I Love The Real Housewives - Beverly Hills Lost Footage

Hello everyone and thanks for dropping by. I wasn't going to blog the Lost Footage episode initially, but after watching it, I figured I'd offer a few more thoughts on the season.

Whether you like Camille or not, if you don't feel some amount of sympathy for this woman you must be completely emotionless. The scene with Camille sitting with Kelsey was bazaar. She says that she misses him and he says "thanks." You'd think as an actor he could have pulled it off a little bit better than that. Watching her stand in front of the fountain was a saddening sight to say the least. It was full of irony. A gorgeous fountain, a lovely woman, yet she stood there in despair. I found it to be a very dramatic ending.

I'm curious as to why Bravo didn't originally include the scene of Camille and Dedra on the beach. Here is what I think. Bravo had to have a villain. This scene would have humanized her too much to many people. Sure, show it now. Maybe it gives her a little redemption to some people but no where near the impact it would have had on her "character" during the season.

Bravo is great at painting the picture they want us to see. The character to be loved and the character to be loathed. It makes for good TV. I know Andy Cohen always says "don't blame the editing." Perhaps you can't for certain things, but on many levels our perception of these ladies is completely dictated by the editing. We wouldn't talk about the shows as much if they made all of these ladies come off so nice and likable to everyone. What would there be to blog about or talk about around the water cooler and around the web? I think most of us realize that we are just seeing glimpses of the lives of these women, not the whole of them. I do think some fans take it too seriously, far beyond the realms of entertainment. They judge and scrutinize these women extremely harshly. On one hand, yes, these women have opened up their lives to this by being on the show. But I think much of the chatter goes well beyond levels of decency. Such was the case with Camille for most of the season. Yet as it turns out, she's really not what she was originally painted to be. But as always, that's just my opinion. I'd love to know what you think about this.

Off of my soapbox and back to the show, I absolutely loved how Kyle reacted to that weird woman hanging on her husband. He clearly looked uncomfortable and was trying to figure out a way to politely get her off of him. It was such a primal, protective reaction Kyle had. The fact that nobody knew who in the heck this woman was is concerning. Did she just throw on some white clothes and go cruising for a white party? Very weird.

There was a scene that I saw floating around the Internet that I had assumed was going to be in the Lost Footage, but wasn't. The scene was of Andy asking Adrienne whether or not she was the Godmother of Taylor's daughter. Taylor had said that she was. It also had a snippet about the length of time Adrienne has known Taylor. Taylor stated that she had known Adrienne for a long time. Adrienne responded that she loves Kennedy but she was not her Godmother and that she has known Taylor for three years. Now I know a lot of you are probably saying liar liar pants of fire about Taylor. Many of you aren't fond of Taylor. That's your prerogative. But here's my take. To me, three years is a fairly long time. To some people a long time is ten years. It doesn't make Taylor a liar. On the subject of Adrienne being the Godmother, I think Taylor wants her to be and Adrienne doesn't want it to be "official." Maybe in Taylor's mind it doesn't matter whether it's "official" or not. She trusts Adrienne with the welfare of Kennedy should something ever happen to her and Russell. In my own life I have a close friend who has a child and she refers to me as his Godmother, but there has never been any official ceremony. I don't think Taylor said this with malicious intent of misrepresentation.

The real star of the last nights show? The ever precious Giggy! I could be having the worst day ever and when I see this dog I smile. I wave at the TV to him like a total idiot. My boyfriend thinks I'm nuts. I can't help it. I don't want to help it either. In life anything that puts a smile on my face like he does is worth acting a little silly over. I find Lisa and Ken's love and devotion to this dog to be one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. Many people would have put him down as the breeder suggested. Let's tell it like it is. This breeder didn't really care whether Giggy was suffering or not. This breeder only cared about having a genetic defect in their breeding line. If this is known, the worth of the line decreases. I've known of several breeders who have felt this way about health problems and have put dogs to sleep because of it. Let me emphasize, most breeders would never do this, but some do without a second thought. I think it's a very sad practice and I am happy to see that Lisa and Ken did not give into the breeders advice. Now the Gigster is one of the most famous dogs in America! Woofie!

I'm sad that Beverly Hills is now officially over, other than the director's cut of the "Dinner Party From Hell" airing next Tuesday. Other than that, we have the Atlanta reunion then onto OC and Miami. Keep watching my blog as I have new Housewife interviews coming very soon, as well as an advice column by a very wise lady! Any guesses?

Everyone has been talking about Bravo delaying the Real Housewives Of New York premiere. I don't know what the heck happened with it being so abruptly postponed but I certainly had a huge Housewives letdown! 

Until next blog, best to all of you. I look forward to your take on things. Please comment.

Housewife Tidbits

Miami

Meet the Miami Housewives.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20463373,00.html

Orange County

http://hubpages.com/hub/I-Love-The-Real-Housewives-New-OC-Housewife-Peggy-Tanous-exclusive-interview

Beverly Hills

Taylor's Bravo blog about the reunion.

http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/season-1/blogs/taylor-armstrong/wake-up-call

Here is an interesting interview from Housewifestyle.com with Dedra Whitt.

http://www.housewifestyle.com/Beauty-Blog.html

New York

From Real Beauty, guest blog by Cindy Barshop, beauty tips for Valentine's Day.

http://www.realbeauty.com/products/hairstyles-makeup/cindy-barshop-valentines-day-tips

Here are a few adorable pages on NYC's favorite pooch Ginger Zarin. She even has her own fansite!

http://realgingerzarin.blogspot.com/

http://www.delightfullydog.com/component/fwgallery/image/25-ginger-zarin.html

http://freelyvivacious.blogspot.com/2010/10/ginger-zarin.html

DC

Fresh Guide article with Lynda Erkiletian.

http://washington-dc.freshguide.com/DC-Housewife-Lynda-Erkiletian-Shares-Her-Favorite-Spots-13602714

Miscellaneous

Here is a great page by Jill Hickey. She is a huge Housewives fan and you will find lots of interesting goodies on her page. Please support her.

http://notsosoccermom.com/