Will Teresa Giudice Get A Spin-Off When Joe Goes To Prison?

The question of the day seems to be will Teresa Giudice get her own spin-off reality show?

If so, it would be the first time Andy Cohen green lighted a spin-off for someone he doesn’t like. He likes Kandi Burruss, Lisa Vanderpump, Kim Zolciak and Bethenny Frankel., part of the reasons they got spin-offs.   But Andy is a businessman first and always.

Teresa, who has published three New York Times bestseller cookbooks and launched a cocktail line is facing an uncertain future however. Joe Giudice  is facing prison time over fraud charges, when he foolishly obtained a drivers license in his brothers’ name....and got caught.  A source tells US Weekly, “If Joe goes to jail, there will be sympathy for her,” which could make for a spinoff storyline.

The source continued, “she’ll get a spinoff about life as a single mom. She’ll do a book deal, too: My Life Without Joe or something like that.” Another insider added “I’ve heard it time and time again: The second Joe goes to jail, Teresa’s getting her own show.” 

Joe and his lawyer were in court yesterday and asked a judge to give them more time to negotiate a plea deal. He rejected a plea deal offered to him in January. Joe is facing up to ten years in prison.

In the meantime, radaronline is running another of those stories, this time about how conniving Melissa Gorga has been in her effort to get rid of Teresa.  Anyone paying attention knows this, particularly when she contacted Danielle Staub and fed her personal family information, as we saw on the Season 2 reunion.

This is an excerpt:

“Years ago, Melissa and her husband, Joe Gorga, sent a tape to the producers promising that if they were cast on the show, they would do whatever it takes to get rid of Teresa,” the source said about the scheming reality star.

Nothing new here. these women have hated each other forever

RHONJ AIR DIRTY LAUNDRY BEFORE SEASON 1

The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Sunday night on Bravo TV

Absurd to Sublime Index

Jeana Homes in Default

Danielle and Jacqueline

1986 Indictment

Excerpt from "Cop Without A Badge"

NJ Lost Footage July 9

Vicki:Nothing Says "KLASSY" Like Getting Your Ass Tattooed in a Bar

Albert "Tiny" Manzo's Legacy

The Story Behind the Danielle/Dina Fight

NeNe Leakes on the Today Show

NEW JERSEY HOUSEWIVES FINALE RECAP

Juicy Joe and Teresa: Faking It?

Danielle Staub on the Today Show

Bethenny Frankel on the Today Show

Real Housewives, Real Makeovers Rewind

Kevin Maher and Danielle Staub Still Married?

Real Housewives on the Today Show 

New Jersey Reunion

The Real Nuts of Orange County

Juicy Joe and Teresa: Faking It?

Vicki and Tamra on the Reunion Show

Kevin Maher on TV Tonight

Tamra Banrey's Blog

Gretchen, "Vegas Baby" and Jay Photoglou

Jeana Keough Homes in Default

Liars

Vicki, Jeana, Gretchen and Slade Smiley

Nicholas Laurita

Lip Gloss, Bubies and Jewelry Whores

Bethenny Frankel: I Oughta Be in Pictures

 

Bethenny Frankel

 

Jay Photoglou, Again

Hottest Housewife

Real Housewives Chicago

Tamra and the Teaser

New Jersey Housewives: Gossipy

 

New York Housewives Talk About Danielle

Jeana Keough's Spin

I'm Not A Celebrity, Don't Make Me Watch!

Danielle Staub: Public Relations

 

Danielle Staub/Beverly Merrill

Bethenny Frankel is Crazy

Real Housewives Chicago:  Fresh Famewhores

Kelly Bensimon Returning

Is Jill Zarin a Scientologist?

 

Jill Zarin

Nene, Gregg and Fox News

RHONYs at Fashion Week

Bethenny Frankel Desperate

Lisa Hartwell Sues Keith Sweat

 

Lisa Wu Hartwell

Announcing Absurd to Sublime.Net

 

 

Here’s the dilemma:  Wordpress.com won’t let bloggers monetize, and Blogspot, owned by Google, won’t communicate.

As the old saying goes...you get what you pay for. Absurdtosublime.blogspot.com was removed by Google on April 14, at 2:00pm. At the time, I had 230000 hits, and over 200 posts. No spam or viruses were found on the site. 

I never received an explanation from Google.  Did someone in Orange County  known for tampering around with blogs, newspapers and message boards have a hand in this? Perhaps.

Anyway, I launched REALLY ABSURD as a temporary blog while I considered my options.  My option: Purchasing my own domain.

ABSURDTOSUBLIME has been a difficult and time consuming venture. One thing about blogspot, they do make it easy!  I have had many false starts, and I’m still having glitches and problems.  But it’s up and running.

Timely and interesting posts about The Real Housewives Franchise and all the wacky characters can be found at the new blog.  Wordpress.com linkers, some of the old blogspot links are irretrievable, many are posted at Boxxet and Zimbio. Blogspot: Many will link back to really absurd, at least the older posts will.. The Gretchen Rossi/Jay Photoglou/ Slade Smiley  story is still at MORE ABSURDITIES

Thank You for making this move with me.

Kelly Bensimon Returning to “Real Housewives

Kelly Bensimon

May 31, 2009 --

KELLY Bensimon (above) is going back for more. The ditzy model, who caused a stir on the second season of "The Real Housewives of New York City," recently told Obsessed TV's Samantha Ettus that she will "absolutely" return for another season of catfights. As for her much-talked-about scuffles with Bethenny Frankel, Bensimon said, "I didn't take on Bethenny. I told a bully I wasn't going to put up with her. Bethenny is not a girl. She's a bully."

from Page Six

New York Housewives: The “Lost Footage”

Bethenny Frankel, ad nauseum...

NY Real Housewife Really Hates New Jersey

Posted May 21st 2009 12:20PM by TMZ Staff

She loves the ladies of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" but New York's Bethenny Frankel sure didn't have kind words for the Garden State itself -- basically calling it a useless place where people get trapped and can never leave. There’s a glimpse of her new man, too.

Hey Bethenny, you mean like, uh, Manhattan?

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Bethenny Frankel's Movie

Bethenny Frankel: Oh No She Didn’t

from the gawker

PETA, anti-fur jihadists, have finally acquiesced to Bethenny Frankel's constant pleas and are allowing the Housewife of New York to expose her dilapidated inventory to the public in an effort to stop fur-wearing. Bad move!

The premise for these PETA ads are, I guess, that by showing naked people who would rather go nude than wear fur, we will somehow be moved by a tincture of lust and guilt to refrain from buying coyote faces, mink stoles and tiger-upholstered toilet seats. But this whole premise is seriously undermined when the featured nudies in the ads look like Ms. Frankel.

Not to get up close and extremely personal but by appearing naked for the world to see, Ms. Frankel courts this sort of discourse. No one wants to see the sad aging skeletal flint of fury and neuroses naked. She has all the sexual charisma of Madeleine Albright. She might prefer nudity to fur-wearing but we'd prefer her to wear anything—baby seal wetsuit, anaconda sports bra, puppy sweater—than to have her larger-than-life breastplate and ribs billboarded figure towering over us.

PETA, have you learned nothing from the recent torture hullaballoo? Harsh tactics like these only drive their subjects into the enemy camp!

RHONY REUNION FALLOUT

They won’t shut up

Part Two of  The Real Housewives of New York City." was a bummer. Five screeching women and a silent one (Alex, trying in vain to be the voice of reason) trying to crucify each other on the altar of righteousness.  Andy Cohen reminded me of a substitute teacher thrown in with a bunch of eighth grade hoodlums, he could only duck and cover.

Kelly Bensimon continues to confuse: she looked so scary, with that spaced out expression on her face throughout the reunion. Bethenny Frankel tried so hard to attack her, that pit-bull bundle of neuroses never realizes no one is home.   Here’s a video Bethenny made, she continues to attack:

In the meantime, Kelly continues to confuse. Here’s an article posted today......which is it, Kelly?

Kelly Bensimon’s Planet

 

THE second season of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York City." ended not a moment too soon for Kelly Bensimon.

We hear the model, 41, who was excoriated by her fellow housewives for being shallow and self-important during the show's wrap-up chat session on Thursday, has been telling friends she regrets she signed aboard in the first place. "She realizes it was a mistake," a friend of Bensimon tells Page Six. "It has ruined her socially. She knows how bad she came off."

Bensimon isn't the only cast member who ended the season at odd ends with the other women. Earlier in the week, Ramona Singer angered Bethenny Frankel by saying Frankel was still single at 37 because "she doesn't know how to date men who are proper marriage material." Bethenny was a no-show at the American Image Awards at the Grand Hyatt, where both Alex McCord and Luann De Lesseps showed up. (Still, McCord, who brought husband Simon van Kempen, left before de Lesseps even arrived.)

"They're definitely going to need some new blood for the next season because these women are all starting to hate another," laughs a spy.

Singer also told People magazine of her experience with working with Bensimon, "I didn't enjoy filming with Kelly. There's just nothing there. There's something missing."

Via a spokeswoman, Bensimon says of the claim that she regrets signing on, "I think that's laughable. I had a fabulous experience on the show. My friends love me and had a ball watching me."

A Bravo flack tells Page Six, "No decisions for season three have been made yet. The show was up double digits versus last season. We're thrilled with season two and love each and every one of our New York City ladies." And maybe the less they love each other, the better for the ratings.

from page six

The Real Housewives of New York: Let’s Get It On!

These  women lost their ever-loving minds last night. The jealousies, one-up manship, pettiness and the downright silliness was put on display like an old time soap opera.

Here’s what went down:

Kelly Vs. Everyone

 
Absurdity:The media has attacked Kelly’s very important name with allegations that she beat up her ex-boyfriend.
Kelly said: "Every single day my name was in the paper." She pouts and tries to cry, as Jill demands that the producers get her a tissue.

Her  name? Kelly KILLOREN Bensimon
 
Kelly said: "Does anyone ever asked me what happened? No."
Luann said: "Well, he's definitely  not a gentleman."
She also said something about fertilizer?  Huh?
The Countess Vs. The Count
 
They couple are getting divorced after 16 years of marriage.
The Absurdity: Count Alex ended their relationship via email.

The Countess vs. The Ethiopian Princess
 
The Countess' husband left her for a woman who is  a princess.
Luann said: "I think that was slipped by [Alex and the princess] in order to make her look like just not an Ethiopian woman. I just thought it was interesting that he releases the fact that she's a princess to make it look 'OK.'" II don’t think so. The count is an asshole, truly. The Princess didn’t get much of a catch. And the Countess has the ace in the hole:  The male heir.

Ramona Has No Filter
 
Ramona said that the Countess' husband was an old man. The Countess overreacted.
Jill says to the Countess: "If it's none of my business, then why knock my rules that you would never take a guy's number when you [asked for my

husband's best friend's number]."
The Countess' defense: "Oh you are really searching, darling."
The Countess' jab: "Then why did you buy me a magnum of champagne?"
Jill said: "That I paid for by the way and you never paid me back."

Jill is such  a bitch
 
Ramona said she was working on a skin care line for a year and a half. Jill insisted that it was less time than that. Jill was like a bee buzzing in your ear…she wouldn’t stop.
Ramona said: "I have so many things, sometimes I get my age wrong."
Jill said: "Ok, then say that maybe you got the date wrong."
Ramona said: "Maybe I got the date wrong."
Jill said: "Alright, we're good. You said maybe you got the date wrong. That's all."
What was the point, Jill?

Ramona's Foot in Mouth Disease
 

Ramona blames her bad upbringing for her behavior and she does "the best I can."
Jill said: "That's a good answer."

Ramona Gets Humped? 
 
Ramona thinks Alex's kids are ill-behaved. They tried to hump her at a dinner party. Huh?
Alex's defense: They were one and three years old at the time.

Alex Calls Out Bethenny
 
Alex didn't appreciate Bethenny's interviews in which she made one-liners about people.
Alex said: "I don't go behind your back and say things that are really snarky. I say everything to your face."
Bethenny said: "Fair enough

More Kelly Absurdities
 
Kelly doesn't like it that Bethenny Frankel cries all the time about men. Bethenny was subdued and teary eyed, as Andy Cohen pointed out.
Absurdity: Kelly was the "ambassador for wool" and this makes her "authentic."
Kelly said: "I'm not gonna cry over crying.  What?  Kelly speaks her own language...the language of one.

Ramona’s Nasty Little Blog
 
Ramona wrote on her blog that the last laugh is on Bethenny because she is single."
Ramona said: "She said my advice went back before there were phones."
Ramona said: "I'm not writing blogs anymore. I'm not doing blogs."So annoying.

Can’t wait for part two.

related links:

Jill Zarin's Used Clothing

Alex

Kelly Bensimon: One Hot Mess

Bethenny

Countess De Lesseps

Ramona Singer

RHONY Reunion Sneak Peek: Kelly’s Story

 

Kelly Bensimon was arrested in early March for beating up boytoy Nick Stefanov. Watch Kelly’s disclaimer story from tonight’s reunion show and see if you buy it.

Note how Bethenny Frankel rudely jumps into Kelly’s narrative.

click here for the video

Bethenny Frankel: Desperate is Not Pretty

 

Some things never change. The type of man Bethenny’s looking for is looking for the polar opposite of her.

Bethenny and her “have we met”, which a stand she takes, a mantra to who she is, can’t bend or suspend long enough to get a man.

Look at the advice she’s received this season:

LuAnn told her to lean in and act interested. 
Ramona Singer told her to date around. 
Alex told her she used a service.
Jill wants her to get the ri ng or other jewelry.
Jill's mom also weighed in.
Bethenny's hairdresser set her up.
Rosie tells her story, and says to her she has to fit her life into the man’s life.

Bethenny doesn’t really want a man she won’t have time for, she wants a child she won’t have time for.  Time is running out, and desperation is not attractive. Just sayin’

watch what happens

Real Housewives, Real Finale

The ladies start out at Jill’s house, 5 days before the charity event. Zarin wants to promote her business, Ramona thinks its tacky. That sets off the first catfight.  Alex arrives and states she hasn’t sold any tickets, or tried to, even.  So they all gang up on Alex.

Next, the scene at  Nasdaq with the Count and Luann.......so they didn’t cut it after all! 

Jill decides that she should have the sex/drug/rock ‘n roll talk with Ally at the ripe old age of 15. As Kelly would say, “cute”

Bethenny gives Rosie a cooking lesson. Why?  Face time?  Bethenny asks for the inevitable dating advice. Like Bethenny will listen, or learn.  Ball buster.

Jill and Kelly go jewelry shopping for the charity event. The jeweler is hilarious.  She wants to wear Kelly like last year’s Versace.

We get a true ANTM moment, with Luann giving Bethenny a bizarre runway walking lesson in prep for a fashion show Bethenny is participating in.

At the Moroccan fashion show, Bethenny tries to be funny, not so much. She looks awesome, the very best she’s ever looked.

The Charity Event

Bethenny took all the space behind the bar for her logo and alcohol company signage. Ramona and Jill have it taken down. Jill is exploding with tension, needs to chill.

Simon shows up in his What is Simon Wearing?? outfit. The Count is in this scene. Bethenny sees that the liquor company signage is gone, and goes ballistic on Jill.  Jill tells her to leave. Bethenny then goes after Ramona. Believe it or not, Ramona calms her down.

The auction begins, and, like DeShawn Snow and her charity auction, at first there were no bids, but it didn’t last long.  Everything sold. The season ends with Simon and Ramona dancing together.

YAWN.

COME ON JERSEY GIRLS

Bethenny Frankel at the Kentucky Derby

In a pale pink jumpsuit, napkin at waist and hat, Bethenny Frankel of “The Real Housewives of New York” decides faux boob advertising was to way to go.  A truly “What Not to Wear” moment.

RHONY’s Reunion: Holy Catfights!

Here’s what Andy Cohen had to say about the Reunion, scheduled to air on Bravo Tuesday, May 12.

“Oh Lord. I am still recovering. It was a seven-hour Real Housewives of New York reunion shoot at Cipriani Wall Street. There were about 15 MASSIVE fights, many raised voices, lots of finger pointing, some laughs, and much drama. It will not disappoint. “

From your lips, Andy.

Watch what Happens

Kelly Bensimon the Ivy Leaguer

Page Six has little love for Kelly:

Kelly Bensimon continues to push buttons. In addition to squabbling with Bethenny and talking about her modeling career, Bensimon is often heard touting her Ivy League education, from Columbia University.

But a source who attended Columbia snarked, "Kelly went to the Columbia extension college. Anyone can go there."

Bensimon's rep said, "Kelly went to Columbia University School of General Studies and graduated in 1998."

The General Studies program, according to its Web site, is "created specifically for returning and nontraditional students."

Jill Thinks Kelly Should Quit the Show

from gaywired

Jill Zarin thinks Kelly Bensimon should quit the Real Housewives of NYC and she wasn’t afraid to say just how she sees her co-star's  role on Bravo’s hit reality series.

"I don’t think it’s working for her," Jill Zarin told E! Online, "I don’t think she should be on the show.”

“It's not that I think we should throw anybody off,”  Zarin continued, “It's just that I think if I were her, I would not do the show again. I would go back to anonymity and spend the next year trying to repair my reputation. What’s more important to her: her reputation or fame?"

How sweet, Jill Zarin is only looking out for everyone’s best interest, of course.  

Zarin also revealed that things are icy as ever between Bensimon and cast mate Bethenny Frankel. "They’re not friends," Zarin said. "They never were. They never will be. They’re sophisticated girls, so they’ll be polite to each other when they see each other at Bravo events. They’re not going to pull each others' hair out, but there's definitely ice cubes in the room."

Bensimon had no comment on Zarin’s harsh evaluation, but a rep for the ex-model says, "Jill is entitled to her opinion. Kelly had a wonderful time on the show."

Zarin, along with the other five Housewives, was present at the recent Reunion Special taping, which Bravo recently extended to a special 2-hour long, 2-evening TV event. Must have been a lot of drama in that reunion!

Zarin spills, "There were a lot of liars at the table… Ramona—liar! Kelly—liar! LuAnn—baby liar."

Wonder what The Countess and bright-eyed Ramona were lying about? Zarin drew the line there, so fans will have to tune in to see for themselves!

Jill is equally chatty about her loving family. They recently supported her as the pint-sized socialite made a big change: breast reduction surgery!

Zarin tells Life & Style, ”I could not have done it without my husband, Bobby, and my daughter, Allyson. Bobby took me to the hospital with my parents, Gloria and Sol. My parents stayed until the surgery was over and deemed a success. Bobby stayed with me every second.”

Zarin’s surgery reduced her chest from a 32G to a 32DD. Zarin wanted other women thinking about plastic surgery to know, “There is no reason anyone should have to suffer from low self-esteem or poor body image.  We have the power to change our bodies in a safe and positive way.”

Too bad she doesn’t think untrained, out of control Chihuahuas should leave the show also!

Real Housewives of New York City: Reunion Drama Much?

 Bravo recently extended the reunion into a special 2-hour long, 2-evening TV event. Must have been a lot of drama in that reunion! Will these women top the Oranges and the Peaches in accusations, tears, and drama?

Watch What Happens!

Real Housewives, Real Reunion

 

From: www.realitytvsoup.com

Bravo's watercooler sensation "The Real Housewives of New York City" gives fans an extra dose of drama when everyone's favorite New York ladies reunite during the season two reunion special, airing Tuesday, May 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and hosted by Bravo programming executive Andy Cohen. Will Kelly and Bethenny bury the hatchet? Is the Alex/Simon vs. Ramona/Mario feud still going on? Get a behind-the-scenes look at what really went down during this explosive second season.

In the season finale, airing Tuesday, May 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, clashes, disagreements and conflicts abound as the ladies take care of the final details for Jill's charity event that they are all planning together. LuAnn uses her skills as a model to help Bethenny prepare for a fashion show. Some of the other Housewives show up to watch Bethenny strut the catwalk in a Moroccan fashion show, and Jill and Ramona decide to settle their differences about the charity event. On the day of the event, as expected, Ramona ruffles Jill's feathers, but everyone's shocked when old allies clash.

Bravo gives fans an extra serving of "Real Housewives" goodness with the special "The Real Housewives of New York City: The Lost Footage," airing Thursday, May 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with exclusive, never-before-scene clips from season two and the reunion special.

Bethenny Frankel the Publicity Junkie

Scoop: A-Rod not that into ‘Real Housewife’

By: Kitty Raymond
Special to The Examiner
04/19/09 6:19 PM

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez waves to fans as he arrives at the Yankees training facility to begin his rehabilitation workouts in Tampa, Fla., Monday , April 13, 2009.

So much for “Real Housewives of NYC star Bethenny Frankel becoming Mrs. Alex Rodriguez. The New York Daily News, which broke the story that they had gone on a date in Miami, reports that the Yankees slugger was seen with a “trashy blond girl” at a hotel pool.

“Alex and this girl were laying outside at the Delano, soaking up some sun,” relayed a source. “She’s definitely got the stripper look
A-Rod seems to gravitate toward.”

Apparently, there wasn’t much chemistry between A-Rod and Bethenny. “He dropped her off like a gentleman after the date, but they didn’t tear up the clubs the way Alex likes to,” dishes a spy, adding that the couple “definitely didn’t” get intimate. “It wasn’t love at first sight, and they’re not burning up the phones. Bethenny knows Alex is a serial dater and doesn’t want to get involved.”

We find that hard to believe. Girlfriend has a book to promote — and you can’t buy the kind of publicity that comes with dating A-Rod