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

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Afterward, Carole said Andy went "ballistic" and she eventually told him not to speak to her ever again. and it comes off as if denise demanded she not be there, but andy said they were worried denise would bail if brandi was there, and not ruining the chance for denise to come back for another season was more important than having brandi there. With the Keough family in place, Scott began scouting for other people around Coto to participate in his reel. like it’s just some fun game, and not someone’s personal fucking business that has nothing to do with you.

The book is let down by certain Housewives having too much of an ego to participate (looking at you Nene and Bethenny) and others shying away from talking about anything meaningful (Vanderpump. She told the truth about Adrienne [Maloof], she told the truth about Lisa Vanderpump," Cullen said in the book. Not All Diamonds and Rose 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 eight cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans.Scott Dunlop: I was a first-time television producer, and this was a docu-soap as we know it now, which wasn’t as dominant at the time. According to her, producers had previously asked if there were any parts of her life she considered "off the table" for the show, and she mentioned her husband Juan Dixon's personal business and financial issues. 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). Part retelling of the storylines from the show, part behind the scenes tea on what went down in the production side of things, the book sheds light on some interesting tidbits that even a longtime fan of the franchises didn't know. According to Lisa Rinna, producers told the ladies something along the lines of, "Okay, we're going to have a party at Kyle's and we're just going to invite everybody and we're going to bring out all the O.

I was surprised at how much information Dave was able to get from the housewives themselves, and there was plenty of juicy details that will forever change how I view the shows.

Melissa and Joe Gorga had already left the country, and though Caroline said Bravo advised her to do the same, she insisted on staying when authorities took Greg, Albie, Chris and Joe Giudice's passports.

A brawl at a nightclub in Punta Cana—sparked by a group of people getting "very aggressive" after Teresa Giudice accidentally sprayed champagne on the dancefloor, according to Caroline Manzo—had devastating consequences for Teresa, Caroline, Melissa Gorga, Jaqueline Laurita, their husbands and kids. I was a little worried about it not being juicy enough because it’s an authorized book, but that wasn’t the case at all. 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. I took a little gander at the first fistful of ratings and (aside from fairly obvious sockpuppetry) I was surprised to see how many low reviews I found. and just the way some of them talk about the women was iffy, like how andy talked about carole for example.Oh, and the “Boomerang Kid,” who was living back at home again and slacking on the couch all day, watching MTV, because that’s way easier than finding a job. When you cover years of family breakups, addiction, suicide and best friends falling out over 75 pages it really weighs on you. these situations we watch on screen would not happen without the cameras, so there is always a level of fabrication, and i don’t know why the producers cling so hard to this idea that it’s all real and they never get involved or guide a storyline or pull strings. The fight, which The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast has never publicly spoken about before, somehow ended, but the next morning, the police arrived to question everyone. I don't want to use any triggering terms here, but you can find details by googling Heather and Sonja.

Fans will delight to read about how it all got started, which fired housewives are angriest with Andy Cohen — and a shocking, never-before-revealed incident that happened when the New Jersey cast went to Punta Cana. This stunning anthropological study lacked for me in a few ways: first, not all of the housewives history was accurate. With the full support of Bravo and Andy Cohen, Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive tell-all of the hit television saga, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County, to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning seven cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans. The first season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ended on an awful note for Kim and Kyle Richards—so awful, in fact, that the sisters were "begging" both the production company and Bravo to "take the scene out of the show," Andy Cohen revealed in Not All Diamonds and Rosé. All hell broke loose" inside the club, Melissa said in Not All Diamonds and Rosé, especially after the group started hurling slurs.

I also was laughing out loud at some point of some of the housewives I consider to be delusional (Kelly Bensimon and Monique Samuels) because their side of things was completely opposite of what everyone else was saying and it was almost comical how that was presented in this book.