In case you don’t get the reference in the phrase above, it’s an echo of the famous 1975 front-page New York Daily News headline, “Ford To City: Drop Dead,” about then-President Ford’s refusal to sign a fiscal bail-out. I second that emotion about The Real Housewives of New York City: I sorta wish the show would expire, fast. Not a chance, of course: Too many of us — I admit it, I’ve watched — cannot resist gazing upon the icky-beyond-belief “real” housewives of New York City, whose new season of crass social-climbing begins on Bravo tonight.
There’s a new housewife this season: Kelly, who proves in this clip that she’s a deluded exhibitionist and even-more-deluded horse-rider (I’m told by a trained eye living in my house that her form is pretty lame).
Me, I put my hands over my eyes and peek through my fingers at Alex McCord’s hideous husband, Simon, and the couple’s ramshackle summer rental we’re taken to tonight. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with ramshackle, especially in these economic times, but the way Simon talks up the house as though it was an idyllic mansion worthy of his slippered toes–it’s just too, too much.
But, really, that’s the only reason to keep tabs on these squabbling, spendthrift people: to goggle at their cluelessness, their disconnection from the very concept of Reality that Real Housewives promotes.
So will you be watching or avoiding The Real Housewives of New York City?
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From seeing the coming attractions of the new season of NYC housewives (what a joke, “Real?” housewives?)it looks like Simon & Alex are still as homely & weird as ever and still trying their darndest to get into high society. Hey, S & A, here’s a hint! You live in a ramshackle townhouse in Brooklyn – give it up! You are NOT high class no matter how many weird clothes you try on! Also, these 2 are writing a book on child rearing? WHAT? Are they nuts? Their 2 boys are the brattiest kids I’ve ever seen. Who the heck would waste their money on a book written by them?
Life is way too short to waste any time on loathsome grotesques like this
Let’s hope they all drop dead. A few less fame whores would be wonderful.
How come EW can waste their precious bandwith on a bunch of shallow New Yorkers, but can’t be bothered with a “House” recap anymore?
Wow…is that her husband sitting down in her yard, wearing a riding outfit and boots? He is H O T…
I’ll watch. I can’t help it, it’s like a train wreck I can’t take my eyes off of. Plus, I wanna see who is involved in this “cat fight” that Bethany is talking about in the promos.
It’s worth watching for Bethenny and Jill.
watching. TEAM JILL!!!
TEAM JILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anything with the words “The Real…of (insert pseudo-glam location here)” in the title is probably one to avoid, if you don’t enjoy crass, loud-mouthed, self-indulgent and self-important mouth-breathers.
I can’t get enough of these shows….yes you can call me a bravo junky. but i love it. i will be tuning in tonight…i liked the NY cast. i wanna see what happens with the ‘catfight’…we will see…
I can’t get enough of these shows….yes you can call me a bravo junky. but i love it. i will be tuning in tonight…i liked the NY cast. i wanna see what happens with the ‘catfight’…we will see…
Ugh. This show, and its Orange County and Atlanta counterparts, is horrible. Seriously awful. I can’t stand these people. It’s not even guilty-pleasure-inducing television, it’s just insulting.
I never miss this show. I never watch it, but I never miss it.
Uhh watching!! Best. Show. Ever.