Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of The Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It

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If you loved mess but were left wanting more analysis/depth, I'd recommend Brian Moylan's book and the Andy's Girls podcast. A decent amount of tea is spilled, nothing earth shattering, but I like the behind the scenes stories, particularly the never-before-told one about the RHONJ cast in the DR. Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen were not happy to be axed from The Real Housewives of New York ahead of season five, and according to Andy Cohen, they "went for blood after we didn't pick them up.

Even with some key former wives missing (I particularly missed Bethenny and NeNe), this is a pretty comprehensive and really fun walk down memory lane. Andy Cohen comes across as a complete and utter d*ck - even at one point, claiming "I made this woman" (talking about Carole Radizwill - an Emmy-award winning journalist). Each chapter followed the same formula: origin of picking the city, casting, hitting big, a memorable fight, when things fell apart.In addition to reviewing reality TV, much of Dave's career has been spent writing about theater - which, when combined with the Housewives, makes him an expert in drama. It was fun to read how the Housewives franchise started but became receptive breaking down every city and every season. the women also continue to spin the tale of “denise was shaming and vilifying us for talking about sex, even though she always talked about sex” when that was very clearly not what happened at all. in the room when this was being edited/published, though, because there is a gross accusation of assault and a woman standing by the assault then using it to make the other woman look bad.

After the reunion, he said he "kept throwing [Phaedra] life preservers to try to save herself, to explain why she might've been so angry at Kandi to make something like that up, or to profusely apologize, but she couldn't save herself. Nothing you learn is ground-breaking, but if you want to take a fun look back on this important piece of pop culture… go for it! The way Caroline sees it, "there was no malice" toward Danielle, and they didn't even necessarily want to get her off the show. This exhaustive oral history features dishy interviews with 185 cast and crew members behind the Bravo phenomenon.You can't tell me Carlton Gebbia, iconic witch, didn't have any dirt on that famous screensaver witchcraft from season 4 of RHOBH. Jeana came from Hollywood—she was a Playboy Playmate of the Year, she had been one of the muses in ZZ Top’s music videos, but she was now working as a real estate agent.

We all want to know, but only the women we love to watch and the people who make the show have the whole story. RHONY fans are well aware of what went down between Carole Radziwill and Bethenny Frankel during season 10, but as it turns out, Carole was also engaged in another battle with none other than Andy Cohen. Filming had already wrapped, leading to "a conversation about whether we were going to air the show at all," Andy Cohen said in the book.The Real Housewives of Dallas' season three girls trip to Kameron Westcott's hometown quickly deteriorated after LeeAnne Locken and D'Andra Simmons got into a behind-the-scenes battle. When you cover years of family breakups, addiction, suicide and best friends falling out over 75 pages it really weighs on you. When presented the opportunity to pick up something important or to take a deep dive further into my trash addiction, I will most likely always choose the latter . Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning nine cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans.

In the book, she expressed her regret over the situation, insisting she wants to move on and hopes to continue learning from her past.

I have enjoyed some of the ladies over the years but this was just maybe too much information for a sort-of fan. It really rubbed me the wrong way because I really felt like I had changed her life over, what, six years? At one point, LVP even asked another producer to "sit the cast down and tell them they needed to believe her," executive producer and Evolution Media President Alex Baskin claimed. For the first time in the ultimate reunion, the ladies of The Real Housewives dish on the iconic moments we’ll never forget and the off-camera drama we’ve never seen before. Jeana Keough (Housewife): Vicki tries to pretend she was the first Housewife, but the bottom line is, it was me.