The Real Housewives Of NYC: LuAnn Is The Most Rotten Apple Of All
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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2:30PM, Wednesday March 11th 2009
Given the drama of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and the deer-in-headlights-spectacle of “Orange County,” the NYC version is the most tepid and ho-hum of Bravo’s franchise. That’s not to say, however, that some of their cast members aren’t as heinous. While I kind of respect damaged and opinionated Bethenny, adore blabbermouth Jill, and find Alex&Simon’s (they’re one entity, you know) nerdy pretentiousness entertaining, Ramona and LuAnn drive me about as crazy as Sheree and Vicki. Ramona is one marble away from the insane asylum and LuAnn lost any chance with me when she chastised Bethenny for introducing her to a lowly commoner by her first name. Mental case versus classist bitch, who to hate more?! Last night I made up my mind—C(o)untess LuAnn de Lesseps, you are THE WORST.
On last night’s episode, LuAnn, who cares so much about cancer and cancer patients, you see, put together a little charitable outing to feed the sick at a cancer center or something. Most of the socialite brigade was invited, including Ramona, who, last episode, began to create a rift between herself and the C(o)untess by criticized her decision to send her teenage daughter to boarding school. While working together on the C(o)untess’ event (because it’s allll about her, you see), Ramona was giving advice to Bethenny about dating. LuAnn disagreed, cutting poor little Ramona down to size, and Ramona fought back by making a comment about LuAnn’s husband, the C(o)unt, being twice her age. LuAnn flipped out and wouldn’t shut the hell up about it, thus doing more to ruin her event than Ramona ever could. What was insane is that, really, Ramona was sort of complimenting LuAnn, for looking so young for her age. Also, no offense, C(o)untess, but the C(o)unt does have a head full of white hair.
All of this is especially infuriating, given that LuAnn is writing a book on etiquette, a word she clearly has never looked up in the dictionary. After all, if she had, she might not have told Bethenny that she hoped the cover of the magazine she was about to appear on did airbrushing, and she wouldn’t have chit-chatted away at a cancer benefit in the last episode, and she wouldn’t have chastised Bethenny for introducing her by her first name to a commoner IN FRONT OF the commoner himself. I mean, seriously. Ever her children hate her. Actually, I don’t know that for sure, but if she was my mom, I would hate her, and I would beg Rosie to adopt me, even if it meant living in a much smaller house and not going to the Hamptons for the summer.
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lesfh11
wrote on March 11 2009 @ 03:03 pm: [report]
luann is the most heinous housewife in the nyc cast. and not the good rude, like nenee from atlanta. she is just a bitch. maybe luann knows so much about airbrushing because her photos had to be retouched so much when she was a model. if i were ramona or bethenny and she had made those comments to me, i would have told countess ledouche to #&@$% off
Kiki T
wrote on March 11 2009 @ 06:53 pm: [report]
I HATE LUANNE! I watched the whole marathon on a plane from NYC to LA and through every episode, that wench got bitchier and bitchier. She was obviously so jealous of Bethanny getting the cover of Social Life and sorry, your husband is old and if you can’t take it, then you shouldn’t of started it. She attacked crazy Ramona first by insinuating her dating tactics were whorish…Luanne is is an under-educated classless hypocrite that tries too hard.. and hello, “Countess,” is a title with no value. It means nothing, except in her own head—the large, fluffed out thing that it is. dispicable!!!!!
kittkat
wrote on March 13 2009 @ 08:46 am: [report]
Luanne has gotten drunk and made an ass of herself trying to kiss on men and the count was fighting with her at a social event
heres the link
http://www.realfauxhousewives.com/?p=1006
cheesymom
wrote on March 13 2009 @ 11:45 am: [report]
i cannot believe luanne thinks ANYONE cares about her or her title. wow, what one year does to a person, she really thinks she’s special, can’t believe anyone on the show really wants to be around her! what a TOTAL narcisstic BEEOOOTTCCHH! HOPE THEY GET RID OF HER CUZ FRANKLY I CAN’T STAND WATCHING HER. LAST YEAR I LIKED HER THIS YEAR I WON’T WATCH ANYMORE. SHE MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT!!!
Reagan
wrote on March 18 2009 @ 05:50 am: [report]
Courtesy of Popcrunch:
Meet Bravo’s latest cast of Housewives.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey will showcase the lives of women from the Bergen County township of Franklin Lakes, NJ, the network confirmed Tuesday.
Five Jersey girls in furs and high heels are all set to join the reality franchise that gained popularity for shadowing socialites and drama queens from affluent communities across America.
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The Jersey show was reportedly shot over 120 days from June to September of 2008.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey premieres May 12 (11 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
Will you watch it?
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on March 18 2009 @ 06:40 am: [report]
No I will not watch it, I live in Jersey, in a town described like that. It will be cliched and edited to make fun of people from New Jersey.
retro chic
wrote on March 18 2009 @ 08:27 am: [report]
I will tune in again when Bravo works their way over to SF… that should be a hoot. Big Jersey hair(spray) infomercials will not move me.
prudence_conner@yahoo.com
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]
I used to like LouAnn and my first impression of her was mature and reserved, quiet, compassionate and maternal (I liked that she didn’t say anything bad about Simon and Alex when Ramona and Jill was badmouthing them).I tried to cut her some slack because being a C(o)untess LuAnn de Lesseps in this world today can’t be easy, but the comment she made to Bethenny at a cancer dinner about air brushing was tacky. I think LouAnn was still mad about the count not showing up at Victoria’s equesterian show. I certainly would be furious if I expected my husband to be at my daughter’s sports event and he was a no show. I think he was with a prospective 5th C(o)untess de Lesseps.
kimmers
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:12 pm: [report]
i like louAnn I think women are sooooo hard on other women this show is a perfect example of that. Bitches being bitches.
elpee
wrote on March 21 2009 @ 03:36 pm: [report]
Basically everything LuAnn says and does is ridiculous. The episode where she got drinks with her “young hip 20-something niece” was so painful I had to look away. I just saw, for the first time, the episode where LuAnn asks Bethenny if they will be air brushing Bethenny’s cover of Social Life magazine. That’s sucky, and B was obviously upset. In the episode, LuAnn says under her breath “I hope so” (that they’ll airbrush a little) , something that B didn’t comment on, so I’m wondering if she even heard her? I could barely hear her… “I hope so” was in subtitles. Saying “I hope so” is much worse than asking if they’re airbrushing. There is no way out of that one (like she tried to do later.) I’m not saying that LuAnn is a bitch, I’m saying she has zero self awareness and she obviously gets jealous when good things happen to other people. Did anyone else notice the “I hope so” part?
sophie
wrote on March 21 2009 @ 06:35 pm: [report]
Yes, I heard (read) that, too. That was far worse than the original comment. I don’t think Bethany heard that but has by now. LOL It was obvious that she was trying very hard to contain her jealousy both times B brought it up. There is something very wrong with this woman. He childen looked miserable. Thank heavens above for Rosie. The way she treated her when she came back was ridiculous. Telling her to rest and then taking her straight to the laundry room to get started on her ineptness. Narcissist is the true term for this woman. At the cancer dinner, honoring her (for whatever reason) she shut everybody up, not because she wanted them to hear the message, but was afraid they would not be listening when she was “honored”. After all, it was HER night. lol And that bit about being passive to get a man…discusting. I don’t think her husband is bad looking for his age, at all. He probably just avoids her like the plague and has affairs all over the globe.
SuzanneSB
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 11:19 pm: [report]
LuAnne….Where do I start? I tried to like her the first few shows but she got to me when she castigated Bethenny for not addressing her as “Countess de Lesseps” to the chauffeur! As if he cares! I have watched her fumble her way through every show as she tries desperately to work the “Countess” angle. She has been very cruel and disrespectful to Rosie, whom she should cherish. She shows her narcissism every time she’s around other women. Cases in point: Being condescending to Bethenny when “instructing” her on everything from etiquette to catching a man. Her advice is laughable and dated. Bethenny rightly believes she should be herself around a potential suitor, not some fainting femme fatale! She is not impressed by LuAnn’s claim to fame as a countess in order to dictate etiquette to the masses! I still can’t get over the times I’ve counted LuAnn talking with her mouth full while eating. Please, LuAnn…get a mirror and LOOK at yourself before you do any more damage. Being a European Count, I’m sure her husband is having his little liaisons all over the globe. She probably knows it and is frantically trying to stash money away for the day she gets replaced by the next Countess de Lesseps. I don’t know where these former models come from…They are not role models just because they took off their clothes and posed for fashion. I have little respect for the industry which fosters anorexia, drug use, decadent lifestyles, and phony values. Who needs it? One of the best examples is the new housewife, Kelly. She is butt ugly. Doesn’t even wear makeup well. Yeah, she’s tall and has nice long legs, but aside from being ugly and not trying to fix her face, her hair never looks washed and her mouth is hanging open all the time trying to look sexy???? Then we find she is on the front pages of the paper after having beaten her boyfriend and was charged with assault. Yep, great role models, these women!
Don’t even get me started on Ramona. She is also butt ugly but in a “woops, the plastic surgeon went a little crazy” kind of way. Do her eyes even close? I think they went too far with that. Perhaps they left her on anesthesia too long because her brains have definitely suffered a loss. She is so obnoxious that even her daughter finds her behavior embarrassing. Sadly, looks like she’s training her kid to be another Ramona. Just give her a little time and she will be brain dead too. Keep bringing on the designer clothes and shoes and spoil the crap out of her. That’s the way these little prima donnas are made.
] Bethenny isn’t all there, but she’s not too obnoxious. She’s cute and interesting to watch. Jill may be my favorite because she is so Jewish and is just who she is.
Simon and Alex or SILEX as I heard them being called…Yes, they are one person, they are joined at the hip! What do I say about them? They are the weirdest pair I’ve seen in a LONG time. He has to be a pervert of some kind. He does fit in the gay mode because no real man I know would be that comfortable shopping for clothes and slobbering all over his skinny, bumpkin of a wife. Wasn’t she a scarecrow in a former life? Oh, maybe it was model. They do make a pair. I feel for those poor kids. They’ve never had any real parenting. They must be raising them to do whatever feels good with no restrictions. If I had been at the table when they started stabbing Bethenny’s boyfriend’s pricy hamburger I would have probably grabbed them and sat them down myself! Don’t these people ever see how bratty their kids are?
I must confess that I enjoy this show. It makes my world in Oklahoma feel so sane and safe. I would NOT want to live in NYC and compete with the effete population there.
sallyb53
wrote on March 29 2009 @ 01:20 pm: [report]
I am watching reruns right now, and I just had to coment.
LuAnne is one bitch. I can’t imagine loving yourself sooo much. From her own words, she was a commoner just like the rest of us. Just because you marry a Count doesn’t make you a Countess. She talked the whole time during the introduction at the charity cancer event where she and the Count were being honored and then took the mic from the woman to chastise everyone for talking, went back to her table and started talking again. She’s pathetic She wants to write a book about manners, and she has the least of anyone on the show. What a joke!! She told Bethany that people want to know about her life from being a commoner to a Countess. Who is she talking about? Who would even care about her life. . Those poor kids at her daughter’s luncheon. She was asked about cutting up meat all at once and she laughed at the poor girl. She is so blatently rude to everyone.
christians girl
wrote on March 30 2009 @ 12:15 am: [report]
THE LADIES OF NY, ARE NO MORE HOUSEWIVES THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS!!!—LUANNES HUSBANDS FAMILY MAY HAVE DONATED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TO THE U.S A, AND LUANNES SAIDS THE FAMILY HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE U.S.—BUT THE DE-LESSEPPS ALSO HAVE A REPUTATION AS BEING HYBRID’S{HALF ALEIN AND HALF LIZARD} ACCORDING TO DAVID ICKE THE WRITER—iF YOU BELIEVE IN THAT STUFF!!SO LUANNE “SHUT UP”—————————-RAMONA CAN YOU SAY HOMOPHOBIC???HM??? YOUR EITHER ON DRUGS OR JUST NUTS——-BETHENNY GROW UP!! YOU DO HAVE A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER!!!WHEN LUANNE SAID YOU NEED AIRBRUSHING ,YOU SHOULD HAVE REPLIED"AND YOU NEED TO STOP ACTING LIKE THE PHONEY BITCH YOU ARE”—JILL, PLEASE STOP THROWING DESIGNERS IN OUR FACE!! WE KNOW YOU ARE RICH—-I STILL LIKE YOU THE MOST THOUGH!!!——SIMON AND ALEX PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR CHILDREN, LET THEM BE CHILDREN, BUT FOOR GOD’S SAKE TEACH THEM SOME MANNERS!!!—SIMON, PLEASE ALLOW ALEX TO DO SOME GIRLY THINGS WITH JUST THE GIRLS!!!I KNOW YOU LIKE TO BE INCLUDED BUT YOU ARE NOT A WOMAN-ARE YOU?—YOU NEVER KNOW!!!LADIES, “DO SOME DISHES” TAKE SOME TRASH OUT, WEAR SOME ATTRACTIVE CLOTHES, I SHOP AT BOSCOVS AND LOOK BETTER THAN YOU DO WHEN I GO FOOD SHOPPING!!WHERE DO YOU PEOPLE GET THOSE TACKY CLOTHES HM??-JILL’S WHITE SMOCK DRESS LOOKED LIKE MY GRANDMOTHERS OLD HOUSE SMOCK FOR GOD’S SAKE- JILL HAS A SHAPE BUT WEARS BULKY CLOTHES—NOW FOR THE TOTAL “BITCH” KELLY. YOU ARE THE MOST ABNOXIOUS , PHONEY, WANNA BE SOMEBODY,I HAVE EVER SEEN ON T.V—LEAVE BETHENNY ALONE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EVER ACHIEVE THE CLASS THE GIRL HAS!!BETHENNY HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE HAS ACHIEVED, YOU MARRIED AN OLD MAN FOR IT FROM WHAT I READ!!!—ALL THIS HOUSEWIVES OF ANYWHERE IS PROBABLY A CROCK ANYWAY!!IT’S IN THE SCRIPT PEOPLE!! MOST OF IT ANYWAY!!YOUR NOT A BAD BUNCH, BUT I AGREE WITH THE ABOVE COMMENTS , YOU ARE SOMEWHAT BORING!!
christians girl
wrote on March 30 2009 @ 12:18 am: [report]
I AGREE WITH SUSAN SB—- THE MODELING INDUSTRY IS CORRUPT, WITH DRUGS, ANOREXIA, INSANITY!!
christians girl
wrote on March 30 2009 @ 12:21 am: [report]
EXTRA EXTRA—- DAVID ICKE SAIDS SOME WEIRD THINGS ABOUT THE THE DE LESSEPS READ HIS BOOKS—IS LUANNE ONE OF “THEM”
christians girl
wrote on April 19 2009 @ 04:22 pm: [report]
Hello all, I was really disappointed with jill, on the last episode she was complaining that she wasn’t happy because she couldn’t use her ipod with something in her brand new “mercedes suv”—- “I’m not happy she complained”—- her husband replied, ‘‘I knew you’ d find somthing to be unhappy with” well, jill, right there it told us that you are not as down to earth as you profess to be!!! any woman in her right mind would love to have a brand new mercedes suv with or without heat!!!!! lol for GOD’S SAKE!! you sit in a car that could buy a home in some places and your complaining???I have lost respect for you!!! your showing your true self{spoiled rotten and un= appreciative for the glorious life that your allowed on this earth—- shame on you!!!
Marge in Charleston, SC
wrote on May 12 2009 @ 12:50 pm: [report]
I really have no hope for LuAnn. Lulu, without your marriage title, you will not even be in the same league as the other housewives of NYC. You are more gangly than a wild horse, use horrible grammar, use grownup words which you obviously don’t understand, have no class at all in my book. Go back to the reservation.