I’ve been putting off this story because the beginning of the week is always pretty busy and this week was even busier than usual. Plus, it’s Yolanda, so it’s complicated.
I guess we should start back in 2015 where I was being lambasted for insinuating Yolanda was faking her Lymeopause. At that time I explained why she was doing it. Yolanda is an expert at nullifying her prenups. She did it with Mohammed and she did it again with David not too long after I posted this.
There are some really controversial diseases out there that might make it necessary for the spouses to come to some sort of agreement. And then they could “grow apart” and one spouse could have a miraculous recovery after posting many, many sad shots of them getting vitamin C by IV only.
Theoretically, the kind thing to do would be to find some sort of financial agreement over the course of years and then tweet about how good one’s spouse is to the other. Because that would make everything make sense. Then one could have a rapid recovery from their brain damage in time for the next season. Um I mean soon. Allegedly.
It was less than a year later that a financial settlement was reached. Yolanda immediately flew to Bora Bora several times over the course of just a few months. That’s a long haul to do once, let alone multiple times.
And then I posted a shoutout to her miraculous recovery, “I keep meaning to give a huge shout out to Yolanda Hadid for her miraculous recovery from Lyme disease. Since her second large divorce settlement she’s got a spring back in her step as she globe trots to watch her two beautiful daughters and one handsome son take over the modeling world. Her Instagram is full of beautiful photos of all the latest fashion shows interspersed with her book and other suggestions about how you too can beat your chronic invisible illness via the master cleanse and living on the ocean amongst the lemon groves.”
Then I predicted that she was in NYC shopping a new TV show. When Yolanda first started the show, David Foster said in an interview that the only reason she was doing the show was because she wanted to showcase her home decor and healthy living skills and have her own lifestyle show like Martha Stewart. But that dream changed when she started to groom her kids to follow her footsteps and get into modeling. Now that they are all successful models, she longs for a Kardashian level of family exposure. While her kids are fine with popping on whatever show she is on from time to time, they are for the most part too busy working to be a constant presence in filming. I don’t believe for a second that Yolanda has shelved that idea. But while she waits for a time when all the kids can film together, she needs to stay in the public eye. She also needs to remove the image of all those sick selfies she posted. By the way, most of those are long gone. You have to scroll way back to the middle of 2015 to find any at all and the ones that are left are sparse. It’s almost like it never even happened.
So she’s pitched a show to Lifetime, a network that already has a lot of model shows, and as executive producer is probably financing quite a large portion of it with her two huge divorce payouts. The PR came out on Monday, I’m going to purple pen it. But first, you might want to read my longest purple pen ever on Yolanda where I got SO MUCH FLACK for exposing her fake illness, from the chronic illness folks who should have been as sickened as I was about the situation.
From the PR:
Model Moms (working title)
This will never be the title, there is already show by this name about Russian models who are mothers and still want to fulfill their modeling dream.
Former model and television personality Yolanda Hadid (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) knows what it takes to be a big name in the modeling business as the mother agent to fashion’s “IT” girls Gigi and Bella, and model son Anwar. Model Moms brings Yolanda and her expertise
I paused here to look for a post. I am not sure if it was a blind item, or a regular post about an event on a beach and a yacht in the international waterways. I was reminded of it here, #yachtgirls. I’ll edit if I can find it. Make of that what you will.
to the forefront as she coaches aspiring teen models to succeed on and off the catwalk.
I’m expecting a class on how to marry well here. #golddigging
Yolanda, along with her trusted team of experts, will put the girls and their “momagers” through an intensive eight-week training program, focused on the physical, mental and emotional wellness that it takes to build a sustainable brand.
Ah! The wellness expert. Will she fly them to Alaska for the mystery serums?
With a $5,000 weekly prize on the line to put towards their future careers, only one girl will be left standing to win a management contract with Yolanda’s company
They are trying to imply that the winner gets a real contract at the end. Is Yo setting up a modeling company to hawk on this show? I’d sign my kid with Yolanda, she certainly knows how to work all kinds of systems.
and the potential opportunity to be represented by IMG Models in New York.
Heh, “the potential” as in,,,, “You never know, it could happen…”
Model Moms is produced by Hudsun Media for Lifetime. Michael Rourke, Sean Rankine and Yolanda Hadid executive produce. Lifetime’s Mariana Flynn, Mary Donahue, Mioshi Hill and Colleen Conway Grogan also executive produce.
There are many ways to get a producer credit on a show. Sometimes stars ask for them to pad their resume but the title is an honorific and the person has no input. Other times the title means the person is a part of production meetings and does have input. A real executive producer is someone who invests financially in the show. I have a feeling Yolanda falls into the third group.
Now, after that, you know we will all be tuning in anyway. If the show makes it to air this year it will be late fall. It’s more likely that it will air in 2018.
We haven’t chatted about Yolanda’s miraculous recovery much. What are your thoughts?
I’m just going to admit I’m in a rotten mood because I still haven’t shaken this flu bug, but just seeing the above “sick selfie” of Yolanda reminded me how absolutely fucking annoying her constant barrage of those was. I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I completely believe the whole Lyme slog was fiction (just my opinion and no one has to agree). A calculated, multi-level, carefully choreographed dance into a sublime settlement.
Bizarre. And disgusting to those who climb out of bed daily to cope with chronic issues.
Wondering when she will (decide to) relapse.
OMG I read this the other day and was gonna email you it with the tagline, “BINGO! Tamara/Teecee/NAA is Always Right!”
Then I was gonna tell you about my parathyroid and ask for Kairos dick pics, but I got drunk instead.
Apparently her two other ideas were canned and she wants to be Kris Jenner 2.0.
Drunk was the right call.
‘Dem pics tho.’
Agreed! I never ever believed she had Lie disease.. I meant Lyme. I think removing the breast implants MAY have made her healthier. She is full of crap.
i think it was the implant removal too
She’s told so many lies, how can you believe anything she says? Wasn’t it her mercury fillings, too? All her lies, breaking her back while giving birth to Anwar, I mean the list goes on and on. She has proven herself to be a conniving and vile human being in so many ways. She could say her hair was on fire and I’d have a hard time believing it, flames and all.
Same..if she was a “common” person (God forbid!!!! —–;-) , her actions would be in the local police log for gaming whatever she could—-allegedly. I probably should be kicked to the curb —but this burns my ass …and not in a playful way….
She makes me cray cray like all the other liars and thieves. Zero tolerance for fake lying liars!!
Me too, zero tolerance! I heard earlier today about the show and laughed to myself about how Yolanda has had a miracle recovery. Guess all the family got cured. Oh and I didn’t know Yolanda had a company.
Karma is gonna get her. Hoping, hoping, hoping.
Having been chronically ill for almost ten years, Yolanda makes me sick to my stomach. I can barely take a shower three times a week and she is flying all over the place looking like a million bucks. She should be ashamed of herself, I guess money is more important to her than self respect.
I know Dee Dee. I just lost my bff of 20 years after a lengthy illness and Yolanda makes me sick to my stomach, too. Hopefully she will never experience a serious illness nor have to watch her children endure such a horrible thing. My thoughts are with you, Love!!
Same here Dee: I have RA and still work a full time Nursing job. There are so many days it takes everything I have to get myself to work. Waking up the next morning to do it all over can be excruciating and then you have somebody like Yolanda! I despise liars. She really should be ashamed of herself! Money really can be the root of all evil!
Sister, I am with you. I’ve dealt with chronic illness for two decades now, and taking a day trip means I’ll be in bed for two days after. Then again, with all that money, I can only imagine how much easier my life would be. For me to go to a local grocery store once a week is my big thrill, also hard hard work. If she could keep her stories straight I’d have more sympathy: as it is, she just makes me tired.
Oh Angela, I know what you are talking about. Did you try online shopping? – that’s how went about groceries. I still get the thrill of the bargain and the coupons…
Thank you, I don’t know if any of that is available out where I am but I’ll check
Forget Lourdes. Bora Bora is KNOWN for its healing properties. I had a paper cut & after two weeks it was GONE. Not even a scar! Jesus Christ on the Cross…this woman. I WISH someone at that last reunion had just quoted your “Here’s how the RHBH works”…even paraphrased it. Five thousand a week? After taxes that’s nothing for these girls, unless Duh Duh Duuuun…they’re accustomed to “yachts”. Hmm…
Ah, thanks for mentioning that oldie but goodie, Carl. It does explain a lot and some of the new commenters would probably enjoy it and learn a lot! Here’s the link! http://tamaratattles.com/?s=beverly+works
I forgot how epic that post was. If you have time or interest, can you do one of those in-depth analysis for RHOA?
Ha Thanks Kevin, but probably not. As you know my memory sucks. I did that one because I went through ALL of Yolandas old post at the time I figured I might as well just do the whole damn history, You are not the first to ask, so maybe if I have a day with nothing to blog, That happens sometimes, but today is not that day.
I love how she thinks she can erase history. The sad thing is there are those who will forget and those who will never know it was all a prenup scam to get paid. I wonder how David feels about Mohammad these days. Did Mohammad set him up? She’s a fucking bitch and I feel sad for her children. I’m glad they’ve got their careers and all, but I hope they are mentally healthy. Looking back at that picture of Bella – it looked so staged. To me, she looked like she didn’t want to participate but was going along with it – looking in the opposite direction of her mother like “I don’t even want to be here,” while her mother is gazing at her with an almost smile (Mona Lisa smile comes to mind) on her face. The look on her face isn’t “my poor kid,” kind of look at all…what a scammer.
My 30 year old daughter calls me mommy, but it always sounded awful and weird when she said it or her kids did. More than once I thought, I know it’s different when authentic. Guess when you’re a fake, anything said sounds suspect.lol
I’m really sounding harsh, but my bff has a chronic illness that scares me constantly. I suffer with chronic pain. It’s no joke and it makes me really upset. I wish I could say “just kidding”.
Me too…I’m , fuck it, trying but this really pisses me off. Thank you @ Cheryl. Usually I try more —-sorry 🙂
So, so will train mom’s on how to starve their daughters? How noble of her
I’ll pass on the show..it doesn’t even sound remotely interesting and it’s hard to look at Yolanda’s face after all of the lies she told.
I wonder when she’ll sink her teeth into husband number 3? Probably after this show tanks.
i was kinda wondering the same thing but part of me thinks she’s no longer interested and part of me hopes the word is out regarding her tendencies. Then again the world is full of stupid people. Wasnt there someone from the past who said something like “a sucker is born every minute”?
Much anticipated show. Thanks for sharing.I really like Shiva & find her fascinating.
Did you see that Shiva, Mohammeds new fiancé is going to be on a show on E called Second Wives? Please cover this, it looks like a budget RHOBH LOL
I did not. But they have been engaged for a million years. He never seems to be with her. He has a really cool IG account where he is traveling all over and hanging out with the boys. Is she going to get married on the show? When does it start?
It starts May 4th, funny you mention engaged for a million years,as the preview shows her asking him if they’ll ever get married
The ‘mystery med’ in Alaska is from a very well respected Dr and many of my friends are his patients. They are getting better. You know very little about Lyme or her medical background. I have Lyme and it makes me sick to read this post. It is a specific type of immunotherapy. The stress of being away from David does play a part in healing also. I read you have some mess going on legally. With these kind of posts- I understand why. Everyone with a negative opinion doesn’t have the medical knowledge re the subject. Maybe call the Dr and ask them to explain it to you before you are so judgemental. Yo looked like she was near death and you can’t fake the Lyme look and dead giveaways. Most of the people posting have no clue what I’m referring to but anyone educated in Lyme understands.
I am more educated on Lyme that I ever wanted to be. The Dr, in Alaska is a known quack. Your friends are stupid. And Yolanda herself never said she had Lyme she said she has Chronic Lyme which doesn’t exist. We’ve been readiing on this for months.
You probably shouldn’t be out of bed. If you have Lyme go get the antibiotic treatments you need. If you have “Chronic Lyme” then there is no hope for you either.
Chronic Lyme DOES exit. I fucking have it. I am bedridden most days. You are a raging idiot.
Sorry, you need to find someone to figure out what you actually have.
Yes. For real.
You can’t fake the Lyme look? You have heard of makeup, yes?
Using lemons to fight Lymes? Oy.
Good one! Needed that wit :-)!
Didn’t know Yo’s nurse’s *cough cough* name was really Sarah.
I’m certainly not an expert in Lyme or any other illness but here’s what I do know. In one of Yolanda’s first episodes on the show she said she just recently had lamb foetus stem cell treatment. She claimed it was for the pain of her broken back (that she suffered in child birth). These treatments are given in Germany and Switzerland often for “rejuvenation” – to some they are purely a vanity treatment. Seemingly the side effects can cause fatigue, brain fog and immune issues as essentially you are rebuilding the immune system with animal cells. So here is Yolanda, joining a reality show where she wants to look her best so she pops herself over to Germany and all is great….until a couple of months later when Yolanda says she began to get a little brain fog (in Kyle’s store when talking to Taylor) and by the reunion she claimed to be in the full throws of a chronic illness. Yolanda will NEVER admit that her fatigue and brain fog was self inflicted and a result of her own vanity so she decides that it must be from the horse ranch she lived on some years previously before moving to Malibu. Oddly neither her or her two children who she also claims suffer with Lyme, developed any symptoms at all until years later. After that reunion where Yolanda realized how her “illness” was actually quite beneficial to her in her role on RHOBH – she could duck in and out of events, reunions, claim brain fog when she was nasty or accusatory (towards LVP for never calling her outside of the show etc) and I’m sure in the early days she also got a little bit more attention at home. The great thing about Yolanda’s “Lyme” was that she could have bouts when it suited her – so strange that it only showed up at reunions and between filming and we only ever saw her “ill” on RHOBH in her last season after so many viewers questions the authenticity of it all. And that landed her a book deal and also caused a huge rift between LVP and Rinna, Eileen and Erika so it was a double whammy for Yolanda who has a chronic hatred for LVP, BFF of her ex husband. Yolanda is the master of manipulation.
Another factor that gives lie to Yolanda’s claims was her reaction to her own daughter when she had the DUI. Yolanda sent a stinking email to her about all the things she found in her car, she laid on the guilt about her role as a big sister to Anway, questioned how she could do this to HER knowing that Yolanda had lost her father in a car accident etc. Later Yolanda claimed Bella was suffering from Lyme for two years – which would include the time when Bella got the DUI. But Yolanda NEVER ONCE mentioned Bella’s Lyme in her email, she never cautioned her about the danger of drink and drugs in conjunction with her treatments etc. Never even said “I’m paying for all these treatments for you and you are risking their efficacy with your behavior” like most moms would. Not one single mention of her daughters chronic illness.
Utterly on point!
That frig represents Yolanda, pretty but fake. All that food in there is plastic. I feel sorry for her kids.
It sounds a little like “America’s next Next Top Model” with Yolanda playing a rich white Tyra Banks, who BTW, was never going to ANTM. I don’t know who they’ll get put on the show with her but I don’t see Yolanda rubbing elbows with any little people.
Her recovery reminds me of my middle son. He would be at Death’s door in the morning, but the afternoon rolled around and praise Jesus, he was healed! I used to refer to this phenomenon as, The Three O’clock Healing!
I loved revisiting the trials & tribulations of a top notch gold digger. Apparently a large cash settlement is the cure for Muchausen & Muchausen by proxy. Allegedly. Keep us posted.
I thought Yolanda had more money than David Foster and her recovery is due to having the leaking implants removed. This makes sense to me.
I got as far as “I thought Yolanda had more money than David Foster”and then laughed so hard I cried and could not read farther.
Was Foster not like, almost a billionaire?
I used to follow her on Instagram, then I couldn’t stand it anymore. But rest assured she has tons of followers kissing her ass on there telling her what a great mom she is and what an inspiration she is to people with chronic illnesses. She makes me sick, personally – I think she is a terrible person and has done a lot of harm by spreading this pseudo science garbage. People like Sarah eat her shit up with a spoon, though.
TT, thanks very much for picking this story up.
!) As someone whose life has been completely altered by serious autoimmune diseases, some of which are invisible, the pain of which always is, I always felt Yolanda’s disease and its management made no sense-and as time went on, it was clear she had no trained medical doctors involved at all, but was travelling the world in search of miracle cures that would lead to media coverage , using David’s plane and money. I believed what she said at first- but logic and good medical management were not at all involved in her treatment. I have used Mayo, the NIH, and know the key guys in the country ; she never had a licensed physician in her care for a minute.
I share the outrage, disgust and the sentiments of all the true struggling patients above, and feel she pretended to have a real illness, just as you described. Her breast implant removal, after a ridiculous 20+ years, apparently solved whatever real issues she experienced, if any.
2) I can’t thank you enough for the terrific, thoughtful, detailed analysis of the actual disease Lyme, your superb knowledge of it and its presence in California, and your excellent read of this crafty, lying, manipulative lady, whose only agenda has been money and fame. It was your precise analysis of the situation that made it all completely clear. Her need to break prenups and get more money from husbands is disgusting.
3) This show is another example of her shams at work- it’s about her getting attention again. Five thousand a week is nothing in NY,,a contract with her firm that does what? It doesn’t exist but will have high quality modeling contracts? Not likely. And what will she teach them, to eat only five almonds a day, as she told Gigi one day? Yolanda is a lying scum bag who has zero integrity, empathy, or credibility. Allegedly.
I hope this makes her happy, because she obviously doesn’t care much about people she purports to love. She seems to be very comfortable mocking and taking advantage of those who truly suffer each day, Heck, she accepted awards for leadership in fighting Lyme- what a joke.
I wonder how Erika and Yolanda’s friendship is going ? I am so happy Yolanda is not on RHBH any longer. I believe she was faking not only her Lyme but her children’s as well. A wise friend once told me “greed does not wait” , trurer words were never spoken. Her ex husbands must feel used and abused. I bet they see her, really see her. But they must be afraid to say anything against her because she plays the game so well. Just my opinion .
Photo 2015 Yolanda and other special snowflakes.
TD, Lol and thank you for saying this! I’ve been hyperfocused on the snowflakes in that photo! She’s a special one for sure.
I don’t get Yolanda. She was too sick to film regularly for Housewives after her first season. When she did film, the scene was set up around her (her events, her charity, or her house in Malibu). She was like LuAnne back then in that she liked being the hostess. So now she is feeling great and Gigi is a mega star…where is she? This Tea makes complete sense. It also begs the question…was Lisa Rinna right this whole time? lmao. I don’t think Yolada liked the fact that Housewives of BH was Kyle’s baby and that Lisa V got her own spinoff. I think Yolanda would fit in better with the Ladies of London, actually.
Didn’t realize “miracle cure” for Yolanda’s chronic lyme was to be found in Foster’s bank account.
ATTN: If you actually believe you have Chronic Lyme disease, bless your heart, this is not the site for you. We’ve done way too much research and have no desire to explain it all to you. Please save your spoons for a site that will be more enabling and compassionate. This is not it.
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Yes xo!!!
I’ll never watch her stupid show. I hope she enjoys her “miraculous” recovery, her giant pile of money, and riding her children to Kardashian-hood.
Also, all of these comments about everyone’s various ailments gave me Chronic Lyme Disease. What a flashback to the olden, molden days…
I get bitten four to six times a year, find them attached, yet somehow survive. Skeeters are worse. Yolanda needs to suck a lime.
Sonething else I always thought was really interesting about YoYo’s assertions was that she said she and her children got Chronic Lyme from being bitten by horse flies while riding in California. Now, if such a thing were possible, and true, wouldn’t there be a massive epidemic of Lyme among stable workers and ranch hands in those areas, but there doesn’t seem to be? The horse flies somehow magically carrying Chronic Lyme only bit the people riding? And despite claiming Bella and Anwar also had it, they never appeared to have any symptoms and are now also miraculously “recovered.”
Everything bites me. I drink a lot of milk and believe bugs think I taste like veal.
Pretty amazing.. Bella working the runways of the world. Anwar doing his thing… No weird doctor trips or bed ridden issues….at least it appears that way.
She’s so see thru why is she getting on any show after faking a illness that effects so many she made it a joke glad she’s off RHOBH
Is that the Loch Lymen monster giving stank eye in the background? Smart enough not to bite the antibiotic ridden bait filled to the bills with bullshit?