S09.E09: Two Weeks Notice

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8 hours ago, BBHN said:

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer? ;)

 

Now, BB, seeing as how it's the Lulupalooza (or, more accurately, Lulu's Palooza) of which we're posting, I believe the correct phrase is:

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your legs closed to men who have previously boned most of the UES.

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2 hours ago, KungFuBunny said:

How sad is that? Luann didn't even get paid $20K and she is still contractually obligated to do more interviews or face being sued. I guess Tom isn't as rich as she thought if she has to take on non paying gigs. I looked to see what articles People has posted about Luann and I the first one that popped up was dated 4/10/17 Penthouse Tour & 4/17/17 about Victoria getting arrested. Not sure what these have to do with weddings, but as a wedding consultant she sucks.

 

O right, Victoria got nailed for DUI. Remember when Bella Hadid got her DUI and how it was endlessly brought up in Yolanda's thread? Victoria is getting much nicer treatment, eh?

[lunastartron]

22 minutes ago, steelcitysister said:

 

O right, Victoria got nailed for DUI. Remember when Bella Hadid got her DUI and how it was endlessly brought up in Yolanda's thread? Victoria is getting much nicer treatment, eh?

I remember a significant part of that endlessness being attributable to the fact that Bella was underage at the time (and thus still under her mom's care); her arrest happened concurrent with filming and comprised a plot point for the narrative of the season in question; and she herself later revived the topic during her own media rounds.

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12 minutes ago, lunastartron said:

I remember a significant part of that endlessness being attributable to the fact that Bella was underage at the time (and thus still under her mom's care); her arrest happened concurrent with filming and comprised a plot point for the narrative of the season in question; and she herself later revived the topic during her own media rounds.

Ah. MMV.

[Happy Camper]

4 hours ago, motorcitymom65 said:

Wow, that is a "fuck you", and not even a subtle one. Showing all the gals that did get a wedding special, and then for the most part showing Lu running around trying to convince everyone her husband to be isn't fucking around on her. Congrats Lu. 

I thought that Bravo wanted to film her wedding, but Lu said "no thanks" because she didn't want her wedding to be all about the drama?

Did I misunderstand the situation?

[ButterQueen]

11 hours ago, chewycandy said:

I for one was glad so I didn't have to hear her sick voice! Lol way too scratchy.

She was sick.  She mentioned being on antibiotics.

[KungFuBunny]

9 hours ago, motorcitymom65 said:

Wow, that is a "fuck you", and not even a subtle one. Showing all the gals that did get a wedding special, and then for the most part showing Lu running around trying to convince everyone her husband to be isn't fucking around on her. Congrats Lu. 

Yep starting at 8:00 AM and running through 6:00 PM will be all of the past HW wedding series/specials, the Wednesday of the new NY episode where Luann marries. Add another "fuck you" from them by airing her before they were HW's Luann. You were more interesting before you were a HW, but not interesting enough to get your own wedding special. Bethenny had an entire season, Luann didn't even get a 1/2 hour special. I'm curious to know what photo(s) they splice in and whose photos they use. They won't "pay" People Magazine. I wonder if Jill Z, Barbara K, Cynthia, & Marysol gave Bravo their phone pics. Andy also gave her a big f.u. by not attending even though he was invited. He sides with the Count and had better things to do.

How horrible is it that no one (not production, not one camera person, makeup person) told Luann about Barbara? I still want to know if Barbara K is friends with Dorinda, she was at Dorinda's Beauty for Freedom event. So did Dorinda know too? Luann is oblivious to this until after her wedding.

Congratulations on your demotion Luann

[Alonzo Mosely FBI]

On 6/1/2017 at 11:07 AM, BckpckFullaNinjas said:

 

i cringed at her arrogance and complete unconcern for the physical chaos she caused at Dorinda's.

EXACTLY re: Carole.  A weak apology, no assistance then a defiant talking head that it wasn't her fault that she didn't know the flue was shut.  As she started the fire and looked up she said it was open to the others. 

People who cannot take responsibility for their actions drive me crazy..... 

[snarts]

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Yep starting at 8:00 AM and running through 6:00 PM will be all of the past HW wedding series/specials, the Wednesday of the new NY episode where Luann marries. Add another "fuck you" from them by airing her before they were HW's Luann. You were more interesting before you were a HW, but not interesting enough to get your own wedding special. Bethenny had an entire season, Luann didn't even get a 1/2 hour special.

It's a fuck you because Luann refused to allow Bravo to film the wedding (allowing them to control the guest list).  She has been steadfast from the start that her wedding wouldn't be filmed.  Bravo's acting like one of Tom's spurned lovers...

[KungFuBunny]

8 hours ago, steelcitysister said:

 

O right, Victoria got nailed for DUI. Remember when Bella Hadid got her DUI and how it was endlessly brought up in Yolanda's thread? Victoria is getting much nicer treatment, eh?

They didn't film the reunion yet, so I can see Ramona Noodle going there.

[lasandi]

Now I am confused.  If Luann refused to allow Bravo to film her wedding, then how is Bravo wrong for showing the wedding specials that they were a part of?  Afterall they can't show Luann's because they have nothing to show. 

[KungFuBunny]

4 minutes ago, lasandi said:

Now I am confused.  If Luann refused to allow Bravo to film her wedding, then how is Bravo wrong for showing the wedding specials that they were a part of?  Afterall they can't show Luann's because they have nothing to show. 

Luanne tried using her upcoming nuptials as a negotiation tactic for a higher HW salary & money for her own wedding special. Bravo had no interest and nixed both. Luann made an agreement with People to give them the exclusive rights to the images from her wedding and for a series of interviews before and after her wedding. No other party was interested. She was supposed to be paid $20K for the exclusive wedding pictures and the interview series. Luann didn't hold her part of the bargain or should I say her good friends didn't. Jill Zarin who likes to announce things on her FB page like Congratulations to a Baby Boy for Bethenny as though she has the inside scoop. Anyhoo JZ and Barbara K posted pics on all of their social media accounts as the wedding was happenning. This negated the "exclusivity" agreement Luann had with People. Luann's good friends screwed her over

[motorcitymom65]

34 minutes ago, snarts said:

It's a fuck you because Luann refused to allow Bravo to film the wedding (allowing them to control the guest list).  She has been steadfast from the start that her wedding wouldn't be filmed.  Bravo's acting like one of Tom's spurned lovers...

When did she state from the beginning that it wouldn't be filmed for Bravo? She was always very coy about it, just as she was with the guest list. It didn't get confirmed that Bravo couldn't film until she announced the deal with People, which was right before he wedding. She said Bravo couldn't film because it was a private event, then told them she had sold the rights to people (to film the event, not just still pics) and her contract forbade any other footage from Bravo. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. 

Bravo was pissed since they are the ones she is employed by, the ones responsible for her having any type of small-time fame. My guess is that she wanted a wedding special, which would have paid her extra money outside of what she gets for the show, but Bravo wasn't particularly interested in giving her a special mostly with zero HW stars at the wedding. I have read nothing about Bravo demanding her guest list contain certain names in order for it to be filmed. Would they have liked to have had other HW's there in order to give her a special? I have zero doubt about this. She was never going to get a special without more attendance from the HW's. It woudn't suprise me at all to find out that the reason she was so coy up until August about whether or not she would include the other HW's was because she did want some of them there to get the show, but they didn't want to come (well Beth and Carole certainly wouldn't have come). Without them, there is no special, just regular footage of a wedding. Lu picked the $20K from people over just having it filmed for the show which employs her. Yes, this is enough to make Bravo mad. 

My employer would be mad at me. She is paid to be on a reality TV show. A show that has cameras that follow her around and they film what is really going on in her life. For her wedding, she didn't want that employer with their cameras following her around because she had an opportunity to make money from People and their cameras that were going to follow her around. Yes, Bravo hates her. 

Edited June 4, 2017 by motorcitymom65

[Chit Chat]

Thanks motorcitymom65  for the post explaining what went down with Bravo & Luann's wedding.  I haven't kept up with all of the details, so I've been a little bit confused with the whole thing!   It will be interesting to see how this all plays out  for her future with the HWs franchise.

[WireWrap]

9 hours ago, steelcitysister said:

 

O right, Victoria got nailed for DUI. Remember when Bella Hadid got her DUI and how it was endlessly brought up in Yolanda's thread? Victoria is getting much nicer treatment, eh?

Maybe if Luann writes a nasty email to Victoria we will discuss it like we did Yolanda/Bella. It was more about that ugly email Yolanda sent Bella than Bella's actual DUI.

29 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Luanne tried using her upcoming nuptials as a negotiation tactic for a higher HW salary & money for her own wedding special. Bravo had no interest and nixed both. Luann made an agreement with People to give them the exclusive rights to the images from her wedding and for a series of interviews before and after her wedding. No other party was interested. She was supposed to be paid $20K for the exclusive wedding pictures and the interview series. Luann didn't hold her part of the bargain or should I say her good friends didn't. Jill Zarin who likes to announce things on her FB page like Congratulations to a Baby Boy for Bethenny as though she has the inside scoop. Anyhoo JZ and Barbara K posted pics on all of their social media accounts as the wedding was happenning. This negated the "exclusivity" agreement Luann had with People. Luann's good friends screwed her over

What? I haven't read anything stating that Luann did this, or that she tried to do this. Luann has said from the get go that she would not allow Bravo to film the wedding, she never backed off that statement and she was paid by People for the wedding photos.

30 minutes ago, motorcitymom65 said:

When did she state from the beginning that it wouldn't be filmed for Bravo? She was always very coy about it, just as she was with the guest list. It didn't get confirmed that Bravo couldn't film until she announced the deal with People, which was right before he wedding. She said Bravo couldn't film because it was a private event, then told them she had sold the rights to people (to film the event, not just still pics) and her contract forbade any other footage from Bravo. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. 

Bravo was pissed since they are the ones she is employed by, the ones responsible for her having any type of small-time fame. My guess is that she wanted a wedding special, which would have paid her extra money outside of what she gets for the show, but Bravo wasn't particularly interested in giving her a special mostly with zero HW stars at the wedding. I have read nothing about Bravo demanding her guest list contain certain names in order for it to be filmed. Would they have liked to have had other HW's there in order to give her a special? I have zero doubt about this. She was never going to get a special without more attendance from the HW's. It woudn't suprise me at all to find out that the reason she was so coy up until August about whether or not she would include the other HW's was because she did want some of them there to get the show, but they didn't want to come (well Beth and Carole certainly wouldn't have come). Without them, there is no special, just regular footage of a wedding. Lu picked the $20K from people over just having it filmed for the show which employs her. Yes, this is enough to make Bravo mad. 

My employer would be mad at me. She is paid to be on a reality TV show. A show that has cameras that follow her around and they film what is really going on in her life. For her wedding, she didn't want that employer with their cameras following her around because she had an opportunity to make money from People and their cameras that were going to follow her around. Yes, Bravo hates her. 

Luann said that the last reunion that her wedding was not going to be filmed. She also said it in interview after interview. Remember, Luann isn't the only one that would have to agree to have it filmed, so would Tom and I doubt he would have agreed to it or subject his family to it.

[zoeysmom]

Luann said from the very beginning she wanted to have a wedding that was drama free.  Logically that would mean no Bravo special.  Every wedding be it as part of an episode ala RHOM, or a special has had really negative and creepy family or RH scenes.  The actual ceremony itself is usually pretty boring it is the drama leading up to and snarky comments of the cast that makes a special.  It is not as if Luann had been wallflower last season and needed a storyline-she was the one sitting next to Andy at The Reunion.

Luann is smart enough to know a wedding special means all those close to her family and friends have to sign releases and the producers will be looking for anything to make the show interesting.  She has never shown her family in a bad light-herself yes-but not her family.  Luann said her niece told her to stop talking about she and Adam.  We have seen no one from Tom's family which leads me to believe they are simply not interested in being pulled into Bravo drama.  There were 250 people in attendance a lot of releases to be signed.   Luann got her special on her terms, we met some of her extended family, the timing of the wedding being in the middle of filming would mean the wedding special would most likely run after this season putting the wedding nine months after the fact. 

No one knows how much money Luann received from People.  People  hasn't confirmed nor has Luann.  Luann continues to be a People wedding consultant.  Receiving any money for wedding photographs is a pretty nice deal.  More importantly we have no idea how much Bravo is going to show of the wedding.  There were videographers there-just not a full on camera crew.  Is it really all that interesting without the drama attached?  I am sure there will be a round table of the unwell wishers NFIs making comments about the event. 

I agree Luann was coy about who was invited because they were still airing the show in August.  The Tom cheating stuff had not been aired or even disclosed when she was being asked about the guest list.  That would indicate to me Luann was towing the Bravo party line by not confirming who was invited. By September she had sent the Save the Date cards and only Dorinda was invited.  Luann specifically mentioned who from the cast got one.

I have always wondered about Luann but I do believe she is a pretty good negotiator and Bravo wants her on the show or they would have dumped her.  She is the one that negotiated a pay for play contract so she could pick and choose what she is involved in.  Last year right after filming commenced Luann went to Aspen with Tom while the others went to the casino.   This year she comes and goes pretty much on her own schedule.  Luann makes money for Bravo and Bravo pays her.  RHONYC took a huge hit twice, when they fired half the cast and the ratings went into the toilet and when they had an eighteen month hiatus.  Luann, Sonja and Ramona were part of the glue that kept the show together during uncertain times.  If I were to predict whose relationship with Bravo might be precarious it would be Ramona.  Ramona is getting dangerously close to Phaedra Parks behavior. 

[BBHN]

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Luanne tried using her upcoming nuptials as a negotiation tactic for a higher HW salary & money for her own wedding special. Bravo had no interest and nixed both. Luann made an agreement with People to give them the exclusive rights to the images from her wedding and for a series of interviews before and after her wedding. No other party was interested. She was supposed to be paid $20K for the exclusive wedding pictures and the interview series. Luann didn't hold her part of the bargain or should I say her good friends didn't. Jill Zarin who likes to announce things on her FB page like Congratulations to a Baby Boy for Bethenny as though she has the inside scoop. Anyhoo JZ and Barbara K posted pics on all of their social media accounts as the wedding was happenning. This negated the "exclusivity" agreement Luann had with People. Luann's good friends screwed her over

Bloop! Negotiating isn't always Lu's strong suit.

[BBHN]

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I remember a significant part of that endlessness being attributable to the fact that Bella was underage at the time (and thus still under her mom's care); her arrest happened concurrent with filming and comprised a plot point for the narrative of the season in question; and she herself later revived the topic during her own media rounds.

All of which is rather trivial, since we as the audience (or more accurately, people posting on PTV) are aware of both incidents and yet, only one seems to be the topic of discussion, to the point of death...

Edited June 4, 2017 by BBHN

[KungFuBunny]

27 minutes ago, BBHN said:

Bloop! Negotiating isn't always Lu's strong suit.

Poor Luann she really thought she had check mate.

Even People Magazine are showing their lack of love by posting articles about cheating Tom.

May 27, 2017 - Did RHONY's Luann D'Agostino Marry Tom — Despite Cheating Allegations — Because She Had 'Something to Prove'?

May 24, 2017 - The RHONY Return to Berkshires to Confront Luann D'Agostino with New Claims About 'Dirty Dog' Tom

Edited June 4, 2017 by KungFuBunny

[snarts]

16 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Poor Luann she really thought she had check mate.

Even People Magazine are showing their lack of love by posting articles about cheating Tom.

May 27, 2017 - Did RHONY's Luann D'Agostino Marry Tom — Despite Cheating Allegations — Because She Had 'Something to Prove'?

May 24, 2017 - The RHONY Return to Berkshires to Confront Luann D'Agostino with New Claims About 'Dirty Dog' Tom

Heh, that's now how tabloids work.  Everyone is fair game.

It appears that Luann's happiness bothers more than just her castmates...

[zoeysmom]

32 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Poor Luann she really thought she had check mate.

Even People Magazine are showing their lack of love by posting articles about cheating Tom.

May 27, 2017 - Did RHONY's Luann D'Agostino Marry Tom — Despite Cheating Allegations — Because She Had 'Something to Prove'?

May 24, 2017 - The RHONY Return to Berkshires to Confront Luann D'Agostino with New Claims About 'Dirty Dog' Tom

People is a news magazine-it is not Luann's personal fan page. 

Those headlines are recaps from the show.  This is not new information revealed by the writers.

[ElDosEquis]

20 hours ago, Bronzedog said:

Because she went to the Sophia Petrillo School of Etiquette.

At Shady Pines University?

Edited June 4, 2017 by ElDosEquis
Cling Clang.

[BBHN]

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Heh, that's now how tabloids work.  Everyone is fair game.

Even their own "consultants"!

[ElDosEquis]

On ‎6‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 7:59 PM, KungFuBunny said:

Dorinda's birthday cakes

When I see Dorinda's I Made It Nice cake - I think of the Dr Seuss hat on the cat

Would you, could you?

Eat that cake?

The one that she did not bake.

The cake that tried to 'make it nice'

Made of flour, eggs and spice?

Would you, could eat that cake?

Take it with a smile that's fake!

Would they ask you, once or twice

To taste that cake - It's really NICE?

[Chit Chat]

24 minutes ago, ElDosEquis said:

When I see Dorinda's I Made It Nice cake - I think of the Dr Seuss hat on the cat

I think of it as the limp dick of cakes.  ;)

[booboopbedoo]

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Luanne tried using her upcoming nuptials as a negotiation tactic for a higher HW salary & money for her own wedding special. Bravo had no interest and nixed both. Luann made an agreement with People to give them the exclusive rights to the images from her wedding and for a series of interviews before and after her wedding. No other party was interested. She was supposed to be paid $20K for the exclusive wedding pictures and the interview series. Luann didn't hold her part of the bargain or should I say her good friends didn't. Jill Zarin who likes to announce things on her FB page like Congratulations to a Baby Boy for Bethenny as though she has the inside scoop. Anyhoo JZ and Barbara K posted pics on all of their social media accounts as the wedding was happenning. This negated the "exclusivity" agreement Luann had with People. Luann's good friends screwed her over

She may have tried to get it all paid for like Star Jones and Sherry. Did Trista and Ryan get the whole thing comped as well?

I am not sure how Luanne is making money. Her hit singles were a flop and her clothing line? Maybe she is giving advise on how to live free in New York?

[ScoobieDoobs]

On 6/3/2017 at 0:47 PM, mostlylurking said:

 Tinsley is a non entity.  

Look, she's not playing this show right.  I've accused Bethenny of being very, very, very pointed & purposeful & calculating & manipulative (of BOTH the viewers & the cast) in pretty much everything she does before the cams.  BUT whatever she's doing now on the show (while I and maybe some others think it's a tiresome retread of a really boring routine) must be working because ratings are up.  Ah, but the thing is they all work to be entertaining before the cams.  That's their job.  Tinsley is not doing this & that's why she does seem like a non-entity.  She isn't tho.  Far from it.  She's had an interesting life, she knows a ton of interesting people & she absolutely has a forceful/spirited personality, but it's not coming across.

Is Tinsley a one-season wonder?  Nope.  Not unless she wants to leave.  I'm sure the producers are glad to have her on the show because she's the only true blue blood there.  The producers just need to script something that will get Tinsley angry -- and I mean really, really angry.  Tinsley's reputation here in NY precedes her.  Before she fled NYC to live in Palm Beach, she had pissed off many & was well-known to be a demanding, very nasty, temper-tantrum-throwing diva.  We haven't seen that side of her at all.  She's only been nice & maybe a tiny bit sarcastic & oh yeah, a big ole cougar.  Uh, yawn.  The cougar stuff is tired.  And nice?  Who watches Bravo shows to see nice people?  Huh?  

The producers need to find a way to coax out the Tinsley so well-known in certain circles in NY -- um, the 2002 Tinsely, the screeching, demanding, thoroughly obnoxious diva-bitch.  Where is that Tinsley from 15 years ago, when she was the horrible It Girl?  Now, that Tinsley would be really entertaining to watch -- and maybe she could beat the fuck outta Bethenny & finally sidetrack her from the excruciatingly dull crying/whining over Jason & endlessly babbling about Tom's cheating.   Sheesh, anything to get Bethenny to move on from this tired shit.

Edited June 4, 2017 by ScoobieDoobs

[ElDosEquis]

BRAVO should get Lizzie Grubman to join the cast.

She has a mugshot, too!

[Ki-in]

I hope they keep Tinsley around for a sophomore season. It must be hard trying to integrate into this cast and one season isn't enough. She needs a little time before she drops her guard and we start to see the real her.

[msblossom]

On 6/1/2017 at 5:23 PM, SunnyBeBe said:

I think that somewhere deep inside, Bethenny is afraid of becoming like her mother. She's always described her as horrific, but, now days, I wonder if that is accurate.  Her off the charts meltdown last night was more than just stress, imo.  Someone said that she gets particularly sensitive when her mother is mentioned.  (someone said that Jason calls her, her mother's name.)  I would interpret that as him possibly saying, Bethenny, I want Bryn and you to have a good relationship when she grows up and not like the one you had with your mom.  In Bethenny's mind she hears him calling her her mother's name.  This is my interpretation of it.  

I wonder if Andy is planning to bring Jason on the show anytime soon.  I mean....for ratings.  He may be friends with Bethenny ,but, he's businessman too. 

I don't know...things have gotten so bitter between these two that I wouldn't put it past Hoppy to call Bethenny by her mother's name. I like and dislike Bethenny, but she does show some tendencies of Bernadette, obviously not to the same degree because I think Bethenny tries very hard and deliberately to right the wrongs that were done to her and be a better mother than the one she grew up with. And she is miles ahead of Bernadette, but she has some Bernadette in her for sure. Hoppy knows it, sees it and I can see him using it as a weapon against her. They both have been huge assholes to each other.

[bravofan27]

If ratings are up, assuming it's true, then wouldn't it be because of Luann? She's the only one that has a storyline and she is the only thing people are talking about. Bethanny's storyline is actively avoiding Ramona at all costs, and Ramona's storyline is trying to get back on Bethanny's good side. I'm fuzzy on the others.

[BBHN]

Luann's storyline only has interest because the other women are making it an issue. And what are people talking about? How the other women are interfering. Otherwise...not much to see, people.

[msblossom]

Am I correct in remembering that LuAnn stated at last years reunion that she and Tom together decided that their wedding would not be filmed for the show? 

[Trooper York]

36 minutes ago, booboopbedoo said:

I am not sure how Luanne is making money. Her hit singles were a flop and her clothing line?

I am familiar with the home shopping line that she works with on Evine and she does very well off of it. Moves a lot of units. 

But every little bit helps.

[Former Nun]

23 minutes ago, msblossom said:

Am I correct in remembering that LuAnn stated at last years reunion that she and Tom together decided that their wedding would not be filmed for the show? 

Any way that statement was made after Bravo negotiations failed?

[zoeysmom]

1 hour ago, ElDosEquis said:

BRAVO should get Lizzie Grubman to join the cast.

She has a mugshot, too!

Lizzie Grubman is Carole's agent-so in a way she is a part of the show.

[Former Nun]

1 hour ago, ScoobieDoobs said:

 Before she fled NYC to live in Palm Beach, she had pissed off many & was well-known to be a demanding, very nasty, temper-tantrum-throwing diva.

Please no!   That's why I won't watch RHOAtlanta.  Maybe she could find a penthouse there.  (Tinsley discussion)

Edited June 4, 2017 by Former Nun
Explained who I'm talkin' about.

[ScoobieDoobs]

36 minutes ago, bravofan27 said:

If ratings are up, assuming it's true, then wouldn't it be because of Luann? She's the only one that has a storyline and she is the only thing people are talking about. Bethanny's storyline is actively avoiding Ramona at all costs, and Ramona's storyline is trying to get back on Bethanny's good side. I'm fuzzy on the others.

True, but we're also NOT seeing the Frankelstein monster this season.  You know, the one who so cruelly mocked Jules' eating disorder & was screeching so wildly at Lu, like she was Linda Blair in The Exorcist.  Oh sure, we're getting some of her usual expected meanness, bitterness & lame sense of humor.  But she is much more toned down from the nasty, crazy monster Satan-spawn lunatic she was last season.  Are more viewers watching to catch Lu & her boring-ass storyline?  I find it hard to believe because she & Tom as a couple bore me to tears.  Almost as much as Carole & Adam, but not quite.  Or is it because now that Bethenny isn't the cruel, evil, horrible Frankelstein monster of last season, the show has improved & become somewhat easier to watch?

[Former Nun]

Has anyone discovered that Tom can't exactly support Luann in the manner to which she aspires?   He was fine as a single guy...what now?

[msblossom]

17 minutes ago, Former Nun said:

Any way that statement was made after Bravo negotiations failed?

Not a clue. Except there are no negotiations until they're offered a contract which had not happened yet.

Edited June 4, 2017 by msblossom
edited to correct quote

[zoeysmom]

28 minutes ago, Trooper York said:

I am familiar with the home shopping line that she works with on Evine and she does very well off of it. Moves a lot of units. 

But every little bit helps.

Luann has a linen line coming out in the fall.  I am with you.  Manufacturers keep going back to her to rep a line she must be doing something right.  A hundred thou here and hundred thou there and pretty soon it becomes real money.  Luann is second only to Bethenny on the present cast for turning out sponsored product-a far away a second but second nonetheless.

[zoeysmom]

1 minute ago, Former Nun said:

Has anyone discovered that Tom can't exactly support Luann in the manner to which she aspires?   He was fine as a single guy...what now?

I am wondering has Luann made some comments about her aspirations?  Complained about her current conditions?  Has she said she wants more?  Luann seems pretty happy tooling around the Hamptons, Palm Beach and NYC.  She obviously knew of his assets and what he could contribute to the union before the marriage.  Did something change?  She may be one of those people that doesn't always want more just for the sake of having more.   I guess I don't understand what changed so drastically for Tom when he went from single to married. 

[BBHN]

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Has anyone discovered that Tom can't exactly support Luann in the manner to which she aspires?   He was fine as a single guy...what now?

Well...it could be a fun marriage while it lasts, if nothing else.

Edited June 4, 2017 by BBHN

[Trooper York]

We pitched a line with them and it fell through. They do a high volume with overseas production that is dirt cheap.  Luann does very well. 

I know knuckleheads like Ramona and Sonja dis her clothing line but it is quite popular with normal Americans in flyover country that they despise. Not as good as Lisa Rinna but she does just fine.

[ScoobieDoobs]

On 6/4/2017 at 5:50 PM, Former Nun said:

Please no!   That's why I won't watch RHOAtlanta.  Maybe she could find a penthouse there.

See, I strongly suspect Tinsley is really hesitant to show that side of herself again.  Oh, I'm certain she hasn't changed much from the terror she was 15 years ago.  I know someone who experienced the other side of one of her screaming fits many years ago.  Yup, she pissed off many, many, many people here (apparently including Anna Wintour -- a very dumb thing to do, but her head was just that swelled up back then).  Even if I didn't know what I know about her, you can kinda tell her hesitation to be who she really is.  She's being so super nice.  It's not real.  They wouldn't have cast her in this show if she was nice.  Like I said before, her rep precedes her.  She is a full-on diva bitch.  She's just hiding it -- for now.  So far she seems to be walking on eggshells.

But we do see glimmers of who Tinsley is.  She's certainly no pushover or marshmallow.  She's eye-rolled Sonja plenty & she's not taking her shit-talking.  But there's no conflict with her & rest of 'em.  So the producers gotta script something, otherwise she's a goner.  

She's in "comeback" mode right now.  A lot of people here remember the awful nightmare she was & want nothing to do with her.  So she's trying to act on her best behavior in general to fit in again in NYC.  Certain circles are probably just closed off to her because of her past behavior.  Doesn't mean she can't have a nice life here.  It'll just be different than when she was the It Girl.

It made me kinda chuckle when someone posted in a thread for an earlier ep that Tinz has been seen chumming around with Carole & Bethenny.  Nothing wrong with that, but the 2002 It Girl Tinz wouldn't have been anywhere near those 2.  She woulda snubbed them right & left.  Just sayin' . . .

Edited June 7, 2017 by ScoobieDoobs

[zoeysmom]

For those who missed Luann's wedding special by People:  http://people.com/pen/00000158-3295-d6e5-a15b-f79d34930000/00000159-6a9b-d8c1-ad79-ebbb1e030000/

[bravofan27]

I think that Luann's marriage and the anticipation of watching it fall apart (on the other castmates) is the entire storyline this year. The other women are making it an issue because it's the only interesting thing happening. Not saying it's interesting-- just saying it's the most interesting of all the boring things. It's the least boring of the boring things happening. Now, a storyline I could get into is the demise of Adam and Carole, though no one is jealous of Carole so I don't think anyone would really care all that much, but I'd like it. 

As far as Bethanny, the storylines, regardless how lame, need a driver, and Bethanny is definitely the driver of everything that happens. 

[BBHN]

But that has less than Luann and more to do with the other women. If the other women didn't care so much, and made such an issue of the cheating/potential for the marriage to fall apart, then it would be just another boring storyline. The other women's reactions to it is what makes it a storyline people are watching and interested in. Take out the women's reactions to it, bringing up the cheating, etc, and it would probably be a snoozefest, as probably only the most ardent Luann fans are probably swooning over her relationship with Tom.

[motorcitymom65]

Unfortunately for Tinsley, she is getting the Bravo treatment. She might have a whole lot going on, but Bravo doesn't think it interesting enought to show or it doesn't fit the narrative of what they want. I posted some pics earlier in the season of Tinsley and Carole out together at a party, and it was filmed during the first few episodes.  Carole said on Twitter that they had a blast. Sonja said when doing interviews for the season that she was surprised that Tinsley got the closest to Carole right away. We've seen almost none of this. One would not know just by watching the show thus far that Carole and Tinsley have spent any time together at all on their own, or that they have become friends. Maybe that is still to come when Carole tries to get her an apartment in her building later on this season, but the whole thing is just such a great reminder of the editing. Not that they create things that didn't happen, but that they decide what to show us to tell the story that they want. They want to make it look like everyone is just sitting around talking about Lu, and trust me they are not. 

[OnceSane]

Talk about the show, not the posters on the forum. Period. End of sentence. Stop. Talking. About. Each. Other.