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We were more or less dreading the season premiere of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, and it was hard to focus on the petty sh*t given the circumstances. After the passing of Russell Armstrong August 15th, Bravo decided to film a brief segment preceding the premiere, where Kim and Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky, Ken Todd, Lisa Vanderpump, Adrienne Maloof, Paul Nassif and Camille Grammer discussed the devastating news.
Once everyone talked about what happened, it was on to stuff that just doesn’t seem important enough to bitch over. Like I said before, listening to Taylor Armstrong whine about how judgmental Lisa is didn’t capture my attention. I was entertained by Camille’s declaration of a new lease on life and sympathize with her tale of “The Tart Who Throweth Thine Hampton Shoes Out.” So far Camille’s not chapping my ass, but the season is young.
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That bag of issues between Kyle and Kim reminds of us the pathetic limo scene last season, and we’d rather not relive that, thankyousomuch. However, we will take more Mauricio with a dash of Portia slapstick. That kid…too cute.
Pandora’s impending engagement was a pleasant distraction from the dismal crap we had to sit through. And what a delight to watch Jason Sabo ask Ken for his daughter’s hand. Yayyy tradition.
What is it with these people and dinner parties? And why did Paul have to sit to the side of Adrienne? It’s his house too! Camera angle, schmamra angle. Get yourself to the other head of the table, Dr. Nassif. That way we don’t have to hang there and listen to you bicker with your wife, who’s starting to get on our nerves (Adrienne-We really need you to be level-headed, now more than ever).
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Moving to the incident involving Ken and Taylor, there are boatloads of differences between Brits and Americans, one of them being “feelings.” Brits don’t do emotions; Like Lisa said, “pull yourself together.” That’s all well and good, unless you’re part of reality television. Ken had no chance going up against Taylor and Kyle. The moment he slammed therapy as a tool to fix things, Ken Todd kissed his position as quirky-husband-with-a-dated-haircut farewell. And did you and Giggy really have to share a $550 glass of water? Really?
BTW-Adrienne, Kyle, Camille and Taylor totes headed to Perez Hilton’s birthday party after.
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I thought it was appropriate to address Russell’s suicide at the beginning of the episode, but even that brief piece felt awkward and forced. Then when the “real” show began, things were even more uncomfortable and odd and choppy – like they had just finished re-editing the show in the nick of time. Oh, wait! They had! And are last season’s breaths of fresh air going to be this season’s villains – Adrienne and Lisa? Somehow even their portrayals seemed forced and unnatural. One bright spot – Pandora’s adorable fiancee. Have an episode featuring him shirtless at a pool party and I’ll tune in again.
I watched the first ep. of season 2 of RHOBH. I am glad that Camille seems a little calmer and in a better place this season b/c I do think she picked the fight w/Kyle last season by talking about her marriage and saying that Kyle said ‘who wants you w/out Kelsey” when Kyle reiterated over and over that she never said that. I always thought Camille was projecting so it’s good to see that she seems more at ease. I do hope Kim and Kyle work through their issues, not necessarily on TV though. I still love Lisa. I think Taylor is intimidated by her not b/c Lisa has more money but b/c Lisa pegged her correctly as being more in love with the BH lilfestyle than the acheiving true happiness. I do feel bad about everything that’s happened with Taylor and especially b/c Kennedy and Russel’s other children don’t have a daddy anymore. But I still feel that Taylor is a social climber but really doesn’t have the means to hang w/Maloofs, etc. I think Russell was about money to a certain extent and being on a national show brought out some skeletons from the past where he may have defrauded some people. I don’t think Bravo, Taylor, anyone can be blamed for his suicide. He decided he could no longer cope w/life’s pressures and his past. It’s all very sad.
Oh Please, Nothing has changed….Taylor had to play the poor little me..I am sooooo sick of Kyle running to her rescue
I felt sorry for Lisa