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<<<<Bravo spinoff 'Real Housewives of New York City' debuts in March
BY PATRICK HUGUENIN
Monday, January 14th 2008, 4:00 AM
The 'Real Housewives of New York City' (l.-r.): Ramona Singer, Jill Zarin, Luann de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord.
Get ready, New York, because our own home-town "Desperate Housewives" are about to hit the air.
On March 4, Bravo will premiere "Real Housewives of New York City," the buzz-generating spinoff of its "Real Housewives of Orange County" reality series.
Five New York women will get their time in the spotlight: Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin of the upper East Side and Alex McCord of Cobble Hill, the sole non- Manhattan show subject and the youngest of the New York "housewives" at 34.
Filming of the series began last summer with cameras spending one to five days a week following the moms. All of whom were aware that they might follow in the footsteps of Bravo's West Coast version of "Real Housewives," which serves up a smorgasbord of domestic squabbles, shameless materialism and cringe-worthy, age-inappropriate misbehavior.
"I would not want to be portrayed as the women on 'The Real Housewives of Orange County,' to be perfectly honest," says Frankel, "so that was a little scary. But who knows, maybe people in Orange County are saying that about me."
"We are pretty different people," says McCord. "We are not in a gated community. We are in the thick of things, doing our activities and coexisting with 8 million other people."
Locations aside, one of the distinct differences between the two shows is the hectic pace of New York life. For moms in the city that never sleeps, work more often than not takes precedence over play. Frankel, a health food chef, has gained renown as her recipes catch on with celebrities like Denis Leary and Susan Sarandon.
Connecticut-born de Lesseps nabbed her fancy surname in a marriage to a French aristocrat, and her newfound royalty only added cachet to the TV career she began in Europe after a stint as a model in Milan.
McCord works in visual merchandising for a major retailer.
Singer sets her own hours, buying leftover retail inventory to sell to discount chains and boutiques while Zarin embraces her own brand of bargains, at her Zarin Fabrics and Home Furnishings on the lower East Side.
In fact, some of the New York "housewives" were almost too busy for the show - or at least showed polite reluctance.
Frankel refused Zarin's urging before the divan doyenne's audacious personality won her over.>>>>>>>>>
Zarin, one of the first Manhattan women approached by the producers, had a heavy hand in finding her fellow subjects.
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Queensgirl1 Jan 23, 2008 7:45:00 AM Report Offensive Post
Interesting... In a city of 8 million, with the most diverse population in the world, it seems that the only rich women 'interesting' enough to be featured are white, huh? I understand that Orange County, CA, is 95% white - but Manhattan is at least 70% NON - white, with a large number of very wealthy people of color...just take a look at Strivers Row in Harlem, Park Slope as well as midtown. Why didn't Bravo set this series on the North Shore of Long Island or in Douglas Manor in Queens if they wanted to show a group of rich women who are also representative of the local population?
sav Jan 24, 2008 5:29:06 PM Report Offensive Post
hey "Queensgirl1 ", obviously you know nor understand anything about Orange County b/c it is not "95% white". Orange County is more like 65% white vs 55% white for Manhattan, not a big difference at all.
lump516 Jan 26, 2008 12:43:45 PM Report Offensive Post
Even if not all of the women were white, the only women this show is interested in are white. These are not "housewives;" these are expensive, self-indulgent career women and trophy wives. What a surprise.
Alex_2011 Jan 26, 2008 7:10:32 PM Report Offensive Post
I feel everybody is taking things so critical and push racism and can never see past Black and white yes there are wealthy African Americans in Newy york city but maybe they did not want to be on the show and if one was people still would not be happy if she behaved like a ***** or was in some peoples opinion Ghetto ... all u would hear is how bad of an image she was portraying for African Americans I feel if you feel that deeply become rich and move to New York maybe you would be on the show also alot of higher class people would not want to be splashed across everyones television screen acting a damn fool it would be a discrace these people just are wealthy people who think that they are something in New York society but really are just regular and maybe not the riches among alot of other New Yorkers and not all of them behave that way
lynnrd Jan 26, 2008 9:17:49 PM Report Offensive Post
I am no fan of the Housewives of Orange County and I live in San Diego County. They really have given Southern California another punch in the eye. But have to say...I watched the preview of the Housewives of NY..and was embarrassed by their behavior too. I love Bravo but some of their shows are real stinkers. And, I realize the spoken word is the first ethnocentric thought a person has and pardon my ethnocentric thought...but the accent on the lady from Long Island is atrocious. What is up with that?
roccos Jan 28, 2008 10:48:20 AM Report Offensive Post
Geeze what's with all the 'hair, makeup and fur'? That not what the typical NY housewife from NYC looks like from my vantage point of Brooklyn Heights. Is it going to be real or just a transplanted OC cast? I realize that's what Bravo 'thinks' we all want to see - but lets get real. I'm counting on my neighbor from Cobble Hill to bring down the glitz a notch. I'll be watching this one even though I've never seen the OC one.
Magda625 Jan 28, 2008 3:15:37 PM Report Offensive Post
I happen to live in the "hamptons" where all these ladies spend the summer. I find this show nausiating! These women don't do anything...they simply "show up" the maid does all the organizing, the cook does all the shopping and cooking etc...they "show up" Some are educated. But most are not, they originally come from places like Tennessee and Kansas...and just happened to "bag" a sugar daddy. The desperation that they exude on screen, to make damn sure they keep their man is sickening. Watch out ladies, some of those Young Latina cleaning ladies/nannies...look real sexy these days and they are numerous. In Europe, when you have money, it's quiet, it's subtle, it has breeding behind it. Sophistication. This is like White Trash, won lotto. Really loud, obnoxious and shrill. NO Class. But hey, enjoy the show...My only problem is I have to deal with these ladies every single day of the summer. Oh What fun!
Stopitalready Jan 30, 2008 1:25:11 PM Report Offensive Post
Stop with the black and white talk, why couldn't they pick some DECENT LOOKING WOMEN? Why did they select these horsfaced slappones?
dlynn Feb 20, 2008 9:11:59 AM Report Offensive Post
As a women born and raised in Orange county, after seeing "The real housewives of O.C." for the first time, I was ashamed ! Then I saw "The real housewives of N.Y. " Talk about NO class!
dlynn Feb 20, 2008 9:19:50 AM Report Offensive Post
The only difference between the two groups, The NYC women have lots more money then the O.C. women., and a hideous accent to go with it
<<<<Bravo spinoff 'Real Housewives of New York City' debuts in March
BY PATRICK HUGUENIN
Monday, January 14th 2008, 4:00 AM
The 'Real Housewives of New York City' (l.-r.): Ramona Singer, Jill Zarin, Luann de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord.
Get ready, New York, because our own home-town "Desperate Housewives" are about to hit the air.
On March 4, Bravo will premiere "Real Housewives of New York City," the buzz-generating spinoff of its "Real Housewives of Orange County" reality series.
Five New York women will get their time in the spotlight: Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin of the upper East Side and Alex McCord of Cobble Hill, the sole non- Manhattan show subject and the youngest of the New York "housewives" at 34.
Filming of the series began last summer with cameras spending one to five days a week following the moms. All of whom were aware that they might follow in the footsteps of Bravo's West Coast version of "Real Housewives," which serves up a smorgasbord of domestic squabbles, shameless materialism and cringe-worthy, age-inappropriate misbehavior.
"I would not want to be portrayed as the women on 'The Real Housewives of Orange County,' to be perfectly honest," says Frankel, "so that was a little scary. But who knows, maybe people in Orange County are saying that about me."
"We are pretty different people," says McCord. "We are not in a gated community. We are in the thick of things, doing our activities and coexisting with 8 million other people."
Locations aside, one of the distinct differences between the two shows is the hectic pace of New York life. For moms in the city that never sleeps, work more often than not takes precedence over play. Frankel, a health food chef, has gained renown as her recipes catch on with celebrities like Denis Leary and Susan Sarandon.
Connecticut-born de Lesseps nabbed her fancy surname in a marriage to a French aristocrat, and her newfound royalty only added cachet to the TV career she began in Europe after a stint as a model in Milan.
McCord works in visual merchandising for a major retailer.
Singer sets her own hours, buying leftover retail inventory to sell to discount chains and boutiques while Zarin embraces her own brand of bargains, at her Zarin Fabrics and Home Furnishings on the lower East Side.
In fact, some of the New York "housewives" were almost too busy for the show - or at least showed polite reluctance.
Frankel refused Zarin's urging before the divan doyenne's audacious personality won her over.>>>>>>>>>
Zarin, one of the first Manhattan women approached by the producers, had a heavy hand in finding her fellow subjects.
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Queensgirl1 Jan 23, 2008 7:45:00 AM Report Offensive Post
Interesting... In a city of 8 million, with the most diverse population in the world, it seems that the only rich women 'interesting' enough to be featured are white, huh? I understand that Orange County, CA, is 95% white - but Manhattan is at least 70% NON - white, with a large number of very wealthy people of color...just take a look at Strivers Row in Harlem, Park Slope as well as midtown. Why didn't Bravo set this series on the North Shore of Long Island or in Douglas Manor in Queens if they wanted to show a group of rich women who are also representative of the local population?
sav Jan 24, 2008 5:29:06 PM Report Offensive Post
hey "Queensgirl1 ", obviously you know nor understand anything about Orange County b/c it is not "95% white". Orange County is more like 65% white vs 55% white for Manhattan, not a big difference at all.
lump516 Jan 26, 2008 12:43:45 PM Report Offensive Post
Even if not all of the women were white, the only women this show is interested in are white. These are not "housewives;" these are expensive, self-indulgent career women and trophy wives. What a surprise.
Alex_2011 Jan 26, 2008 7:10:32 PM Report Offensive Post
I feel everybody is taking things so critical and push racism and can never see past Black and white yes there are wealthy African Americans in Newy york city but maybe they did not want to be on the show and if one was people still would not be happy if she behaved like a ***** or was in some peoples opinion Ghetto ... all u would hear is how bad of an image she was portraying for African Americans I feel if you feel that deeply become rich and move to New York maybe you would be on the show also alot of higher class people would not want to be splashed across everyones television screen acting a damn fool it would be a discrace these people just are wealthy people who think that they are something in New York society but really are just regular and maybe not the riches among alot of other New Yorkers and not all of them behave that way
lynnrd Jan 26, 2008 9:17:49 PM Report Offensive Post
I am no fan of the Housewives of Orange County and I live in San Diego County. They really have given Southern California another punch in the eye. But have to say...I watched the preview of the Housewives of NY..and was embarrassed by their behavior too. I love Bravo but some of their shows are real stinkers. And, I realize the spoken word is the first ethnocentric thought a person has and pardon my ethnocentric thought...but the accent on the lady from Long Island is atrocious. What is up with that?
roccos Jan 28, 2008 10:48:20 AM Report Offensive Post
Geeze what's with all the 'hair, makeup and fur'? That not what the typical NY housewife from NYC looks like from my vantage point of Brooklyn Heights. Is it going to be real or just a transplanted OC cast? I realize that's what Bravo 'thinks' we all want to see - but lets get real. I'm counting on my neighbor from Cobble Hill to bring down the glitz a notch. I'll be watching this one even though I've never seen the OC one.
Magda625 Jan 28, 2008 3:15:37 PM Report Offensive Post
I happen to live in the "hamptons" where all these ladies spend the summer. I find this show nausiating! These women don't do anything...they simply "show up" the maid does all the organizing, the cook does all the shopping and cooking etc...they "show up" Some are educated. But most are not, they originally come from places like Tennessee and Kansas...and just happened to "bag" a sugar daddy. The desperation that they exude on screen, to make damn sure they keep their man is sickening. Watch out ladies, some of those Young Latina cleaning ladies/nannies...look real sexy these days and they are numerous. In Europe, when you have money, it's quiet, it's subtle, it has breeding behind it. Sophistication. This is like White Trash, won lotto. Really loud, obnoxious and shrill. NO Class. But hey, enjoy the show...My only problem is I have to deal with these ladies every single day of the summer. Oh What fun!
Stopitalready Jan 30, 2008 1:25:11 PM Report Offensive Post
Stop with the black and white talk, why couldn't they pick some DECENT LOOKING WOMEN? Why did they select these horsfaced slappones?
dlynn Feb 20, 2008 9:11:59 AM Report Offensive Post
As a women born and raised in Orange county, after seeing "The real housewives of O.C." for the first time, I was ashamed ! Then I saw "The real housewives of N.Y. " Talk about NO class!
dlynn Feb 20, 2008 9:19:50 AM Report Offensive Post
The only difference between the two groups, The NYC women have lots more money then the O.C. women., and a hideous accent to go with it