Welcome back to Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel's exclusive blog about The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Bethenny's blogging exclusively for E! Online every week, dishing about the craziness that goes down with these Jersey girls. Here's her new installment, for part one of the reunion shows.
Take it away, Bethenny...
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Before I begin, you need to click on the video above to see the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion spoof on Chelsea Lately that aired last night on E! It is beyond hilarious.
Now to the real reunion...
Jacqueline is sweet as sugar. She manages to be so likable and entertaining without boring the audience. I also agree that Danielle isn't the sole reason for the discord in that family. I can tell that Caroline isn't very forgiving, and no sins get past her. She is right when she said that ultimately you wake up with your wife. Chris must be sweating bullets.
Caroline hates new people. She illustrated that several times this season. She comes from a place of family and doesn't seem to want any outsiders. She takes this matriarchal tough-guy thing a bit too seriously though. But I get it. I also am one of those people who are very happy with my small, strong circle of people.
Jacqueline's slap story literally felt like a bedtime story. If those eight hours were edited down to that, I can't imagine how boring that day must have been. I think so much damage was done and so much was said during the season that they probably were all stripped of any emotion or fight. How many times can you beat a dead horse? Or in this case a former prostitute/convict.
Then we had some more tough-guy "earn it and I'll respect you" rhetoric from Caroline. She lets us know again that she doesn't like people before she likes them. We get the message. I don't think people are stupid enough to actually think that they have mob ties and go on a reality show. I think that making these tough-guy statements makes people think that Caroline thinks she's a gangster. I definitely don't think Caroline ever meant anything negative about her daughter or her family. She lives for her kids. Her sarcastic comment about her lifelong dream of her son owning a strip club was poignant and amusing. She is a great mother.
I disagree that even if Tamra or Jill lived in Sicily that anyone would think they have mob ties. Some of these Jersey girls really fit that mold. The jobs in construction, the name Teresa, the furniture for cash, the big McMansions, the German shepherd and the best friend of Caroline's who is the former police commissioner who used state money for shady activities. Go figure why these rumors started.
I also love that they all really are housewives and they take pride in running households. This really is the only leg of this franchise that is "housewife authentic."
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Check back here, same time, same place for a recap of next week's part two of the reunion of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Bethenny Frankel is the inventor of the Skinnygirl Margarita and author of the New York Times best-seller Naturally Thin, available everywhere books are sold. Information, updates and recipes can be found at www.bethenny.com and www.skinnygirlcocktails.com.