Real Housewives of New York Observation Report #1

Observing the Unobservable!

So, even though I wasn't sure about this show last year when it came out I am of course now sucked in and hooked for the second season. Of course, nothing can compare to the ladies of Orange County and to be quite honest, the Housewives of New York are hardly Housewives, two of them aren't even wives at all...so I am left wondering, what is it about the Housewives of NY that is so enthralling that we all continue to watch regardless of whether or not these ladies even represent what they are selling, being rich, fabulous, and not working a second for any of it...


However, while watching Real Housewives of NYC lately I have noticed some odd behavior, so I decided and observation report was necessary. Maybe they ladies can learn something from their bad behavior.



A couple of weeks ago I think we all learned a small lesson in etiquette from The Countess and a HUGE lesson in bitchiness from the fight between Bethany and Kelly. (Who is up here, and you are down here.) So first things first. Countess deLesseps is usually teaching us what to do and what not to do in each episode in what I would assume is an attempt to plug her new book "Class With the Countess", but on this episode she seemed to try to teach us in a new way, one of which I am extremely familiar with...Modeling! (No, not for the camera, like learning by example) The Countess (which by the way will be the ONLY way that I refer to her because I know how much she hates when people drop the title, and I live a little too close to comfort to this lady to piss her off) usually teaches us lessons while talking to her daughter or her daughter's friends or more commonly in her confessional like sessions, but this week we learned by example.

We all know that the Countess is not a fan of people doing things that are classless, but apparently just telling us what not to do wasn't working enough, so instead she modeled what behavior would be considered not only classless, but appalling at best when she had what I can only assume was a slip of the tongue while telling a young aspiring model that "losing weight" was the easy part of getting into modeling. Not only was this NOT an appropriate comment, I mean, Countess, why not just call the poor girl fat, but it was also sending the wrong message to each and every one of those girls regardless of size. Modeling shouldn't been seen as an industry in which we need to be stick thin in, haven't we done enough work trying to put that word out? Dove spent millions telling us that we as women are beautiful the way we are. But, I digress, like I said, I am sure it was a slip of the tongue or at least editing that made this comment look so terrible.

So Conclusion:

Countess Luann deLesseps Observation Report:
Comments: Unsatisfactory
Behavior: Unsatisfactory
Meaning Well: Satisfactory. needs improvement
Holding Tongue: Unsatisfactory
Class: Unsatisfactory, even the Countess wouldn't approve!

By the way, the Countess may not be a Countess for much longer....Countess Luann deLesseps Opens Up About Her Split