Remember Jill Zarin and her reviews of her own book at Amazon.com? It led to quite a little reality TV scandal, with Jill denying it, of course. All the accounts under which the reviews were written were hers, including the infamous Susan Saunders.
Well, in the little known magazine BizBash, we finally get the truth. Read the last sentences here.
Most Creative Use of a Desperate Housewife
What did event organizers do before the advent of the Real Housewives of New York City? Again, this is a hotly contested award, so low a bar do the Housewives set for making an appearance. Kelly Bensimon visited the deodorant-themed Axe Lounge and was undeterred by two brawling women at the front door. She stopped to blithely pose alongside fellow desperate reality star Tinsley Mortimer as one of the chicks hit the pavement. Ramona Singer showed up at a fashion show that featured plastic surgery patients as models—it’s not clear whether this resulted in promoting or deterring its use—and used the appearance to promote the rental of her house this season (six bedrooms, $295,000 for Memorial Day to Labor Day). And, of course, new mom Bethenny Frankel chose to embrace irony, showing up to push her Skinnygirl cocktails in Montauk. No word on whether she breastfed during the liquor promo. But my favorite was the appearance of both Alex McCord and Jill Zarin as guest “authors” at Authors Night. Alongside legitimate literary types Jay McInerney, Tad Friend, Candace Bushnell, Gail Sheehy, Florence Fabricant, and Brad Gooch, the housewives signed books sold to benefit East Hampton Library. I asked Jill Zarin if there was any truth to the story in The Daily Beast that she had asked her interviewer, Doree Shafrir, to post a positive review on Amazon, and then also got caught by Shafrir posting positive reviews of herself. She had a bunch of different answers. My faves: “Everybody does it,” “I haven’t yet commented on that,” and finally “The reviews came from my account. That’s all I’m saying.”
Thanks to ZenJen for pointing the way.
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I came in nude. I knew it would be hot in here.LOL. Um. No everyone does not do it. Jill plays dirty and I love it.
I dare you to print this comment
why you chose my blog to bring your brand of hate I don’t know. It has nothing to do with what I am writing about. I am one of the neutral bloggers, refusing to align with either side. You can keep your hate blog, and the other one can also. I read neither of you.
And I don’t respond to dares and threats.
I saw a video online of Jill being interviewed by a woman (whose name I can’t remember) whom Jill asked to do a positive review of her “Secrets…” book. Jill asked during the interview, right there on camera. I’m thinking the subject of it being a “jewish” support issue was implied? The woman said she couldn’t professionally do that, so Jill asked her to ask her boyfriend to do it…I think? Ha ha. Sorry, my brain has gone into mentalpause and it isn’t always reliable when it comes to details. Anyone else remember this interview? Jill’s sister was in the interview and tried to tell Jill it was an ethics issue. I’m not sure if it was the same interviewer mentioned in this article or not. I think I got the link on the Bravo message boards. There are some fierce posters there who don’t miss a lick!
Thanks for sharing the info, ATS. Always interesting to watch Jill tap dance.