I’m having a bad day. Actually it’s been bad for a few days. I am not saying this for sympathy, I don’t need any positive well wishes in comments. I’m saying I’d like to call in sick today and I can’t because A BUNCH OF SHIT IS HAPPENING. NOTHING IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAYS. Yet, there is all sorts of things I need to report on them and I don’t feel like doing eleventeen posts today so if it is okay with you guys I just want to talk to you in one post and be a cranky irritable bitch and get it over with. That should also be a heads up that people are going into moderation left and right today and I am trying to send people to “the middle place” instead of WLS because I know it is not you IT’S ME and I am trying to get over myself but every little thing is setting me off today. Sorry. But not really THAT sorry.
Let’s start with RHONY.
It’s kind of charity event season on NYC. And there is so much weird shit going on I don’t know where to begin. First of all there was a huge gala for something or another (I should point out I am drinking rum and I almost NEVER drink liquor anymore because my mouth gets reckless) lots of people went to the event for orphaned starfish (not sure what that was and I am not making it up I think it is about people not starfish though) Kathryn Dennis was there as were tons of housewives but I have no idea why I am talking about this other than when people see Bravo people together they start emailing me things like is Kathryn going to be on RHONY? Noe. Noe she is not. BTW if you emailed me today I have hundreds of email I have not even gotten through yet and it is seven pm. I’m not annoying you and I’m grateful for your emails even if I don’t respond.
Ramona invited Dorinda to the Angel Ball, another charity event that is a really big deal. She bought two tickets but then when Dorinda got there she supposedly found out that Ramona asked to be seated at a table with more important people. This leads me to think Ramona is the person from a recent blind that was sent to me about some RH who was seeking investors in Miami for some new enterprise. The person who sent it to me thought it was about Bethenny, but Bethenny is doing just fine.
Anyway.
Ramona was also at the fakeass Lyme event this year. AS A FEATURED SPEAKER. The event that seems fake to me because Yolanda had her husband at the time, David Foster sponsor it and some other celebrity whose name I don’t recall was honored the next year, I mean if having a disease is an honor, and so it just all seems SO FUCKING FAKE TO ME ALLEGEDLY. Well anyway, Ramona was there as a speaker and it seemed to me from what I read she was talking about her personal experience with Lyme Disease! WTF, Ramona? You’re like five years too late for this shit.
Then there is Carole who has been doing the most lately. First she is promoting vintage remade Levis when Bethenny is debuting (is that word right? It looks weird but spellcheck if fine with it.) And now she is weighing in on Megyn Kelly getting fired today for saying that she doesn’t see the problem with white people being black people that they look up to for Halloween. She is trying so hard for people to pay attention to her dumb ass. She also said that Bravo Legal was concerned about LuAnn’s outfit. My sources say that is an absolute lie. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO CALM THE FUCK DOWN ABOUT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES. I was on a sight today that had photos of “MOST OFFENSIVE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES EVER” One was an Indian, and as someone who is a descendant of the Choctaw tribe I can say I don’t get offended by the Indian costumes and I loved the Village People back before all this stupid snowflake shit started. (Pauses to do YMCA dance) and one was a Pilgrim? I have no idea what is offensive about that. And the third was one of those stupid people in Hollywood I should probably know who is white and was dressed like crazy eyes from Orange Is The New Black. Why is it always white, privileged people like Carole Radziwill swanning on about what is okay for white people to do and what is not? I’ve never seen black people freaking out over what costume someone chose for Halloween. The idiot white girl obviously liked the show. and dressed up as her favorite character. WHO THE FUCK CARES AND DON’T WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY THAN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES?
Go knock on some fucking doors off camera Carole and get off of Luann’s back. The couches of RHOOC had to be cleaned of bronzer when they left yesterday. Some white people use bronzer to look darker. Some black people bleach their skin. People with curly hair want straight hair people with straight hair want curls. Every fucking thing is not racist and if it is let the race who is allegedly offended defend their selves. Black folks do not need Carole fucking Radziwill deciding what is offensive. Though personally, I found the sky high afro offensive and not at all “Diana Ross” but the bronzer is typical Luann. Also WTF with people going batshit when the normalish Kardashian wore a teased hairstyle and had to defend herself. Again, white people not knowing what a fucking afro is being OFFENDED on behalf of OTHERS as if they can’t speak up for themselves.
Well fuck I am just getting started so I think that is all from RHONY and I need to start another post because I am getting wordy.
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I don’t think Luann was intentionally trying to be racist, but I do hope she’s learned a critical lesson on respect after last year’s “Diana Ross” FUBAR extravaganza.
And I feel your pain, TT. This is now that time of the year when my work gets absolutely batshit. After I voted this morning, I spent the rest of the day crunching numbers and spending an unhealthy amount of time on our Secretary of State’s website. I’m basically counting the days until I’m in the airport and in line to get on that plane to Honolulu. In the meantime, it feels so good to come here, read this site, and remember that there are still reasons to live, love, and laugh.
Atdleft Check your hotel in Hawaii isn’t on strike…
Unfortunately, the hotel where we’re spending the first night is one of the hotels on that list. I guess if worse comes to worst, we may have to regroup and figure out an alternative (Hey, Airbnb!).
Fortunately, the hotel where we’ll spend the rest of our trip is not on the list.
I don’t think Luann was intentionally trying to be racist, but I do hope she’s learned a critical lesson on respect after last year’s “Diana Ross” FUBAR extravaganza.
And I feel your pain, TT. This is now that time of the year when my work gets absolutely batshit. After I voted this morning, I spent the rest of the day crunching numbers and spending an unhealthy amount of time on our Secretary of State’s website. I’m basically counting the days until I’m in the airport and in line to get on that plane to Honolulu. In the meantime, it feels so good to come here, read this site, and remember that there are still reasons to live, love, and laugh.
I saw Carole the other night selling vibrators on Evine After Dark. I can’t even type this without laughing my ass off. Yes, this was around the same time Bethenny sold out of Skinny Girl Jeans on HSN.
Are you serious? If so, that is pure gold!
Yes!! You can google it. Why be an award winning journalist when you can sell vibrators on Evine! She actually said what colors she had and she’s had to get the grey one! I
I am laughing my ass off at this! Everything Carole has done since leaving RHNY seems to have been trying to show she has a life, other friends, and other job opportunities. And looked rather pathetic IMHO. This is hysterical — what she’s left doing to make money. I wonder if filming with Bethenny seems so awful to her now.
Journalism y’all 😂😂😂
LMA off!!!! Thank you!!!!
I don’t understand how hypocrisy chooses which way to point – Lisa Rinna is “get yo coins gurl” for having supposed incontenence and wearing a diaper on a red carpet, but Carole is “LOL SO PATHETIC” for making money off the sales of sex toys? Just like “get yo coins gurl” hustle Kandi has done for years – no?
She’s always been very sex positive. I don’t see why this should be twisted into some sort of embarrassment? Fuck, you couldn’t get the gig if you begged for your life.
I’m sorry but if Carole is shilling sex toys on Evine (WHICH I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED) I’m going to mock the mother fucking living shit out of the bitch
She mocked Bethenny for shilling her billion dollar busing on RHONY. and now she is an old lady selling dildos? i’m sorry that is hysterical. Raise your hand if the thought of Carole shoving a dildo up herself makes you want to buy one?ANYONE? ANYONE? This is just fucking sad.
And girl, I don’t think I know anyone who is SEX NEGATIVE. Have a seat..
a) life is like a box of chocolates – I plan to keep biting until RECKLESS MOUTH; b) when I can produce the energy required to lather myself into grand mal-level procrastination, I’m going to go all Geraldo-The-Investigation-Years on this Lyme group; c) Carole doesn’t swing, doesn’t go in the water, but later claims to have done both and to have found it less than pedestrian; d) Tamara, my imaginary snapshot of your Bad Day is Joan Cusack in “Broadcast News” careening from one side of the building to the other clutching the just-edited videocassette of James Brook’s Norman Rockwell piece, limbo-sliding under malfunctioning filing cabinet drawers, body-slamming an intern, splitting a kneecap on a chunky water-fountain, and limping and Tammy-Faye-weeping the rest of the way but never ceasing to stagger forward until tossing the tape to the news director to plunk it into the it’s-live-thing with zero seconds to spare for the viewing pleasure of a needy and undeserving nation. (I’m Holly Hunter saying Bobby-Bobby-Bobby-Bobby-Bobby-Bobby-Bobby and then weeping uncontrollably while ripping the shoulder-pads out of my own shirt).
Please, I’m begging. Invite me to thanksgiving dinner, I’ll bring Tamara. We will be nice to your relatives and bring Veuve.
MAy I please tag along, I’ll bring Napa Valley wines. Reads like you must have the best conversations.
I will bring really good smoke!! JS!!
I am 59 and if I was to tell how we dressed for Halloween in the 60’s & 70’s, I’d be banished from the twitter world….lol We had fun 🎃 We were not thinking it was such a bad thing to dress up the way we did as NO ONE ever complained!
OMG! 😂 Does anyone else remember the dreadful plastic face masks that ended up on our head as we could hardly breathe?…lol. Back then we just went trick or treating and had fun counting the mounds of candy we received in our pillow cases. Mind you Halloween did not please Mum that much who knew there would be yet another dentist bill in the near future…lol We also collected pennies for #UNICEF in the little orange box that we had to return to school the next day. I really miss the good ole days at times #sigh
Your right TT, some people #Carole need to just RELAX.
I just want to give a shout out to Bill Maher for ending his show with what I was trying to say about Halloween. Bill said it much better and reiterates the point that I believe TT was making…. Some people just need to #Relax about Halloween costumes #FFS…. #JustSaying
I’m still laughing my ass off over you pausing to do the YMCA dance
I am drinking Jameson after a long week-rum would be my third choice after moonshine! LOL! (Think I need to set you up with some moonshine TT) Just started a new series called Bodyguard. Too early to know if its worth while but DAMN the main character is NICE on the eyes! Here’s hoping for a better day tomorrow TT
Bodyguard is very worth it! VERY.
And yes TT to Kendall’s not-Afro teased hair (it looked great) and Luann’s actually offensive ‘all black people have hair like this don’t they?’ afro. I am bi-racial/mixed race. Whatever you wanna call it. I can do both. But I’m v much ‘white passing’ and agree – everyone needs to relaaaax on the costumes. It’s often intent behind the costume, not the costume itself that can cause offense.
To be honest, when I was pregnant with my son, I carried my daughter trick-or-treating as a pregnant nun. I live in rural Mississippi.
Yeah I got strange looks but that could have been because my husband was dressed as a priest. I thought it was funny and actually everyone we walked by nearly fell in the street from laughter
I have a pagan friend and she as a pregnant nun and her husband was Jesus and their toddler was a mermaid. It was epic. The local youth pastylives next door to me Nd they headed over there the trick or treat and the youth pastor laughed his ass off. It was great.
We’re actually pagan as well. Our daughter was a pirate because Pirates of the Caribbean the first one.
I was a smoking pregnant nun, ’86 in San Francisco, had a blast that year!
A lot of Catholics down your way and yes they laugh at themselves all the time. Your sense of humor will be your salvation at times during parenthood.
Give ‘em hell, TT!
Back in the olden days I trick-or-treated as a kid, just like every kid. My costumes consisted of witch, indian maiden named Pocahontas, 2 years in a row I was a hippie, cowgirl, Raggedy Ann. When deciding on my yearly Halloween costume I think I went with what was cute, fun and trendy at the time. I was too young to be a real hippie but thought they were really cool. We had read the tail about Pocahontas and thought it would be neat to dress like her. It was never derogatory and demeaning IMO. We just wanted to pretend to be something scary or different by wearing costumes and eat some candy.
Is Pocahontas costume offensive? I wouldn’t allow my child to wear it now with the political climate, just because I’m sick of political fighting.
Is a Native American costume offensive.
My 2 1/2 yr grandson was given a choice, he wanted to be a fire truck, Mom asked if he meant fireman, no he wants to be the truck, so he is, adorable costume. No politics there lol
Julianne Hough (DWTS) is the person who dressed up as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren. Because Crazy Eyes is a recognizable CHARACTER, so brilliantly played by Uzo Aduba, I did not share the outrage of others. One has only to compare the “real life” Aduba with the Crazy Eyes character to see that Hough was dressed up as a fictional character, one that has become an icon of pop culture. I understand that we have to be sensitive to others, but I do wonder how often the “targets” are offended and how often some other person is just fanning the flames — making it all about THEM.
Amen to that. People need to lighten the fuck up.
I groaned when I heard Megyn Kelly drag Luanne into the discussion. Blackface is a really specific, vile thing, and it’s certainly not wearing bronzer. I think Luanne was on the bubble with that whole look, but she copped to it and it’s over. Don’t grab onto Luanne’s dead issue like a life raft, Megyn.
Thank you. I’m thinking the same thing here: Megyn Kelly was using Luann for cover. As I said above, her “Diana Ross” costume was horrendous, but I don’t believe she intended for it to be a racial slur. Megyn Kelly, OTOH, has a long history of saying stupid shit and bigoted nonsense. I initially gave her the benefit of the doubt when she moved to NBC, but she clearly hasn’t really changed her ways.
‘ but I don’t believe she intended for it to be a racial slur. ‘
I agree, I don’t think Lu did it from a racist attitude either.
And she may have had good reason for choosing to wear the large Afro wig. I went to goggle and found many pictures of Diana Ross with ‘really huge’ Afros…even one on the cover of Vogue….so that may have been where Lu got the big Afro idea. Just goggle for the pictures. Didn’t Lu wear a white dress? If so one of Ross’s big Afro pictures had her wearing a white deep v necked gown. Lu may have just copied that and the hair.
Anyway people need to distinguish between ‘unintentional’ faux pas and real racism.
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I did too, All she had to do was be neutral not lean either way.
I think it’s educational, most news people educate themselves on the history of subjects early on where as opinion based people do not thinking they already know.
Megan Kelly was given an opportunity most Fox people will never have.
Auntie Velvvet, I had to read why black face was offensive. I understood the feelings but not the source,
Each race, ethinicity, cultural upbringing etc has traits, foods, etc. associated to them. Traits vary from from good and true to offensive.
Our American past had white actors using black face to show blacks at their stereotypical worst. Repeatedly done in movies and for laughter in comedy shows.
I can’t recall where I read or saw this, a small group of blacks mostly men discussing a problem when one said, We can just wait for the white women to come in and be outraged for us. There was a wee bit more to this but that was the soul of the scene.
Verrry insightful. Agree..,
Did anyone else hear Carole saying she’s only friends now with Ramona? Is that not so shocking? Carole, Dorinda and Tinsley were like the 3 Musketeers. She never seemed the slightest bit friendly with Ramona. Just all weird. Poor Lu gets dragged with all that BS again
Check your Costco if you want Skinny Girl Jeans.. They are down here for 17.99 and they had a lot of them. They are not the ones with studs though.
Which state? They’re not in any of the ones I’ve been to in Texas nor are they offered online. I just checked. Id love a pair but am certainly not seeing them in our Costco’s.
That’s because they don’t sell Bethennny’s jeans at Costco. It’s a bullshit internet rumor.
We are having the same week, TT. Everybody and everything has been ticking me off over the past few days.
I agree with your entire post. I guess I offended the bums/vagrants/homeless (not sure of current term) when I put on my Dad’s old jacket, drew a mustache and beard on my face with my mother’s eyebrow pencil, then called myself a bum for Halloween—who will speak for them??? It’s almost a contest to see who can be most politically correct woke liberal…. I’m offended that Carol thinks she is speaking on my behalf..The gall of some people never ceases to amaze me.
I’m going to bingewatch Blueblood now, it is my new go-to show. Plus, Tom Selleck is handsome.
Total bitch move by Carole! she decides to start this “business” while Bethenny is on tour and promoting her brand jeans!
Carole is totally gunning for Luann – the only take away for me is – This will totally test Luann’s triggers. And Luann is rocking the sober boat 100%.
piss off Carole
I am 50% Irish from my full-blooded father and 25% Hispanic and 25% black coming from my Puerto Rican mother. I just have to be offended by someone, but who? I suppose I need to consult with the uber politically correct, white, skinny, elitist, privileged, woke feminist Carole Radziwill to tell me how since she just knows more than I would. Normally these things are a big yawn to me but that bitch just pisses me off with her complete bullshit.
Respond to Carole with that on twitter and she will reply that you are stupid, ignorant, watch too much TV and she’s blocking you from her twitter…lol
Just go look at her twitter…she cant stop attacking people especially her former co stars.
She is so extremely bitter that it is obvious she was fired and out now to tear down RHONY.
Her tweets alternate between calling other tweeters stupid, then bragging on herself, then attacking Lu and others…..she is incensed that racist Megan Kelly makes “17 million a year” on the news and says she isn’t a “news journalist. And for some reason keeps referring to herself as a “blonde”:.
Radziwill is a mental case….no doubt about that now.
You know what they say :
“The best remedy for White Guilt is getting offended!!”
;P
Blackface and bronzer are not the same. I am most offended by black face. I dressed at Daenerys Stormborn. I didn’t slather tons of white makeup on my face so that people would be 100% certain that I was a white character. I found Luann’s costume hilarious. She looked like Jane Brady in that awful Brady movie. Megyn Kelly should have been fired, but not just for this. She is constantly making gaffes and is just an all around sucky person.
Thank goodness that we have Carole to tell us what is right and wrong in this world.
Mick, after years of quietly not agreeing with political correctness U now understand it’s importance in civilized discussions.
I agree with you about Carole and Julianne Houghs, neither one of them meant anything harmful with their black face.
I wanted to know the whys to black face so I looked it up a few years ago, this is what I remember.
Blackface was used by whites to portray blacks in a demanding and or comical manner on stage and in film. The black face characters were laughed at not with because of their portrayal of blacks in a demeaning way. It was never complimentary.
Later when a serious black charactor was needed, a white actor was used with black face.
Shared this because I did not understand, not to change anyone’s beliefs.
OOps “I” not U
I want to start off by saying I love this blog. It has all the info on people that I watch on TV. TT and I seem to love and hate most of the same ppl. However, as a person of color, black face in any way shape or form…is always wrong. No excuses for it. I’m disappointed reading how ppl think that just because it’s halloween and somebody is a “character” it’s ok to do black face. It’s not. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Also, who cares what you did 50 years ago. If you were white and alive back then, you were probably low key racist anyway. Also, Carole is a very opinionated person and has always been…who cares what she says now? She’s off the show. The more we talk about her, the more attention she gets and you know what happens next. She’ll end up being a friend of the show and maybe back on. Let’s kill that now. She didn’t become the least bit interesting until this season (too late). Bye Carole! Stay on Twitter, thanks!
Blaze, I had to educate myself as to why black face was so insulting. Younger people have no clue as to why and where black face originated.
Occasionally a quick history lesson would be helpful.
I am white and have been Jimi Hendrix for Halloween a couple of times. Didn’t use dark makeup. I do actually have my own afro so didn’t have to buy a wig for that. In general we are such a melting pot here in the US. It’s strange to be offended by so much.
Ramona has lyme? Come on Ramona. She’s such a schmoozer. I wonder how much she got paid for the event. I could totally see Ramona ditching Dorinda for the Angel Ball, but to be honest, if it’s a really important business opportunity, I would understand my friend needing to be seated somewhere else. I mean, if they are truly the elite of NYC then Dorinda should have no problem socializing alone.
Ramona’s sister has lyme. So I guess another case of a white person speaking for someone else. Damn crackers 😂 joke joke.
Carole’s always offended by something. She’s probably so ‘woke’ that she never sleeps, poor bish. Judging by twitter plenty of black people were pissed off by LuAnns crappy attempt at Diana Ross. That being said I’m sure people of colour do not need or want Carole Radziwill as their self appointed leader. She’ll probably produce some sort of genealogy.com certificate at some point stating she’s 1 84th Wakandan with a possible relation to Beyonce’s back-up dancers cousin to justify her being offended-by-proxy.
Carole needs to get laid by a (please Goddess help me with this explaination/word)
a man that knows how to change a tire, cut firewood/make a fire, and would not be caught in a pair of tight jeans. Her metro men are not the same, they really are not.
She might be happier for a few weeks.
Bring on the nasty comments but a good lay cures a lot problems.
Incoming nasty comment alert! Ha joke joke! Amen to that 🙏🏻 a good lay does fix everything!
Although I can change a tyre and make a log fire (the joys of growing up in a house where the boiler was powered by an Aga and wood/coal burning fires were in almost every room lol) in tight-ish jeans ha.
I will own occasionally looking at Radzi’s Twitter to see if she is STILL ranting on incessantly about Bethenny still and I had the exact reaction you did – why is Radzi the self-appointed knowlege-giver of literally everything all the time and is so rude to people who follow her and questioned her statement on Luann? Does she even have a real job yet? Still working with Adam on that cookbook? I guess what with that large hppocampus she has she thinks she knows absolutely everything. If ever anyone needed a Twitter break, it would be C-Radzi.
I hate to dress up for Halloween. Feel free to use my costume. I used to tell my fellow teachers that I was dressed as a retired person cause they wear anything they want. Now I am retired so I’m always dressed for Halloween.
I guess Carole was one of those housewives that Bethenny said NEEDED the money. She’s been steady selling her stuff on Posh Mark. I thought wealthy women donated their clothes or the money they make selling them to various charities. Not Carole; she wants every single penny she can get. I’m happy now. I didn’t think I’d get another chance to make a snide remark about her but this is my lucky day.
I love that you’re retired. Congratulations!
I think that’s what I want to “go as” this year. I’m gonna celebrate my costume in my home, quietly. (I’m practicing). If I ever do another costume party for Halloween, I’m definitely going as retired. Best tip of the night peachteachr!
When and why has carol gone so bat shit crazy ? She really did use to be funny and have a quick wit. Now just mean ??
I just came here to say how much I can’t stand Carole. When did she become like this? She is off her rocker now.
Also can’t stand how Carole tells people to stop watching reality TV. Ummm the only reason anyone knows who you are is because you were on a reality TV show for the past however many years. And I’m sure you would still love to be on it…
I guess I am about to go the way of Megyn Kelly, or win yet another “Mother of the Year” Award. Idiot that I am, I sent my son in college a care package for Halloween. In the care package were treats, of course, some decorations, and two tie-dyed shirts and some dreadlocks and hats for him and his girlfriend to wear for Halloween. He texted and thanked me, but advised that he can’t wear them around his campus because they are racist. Apparently, since Rastafarian is a religion and culture, it is offensive to dress like one….oy vey! So, sorry if any of you on here are Rastafarian. My bad! (clunk…head hits desk…)
There is no other place to post it so I am doing this here – Skinny Girl was product placed in Will and Grace, and it was product placed heavily! I am quite surprised to be honest, but go Bethenny!