What a sad season finale for the Real Housewives of Orange County. This trainwreck has gone, in five seasons, from high camp to Greek tragedy.
All I was looking forward to was the appearance of Jo de la Rosa, original housewife and ex of Slade Smiley. Alas, that was not to be, instead we get Lauri Waring telling Gretchen Rossi the truth about Slade.
Oh well, on the the Curtin girls. What a sad commentary on the parenting skills of Lynne and Frank, claiming not to know those girls were drinking in the limousine. Equally sad was Slade Smiley feeling the need to tell Frank, thus assuring more camera time for himself. It’s not like Slade gives a damn.
Every time you think you know how little control the parents have, you find out more. Alexa really didn’t understand why she couldn’t have a drink, meaning her parents never said no at home. The whole family needs to be in rehab.
Kara Keough coming along to talk Alexa off the ledge was a great camera moment for Kara, for Alexa, not so much.
We are left wondering if the Curtin’s will be invited back, if there is a season 6. They won’t turn down the invitation…let’s not forget the $90.000 they made this season. They need the money…
In an interview with vegasnews this weekend, Gretchen Rossi gave that tidbit away (see below) She and Slade were in Las Vegas at the premiere party for “Fly Girls”. to air on CW later this month.
In a grey BeBe dress, and without her pageant hair, Gretchen looks good in these pictures. She and Slade Smiley were embracing and hand in hand on the red carpet, never letting each other go. When asked if she would be getting married to Slade, she said, “I’ve been married, we’re just having fun now.”
Gretchen gave the reporter some reunion dish.. For the first time in Housewife history the men will be at the reunion show. Her prediction, “Vicki will storm off the show and all the men will give Slade a hard time."
Speaking of Jeana Keough, she was wearing her tolerant face in that conversation with Vicki. All the older housewives, Lauri Waring, Tammy Knickerbocker, and Kimberly Bryant wore that face when interacting with the Vickster! The name of the face? You can’t change crazy, so go with the flow! Vicki crawling back to Jeana? Priceless! Karma is a bitch! the reunion taping must have been something, Vicki was into her “poor me” martyr role with Andy on “Watch What Happens”.
Speaking of poor, Alexis Bellino’s poor mother was a pawn in the plot. The editors must hate Alexis. Such stupid shit came from her mouth! Talk about low self-esteem. Alexis knows she will look just like her mother when she is 58, and at 31, she is afraid Taliban Jim will walk! Imagine being 31 and this is all you think about! There was nothing wrong with Penelope’s appearance that Stacy, Clinton and the What Not to Wear crew couldn’t fix! Her father? he died in November, 2008, check out the obit: Alexis Bellino’s Father. Yes, Jim Bellino presided over the funeral. O.M.G. Laying hands on everyone (ugh) while offering them a loan.
Speaking of loans, will someone please lend a brain cell to the Curtin family? Just long enough to, like, get them, like, out of the hole they, like, continue to dig for like, themselves? Don’t lend them money, they’ll get Botox, or take a vacation with it. Nothing like having burned out old hippies for parents! How does Bravo find these people?
Speaking of people, was the Women’s Empowerment Expo not popular? Either that, or the editing gods had some fun with Gretchen Rossi. The cosmetics looked suspiciously like this:Your Name Professional Brands Private Label Cosmetics, but whatever. Girl’s got to make a living without having a boring real job somehow.
Bravo will air a TWO-part reunion special with the housewives on Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11 at 9 p.m. The reunion will feature new interviews with the housewives Tamra Barney, Alexis Bellino, Lynne Curtin, Vicki Gunvalson and Gretchen Rossi, as well as significant others Jim Bellino, Frank Curtin, Donn Gunvalson and Slade Smiley. (Simon Barney is noticeably absent from this powwow.) Former “housewife” Jeana Keough will also make a special visit. The program will be hosted by Andy Cohen, Bravo’s senior vice president of programming production.
From the previews for Episode 15, it seems not to go well for Gretchen. This is where she launches her “Gretchen Christine Beaute” cosmetics line.
Kelly Rowland of The Fashion Show, Tyson Beckford of Make Me A Supermodel, Padma Lashkmi of Top Chef, and Patti Stanger of Millionaire Matchmaker will attend the Women’s Empowerment Conference and Expo August 29, in Long Beach, California. The Real Housewives of Orange County is currently filming Season 5. Gretchen Rossi will be the spokesperson for the conference, so excerpts from this conference may be shown toward the end of Season 5.
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