“Now I’m a lowercase ‘L’.”
It’s funny how bland and boring Kelly Bensimon was at the beginning of this second season of The Real Housewives of New York City. Who would have thought she’d shape up to be the most despised character in the group? I thought she’d simply flit around for a few weeks, serving as nothing more than blotchy-skinned eye candy before being relieved of her duties by Andy Cohen at the end of the run. Ah, but Kelly has shown her true colors recently, and we’ve since come to learn that she fairly awful in all aspects of life. Whether she’s conducting an interview like a seventh grader, clogging up traffic with her jogging, or engaging in illogical bitching, Kelly has been across the board terrible. Last night’s episode was no exception as she threw a Halloween party and then didn’t show up until perhaps two hours after the start-time, thus forcing all the housewives who had shown up — LuAnn, Alex & Simon, Jill & Bawwby (and their bodyguard, who was curiously in costume too), and Bethenny — to stand there and wait in what looked like a very cramped and very stuffy space. Poor Simon must have been sweating in his moose costume, but then again, that’s his fault for wearing such a silly outfit. I know he and Alex were over the moon with their Sarah Palin / Moose gettup, but a) it wasn’t terribly original for 2008, and b) I totally agree with whichever housewife said they thought it was Rocky & Bullwinkle. That’s exactly what I thought it was. Nevertheless, the point is that these people were stuck waiting around, and the party could not have looked more awful. And on top of that, there was a cash bar! Really? Really?
Look, I know in this economy, not everyone can afford to host an open bar, but rather than waste a few thousand dollars taking a picture of yourself as the letter “A,” why don’t you send out a cyber invitation (better for the environment anyway) and divert the saved funds to the libations. Or better yet, since there was already a tequila sponsor for the party (note the branding on the red carpet), have THEM offer up an open bar. This isn’t rocket science. As many of the women noted, it was a bit shocking that Kelly would lend her name to this half-assed, narcissistic event and not a major charity function.
Plus, when Kelly did finally turn up, she was wearing a rather standard, rather simple Playboy bunny costume. She claimed she was late because getting ready for the party took super long, but it’s not like she had to lower herself into a six-foot tall mechanical contraption with flashing lights and exploding sparklers. All she had to do was put on some lingerie and brush her hair. Lame.
Anyway, I’m a bit rushed this morning; so let’s just get to the photocap, shall we? Pics after the jump…
SATURDAY IN LOS ANGELES: Hiking, Food, and Ellen Pompeo
ADVENTURES IN DOMESTICITY: Jalapeño Cocktail Hour
Inception, As Told By The Real Housewives
REAL HOUSEWIVES PHOTOCAP: Once Again, The Reunion As Told By Shot Glasses
ADVENTURES IN DOMESTICITY: Eat Your Feelings Edition
ADVENTURES IN FOLKSY AUTUMNAL ACTIVITIES: Bloggers of the Corn Edition
Scenes From E3 2010 (Or, Embarrassing Pictures of Me Dancing)
REAL HOUSEWIVES REUNION PHOTOCAP: Yup, They’re Still Crazy!
Journey To The Corpse Flower
"EAT MY BLOG" Charity Bake Sale Descends On Hollywood This Weekend
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La Güerita (7)
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Nikki (5)
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Kelly (4)
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I love when you have Mario saying “I’m a dick.” That’s PERFECT!
That BBC interviewer was horrid! I was proud of Jill for deflecting his questions and highlighting her own charity work – she’s sharp. But he seriously did want her to take personal responsibility for the entire financial crisis. I mean, Sherayray Whitfield should at least get some of the heat, no?
What is wrong with Kelly? Not only did she say it took forever to get ready, which I seriously doubt, but said her kids had Halloween. WTF? Did her kids decide at just the minute she decided to leave that they, too wanted to celebrate Halloween? I mean, she knew when she planned the party (although, seriously, how much planning could that have taken?) that is was going to be Halloween and she might have to take her kids to trick-or-treat! How freakin unorganized can one idiot be? Good grief, she grates on my nerves.
I think the guy from the BBC hates Jill. Almost as much as I hate Kelly. And why was there so much Kelly in this one episode? She is making me dislike Silex less and less with each episode.
Can someone please explain to me why Bobby and Jill have a bodyguard that follows them to parties? Are they really that big of a deal? Even the Countess doesn’t have one!
I have to say that I REALLY liked the way Jill handled herself during that interview. I just found her so endearing. She’s right about the not spending more than you have – except that in some cases a person may be able to afford a home at one point and then life throws them a curveball that they don’t recover from…that’s the scary part about buying a home. Unless you have enough money to pay cash, of course (which has been a debate between hubby and myself – we’ve talked about if we ever came into money what we would do and he doesn’t think we should pay cash for a home and I disagree – I told him I want some security; you can have all of this money invested and something could happen where you lose everyhing; at least if our home is paid for, we have don’t have to worry about it).
Kelly and her Canyon Cleavage are both skevey.
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I’m beginning to hate Alex and Simon a whole lot less.
Is that bad?
And Kelly is the worst EVER in the history of ever-ness/
Unlike apparently everyone else, I hated Jill’s interview with the BBC. It was the first time I had to turn off the show because it was too shallow. Now I know that Housewives is supposed to be shallow, guilty fun, but just hearing Jill talk about how the recession was affecting her was vomit inducing (and I normally like Jill). Lots of people are suffering and she was talking about how she was cutting back on her birthday by only receiving the $16,000 handbag and the new car. I mean geez that poor woman is practically hanging on by a thread.
I agree with you completely J on Jill’s interview. She is so out of touch with what New Yorkers (and the rest of the country) are going through right now economically. I was happy that the interviewer didn’t sugar coat anything (gotta love the British).
When the countess’s daughter came home and hugged her and told her she missed her, all LuAnn could say was “you look good”. What the hell?
Kelly knew her kids were going to trick or treat, so why didn’t she let the others know she would be late? And why wasn’t Ramona at the party, I thought those two were good buds.
When I saw all that Jill was doing for her charity event, I could’t help but think of DeShawn’s fiasco of a charity event. She could learn a thing or two from Jill.
Hey B-side, i dont know if you have already commented on this before (excuse me if you have) but have you noticed in the speaking to the camera parts that the Housewives have that there is the same artwork in the background of each one? its like 3 square of paint with feathers or something painted on it. i think they are red, orange, and yellow colored. anyone else noticed it? each time they do their little catty comments i only focus on the ugly painting.
I have to chime in with comments 8 & 9….Jill’s interview was terrible. Unlike last season, she has lost her endearing maternal side and become a major consumeristic shrew. Why??
On the upside, she can pat herself on the back for being generous in holding the elevator. WTF?
Sorry–I completely forgot to mention–there is a problem with the ad placement on your site. First I tried IE and Firefox…sure that the intrusive ads through the middle of the words must be my fault. On this page, the google ads run from Jill’s Halloween costume photo with Bobby to the last photo, with LuAnn. It was merely annoying, as it covered photos and not sentences.
Being new to your site, I pulled up your recap of The Hills from two weeks ago and saw many commenters give you a heads up that entire parts of your text can’t be read for the ads. Surely, you can see them on your computer, too.
I am no expert on plaement (I do know when you design the blog, there are options for where you place the ads). It just seems so self-defeating for you to create such a terrific recap and cover it up with ads and there is no way around them.
I hope I don’t seem ungrateful Ads are great–ads interfering with and obscuring words? Not so much. Thanks.
Sorry T — I’m aware of the problem and don’t know how to fix it!