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• cparkeast // Mar 12, 2008 at 6:18 pm

  They are not New York City socialites. They are ultra vulgar new moneyed women from south shore Long Island. Just listen to their accents and the disgusting way they need to prove themselves. The one with the horse face is sooo midwestern girl who watched too much Sex and the City and is delusional that she is Carrie Bradshaw. Can they find one good looking women willing to do this show.

• Mitchell // Mar 21, 2008 at 11:17 pm

  You are so right, total trash. To say that these women are socialites, even social climbers is a stretch. What is with these shows and these people?

• Kat // Mar 24, 2008 at 12:59 am

  I just got done watching a few back to back episodes of real housewives of nyc and i have to say im speechless. The other comments are sooo true.Who are these women. I feel sorry for the horse face woman, she really tries so hard to be someone she is not and so is her husband. He is austrailian and she is from the midwest and they fake that they are french!!! Whats that all about. Give me a break.Someone take those kids away from them now, so they have a chance in life to be somewhat normal. Whats so special about being french anyway. They are way too pretentious! The only one half normal is the chef. They all need to go see a pricy 5th ave. therapist to help them see themselves for what they really are, a very sad and emotionally starved group of women and men.

• ali // Mar 25, 2008 at 4:39 pm

  Excuse me, but Jill is awesome. Luann is normal and cool. Alex is the biggest idiot and I have no idea why she’s on the show. I think that she’s the one that shows the social climbing stuff. She is sooooo annoying! Ramona sucks too but how can you hate Bethenny?? She’s great and just speaks what’s on her mind. I have tons of respect for her.

• mel // Mar 25, 2008 at 6:54 pm

  I could not believe how crass and trashy these women are! Every single one of them was clearly raised in a lower-middle class environment – either New Jersey, Connecticut or Kansas (Alex!) and married into money. Zero class! They keep referring to themselves as socialites and the circle they run with, but they are so pathetic that they don’t have a circle except each other and most of them don’t even like each other! Not a single, well-educated, several generation NY family is represented – because it is the OPPOSITE of class to be on a reality tv show. I feel bad for their kids, one of them especially has the grace to be embarrassed by her ridiculous mother. They are all so common. The former model is the most annoying because she clearly thinks she is better than the others (keeps referring to her husband as the count – he is, but why belabor the point?). I’ve got news for you, honey, you are just as common as the rest of them – especially if you got that boob job that I suspect you got…

• joan ark // Mar 26, 2008 at 1:31 am

  Jill’s daughter has Lyme Disease. The Hamptons are loaded with ticks and this poor kid is so fatigued and arthritic. Mom stop worrying about her loosing weight and get her to a Lyme literate doc(there is one in the Hamptons, trust me) so she can be healthy and happy. She seems like a nice kid.

• michele // Mar 26, 2008 at 6:13 am

  I had to find others’ comments on this show, just to be sure that others also feel that Alex is indeed, a horse face(and if she has so much cash, why doesn’t she get those TEETH fixed?!) With the exception of Bethanny and Lou Ann, these women are a joke. At any moment, I am waiting for them to kick off their thousand-dollar heels and beat the piss out of each other….showing their true colors. All the money in the world cannot buy these women class.

• Karen // Mar 26, 2008 at 11:21 pm

  What I’m shocked about is not only their lack of class, but why is it that Alex’s husband can spend close to $100,000 on clothes in one shot, but she can’t seem to get a hair cut in NYC??? It’s so dry, looks like it’s never been cut and the roots and coloring are brassy and looks like she did it herself! And don’t get me started about her in a g-string bikini on the beach…WOMAN, you’re old and ugly…leave that to the hot young thangs!

• Becky // Mar 27, 2008 at 3:22 pm

  While I agree with some of the comments left by”cparkeast”, I also realized that by viewing these comments it’s apparent that this person is “ultra vulgar” trash! You obviously think you’re better than others, the same way that the NYC housewives do. It’s too bad that all of you have to wipe your butts the same way everyone else does!
  Indiana housewife

• Roberta // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:04 pm

  How does a general manager (not owner) of a small, relatively non-descript hotel (The Berkley) and his freelance designer wife get the money to have such pretentions?

• IrishPrincess // Mar 28, 2008 at 11:47 pm

  I like the women an d I love the show. I don’t feel that they are trashy but that what you see is what you get. I have no need to comment on someone’s appreance-I don’t like what I see in the mirror.
  I think what the tennis match was wonderful and I am glad that LuAnn and Jill beat Romona. LuAnn and Jill are very much like my friends back home in Buffalo, NY(I currently live in Miami) and my friends and I were considered well-offl; so I know what its like to go to Europe a couple of times and have the “finer things”, however it is trashy to let everybody know what you have and to constantly compete to keekp up with everyone else.

• Faith // Mar 29, 2008 at 10:56 pm

  I think I find Ramona the most annoying, the trampiest,the sluttiest,the most stupid of all of them. Her daughter is lovely,and it is so plain to see that Avery is looking for a “mother” and not a tart. Ramona wants to be her “pal”,her”peep”,her “buddy” but not her “mother”. Wake up Ramona! Bethanny is pathetic-she is man crazy! She is desperate to get married and get pregnant but her boyfriend ,obviously, has other ideas. Alex and Simon are clueless -when their money is gone, so will these “friends”. I like Jill,Bobby and Allie a LOT! Jill is a smart,sharp woman. The Countess has to “go”-she is such a phoney and the way she treats the maid/cook/nanny/housekeeper is awful.

• ELIZABETH // Apr 1, 2008 at 2:25 am

  SHAME ON BRAVO FOR PASSING THESE FIVE HOOTCHIE-MOMMAS OFF AS SOCIALITES!

• Nicohle // Apr 2, 2008 at 2:18 am

  All I have to say is Alex and Simon, are you serious!!!! Give me a break!! I love watching this show just so I can poke fun at those two weirdos!!!!

• kit // Apr 2, 2008 at 2:17 pm

  Please do something about Alex’s husband before he makes an even bigger fool of himself. I just watched several episodes; one depicting him standing up during the fashion show to give his wife a massage. What was the purpose in that other than to be seen. He actually thinks someone is paying attention to him. It even makes me more angry that Alex keeps making excuses for his behavior saying she likes him being around all the time. There is nothing wrong with spending a lot of time together, but she cannot tell me she isn’t embarrassed when he barges in on her and the other women. It would be absolutely humiliating. Why does he do that knowing the other men are not going to be there. I just do not understand his behavior and furthermore, I can’t stand the site of him. She certainly is no winner either, enough is enough. The women of Orange County have these woman beat by a long shot in my opinion.

• kit // Apr 2, 2008 at 4:35 pm

  I agree 100% that Jill’s daughter could possibly have Lyme’s disease and I hope they will follow up on that. She is a cute girl.

  I think Jill/Lou Ann are the closest to normal; then Bethany – Ramona’s eyes look like she is going to fly off the handle at any moment (something isn’t right there). I don’t know what is going on with Alex and that stupid man, but whatever it is, I don’t like it.

  As someone mentioned previously, real socialites probably wouldn’t appear on the show to begin with, so I guess we will have to enjoy the ladies who do. I have spent many hours in front of the TV “not liking them” and that’s what it’s all about anyway.

• cheri // Apr 4, 2008 at 4:57 am

  This show is a hoot! Betheny has a serious drinking problem and is so annoying. I love watching Alex and Simon, especially when he got on his knees on the yacht and also when he was clueless and called Bethany a Ferrari when she referred to herself as a mustang (horse not car). Jill and her dog were hilarious and LuAnn’s dinner party with her son breakdancing and saying his sister would turn out to be a lesbian if she went to an all girls school was a riot. What I like most is they all seem to really love their husbands and are happy with their lives (Bethany not included). I’d love for the Coto ladies and the NYC ladies to all meet up for a special. Watch the fur fly!!!!!!!!!!!!

• jo // Apr 5, 2008 at 11:19 am

  i think some of you are taking this toooo seriously…who cares…it’s a fun reality show to watch…just enjoy…make fun…laugh…what ever…since when is reality tv truly real….

• Karen // Apr 5, 2008 at 5:32 pm

  It’s very sad. I feel sorry for them. They don’t even realize people are making fun of them. Very sad.

• anna // Apr 6, 2008 at 7:56 am

  I watched this show on a plane to NYC from Boston. All I can say is, it was by far the most bizarre Bravo show i have ever watched.

  The fact that these women think they can dupe so many of viewers with the assertion they are socialites, high society, or well-heeled is beyond me. No one with half a brain would EVER believe these ladies are anywhere near the NY Social Register, and it amazes me how forcibly and crudely they attempt push the high-class illusion forward. Are they trying to convince the viewer (in vain) or themselves (through some serious denial)?

  You don’t have to be a social diarist to know that a true socialite would NEVER in her right mind be induced into something as cringe-inducingly tacky as appearing in a reality TV show whose main agenda is to insert the message, “SEE?! We ARE socialites! We can be classy too!” into EVERY OTHER sentence and scene.

  The one who gets on my nerves the most is Alex– the woman just tries TOO HARD! C’mon– FRENCH AU PAIRS? Never mind that ‘au pair’ is just a fancypants word for BABYSITTER, but she has to go and put that snooty little nose of hers in the air in every other scene pretending she’s cultured and classier than the others.

  Every Manhattan private-school mother must have gotten a guffaw out of her choice of Claremont Prep as a “prestigious” Manhattan private school. The school, which was founded only a year ago and is basically a recent start-up school, IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS in prestige away from the truly elite Manhattan private schools–Chapin, Brearley, Collegiate, Trinity, etc. that most Manhattanites consider the gold standard. The fact that she attempts to gloss over the fact that Claremont Prep is such a nouveau-riche institution shows ever so clearly and humiliatingly, how desperately she is trying to dupe “unawares” viewers of her high social status.

  Ma’am, please. You aren’t fooling anyone; regardless of the attempts at learning French, the Brooklyn townhouse (hey, she couldn’t afford the UES but…oh, isn’t it SO cutting-edge to live in Brooklyn? As soon as she gets the chance to jump ship over to east of Central Park you’ll hear her bemoaning the long-past horrors of living in BROOKLYN! GASP!), or her boasting about her “private school woes.” In case she didn’t pick up on it, any middle-class Manhattanite enrolls their kids in private schools or the exam schools. It’s not an elite thing to stick your kid in private school–ESPECIALLY Claremont Prep!

• babyluv // Apr 6, 2008 at 10:16 pm

  i think the reason Simon is always trying to hang-out with his wife Alex & the girls is because he wants to be ‘one of the girls’..

  i also think he is ‘gay’..& there is nothing wrong with that except that they are soo phony..

  anything to get out of Kansas!

• babyluv // Apr 6, 2008 at 10:27 pm

  i like Jill & Bobby & Alli, but i feel so bad for Alli.
  she so much wants Bobby to love & acknowledge her but he is so unable to show any real affection for her. the best thing for all of them is for family counseling to try & find out why Bobby is so guarded & so unable to verbally & especially physically express feelings. makes you wonder how he & Jill ever have sex..i certainly cannot see it. physical contact is so uncomfortable for him.

  i am just sad & cannot understand how they cannot recognize how much there family could benefit from thearpy to bring Alli & Bobby closer. now that would be reality!

• Patty // Apr 6, 2008 at 10:34 pm

  I think Alex’s husband is a latent bi-sexual. He wants the clothes and woman friends that his wife has so he lives vicariously through her.

• Nick // Apr 9, 2008 at 5:39 am

  Betheny is smoking hot. The countess, not so bad but I’m not sure about the whole “don’t introduce me by my first name” issue. Jill and crew seems level headed (relative to the others). Ramona is a wacko hootchie mama. Her rant about Class was just crazy. Plus, how is it that a religious products manufacturing business can afford her that life style? I’ll keep that in mind next time I buy a cross. WOW, need I say anything about Alex and her wing nut husband? They have to be the only people in Brooklyn that think speaking French and acting as if they’re French is upscale? Little hint to her hubby, save the $$$ you pump into dressing up the hootchie mama and put that $$$ back into that rat hole home. Yikes.

• Wendy // Apr 9, 2008 at 6:49 am

  Alex and Simon are really something!! Although Simon is supposed to be Australian, he’s got some fake Euro accoent, and she (with her Kansas background) is trying so hard to be pretentious and a desperate social climber. I still can’t figure out how they do such wild shopping on a hotel manager’s salary plus hers (he can’t make that much). The answer must lie in the townhouse (couldn’t afford the Upper East Side?) on a not-so-nice street in Brooklyn. They’ve got air conditioning units sticking out the windows (can’t seem to afford central air), a tiny, tiny master bedroom with wooden blinds, and it’s completely ripped up and tacky inside. If they can’t afford to fix the floors, why are they spending $20,000+ on shopping sprees and $10, 000 for opera tickets? Looks like all the money goes to impress people. Wow, are they busted!!! And please, cut the kids’ hair. Between the long hair and the fruity names, these kids are doomed!

• mistyflanningan // Apr 9, 2008 at 7:16 am

  The reason why Alex’s husband is so devoted is Alex used to be a man. There is something very odd about Alex and if you look at other transsexuals and crossdressers, you will see it. Alex’s face is manly and the was (s)he walks is not feminine at all. I’m telling you, Alex is a tranny.

• Fantastic // Apr 9, 2008 at 10:22 pm

  Bring back the great “Housewives of Orange County” PLEASE! Who are these high-school with money people they dragged the bowery to find. Obviously Alex’s husband is gay – duh! Are they even his kids? Is this show the ultimate joke on us all – is that the whole thing – it’s just to see if someone viewing actually believes they’re real people – these people can’t be real – no-one in any city of the US can be this pathetic – I hope it’s just a joke on the viewing public and these aren’t really real people. If they are, god help us.

• CHRIS // Apr 10, 2008 at 3:28 am

  THIS SHOW IS A FRAUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Kathy // Apr 10, 2008 at 4:41 am

  Hey! I’m from Kansas and a large majority of us have waaayyy more class then the Alex. Don’t blame it on us!! At least most of us have a sense of dignity.

• Ithinkisawafox // Apr 11, 2008 at 1:51 am

  I am pretty sure that Alex has, or has had, an eating disorder (bulimia/anorexia). That explains her fried, stringy blondish hair and her decaiyng/capped teeth.

• jim // Apr 11, 2008 at 10:29 am

  Luanne is the most believable UESider but that doesn’t in any way lessen the fact that she is an a$shole “All Help should refer to me as Mrs LesFrenchDbag!’ – please, you weren’t born into royalty. That old count went through four wives before he got to you – you’re no prize. Your daughter is a brat and your son already has woman/abandonment issues. Ramona is a train wreck. That poor daughter will go through life always embarrassed by her mom. Kids don’t need another friend and they certainly don’t need a dirty dancing cheeseball tart who won’t admit she’s not 19 anymore. Simon and that beard of a wife Alex are pathetic – they obviously have no money (their dilapidated ‘townhouse’ was slum housing for immigrants in Greenpoint 15 yrs ago). They will be the next subprime victims. Boutique hotel managers make about $90k in a good year. Jill seems like a nice grandmother but unfortunately not too many socialites have that grating Lindenhurst accent. Start paying attention to your daughter – she seems like a nice girl but may battle w/ some depression. Bethany – gotta love the hot, straight-talking, neurotic, ‘clock-ticking’ NYC chick!

• Lee // Apr 12, 2008 at 2:10 am

  Some one QUICK fix Alex’s hair and teeth and do something about that clinging husband. How can they be so smug and pretentious and live in that rat-trap of a home! Even the rooms they appear to “live” in are barren and sad… pitiful furnishings, no decor whatsoever! Simon needs to quit hanging expensive clothes on Alex, buy some decent furniture and hire a construction crew to pull that run-down townhouse together IF it’s possible! I bet their credit card debt resembles the national debt! I get a kick out of everyone else. At least they own and live in some pretty classy property and aren’t attached at the hip with a pompous husband! French indeed!!

• matthew // Apr 12, 2008 at 3:40 am

  the countess is hot, but obviously a negligent parent. jill is alright and bethenny is a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. ramona is the scuzziest piece of trash i’ve ever seen trying to pose as an upperclass “socialite.” she’s a complete idiot and there’s no hope for her because you can’t polish a turd. alex and simon are ridiculous; you’d think that if they really had money she might be able to afford a haircut or some teeth whitening. and, has anyone ever actually heard that kid speak a lick of french? i don’t think that “networking” will do anything for this couple. makeovers might, though.

• Alexis // Apr 12, 2008 at 3:57 pm

  I am sooooooooo addicted to Real Housewives NYC. Obviously, it doesn’t compare to the OC Housewives who are simply GORGEOUS and full of glamour.

  The Real Housewives NYC are just pathetic and media hungry wannabes.

  LuAnn – Granted she’s pretty, but she’s married to “Count Dracula” who is on his 4th marriage in probably his what 100+ years of age? The man is older than dirt and ugly as sin. No wonder she has to hang out with her grungy flowerchild niece in dive bars to feel like she is “in.” I’m sure the Count was mortified to see his less than dignitary spouse oogling and giggling at sex toys and vibrators on television.

  Ramona – I love the fact that Ramona actually works and earns her own money. Kudos to her. However, I think it’s so sad that she is addicted to cosmetic surgery. Her eyes look like so glazed over and bug eyed on every episode. She looks like she’s had one too many injections on her face. She needs to stop dying her hair with the peroxide blonde bottle too. She would look a lot younger and fresher if she went darker to a light brown and wore less make up.

  ALEX & SIMON – WOW. All I can say is that these two wannabes are so gross and heinous. I mean, they met on an international dating site. That should tell you enough about how they obviously could not meet anyone on their own or thru friends and had to rely on some lonely sex starved and pathetic website to meet their spouses. I find it equally amusing that they live in Brooklyn (aka BROKELAND) and brag about spending thousands of dollars on clothes, yet they still look disgustingly ugly and so tragic.
  Alex needs to go back to the inbred farm she came from and Simon should just come out already.

  Bethenny – First of all, it’s so hilarious that Bethenny is quickly becoming a media whore after her short lived stint on The Apprentice – Martha Stewart edition. I mean, Bethenny is just so whiny and super annoying. Everything about her just screams “whoa is me” and “I am a victim, now let me whine about my life.” You know that old saying about how dog owners look like their pets? Well I think Bethenny looks like a bloodhound. Those droopy eyes and saggy face with that pointy chin, I mean talk about bad genetics and genes! Her boyfriend Jason could do so much better than her. I think Bethenny realizes that she’s gonna be a single woman the rest of her life and that she better stay with Jason until someone else comes along. Bethenny whines and complains about Alex and Simon being attached at the hip yet she doesn’t realize that she’s equally as codependent to her boyfriend Jason too. How sad indeed.

  Jill – Jill still remains my favorite on the show. Aside from her own insecurities about her appearance and family life, I think she probably has the best head on her shoulders. Now granted in the earlier episodes she talks about running in the same circles as Denise Rich, Ivana Trump, etc. I think it’s so cliche’ and tacky that a self proclaimed socialite would crave so much attention from the press. I mean, there are plenty of NYC society girls that are 1000 times richer, prettier, sexier, and classier than these wannabe socialites that certainly don’t need to be on a reality show just to gain some noteriety.

  I mean, do you ever see any of the Lauders or the Hearts trying to be on a reality show? Do you ever see Rupert Murdoch’s family trying to be on a reality show to tell the world how fabulous they are? I think not!

• Alexis // Apr 12, 2008 at 4:01 pm

  P.S. What is up with Alex and Simon’s hobble? They live in something you would see in NYC during the early 1800s in a tenement housing boom. The fact that they are so overly pretentious is ridiculous!

  Their nicknames should be BEAST and BEASTY.

  I cant decide which of the two are ugly and more foul to look at on television.

  Likewise, they hate the Hamptons because they have NOTHING to show there. I mean, everyone else has fancy homes, cars, etc. What are they going to do in the Hamptons? Sleep in Simon’s car?

  It’s truly funny they showed Alex and Simon’s home in Brokeland only to show on the screen $2 million. Clearly, they spend all their money trying to live in a home they can’t furnish, remodel, decorate, and/or afford.

• Wendy // Apr 12, 2008 at 10:08 pm

  The telling thing about Alex and Simon was the time they mentioned that they prefer St. Barts over the Hamptons (cause they obviously can’t afford a house there) because of the European flavor. What they never said, and was said by Ramona, was that they go to St. Barts in the summer, during the low season, when the prices are cheap. After all, who goes to a tropical place in the summertime when it’s already hot? You go away to the Caribbean in the winter for some warm weather when it’s cold in NYC. Between that comment and their slummy townhouse, it blew their whole little so-called pseudo- socialite world to bits. And how about their spending so much on the Metropolitan Opera tickets to make a big impression, but they knew nobody to talk to–but Alex was excited because they made eye contact with people and her back was in a photo. PUH–LEESE!!

• Jean O"Connell // Apr 13, 2008 at 2:25 am

  Simon get a decent hair cut and shave that stupid facial hair!

• serena // Apr 13, 2008 at 3:12 am

  I love this show because it is like a train wreck! I have to say I do like Jill and LuAnn. Jill is so high drama and LuAnn is very calm, so I like the contrast there. I was so glad when they beat Ramona in the tennis match. Ramona talked a lot of shit, even though her strokes are hideous. LuAnn was hilarious when she makes fun of Ramona in the Hamptons when she shows up all decked out for a casual day. Betheny is annoying with her relationship, no one cares. Ramona and Alex are the WORST! Alex and Simon spend thousands on clothes, but they live in a shithole. It’s like they flaunt their money by going to the Met and buying expensive clothes, but then they don’t even live in a decent house?? Did they go broke trying to look rich? Plus, Alex always wears the same leather jacket, so they can’t be that rich. If you’re that rich you try to wear something different all the time, especially if you’re on tv!! And, as Jill said, those kids are going to get their asses kicked in school. And, that dress for the opera was insane! I’m not a fan of animal prints, so it was appauling. That dress was not made for an opera…maybe the grammys, or for an expensive hooker. They never said what the caption said in the style section…i’m sure the word “tasteless” was mentioned. And now, Ramona….the worst of all! she’s using the show to pimp out her husband’s company, first of all. She wears those tacky be-jeweled shirts for his business. Then she tries to make her daughter a child “star” when she obviously would rather be in school. She is also proof that money does NOT buy taste. She dresses horribly…when she thought she looked GOOD in that lace cami and ugly skirt, I was shocked! She’d delusional if she thinks she’s hot, as she claims. She has a fat stomache and old lady legs, which is okay if you’re older, but not okay if you walk around saying you’re HOT! and her ass does NOT look good either, as she claimed. She looks awful and needs some skin treatments. I wonder how her husband puts up with her. No wonder her daughter is embarrassed. She and her friends are desperate wanna bes. I also thought she was a complete moron talking about what class is. She has no class, and she was incredibly rude at that dinner party. She’s also a moron because she speaks like an uneducated idiot. I’m sure no one takes her seriously when she is at work due to the fact that she dresses inappropriately. I’m in my 20’s and even I would never dress like her. The worst thing was when she had that cooking party and invited LuAnn, but not Jill. It was clear she’s a desperate social climber and saw LuAnn as higher up on the social ladder and wanted to kiss her ass. I could go on for days about Ramona and how awful she is!
  This show is addicting!

• sean // Apr 13, 2008 at 6:10 am

  Simon and Alex not only went to ST. Barts during low season, but he works for a hotel. He got the room for free or at a big discount. I am soooooo embarrassed for them.

• Holly // Apr 13, 2008 at 4:50 pm

  I can’t see to get over the fact that Alex and her husband spend so much money on clothes and vacations but live in what would be considered a slum in Brooklyn. Please consider putting in flooring, getting your teeth fixed, and having someone fix your roots before scheduling another vacation.

  Jill, I think she means well but wow is it possible to shake that horrible Long Island drawl she has?

  Ramona, where do I start. Stop with the plastic surgery. If her face gets any tighter next time she blinks her ears will move with her eyes. I give her credit for owning her own business however she is horrible. She is white trash with money.

  LuAnn and Bethany, clearly educated and come across very well spoken.

  I would have to say the NYC Housewives are horrible. Maybe season 2 they can find the REAL NYC Housewives and not just wannabes.

• Rachel // Apr 15, 2008 at 5:28 am

  It’s pretty obvious half of those making comments about Brooklyn have no understanding of the City. Cobble Hill is quite the happening neighborhood with a number of celebrities in the area. It’s also not a tenement by any means, I would check out the Tenement Museum on Orchard St., LES for background.

  Also, I agree with someone’s comment above me. For all the discussion on how classless and horrendous these women are I found most of these comments distasteful. Many should heed their own advice regarding class.

• ecs // Apr 15, 2008 at 7:32 pm

  Alex McCord of “The Real Housewives of New York City” maybe an up-and-coming New York socialite on a reality TV show, but the recently discovered stock footage clips of her and her baby on Ribbit Films.com, a leading NY stock footage house, raised some eyebrows about her life before reality TV. This Victoria’s Secret Visual Merchandising Executive now has some visual merchandice of her own:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_MWuHsAs4

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHVLHrWMShA

• Summer // Apr 15, 2008 at 8:33 pm

  I completely love everyone detests Alex and her wife, Simon. They are the biggest fakes and brag about spending tons of money on the ugliest clothes. I loved Bethany’s comment about the cheap tequila being served on the boat – that summed the two fakers up perfect.

  While I used to think Ramona was just awful, I’ve come to understand and embrace her. Because of her experience growing up watching her mother being squashed both emotionally and financially it seems Ramona is going to grasp every breath of life and on her own terms. And Avery seems to be a very grounded young girl and that doesn’t just happen.

  Jill is abrasive and very showy but she seems to have a good heart and I liked her sister. I think she should quit pushing Ali and the husband together – just give them their own space and let them have the relationship they feel comfortable with even if it’s detached.

  Bethenny such a New Yorker. And LuAnn is a little bit full of herself, so pleased with her Count husband who seems lovely – but enough about having the driver call you Mrs.

• Ann // Apr 16, 2008 at 1:47 am

  Someone said that Simon is from Australia. Is that so? His accent sounds so fake while he’s trying to be so suave. He’s probably from the ghetto and stole someone’s identity.

• vangoghsEar // Apr 16, 2008 at 4:57 am

  When Alex’s kid was screaming at the party and digging his toy into the $30.00 burger of a guest, this is behavior of a child that is used to being the “center-of-attention”. Alex and hubs have trained the child to think he is the one to watch and dote on endlessly. They are not doing themselves a favor by making excuses for this inappropriateness because one day this child will “grow up” to become a major a#@hole.

• ajoke // Apr 16, 2008 at 5:10 am

  please, that LuAnn…she spread her legs to get to where she is. The count has been married four times, honey. You’re on the way to be his has-been forth. You aren’t class. You look like a transvestite. And who does your hair? A cuisinart? get a decent doo, honey. and your son…he’s gonna be gay if you keep treating him like that.

  the rest of them – no class. No millionaire’s either. they are middle class.

• rebecca // Apr 16, 2008 at 5:29 am

  Hi Bethany
  I totally respect where you are coming from and what you have done with your life and how you present yourself. It is very difficult to be successful when you have lived the life you have lived. I have experienced the same issues with my family and wanted to just let you know of a philosophical thing that I see in you. It is called the archetype of the orphan (james hillman) . You are the healthiest person on this show, and am very impressed with what you have done with your life, although you may minimize your strenth because others are threatened by it.

• GG // Apr 16, 2008 at 6:29 am

  I just started watching the show. I am so torn on LuAnn. One moment she seems really down to earth and normal but then she pulls the “hired help etiquette” that really irks me. I love Bethany and Jill for sure. Ramona is annoying. Alex seems like she is really reaching. I guess I am put off by thier obessesion to “socialize” with the right people, it is really annoying. I have always been put off by the behaviors of people on the East Coast (New Yorkers in particular), this episode intensifies my negative perceptions.

• Wendy // Apr 16, 2008 at 4:45 pm

  If you want a laugh, check out Alex & Simon’s website at http://www.mccordvankempen.com. They spend more time listing the traveling their kids have done than information about them. They’re very impressed with themselves and their life.

• MJ // Apr 16, 2008 at 5:30 pm

  Hi everyone!

  First let me say, I am happy that this show is on air, it proves that not all New Yorkers claiming to be “socialites” are being true to their word.

  To begin, I know many people have commented about Alex and Simon, so I will be brief. Alex is a wanna be “Carrie Bradshaw” from Sex and the City. Simon, is just funny to me, every episode he makes a comment about not being gay. Hmmmmm….

  The Countess, she is sad. She is power hungry, money hungry and needs to focus on raising her children who need proper discipline.

  The rest of the cast is sad. Nothing compared to the OC HW. These women try too hard, not everyone living in this world think that New Yorkers are sophisticated, classy, socialites.

  Attention NYC Housewives, there are classy women outside of NYC’s jurisdiction.

• Scott // Apr 17, 2008 at 12:26 am

  In defense of LuAnn: She is married to a titled European noble. In this group of women, she was the social superior, ranking in the noble classes rather than the upper middle class.

  If you listened when she corrected Bethenny on the introduction faux pas, she said that if her husband had been introduced like that, he’d really have had a fit. If she and Bethenny were to become friends, and Bethenny didn’t know the protocol of introduction, it really could be embarrassing for her. I mean, would YOU introduce a count as “Alex”? If not, why should you introduce his wife, who is a countess, as “LuAnn”? (Extreme example: Introducing the Duke of Edinburgh as “Phil”, and his wife as “Liz”.)

  I really think she corrected Bethenny so that the mistake wouldn’t be made again under different circumstances in which her husband might be present. Being corrected on manners can be embarrassing, and it’s also embarrassing and difficult to correct someone, but if the intent is to prevent FURTHER embarrassment or discomfort, it is considered OK to do so (discreetly, I might add, and LuAnn might have made a faux pas of her own by doing it in front of rolling cameras on a tape that was going to be made public).

  If LuAnn had wanted to put on airs, she’d have insisted on being introduced as the Countess de Lesseps.

  I have had dealings with European upper class in New York, and I will tell you that they are not quick to become familiar, and they do expect you to address them formally on meeting. Americans are more familiar, but let’s take the example of Donald Trump. When introduced to him, would you say “Hey, Donny!” or “Hello, Mr. Trump.”? Until Mr. Trump says “Call me Donald,” I should think that most of us would address him initially as Mr. Trump.

  Those who have live-in help are also advised to keep a sort of professional distance. If things get too familiar, problems arise in the employment and NOBODY is happy. I don’t think I have to expound on this…

  LuAnn also has a way with people that I find fascinating. She has an ease and grace about her, never seems to be at a loss for words even in rather uncomfortable circumstances, isn’t uncomfortable with small-talk, and her friendliness puts people at ease.

  Jill I love because she really seems to have a heart and she truly seems to care about people. She reminds me of a number of women I knew and was close to when I lived in New York, so I might be kinda prejudiced in liking her so much.

  Ramona — I noticed some issues early on. What’s with the bug eyes? And obvious issues with men. SERIOUS issues. Now, she has admitted knowing about these issues. But I’m not sure she’s done anything about the problem. Maybe seeing herself on TV will help her to see that she comes off as angry to men, abrasive, and insensitive to the feelings of others. If a person disrupted a dinner party I was giving the way Ramona did, she would never be invited back.

  Alex I feel kinda sorry for. Pretention is not pretty. And WHAT kind of person who is attempting to climb the social ladder ACTUALLY STATES PUBLICLY that that’s what they’re doing??!? And yes, fix up that house and those teeth (glad I’m not the only one who noticed) before you spend $10K on opera tickets.

  (In defense, however, au pairs are not uncommon in New York for business people who have small children.)

  Bethenny I cannot stand! DESPERATE!!! Vulgar! Vile! Confrontational! What the heck has she got stored in her cheeks??? I can’t think of a single positive thing to say about her.

  She talked about EVERYONE behind their backs. That is despicable behavior. How can anyone trust her?

  In the final episode, she threatened to stab Jill in the eye — for talking about her birthday gifts AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY. As with Ramona, if this had happened at an event I attended, she’d have been struck off the list as “Insane — Avoid at all cost”.

  But it’s the desperation that really drives me nuts. Desperate to be “the next Martha Stewart”. Desperate to move in with boyfriend. Desperate to be married. Desperate to have a child. Maybe it’s an issue in editing, but I really don’t know how anyone can stand to be near her.

  She’s selfish, abrasive, vulgar, judgmental, and lacks any social graces. She could use a serious sit-down session with LuAnn to learn how to behave. If I’d hired her to cater an event, and then saw how she behaves on this show, I’d have fired her immediately.

• socaqueen // Apr 17, 2008 at 1:58 am

  What a character study!

  Ramona gives new meaning to “mutton dresses as lamb.” She reminded me of Edina on “AbFab.” I kept waiting for her to tell Avery “Sweetie darling, it’s La Croix!” If she has any more girls’ nights out, that dishy husband of hers will seek company elsewhere.

  Jill is the one of the five I would like to have lunch. Yes, she has flaws, but who doesn’t. I think she tries to self-correct.

  Luann blows hot and cold. One minute she’s down to earth and senible, the next she’s the countess hear her roar. Her connection to her kids is weak and perfunctory. The count will have to shell out thousands for rehab and therapy is she’s not careful. She’s quite happy with her “he goes his way, I go mine” arrangement. Well, he pays the bills, right?

  Bethenny’s specialty is “health” food?! How about a couple healthy meals and fewer skinny girl margaritas? Honestly, this is not a woman who wants to be tied down and I can’t see her a parent. Jason is patient and might be the right one, but in the end, it’s her choice.

  Alex and, of course, Simon – good heavens! They deserve each other. They are two of the most transparent persons ever. All that social climbing – their late entrance to the opera said it all. Notice those photographers. Save some money and make your house into a warm, comfortable home. No one need sdesigner clothing; no one really cares about that. Oh yes, remember when Trinny & Susanna said that blondes should never wear animal prints? And to the opera? I doubt, too, that AlexandSimon have never given Frankie and Johnny a time out. Maybe it’s time.

• TubbyTankers // Apr 17, 2008 at 2:13 am

  I seriously about died reading the other posted comments — this is some of the funniest sh*t I have read in a while.

  As for Alex, poor girl can’t help it that she looks like a horse with bad teeth, but her personality SUCKS, which she can work on. Alex needs to ask herself why she constantly tries to impress people. It is so sad – like watching the unpopular kid in the 6th grade trying so hard to fit in when clearly doesn’t have the social skills needed. And Simon – can’t even go there. He is as social retarded at Alex.

  Lu Ann – please, girl, you married “royality.” and for the love of god, please give your children some love and spend time with them. don’t worry, they won’t want anything to do with you soon enough when they realize what a self centered ass you are, but then again, you probably won’t care.

  Ramona – I admire her work ethic, but talk about a nails on a chalk board. She walks into a room and screams “I have issues.” Romona is proof money doesn’t buy you class or social grace.

  Jill – if I could just get past her abrasive personality and horrible accent, but I just can’t.

  Bethany – again if I could just get past her abrasive personality and accent.

  This show is like watching a car wreck, and I love it. It makes me feel so good about myself, because at least I am not these women!!

• JOSEPH // Apr 17, 2008 at 4:59 pm

  Where do I begin… These ultra low class ladies probably believe that they are high class socialites. Is this the best that Bravo can offer? I would love to see who they rejected! Ramona is a total mental case, just look at her eyes, she seems to have a lot of mental problems. Her poor husband and daughter seem so nice. Jill seems like a low class yenta from Brooklyn who makes me nuts with her idiotic accent. Jill please get a nose job, your snout comes through my 60 inch HD TV. Again, her poor current husband and daughter. Has any one noticed how bad these apartments are decorated. Enough was said about Alex and Simon, well OK just a few words about them; pretenders, social climbers, I am waiting to here how Simon swindled millions from from the countess. Countess my butt, I thought that she was a she male. She actually thinks that she is royalty. In her small circle, she is probably the most refined. How about that hip hop son of hers Noel the junior count. I would love to see Noel dropped off in Harlem and show all of the local youth his break dancing act. That is a TV show. No wonder the count spends all of his time away from this six foot amazon. Who is left, oh yes the little “chef”. I think that her qualifications are that she once worked in a soup kitchen. Please tell her minute boy freind to leave, and leave fast. Does any one notice that he seems to be scared of her? Can you picture her at LeCirque? She does not have the class to be a coat check girl. She should work at a race track, cooking for horses. It is a shame that this is the best that New York has to offer. This show should be called “Housewives of Bensonhurst & Staten Island”or “The Suprano wives”. No second season please.

• POLLY // Apr 17, 2008 at 7:33 pm

  I hesitated to watch this show at first because the women looked so even more self-possessed than the OC crew. Ironically, that fact has made this east coast version even better. All of the women are half socialites—they conform to our “snobby/elitist” stereotypes but not to the “non-trashy” stereotypes. They’re not royalty and not monsters either—they just think they’re entitled to respect without accomplishment and without showing respect for others. Jill and Bethenny are the most down to earth and unpretentious, but they all have interesting faults. I love the fact that Bethenny is a neurotic, desperate ant total alki, making a living on nutritious meals. Jill thinks she has “arrived” and trys to mentor climber Alex. She is a lamb who can instantly turn rabid once things don’t go her way (fashion week). Ramona’s crazy, hootchy-mama, totally-lacking-in-insight personality is thoroughly over the top. I am thankful she is egotistical enough to join the show and contribute a Jerry-Springer-esque flavor to the show. The crème de la crème is Alex and husband Simon, whose pathological social climbing and painful pretentiousness embody everthing we hate about wanna-bees. Without them, this show would have tanked. I imagine the show’s producers have eagerly funded their over-spending to keep the ratings up. Great entertainment!

• jim // Apr 18, 2008 at 3:49 pm

  Rachel,
  You are clueless. I was born and raised in Brooklyn years before it became ‘trendy’ (i.e can’t afford Manhattan). Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, and parts of the ‘Slope’ boast some of the most beautiful brownstones in NYC. Alex & Simon don’t live there… They live in Greenpoint or Red Hook – traditionally a middle class Polish immigrant neighborbood with poorly built row houses – very industrial, very few trees. The only reason the area is cool now is because kids coming out of college can’t afford Manhattan or even Hoboken these days. Contrary to what you may believe, it’s not where the Hamptons – St Bart’s set are raising their children. They are pretentious and pathetic.

• Paula // Apr 18, 2008 at 9:49 pm

  Does anyone know the ingredients to the “skinny girls martini” as per Bethany. I know its’ triple sec and patron. what else?

• Wils // Apr 18, 2008 at 11:12 pm

  Above: I love AbFab, don’t compare that tramp with Edina!

  I think what freaks me out the most about this page is everyone ranting about how all these people are worthless because they’re not real super-loaded socialites. Yeah, it’s sad to pretend to be something you’re not, but on the other hand why does someone have to have money to be a worthwhile person? I’ve lived in the Midwest my whole life, my family pulls in maybe 100 grand between us, and life is great. Who’s to say that we’re nobody just because we don’t live in Manhattan? Adversely, why is it so wrong for someone to want to join your socialite universe? Everywhere it’s touted as the lifestyle to have, and so of course these people want it.

  On a lighter note, I too love watching people be ridiculous, and making fun of them. But can’t we get a little perspective? (Oh wait, I forgot. …It’s NYC. Heh heh.)

• Noblesse? Oh please! // Apr 19, 2008 at 7:48 pm

  II always wondered— why just a Countess? Why not Duchess? Princess? Queen! Empress! One small problem…

  No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.

  Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States.

  Honey, you don’t get to be an American citizen, and a countess. Sorry. As a longtime cruising sailor, my one real, true and lasting regret is that people like this have ruined St Barts. Time to find another island.

• Sue E II // Apr 20, 2008 at 6:06 am

  Glad to have found this website! After visiting and posting what I considered to be well thought out and intelligent comments on what shall remain an unnamed website devoted to “Reality TV,” I was banned for taking issue with one poster who was allowed to proceed without abandon with utter vitriol and hatred in her/his postings re: RHoNYC. I questioned the posters intent and stated in a non-histrionic and understated fashion that perhaps there might be some personal issue causing such hateful outbursts and was rewarded with access removed. Oh well…The reunion show is coming up next Tuesday, and if Friday’s Page 6 from the NY Post is any indication, it will include everything but fisticuffs, and maybe even a few of those. Sounds like must see TV!

• Ellen // Apr 20, 2008 at 7:45 pm

  I love this show. It fulfills a deepseated curiosity I have had for a long time about how some people with money live in NYC.

  I lived in NYC in my late twenties and didn’t make a lot of money, but enjoyed my stay. I never brushed elbows with the elite but once I went to China Grill, where Jill and Bobby love to eat, so I was excited to see that mentioned on the show.

  I watched initially because it was set in NYC and I wanted to see some familiar and nostalgic sites. What keeps me watching is the women, their idiosyncracies, their neurosies, their ambitions, their personalities, strengths and weaknesses.

  I was surprised to read some of the comments on this board but after considering, I could see the points of view of their authors.

  Jill, I think is a down to earth, kind hearted person. Her accent doesn’t bother me at all. I think I would like her in person.

  Bethanny says things that would make me not want to hang out with her. It’s like her brain is not attached to her mouth sometimes. She’s just too harsh for me.

  LuAnne is cultured and polite and tries to be the peacekeeper in public situations in my opinion. I think I would get along with her but I’d always be questioning what her real motives were.

  Simon and Alex I have very little in common with at this stage of my life. Had I met them while I was in my early 30’s I would have kept up with them in their social seeking, but at 46, I don’t care much about those things any more. I care more about genuine friendships and time well spent with decent, honest people.

  Ramona…well, what can I say about Ramona that hasn’t been said? She strikes me as someone who would benefit from a psychiatric evaluation; she seems slightly bipolar and quite disconnected from her brain. Her impulsive behavior and need to stay young, even when she has quite obviously past her 20’s, gets her into a significant amount of trouble with her friends, her husband and her daughter. Were I her, I think those problems would be enough for me to take a good hard look at myself and ask myself where I can improve.

  But, alas, when one seems to “have it all”, one sometimes neglects self reflection as a necessary part of emotional maturity.

  If there’s a Season 2, I will watch. Honestly, watching this show does make me feel better about myself. The flaws of these women make me feel confident about myself and the accomplishments of these women make me feel proud for them. It’s a refreshing hour of TV.

• Laci // Apr 20, 2008 at 9:48 pm

  I think the episode where Simon and Alex went shopping in St. Barts was all about propaganda! I dont think they have the money to spend 100k on clothing, but the camaras were they, and simon wanted to show off, and help the couple climb the “social ladder”. It was obvious, and very sad. If those two have the money to spend 100k on clothing…how is it that they can’t even even spend the money to put floors down in their house? And dont even get me started in Alex’s hair. How in the world can you walk around, let alone be on film with your hair looking that horrible.

• Jared from Subway // Apr 20, 2008 at 10:08 pm

  This show sucks! Please cancel it as soon as possible. Real Housewives of Orange County was a million times better with real people. This show should be called the Fake Housewives of New York City. LuAnn and Jill seem to be the only real women– the rest are LOSERS! Why is Bethenny even on this show? She was on one realty TV show and she sucked – her food isn’t even good at all.

  Alex Mccord is UGLY and STUPID and a pretentious wanna-be. I feel sorry for her kid “Francois” — he is gonna get beat up a lot in school. I predict he’ll runaway as soon as he can talk. Alex’s husband Simon is also clearly gay — who are they fooling? His fake european accent is actually pretty good though… How funny is it that they live in a crappy shanty with no floors — it looks like a crack house. They act so wealthy, but Alex still uses a plug-in vibrator. How sad.

  Ramona is a total wanna be as well — where did they find this loser? She is ugly also — boy do we feel sorry for her husband. I got $20 for a divorce in the next year.

• becky // Apr 22, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  Roberta // Mar 27, 2008 at 10:04 pm

  How does a general manager (not owner) of a small, relatively non-descript hotel (The Berkley) and his freelance designer wife get the money to have such pretentions?

  Roberta, they don’t!
  That is precisely why they are so pathetic.

• Ann Kamau // Apr 23, 2008 at 6:19 am

  What is up with Ramona’s eyes? I am not sure but I think she cross-eyed or something.

• Catherine // Apr 23, 2008 at 6:43 am

  So many great comments that don’t really need elaborating, but I’ll just add my few cents quickly.

  ALEX–hated, hated, hated this horse face and her husband and they oozed pretention from every pore. I’m guessing they either won’t be back or will end up hiding somewhere…but maybe not. If they can’t see how ridiculous they look when the rest of the world can, then they will continue to delude and deny.

  My advice? Live within your means or you’ll be out in the street. And discipline those children. Their behavior at the holiday party was embarrassing and I was actually embarrassed for you as parents. You are both oblivious and clueless. Go live on St. Barts year round.

  RAMONA ~ my second love-to-hate person. Your daughter is a lovely, smart girl. She is raising you. I think you have some deep issues from childhood and are acting out inappropriately. A true drama queen. I suspect borderline personality disorder or narciscistic personality disorder. Your stomping out of the dinner party, your repeated rudeness in several situations, and your leaving the stage at the reunion show was just repulsive. Grow up!

  BETHANY ~ you were annoying on Martha Stewart and you were annoying here but I liked you in the reunion show. Yes, you have been honest but I really don’t know what you were doing on the show other than promoting yourself as the media whore that you want to be, or the next “branded” Martha Stewart wannabe.

  LUANN and JILL tie for last. While I initially liked Luann a lot, I soon realized that she is quietly pretentious. I would love to know her background, apart from modeling. I’m guessing she comes from a working class town in CT (no preppy girls are named “Luann”). At one point reference was also made that she is the count’s fourth wife. Say no more. But your children are lovely, too, and well-mannered, probably thanks to your housekeeper. Spend more time with them. It goes too fast.

  JILL is the one that I would most want to go to lunch with. She is smart, sassy, funny, genuine in her tackiness. A true Jewish American Princess and they are what they are–no pretense (ALEX you could learn a lot from JILL).

  My hopes are that ALEX will be revealed as a tranny or that SIMON will come out of the closet. That RAMONA will get some therapy and stop lying about “no plastic surgery”. That BETHANY will find peace with her lovely boyfriend and learn that she can’t have everything right now (she, too, needs therapy). That LUANN will stop smoking (you can hear it in her voice) and please, don’t write a book of manners. That JILL will continue to forge a great relationship with her daughter. It is a struggle with a stepparent and I feel for her.

  And SIMON, don’t you find it odd that you are so included in all of this whether by accident or design? I mean, this is the so called “REAL” Housewives of NYC. You are a husband, I think. Obviously, their “co-dependency” on camera is just that: he wanted as much self-promotional air time as his Latin-speaking ticky-tacky wacky wife did.

• JAIME // Apr 23, 2008 at 7:16 am

  I just watched the reunion show and was disgusted by what a hypocrite Ramona was! She walked off the set in protest when it was mentioned that Alex had posed nude a couple of years ago, as if she is morally superior, but her trashy “dancing” in that ridiculously short black-and-white dress a few episodes back – gyrating and spreading her legs wide enough for a 747 to fly up her yahoo – was so distasteful and unladylike I can’t imagine any nude photos of Alex could be anywhere near as offensive! I feel so sorry for Ramona’s daughter Avery. She is clearly a smart young girl who has no interest in a show-business career, yet Ramona seems to be oblivious to the fact. Rather than being proud of her daughter’s educational ambition – and encouraging it – she’s sending her a very shallow message by trying to shove her into the spotlight that she herself craves.

• Janet // Apr 23, 2008 at 1:32 pm

  I enjoyed watching the NYC gals. Re: Jill: good for her for not trying to upgrade her accent. A branch of my family talks like Jill and I find her accent rather endearing.

• socaqueen // Apr 23, 2008 at 2:01 pm

  The reunion show brought out the best of everyone and the very worst. Bethenny came off much better last night, especially during the clips of her and Jason. She showed that she could laugh at herself, although my guess is that she has a hair-trigger temper. I wouldn’t want to be around her then.

  Luann is okay, but why did she allow the host to keep calling her “countess” throughout the show? It’s irreverent. She needs to listen to her housekeeper, Rosanna, and spend more time with her kids.

  Ramona is like someone with adult ADHD and a character disorder (shudders). Catherine’s assessment is on target too. She’s probably had a devastating effect on her daughter’s emotional development already. Poor Mario! That being said, use the money that you would use to market your skin care products (I don’t want to look like you) and get some therapy.

  Alexandsimon are so tiresome and defensive. Was Simon there because they are such “good TV” or because he is a control freak? Nothing about either one of them is genuine. All their name dropping, designer clothes and pretense is nauseating. Watching that clip of Francois attacking Jason’s burger made cringe. Discipline those boys! No invitations anywhere if they carry on like that!

  Jill remains that ballast in that group. She knows she’s imperfect and doesn’t pretend to be anything other that who she is. She is loving and forgiving.

  That being said, will there be another series?

• kevin // Apr 23, 2008 at 4:34 pm

  I must say I too was shocked with Francois stabbing Jasons’s hamburger and Simon saying it was ok with him to play with food. Alex and Simon are so fake and phony, I wonder how many lies they told during the interview process to even get on the show?

  i love this show and absolutely hate Orange County , i cant watch 5 minutes of the left coast wives.

  Jill and Luann are my 2 favorites, most down to Earth and most relateable. Bethanny has mad acting skills, shes a great actress. Ramona is just immature but she does make the show interesting.

• Mairead // Apr 23, 2008 at 7:03 pm

  As one of the posters said, “it’s like watching a train wreck.”

  As a bi coastal person who has lived in both areas, I must say, there are women like this on each of their respective coasts, but they are not considered “high society”. Among those of us who are professionals and educated, these golddigger stereotypes don’t exist. Some are married to our male peers though! Thank goodness not all of our peers marry women like this.

  They are all embarrassments to themselves and their families. The level of ignorance, superficial values and total immorality is a disgrace, but I suppose one watches these shows to either confirm one’s superiority, to feel better about oneself or worse, to see people just like them.

  I absolutely agree that Ramona, if not on Meth or some other drug, is clearly psychotic. Perhaps from thst lunatic comes the best summary of both shows. She encourages her daughter to have a career, not because she should find something to fulfill her or in service to others. No, it’s in case she can’t count on a man.

  Translation: Find a rich husband first and take him for everything and just in case it doesn’t work out you can leave and have your own money.

  There is no difference in these “housewives” then there is in “hookers”, except that the hookers are honest and call the transaction exactly what it is.

  As to Ramona, Jill is right, you are a liar. It’s on tape and we’ve all had a “friend” like you. You deliberately misled Jill and then lied about it to Lu Ann. You just didn’t count on the countess being a good friend. Good on you Lu!

  Ramona, You are also a hypocrit walking out on “nudity”. You wear a cross everywhere to advertise your husband’s business but we never saw you in a church. (Worse than the “hypochristian” Quinn on the OC version)

  You acted like a “hooker/housewife” when you were dancing and picking up men in bars, but criticize others. Please, for the sake of your husband, who should get a good divorce attorney and get custody of that good child he managed to raise, I beg you, get professional help.

  I also ask Vicki from OC to do the same for essentially the same reasons. You are both clinically insane and in desperate need of medication and treatment. If it were just you fine, but your poor children.

  I think Jill is real, and I like her a lot, but she is not “high” or any other kind of society. I think she would agree with me.

  Just as the hooker/housewife analogy applies to most of the OC plastic women with their fake breasts and all the other fake things, including their personalites, well that is definitely Ramona and LuAnn…just look at the Modeling photo’s, they were borderline pornographic and yet you defended Ramona for not wanting to be associated with Alex.

  And Bethanny, when did housewives be single women without children other than when it serves your selfish interests in shameless self promotion and golddigging. So you have abandonment issues, there are many of us out there with a lot worse, like surviving abuse or poverty.

  Finally, Alex. I understand wanting to change one’s station in life. It’s also called the American Dream. HOW one achieves change was the issue. You also lied about the invitation to the “girls night out” just to force everyone, including Simon into accepting Simon’s attendance.

  Worst of all, deal with those little brats. Above all, a child with social status has manners and is capable of focus and speaking with adults. I am shocked that even the local public school accepted him. It’s not the kids fault, but clearly, they have not been raised to accomplish anything, especially french. There’s a reason that even a lowly regarded school didn’t accept the little self involved narcissitc brat.

  It’s grand you both adore each other, but not everyone wants to spend time with your husband. Learn some balance and find a good hairdresser and dentist. It’s basic grooming. A true professional woman would know that. I don’t think you should end up like the OC girls but there is no excuse for your appearance as it is.

  In the end, the NYC ladies are real, not plastic like the OC ones, except, what do you call someone who offers sex in exchange for service or cash (Here, the OC girls are much more obvious) Either way, the answer is the world’s oldest profession which is still a crime in NY and OC!

• socaqueen // Apr 23, 2008 at 9:30 pm

  Re: Alexandsimon and “improving one’s station in life.” Sounds like a line straight out of a Edwardian melodrama. Upward mobility isn’t the same thing as their blatant social climbing. For example, if you were really opera buffs, you would have said “The Met is opening with a new staging of La Traviata” or “I can’t wait to hear that exciting young tenor,” not everyone who’s anyone will be there. Get over yourselves.

• vangoghsEar // Apr 23, 2008 at 10:38 pm

  If there is a second season of the NY Housewives, I guarantee that Alex and Simon will be on board for the ride. They just don’t get it and will continue to fill our lives with laughs and material to add to these blogs! I for one am willing to continue to watch that train wreck! See you on Tuesday nights!

• Mackenzie // Apr 24, 2008 at 2:46 am

  Ramona needs to calm down and Jill needs to quit being so nasty to her. Bethenny is always telling Jill off and she takes it and says nothing but then she takes all her frustrations out on Ramona.

  Jill reminds me of someone who was never happy about anything and always wanted her way. She has been treating Ramona terrible and I am sick of watching it show after show.

  Ramona should get therapy to learn how to stick it too people like Jill who think they are better than everyone.

  As for Simon and Alex they seem like they need money–the house is a mess and Alex needs her teeth fixed and the nude photos for what? money? She is nothing to look at to pose nude. I think Simon is a control freak anyway. Why don’t they teach their child how to act?

  Whos idea was it to put these women together? Someone must really hate NY.

• Mairead // Apr 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  Just saw the Reunion Show…Talk about LIES

  Ramona didn’t walk out because of the Nude photo’s … watch her behavior from the moment Alex and Simon start speaking…the problem was. as it always is with Ramona, it wasn’t about her!

• Rowan // Apr 24, 2008 at 11:42 pm

  First off…dear Wendy…Brooklyn (or your words Brokeland -my words top of the food chain) is one of the greatest places I’ve lived. I’m sure you as an expert on Brooklyn are aware that the neighborhood Alex lives in (the one I live in…and I’m looking at that back of her house) the townhouses don’t go for less than 1 million…mine didn’t.
  Jim, they live in Caroll Gardens not Greenpoint.
  That out of the way, as stated Alex and her husband live behind me….if you think the wierdness and pompous attitude is just acting…think again. Alex and her husband have the horrifying habit of gardening in g-strings….not kidding, how i wish i were…

• lisa // Apr 25, 2008 at 4:27 pm

  It is so much fun to watch Ramona freak out over alex and simon the gay,I have on many occations,been in the very upscale homes of the real nyc house wifes and they do not act like that,people with money do not talk about it,its tacky,they have no need to impress the masses,what is alex and simon the gay doing on that show they don’t even live in nyc,or really have money,I think bravo made an errror putting them in the mix, it is like a pig party where you invite an ugly date as a joke.everyone knows but them

• sophie // Apr 25, 2008 at 4:41 pm

  I love brooklyn,and some of those brown stone homes are beuitful,inside and out its a shame that alex and simon the gay put such a bad spin on a relly lovely town,I feel so sorry for you living behind there place Rowan

• djuna // Apr 25, 2008 at 6:22 pm

  Listen up
  Its a fake stupid tv show, all the women are catty and love to one up each other.. however
  anyone who currently does not LIVE and I mean actually LIVE not moved to the city less then 2 years ago… stop refering to the part of Brooklyn alex lives in as a slum,Brooklyn heights/ Borem hill/ Cobble hill/ Carol gardens
  its one of the most expensive and beautiful areas in all of the 5 boroughs so please.. learn about what real estate is in nyc.. before you speak

• samira // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:02 pm

  has anyone else noticed bethenny’s boyfriend jason is a deaf-mute? he is completely void of a personality or character. and luann was ok until her pathetic night out with her niece. how she can be “best friends” with someone half her age is completely beyond me. alex and simon are freaks of nature, you’d think with all their money alex could get her hair blown out, veneers and wtf is with that long denim jacket? and the yellow maxi-skirt suit? what the hell?!!!

• Judith // Apr 26, 2008 at 1:45 am

  Let me start by saying that up to the viewing of the “Reunion” show I disliked Alex & Simon intensely and thought that “maybe” Bethany had a little class. Wrong! Boy was I wrong about these mean-spirited women! Now I feel nothing but pity for Alex and Simon. They are two lonely people seeking acceptance in New York City which people can be as cruel and shallow as LA. I deeply resent the way the other Housewives who were supposed to be their friends, swiftboated them on the show! I pray to God that Alex and Simon will show true class and not be a part of a second season of this cruel media circus!

  Now for Bethany who wants us to believe she is not just a a shallow-gold digging Martha Stewart wanna-be, is only kidding herself. Her boyfriend is totally “not” into her and looks like he’d rather be dead that listen to annoying over-the-top “Look at me I Cook for Millions of Dollars a Day” Gag, wanna-be rants! How many times did you have to throw Tommy Hilfigers (he is so over and so are you) sister in our face! Impress us – NOT! It looks like she and (God help us) Ramona have become new BFF’s.

  Ramona is the reason the animal life eat their young! God help her poor husband and daughter. I am sure that there are thousands of women out their would treat her husband and daughter with the respect and love they deserve. As far as Ramona lying on national tv about not having surgery or whatever – come on! Does she think people are stupid! The only way I would buy anything from Ramona is if I took it out of the package and wiped my ass on it and sent it back to her lunatic self!

  Countess – how much did the Count have to pay for that title? Sounds a lot like Za Za Gabor’s freak of a husband! Your maid has more class in her little finger than you do in your entire body! I hope you never catch another cab!

  Jill, how could you allow Betheny to speak to you like that? If Ramona of Alex spoke that way to you all hell would break loose! I would not sit behind Ramona ever! Good move on that one! Ramona would have never given you her seat – she is a complete lier and a fake. She needs to go to church for an exorcism instead of peddling crufixes!

• JOSEPH // Apr 26, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  Dear Samira, the faux countess hangs out with her niece (who is stuck in 1966), due to the fact that she has no real friends. The faux countess also feels superior to this 20 year old faux hippy chick. In fact the whole family seams to be fakes, including the little count break dancer.

• Donna // Apr 28, 2008 at 2:12 am

  I agree with absolutely everyone’s blog, but Lisa’s entry of April 25th is the most accurate. It is in bad taste to talk about one’s wealth, and “old money” usually does not boast or talk about their wealth (unless their talking to their old money best friend). That only concludes this group of women are individually experiencing “new wealth” and love to make it known. AlexandSimon who, as mentioned so many times, are wannabes. I’m sure they’ll still be on the show; we love to hate them. And, I just can’t wait to see how they continue to embarrass themselves and they just don’t get it. That’s the real humor. Yes, Jill is very level-headed, but enjoying the wealth her husband has offered her. She loves to talk about jewelry, the best restaurants, shopping, being “cleaned out” by her daughter at an expensive clothing shop, and proclaiming she’ll take her daughter to a mall where the rest of America shops. She is more pretentious and showy than AlexandSimon; she just has the “bucks to back it up”. Yet, in not one blog did I see a mention of her husband’s comment about the youngest daughter (name unknown, and I’m just assuming it’s Jill and Bobby’s daughter). When talking to Ally, he is barely listening to her, and quickly is focused on the little girl commenting on how adorable the little one is. That’s an interesting highlight! However needy Bethenny is in a few episodes, she acknowledges it and even states in the Reunion Episode that was her biggest regret. She is the most true person……. to her current personal situation, her upbringing, her baggage, hence to herself. She’s the only person who doesn’t talk about wealth, shopping and status. Actually, she was very open to the fact, she borrows dresses from friends, prominent friends, God Bless her. LuAnn is stuck in “LuAnn World” and like Jill, enjoys the success and name her husband has to offer, but obviously loves to slum it around trying to regain her youth by bar-hopping with her 20-something niece and checking out storefronts of sex toy shops. WoW….what does THE Count have to say about that. The true train wreck is Ramona….but like a train wreck, I can’t wait to see her ridiculous antics. She must be a closet druggie – who else has those eyes. I can’t believe I’m watching this crazy show, but I broke my foot and have to sit with it elevated for two weeks. My only entertainment is TV and internet. I’ve watched back to back episodes and I’m hooked. Can’t wait for Season 2.

  But remember, this show is named “The REAL Housewives of NYC”. If that’s what NYC has to offer, I’m glad to be a “Real Housewife of Small Town USA”.

• Sandra // May 8, 2008 at 1:10 am

  What’s with the Beaver shot Ramona gave the audience during the reunion show??????? Now that’s CLASS!!!!!! Ramona go the charm school!

• Jessica // May 11, 2008 at 7:38 pm

  Noblesse, you’re clueless. The constitution only bars people who are appointed or elected to a position of power or public trust from being titled. There are many women in America married to nobles and they are all American citizens. There are Americans buying titles from impoverished titleholders all the time and they aren’t renouncing their citizenship.

  Secondly, I agree with most of the comments I have read. Real “socialites” don’t even want to be in the “society” columns. Real old money…740 Park Avenue money…are extremely private and extremely thrifty. They live in CO-OPs, not condos, and would be horrified at the gaudy way most of these folks try to live.

  Finally, I think Jill, Luann and Bethenny are very real. Ramona is a bug-eyed, neurotic freak and Alex is just a laughable joke.

• Cindy // May 12, 2008 at 6:12 am

  I love the show. I think all of the women add so much with all their quirks. Who cares if Jill has a Long Island accent? I love watching Alex and Simon being delusional social climbers. LuAnn says “like” alot. I hope she doesn’t do it when she writes her book. Bethany comes out with the best sayings. I love when she referred to Simon as “Rico Suave meets James Bond.” Ramona, I would hate living in her skin. She exhausts me. I can’t wait for next season. Bravo to Bravo!

• msmad2u // May 14, 2008 at 2:31 am

  My favorite cast member is Bethany, I find her a bit more down to earth than the rest…..Jill is very obsessed with wealth, and she shows it in everything she speaks about…………..Lu Ann is a snob, but a likable one (who I am very suspicious of husband staying gone over seas, think she may be also)………..Then there’s Ramona (nouveau trash)………………..last but not least Alex and “Simon”, socialite wanna be’s that are totally missing the mark………and have no common sense (showing that house should have been a total disgrace) and the fact they don’t know it, shows their social status, “none”.

• msmad2u // May 16, 2008 at 12:59 am

  ………..and one more thing, they (Alex and Simon) should hire someone to raise their children, obviously they don’t have a clue how to do it. Saying Twinkle, Twinle little star in latin or french means nothing……..they need to learn how to say, ” sit your ass down” in all languages.

• Cindy // May 18, 2008 at 8:20 pm

  I heard through the grapevine that Jason was fired for being on the show. Is that true?

• Linda // May 21, 2008 at 10:03 pm

  For Mel: “clearly raised in a lower-middle class environment – either New Jersey, Connecticut or Kansas”…

  Connecticut-lower middle class? You have some research to do. Get out of your bubble and your husband’s wallet.

• msmad2u // Jul 3, 2008 at 7:21 am

  Haven’t heard anything about Jason being fired………..”BUT” if u remember, Bethany did state (on the reunion episode) that he would not appear on the show again, and then went on to say, thats all she would say about that……….so who know????

• H of Aust // Oct 2, 2008 at 10:59 am

  This series has only just been screened here in Australia. And I have to say as trashy and pathetic as this show is – it’s like road kill…..you don’t want to but you just want to keep looking.

  Sadly Simon is Australian and he is what we call a “wanker” or a “tosser”. I cringe at the antics between him and his seriously ugly wife Alex. He is the minority – not all Aussie blokes are like him. In fact I don’t think there is another one like him. Such a wanna be. He wouldn’t last 2 minutes in an Aussie pub. Pub blokes would beat the shit out of him in no time.
  Bethenny – what a whinging pain in the butt. Her ‘boyfriend’ is a dedbeat and needs a personality transplant. Closet gay.
  LuAnn – is so far up herself she might as well be inside out.
  Jill – trashy and common
  Ramona – hello psycho!!!

  Having read the comments above – I can’t wait to see the reunion show.
  I am expecting nothing less than trash.
  These women are sooooo common.
  Bring back the Orange County wives – they were so much more fun.

• maddieandchris // Oct 6, 2008 at 1:08 pm

  btw has anyone ever heard betheny’s partner speak?…We’re from Australia and we totally disown Simon! What a wanker.

• VeeVonne // Nov 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm

  Orange County??? Real??? Yes, really obsessed with looks, age and boyfriends. I will take the NYC girls anyday. When will it be on again????

• vanGogh'sEar // Nov 15, 2008 at 1:25 am

  All I have to say is, if you think the Housewives of New York are entertaining….wait till you see the Atlanta Housewives! Off the chain!!! Crazy, out of control egos! You will NOT be able to stop watching these ladies. Prepare for the ride….it’s a doozie…

• NYNativeGal // Nov 19, 2008 at 6:42 pm

  People, people, people who are leaving comments on this site……it is a reality TV show and not representative of actual manhatten socialites or even the NYC Upper Class. Neither is the OC Housewives show for that matter ,for those of you who think they are by far better and have more class. I’m sorry, didnt anyone see the episode of the group of them drinking beer, tubing and partying on a plontoon boat! I thought for a second it was the “white trash” wives of the OC! No actual socialite either in NY or CA would ever be on a realiy series. If you wonder why you never see the “Count” take a guess….he grew up in a somewhat aristocratic family and although won’t stop his wife, knows better than to be on TV! Obviously these ladies have money, noone can doubt that. You cannot live in a Manhattan townhouse if you are “middle class”. For those of you who don’t know NYC housing prices, it just isn’t possible! Even the condos/apartments that the women live in are worth hundreds of thousands easy! So middle class they are not but just because class is in the description of their wealth, does not mean a think. None of them seem to have any!!!!
  They are terrible representatives of NY. But so are the OC Housewives terrible examples of CA! Also…whats up with the “housewife” title as if these women don’t work. They are all (most of them) just working women. Real Estate brokers, Insurance Sales……come on. They aren’t women of leisure!!!!!!

• Candace // Nov 27, 2008 at 6:48 am

  I can’t seem to stop watching the show even though the only one that I like is Jill…the rest I would not even cross the road to talk to. pretty low class.

• shelley // Jan 4, 2009 at 5:35 pm

  what I think is a hoot–is that everyone here is going ON and ON about how horrible this show is–but they all know EVERY detail of what happened–so obviously they are WATCHING IT ! LOL I think it’s a hoot–I just watch to see the latest styles and bling–and I take it for what it is, and remind myself what NOT to act like !
  Girls if you hate the show so much- WHY ARE YOU WATCHING IT?

• Sandra // Mar 9, 2009 at 7:42 am

  Ramona and Jill both have daughters with Lyme disease, but they are too caught up in their “high society” lives, they can’t even see it! Ramona didn’t even know how to pronounce “rheumatoid” arthritis! Please, get your daughters to an LLMD (Lyme literate medical doctor) and get them treated!

• amanda // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:11 pm

  ok, i’ve read so many comments about the real housewives of oc being better than the real housewives of new york, and i admit i am addicted to both shows when they are on, but at least the new york housewives get out and do “charity” work alot, i’ve never seen them going to get plastic surgery and bragging about wasting money other than ridiculous alex and simon wasting money on clothes ugh! Why dont they rent a place that would be even remotely healthy for their children to stay in while their awful place is being refurbished???? I mean what is wrong with them?? did u see how the fan light is so close to the bunk bed and it is always on, kids do jump on beds, that is a serious accident waiting to happen and they are writing a parenting book????? I love jill, bobby, ali, luAnn,the count, their kids and i am even beginning to like kelly better now, not caring about bethany too much this season, she’s not as cute and funny as last season anymore and her jealousy of kelly is making her very unattractive. cant wait to see next weeks episode, although i highly doubt kelly is saying that stuff to bethany about her it is probably refering to someone else. I am even finding ramona not so bad anymore and i like how she stands up to simon haha

• amanda // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:27 pm

  oh and one other thing i was just thinking about while watching the latest episode of new york housewives was that i don’t recall any charity or benefits at all to raise money to help anyone ever on the real housewives of oc, except maybe to make themselves richer. The oc housewives all strived for the same fake look and selfishness and raising extremely “mean” hearted non caring children (excluding breanna, ashley and tamra’s young daughters and jeffs kids) And why is tamra commenting about the housewvies of new york, putting them down? Tamra never did anything to raise money for homeless or cancer charities at all 9or at least that i am aware of), all she ever did was try to make people think she is the hottest oh big deal, gretchen is classy and tamra is a mean hearted creep now.

• amanda // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:33 pm

  love jills’s mom and sister too

• amanda // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:58 pm

  I dont think kelly was deliberately trying to be rude by saying she didnt want her name on the brochure of the arthritis charity event for ali and others and she was there to support in person, where were ramona and alex, why werent they there in person as well. I think kelly does have some comments that are unusual such as “cute” when jill commented about ali having arthritis and thus one of the reasons she was doing the benefit, but the more i think about it, i think the comment kelly made about “how cute” was in reference to Jill doing this for ali and not how cute ali has arthritis. obviously i have way too much time on my hands to be watching these shows so much, i think i will get out and join up for helping out with some charity work myself soon.

• Heather // Apr 17, 2009 at 5:30 pm

  I just watched the Kelly vs. Bethany episode. Kelly is Crazy. That was the most stupid thing I’ve seen. I have no respect for Kelly now. She could have handled that whole situation in a more positive way and gained a great friend in Bethany not to mention everones respect. Obviously Bethany had a issue with Kelly and they should have been able to discuss it, when Bethany brought it up Kelly completely dismissed it instead of telling Bethany that she was sorry about the hard feelings . And why does kelly think she is so much better than Bethany ? I would rather be friends with Bethany any day , there is something wierd about Kelly. I think she smoked a lot of pot or something and looks ridiculous in the clothes she wears . She is way to old to dress like a 19 year old super model. Well thats my venting session for the day. I never comment on these but after watching this episode I had to .

• Marion // Apr 30, 2009 at 4:05 am

  a lot of mess. this happens in my community all the time and we do not paid.

  Kelly is a bitch watching out for self.

• Briana // Jul 2, 2009 at 6:41 am

  I don’t like any of them. They all look 10 years older than what their actual ages are – which makes me suspect they lie about their age. Bethany is mid 30’s?? Come on – she looks mid 50’s!!

  They are all very shallow and I wouldn’t want to be friends with any of them.

• Lisa // Oct 18, 2009 at 3:16 pm

  Kelly is unbelievably vacuous. More proof that there is no such thing as an interventionist God. Simon has grown on me…fronting up to the tennis match with Jill was a touch of old-fashioned Aussie good-sportism, I like him (now that I’ve got to know him). He has more than a touch of character.
  Jill is great, although I’ll never forget the miserable expression on Bobby’s face when she was criticizing her newly delivered car. And why is she so mean to her ‘gay husband’? A touch of blood there, it makes me a little uncomfortable.

• janazombie // Mar 12, 2010 at 9:54 pm

  i can’t believe that the subject has not been broached of “how large a hit” (of whatever her stimulant drug of choice is) did ramona just take before the cameras went on…….she screams cocaine addict to me — the bug eyes (plastic surgery aside) her talking 90 miles a minute, and the excessive mood swings…….am i the only one who is picking up on this??

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