it takes much more wealth to live in NYC than California, but the women on Bravo's newest reality series are in a very different game than their West Coast counterparts, making the show much more than watching overly-tanned blondes in prefab mansions. But there's one thing that's the same no matter your location or financial status: When you're 12 years old, you find your mom embarrassing. For me, it was when my mom would call the homes of parties I was attending to make sure adults would be home. For Ramona's daughter Avery, it's when her mom kisses her onetime Playboy model friend on the lips. Clip above.