“The Real Housewives of New Jersey”: Tantrums and Teresa
Where would “RHONJ” be without Teresa Giudice? Who would drive the action? What would everyone else talk about? Once again, the Montville woman and her family provided the only real drama of the...
View ArticleReal Housewives of New Jersey recap: Teresa Giudice’s money mysteries
These lags in time between when “Real Housewives” films and when the episodes air can cause such confusion. After it came to light, in June 2010, that Teresa and Joe Giudice had quietly filed for...
View ArticleRHONJ: A birthday and two new girlfriends
Sadly, ”The Real Housewives of New Jersey” is just not as interesting unless one of the adults is behaving badly. This week’s episode was a case in point. It began with the sixth birthday party for...
View ArticleReal Housewives of New Jersey recap: Beatstock, baked goods, and a prediction
Wading through all the contrivances and ridiculousness that “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” has become, we got one memorable moment of true reality in Sunday night’s episode: when Caroline Manzo...
View ArticleReal Housewives of New Jersey recap: Nonsense in Napa
At the tail end of last August, most of us were worrying about downed trees, lost power or flooded basements. But “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” gang had a different problem: How were they gonna...
View ArticleRHONJ recap: Loads of fun, a sprained ankle, and one grow-up.
After watching this week’s episode of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” there is one, and only one, person for whom I have praise: Al Manzo. While the others were acting like kids (especially the...
View ArticleReal Housewives of New Jersey recap: THE phone call
Hi everyone, this is actually Elisa Ung, defecting from the Second Helpings blog for the night to fill in for Virginia Rohan. Do not miss this fascinating piece Virginia wrote for today’s paper about...
View Article“Real Housewives of New Jersey” not-so-grand finale.
Midway through last night’s fourth-season finale, a friend and fellow longtime “RHONJ” watcher, texted me, “All of these people are trash.” And that’s the sad truth about this once amusing Bravo show....
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