How did I not now that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an educated, intelligent author? I have been enjoying watching him and other minor celebrities (he’s the only household name on the show, the others are…um..not) on Splash! There, I said it. For reasons I am not very clear on, Kareem has written a nearly 3000 word article for HuffPo about the real housewives. It’s interesting. But for today’s too long, didn’t read, Internet user, I will include some of my favorite parts below for those who don’t want to read the whole thing. And for the new folks that like reading such things I will direct you to another post I made, which is one of my favorites about Camille Paglia’s take on The Real Housewives franchises. After that story was brought to Bravo’s attention, Andy had Camille on WWHL. I’m predicting we see Karrem on WWHL soon.
EDIT: Kareem’s article is quite lengthy. It is not my intention to twist the intent of his writing to conform to my perceptions of it. I encourage you all to go to the link and read the entire thing and not rely on my extractions and commentary as representative of his opinion or overall assessment. I simply picked the most interesting points he made from my perspective to review. Your interpretations may vary widely.
Andy asks Latoya right away about Asa. Latoya says that of course she knows her and she is very sweet, and very natural and she loves that about her. Wow, I had totally forgotten that Nene cussed out Latoya on her season of Celebrity Apprentice before she quit! She called her CASPER! Speaking of Celebrity Apprentice,
Another thing I refused to watch last night was Shah’s of Sunset “Lost Footage.” I tweeted Bravo that I wish they had lost all the footage from season two permanently. But today, I figure if I can get through Kenya Moore singing I can get through this. I predict more footage to make MJ look bad. Let’s see…We start with Lilly shopping and Reza following her around fawning all over her. Then on to MJ’s dating. She has a lot of things on her list. A lot. Like more than me. A lot. MJ and GG have a discussion about MJ’s possible autism. They are not even as educated on the subject as Jacqueline Laurita. MJ is an airhead. Not autistic. MJ forgets what she is talking about. I can relate.
Well, it’s time for round two of bash MJ on the Shahs of Sunset Reunion. Mike is still working with Reza in residential real estate it seems. Asa is happy that she sold out the El Rey and had to turn people to away. Asa explains her diamond water and MJ points out that it is sort of out there. Lilly chimes in to start with the MJ bashing. Asa asks MJ how much money she made in real estate last year. Andy asks GG what she thinks about diamond water and she said she doesn’t think about it. Asa talks about the fact she has supported her parents since her early twenties. Asa works very hard. Lilly just keeps chiming in and trying to get into the arguments. Asa is laughing at GG’s extension business.
Sigh. It seems that Reza Farahan may have a new public relations person who has explained to him that constantly trying to eviscerate his “BFF of 20 years” all over national television with gleeful abandon might not be the best look for him. Yesterday, MJ, Mike and Reza went to lunch to work out their differences. I have to say, MJ is a better woman than me. After all the abuse Reza heaped on MJ I don’t think I would have been open to listening to anything he has to say. He should be on twitter apologizing publicly for his treatment of her. MJ hasn’t commented on her twitter feed.
FINALLY, I have some time to watch last weeks Shahs. I am dying to see Asa’s performance! I just needed the time to fully enjoy the episode, so here goes! We are back at Reza’s ”peace summit.” GG apologizes to Asa for the way she reacted to her anger. Asa rejects the apology and off GG goes to GGland. Asa says the word ‘wack’ eleventy billion times and leaves the house. GG is still very defensive and Mike and Reza try to teach her how to apologize.
TMZ seems suddenly very aware of MJ of Shahs of Sunset. They just love to catch her in a bikini. Who could possibly be trying to get mean publicity on MJ in advance of the upcoming reunion? Could it be her former BFF ? I hear Reza and Lilly pounded her relentlessly during the reunion. It’s sort of sad that a fat kid like Reza would resort to this just because he looks like an asshole now on national TV. 
To be quite honest, I really don’t want to watch Shahs of Sunset anymore. I was lucky enough to befriend Asa, MJ and Reza before the show even started because I was the first blog to become obsessed with them. During season two, I am supposed to pick sides (and to a degree I have) and Reza has blocked me on twitter. Things are ugly and out of control on season two and I don’t like it. I can barely stand to watch tonight.
Asa apparently buys a diamond (though we didn’t see that part) and heads over to the bottling plant with her magic carpet. 
