Real Housewives Shun Recession Starting Tonight

Arguably the most hated housewives of the Real Housewives series are returning to the small screen tonight—and now that we're all tightening the pursestrings their livin' large lifestyle will be sure to evoke even more hatred! Housewife Jill Zarin told the Post, "You're gonna see some [expensive] toys come out, unfortunately. We filmed the show before the recession happened." But has the "cougar of conspicuous consumption" changed her ways to fit the economic downturn? She says that these days she's cooking at home with Fresh Direct groceries, has noticed a drop in sales at her Allen Street emporium Zarin's Fabric Warehouse and her and the hubby sold their East Hampton home over a year ago. Plus she told Fox: "What was hard for me was giving up my live-in maid five days a week." It's like one step away from a breadline over there. Meanwhile, the folks over at EW wonder if viewers will tune in or drop out, in an article titled: "Critic to The Real Housewives of New York City: drop dead."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on February 17, 2009 1:50 PM

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Future Taliban

The Whores of Babylon.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

decrepit fur hag whores.

Steven

This show is nothing more than what MTV puts out for their females demos.

whitecastlerock

I feel nothing but hatred and contempt for these abominations. where is a west nile virus mosquito when you need one?

Rocknrope

or a London Bridge upon which heads can be set.

Outter Burrougher

I'm thinking a Parisian guillotine might be more appropriate

NannyState

Or a really bad vaginal infection.

reacenyc

These women were on the "Today Show" this morning, and the "Countess" has written a book of etiquette (she claims that she gets fan mail from girls all over the US asking for etiquette advice)....Isn't the first rule of good etiquette to make others feel at ease and at home, and to be kind to others? She chastised one of the other women last season because she was introduced to her driver by her first name, and refers to herself in third person as "the Countess"..... These women take glory is false exclusivity, faux European "titles", and use charity work as an excuse to shop and be seen in the newspaper. Its hard to feel anything but shame for these people.

angry_pickle

I would say good etiquette includes addressing people by their proper names and titles. It is like a news journalist addressing Obama in person as "Barack" or "honey" instead of "Mr President". It is out-of-place and disrespectful. And the driver in this case should know better than to call someone they just met by their first name.

reacenyc

If you saw the show you would know that the driver never said a word...the other woman or "friend" of the "Countess" introduced her to the driver by first name....the driver just said a polite hello....

reacenyc

According to Letitia Baldridge, former social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and author of several etiquette books, "actually, kindness and manners are the same."

matty

And these chicks are all way to LI/NJ to be classy.

They needed more wasps on that show and they got, I think, maybe one and she isn't even a NYC blueblood/

longacre

Agreed. All these chicks actually worked for their money, either through ACTUAL JOBS or by conning rich guys into marrying them. The only one who might actually be invited to a party at Caroline Kennedy's house is the "Countess" but that's only because real rich people kinda wish America still had brought those bullshit nobility titles over from the old world and they like being able to say they were hanging out with a Countess.

longacre

I hope the recession causes enough people to cancel their cable service that shows like this die.

matty

I only like the ones of L.A. A lot of them are hawt and it's ok to be that obnoxious in LA cause, well, it's LA.

gossipgirl

My thoughts exactly!

nicemarmot

Funny, I wanted all these people to drop dead long before the recession. That includes the "real housewives" of Orange County and wherever the hell these bitches live.

Ivete

Agreed completely!

The one episode I caught last season was so painful I couldn't watch the whole thing. No actual NYC socialite would ever go on a show like this -- they scrounged around for anyone who would do it and labeled these freaks representative of our city, it's disgusting.

I don't care about the recession angle, these women were horrifying last season, too!