Dorothy Hamill's Doctor Orders Her Off Dancing With The Stars Saving Lisa Vanderpump

I am guessing that even though Dorothy Hamill's doctor had told her she could no longer dance due to the painful spinal cyst that dancing had exacerbated, she wanted to see if she was going to get the natural boot before auto-booting herself.

So, after Andy Dick was saved to dance another week, it was down to Lisa Vanderpump and her boytoy partner, Gleb Savchenko and a pair I don't remember, in the Bottom Two.

With a minute or two to go, Tom Bergeron directed Dorothy and partner, Tristan McManus to hurry to make their way to him, where Dorothy announced she was unable to continue.

And so, the extremely popular (with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills viewers) Star, Lisa Vanderpump, lives to dance another week.

I suspect one of the reasons the extremely likable Lisa was in the Bottom Two was the fact that the Season Finale and Reunion Part 1 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills aired at the same time as Dancing with the Stars, thus cutting down on the number of Lisa fans voting for her.

Next week I suspect Lisa and Giggy's fans will be watching in full force, with Lisa Vanderpump not in the Bottom Two.

Real Beverly Hills Housewife Adrienne Maloof's Cougar Makeover With Recovered Drug Addict Sean Stewart

Adrienne Maloof & New Boy Toy
Ex-Drug Addict Sean Stewart

It is a little embarrassing that a couple of Bravo's Real Housewives franchises are among my guilty viewing pleasures.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is my favorite of these guilty pleasures, due to finding myself so frequently appalled or amused or both.

Take Adrienne Maloof, for instance. When I first met Adrienne, in Season 1, I thought her to be a bit of a snarky harmless airhead and an example of why inheriting a lot of money from a rich daddy may mess up the one who inherits all that unearned money.

By the end of Season 2 of RHOBH Adrienne took a precipitous Jill Zarin level of fall from fan grace, with the biggest reason being her bizarre accusations regarding Lisa Vanderpump, made at the Reunion Show, claiming Lisa had sold stories about Adrienne to the tabloids.

Season 3 of RHOBH has featured Adrienne's feud with fan favorite, Brandi Glanville. Brandi was a bit annoyed at Adrienne's duplicitiousness. Among the things that bugged Brandi was Adrienne sharing her childbirthing pains with the other housewives who had birthed babies.

Adrienne with her Ex-Husband Paul &
Adrienne's 3 Sons Who Did Not Exit
Adrienne's Womb

However, apparently, Adrienne did not give birth to her 3 children. She paid someone to do that job for her. This was the BIG SECRET that Brandi told at a gathering of the Housewives, at a restaurant.

What Brandi said was not shown by Bravo.

But, troubled former child star, Paris Hilton's aunt, Kim Richards, felt compelled to tell Adrienne that Brandi had revealed the non-secret that everyone already knew.

Kim's revelation came at some sort of business event of her brother-in-law's, he being the new fan non-favorite, Kim's sister Kyle's husband, Mauricio.

Mayhem was the result of Kim telling Adrienne the shocking news that Brandi had told people, who already knew about it, that Adrienne had used a surrogate to birth her boys, while parading around town faking being pregnant by having some sort of ever growing pregnancy pillow stuck to her unused babymaking zone.

After this shocking Kim revelation at the Mauricio business event, all sorts of volcanic venom erupted, with the worst eruptions coming from Adrienne's now ex-husband, Paul, and Adrienne herself, who viciously said Brandi was a neglectful mother and a drug user. Bravo aired the slander that came out of Adrienne's mouth.

Adrienne had her lawyers send Brandi a threatening letter of some sort. Soon the Surrogate-Gate Scandal spun out of control, causing dinner parties to turn into profanity spewing battlegrounds.

And now Adrienne, who is in her 50s, is being a cougar with the much younger son of rocker Rod Stewart, Sean Stewart, 32. Apparently Sean Stewart is also a Reality TV Star, showing up on one of those Celebrity Re-Hab shows that I've never watched.

Of his much maligned romance with the much older Adrienne, Sean said, "Age is but a number."

Very profound.

Beverly Hills Real Housewife Adrienne Maloof Divorcing Paul Nassif

I was a little surprised to learn today that one of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' marriages has gone kaput.

Supposedly Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nassif had tried going the open marriage route to keep their household happy.

But, the open marriage route did not work out, so now it's splittsville.

The first season of RHOBH I found the Maloof/Nassif bickering to be amusing. The second season of RHOBH there seemed to be a big change in the bickering. There was less of it and when the bickering did happen it was not so amusing.

And Adrienne had gone from being a fan favorite to being a bit of a bitch. As witnessed on the second season's reunion show where Adrienne irrationally went after the uber-fan favorite, Lisa Vanderpump.

Then there were all the reports about their being trouble in the Maloof business empire, which seemed to have Adrienne scrambling to make money, most absurdly by "designing" a line of what looked like hooker shoes.

Apparently the third season of  Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is currently being filmed, with the Maloof/Nassif breakup included for our viewing pleasure.

This should make for good ratings on a par with all those who turned in with morbid curiosity to see how the Russell Armstrong suicide was going to be dealt with at the start of season two.

Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Adrienne Maloof Is Saving Her Failing Financial Empire With Hooker Shoes

The disturbing behavior of the lying grifter whose most recent name is Taylor Armstrong, was not the only disturbing behavior that perplexed viewers on the 2nd season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Adrienne Maloof's fall from grace, morphing into a humorless, hypersensitive shrew, has also been perplexing.

In season one we were led to believe that Adrienne Maloof was a fabulously wealthy Beverly Hills dweller, with part of her fortune enhanced by her supposedly very successful plastic surgeon husband, Paul Nassif.

I thought it odd that this season we saw so many iterations of the shilling Paul's plastic surgery practice, in various forms.

But, the plastic surgery shilling was nothing compared to the spectacle of seeing Adrienne desperately hawking her, supposedly, self-designed line of what appear, to me, to be hooker shoes.

Shoes of the sort I have only seen in real life whilst driving the Hooker Alley in Dallas, Texas, known as Harry Hines Boulevard.

Well.

It turns out the Maloof Empire is actually in a lot of financial trouble. The Maloofs have lost their lucrative beer distributorship, which, I believe, is what their papa based the family fortune on.

The Maloofs have lost financial control of their Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, the place about which Adrienne nagged Lisa relentlessly because Lisa's daughter, Pandora, did not send some Bachelorette party business to the Palms.

Apparently the Maloofs have had to borrow money from the NBA to keep their Sacremento Kings franchise alive. And the Maloofs do not have the funds to contribute their part to the proposed new downtown Sacramento arena for the Kings.

In other words, the Maloof Empire is in shambles. Bordering on broke.

And so, to make a few bucks, Adrienne has turned into a shoe salesman, selling her hoofware in malls across America.

And on her own website.

Yes, you can go to Adrienne Maloof's online store and purchase your very own Maloof Hoof Hooker Ware.



The prices seem quite reasonable. For less than $300 you can have your own Adrienne Maloof designed pair of Hooker Shoes.

I must add that each shoe comes adorned with a diamond encrusted into the heel, which the wearer can view, if she wears the shoes to bed and has a mirror on the ceiling.

I am ordering the Veronica Platform for my favorite hooker girlfriend.

That is not my favorite hooker girlfriend, laying prostrate in the photo below.

That is Adrienne Maloof on the home page of her website, I assume laying down, with a hand to her forehead, to represent exasperation at the current state of her financial affairs. This is a very flattering photo of Adrienne....

Lisa's SUR Opening on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Was Disturbing

This week's next to last, season 2 episode, of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was an odd one.

Real odd.

Very contrived. Almost like it was scripted.

I thought the episode would start off with the girls still in Hawaii obsessing over Kim. Instead the episode began on the mainland.

Mainly focused on the opening of Lisa's SUR restaurant add-on.

Did I make it up in a bad dream last night, or did I actually see on this episode that SUR stands for Sexy Upscale Restaurant?

Lisa's staged SUR opening had so many drama elements piled up it was ridiculous.

There was an ex-girl friend of Adrienne's husband Paul. Not much drama came of that.

Then there was a waitress who Brandi learned had an affair with her ex, Eddie Cibrian, while Brandi was in the hospital birthing a baby. When Lisa learned that one of her waitresses had done Brandi wrong, Lisa sent the waitress home for the night. Not much drama came of that either.

Brandi seems so level-headed and funny. Eddie Cibrian must be a moron.

And then there was Adrienne's personal chef, Bernie, who shows up and is greeted by Lisa who then tells an assistant she doesn't know who that was. And then speculates that it might be Adrienne's cook. Bernie does not like Lisa, always referring to her as that "British lady across the street." Bernie did not provide any drama.

And then there was the uninvited arrival of Cedric, the Houseguest from Hell. Finally some of the scripting delivers some drama. Several were shocked to see Cedric there. Lisa asked Cedric to leave. Cedric did not seem to understand why Lisa would want him to leave.

Methinks the Bravo producers told Cedric they'd give him a thousand bucks if he showed up to make for some drama.

And then there was Taylor.

Taylor Armstrong.

Which is not her real name. A weird looking Oklahoma con-woman who, I think, drove her husband, Russell. to suicide.

Taylor shows up at Lisa's opening of SUR with her extremely creepy, likely ethics violating, supposed therapist. The therapist is all simplistic smarm, which Taylor pretends is helping her.

Arriving at Lisa's SUR opening, a night which should have been all about Lisa and  her opening, Taylor insists all the housewives gather together so Taylor can once again ruin a party with her personal pity party.

All the housewives pretended to care, except for Kim who locked herself in what must have been SUR's only bathroom, because soon there was a line wanting to use the facilities. Kim's gay Bull Mastiff boy friend, Ken, tried to get Kim out of the bathroom, to no avail.

Finally, after what seemed a couple of hours Kim emerged from the bathroom, acting happy like a crazed loony bird. Because that is what she is.

The scene of Kim telling her sister Kyle about her litany of woes with the gay Bull Mastiff boyfriend, including being 3 months late with ovulating, well, it was just too much.

How can Kim still be ovulating? Kim appears to be at least 60. Is that not well past the period when periods arrive and well into the age of menopause?

I think Kim's gay Bull Mastiff boyfriend, Ken, is a saint to put up with that nutcase. Just watching Kim get ready to go to Lisa's SUR opening was bizarre. Hauling so much stuff to a one night stay in a hotel? And then throwing it all over the place, on the floor?

What drugs is Kim on and why does she have such a problem keeping track of her stash, I watched and wondered?

And another thing. Is California Child Protective Services looking into removing Taylor's daughter, Kennedy, from Taylor's care?

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Downward Spiral to a 2nd Season's Conclusion

Sunday's Real Housewives of Atlanta episode was the most boring Housewives episode I've watched in a long time. It was so boring it had me thinking it is time to bail on the Atlanta girls.

And then there is last night's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

It was not that I found this episode boring, what I found was that it was not entertaining or amusing.

Maybe the Taylor Armstrong specter has cast such a pall that it is hard to be amused.

That and seeing people who are way too wealthy going somewhere that is way too fun, like Hawaii, staying in a luxurious resort, and then not being able to just enjoy the moment you are living in, but instead to fuss and fume about the ridiculous, is not pleasant television viewing. It is not even good trainwreck television viewing.

By ridiculous, I mean Kim Richards. Why invite her anywhere? I don't get. Yes. I can see the sister, Kyle, caring, but why do the others? So much Sturm and Drang over Kim missing a plane and never being on time.

A few voices of reasons were unable to break through the clutter, those reasonable voices being Brandi, Adrienne, Paul and Lisa.

Kim's Ken boyfriend is a piece of work. At times he seems like he is almost the reasonable one. And then he does something like confront Paul and Adrienne, who where talking nice about Ken, with Kim, making everyone, including the voyeuristic viewers, uncomfortable.

Anyway, I think this second season of RHOBH is about over. The Reunion Show has already been filmed.

Next week's previews show Taylor with a faded black eye. And having another confrontation with Camille.

Explaining the faded black eye, which was not in evidence during Taylor's post leaving Russell meeting with Dana, might be interesting. Taylor is an extremely highly evolved liar.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Excessive Cheeky Kissing

Brandi made this week's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills more amusing than the norm. Brandi has a knack for unfiltered one-liners.

I particularly found Brandi's description of Kim Richard's odd looking Ken boyfriend, as a Gay Bull Mastiff, to be both funny and accurate.

Kyle's White Party is a very strange party.

Kim thinking she was the center attraction while dancing with her live in Gay Bull Mastiff was amusing.

I think being in rehab is not really where Kim needs to be. A mental health hospital facility would seem to be more useful.

And why was everyone so wanting Kim to make the plane to Hawaii on time? What possible fun do they have being around Kim? Did they not remember Kim's bizarre behavior on the trip to Camille's place in Colorado? Or Kim's non-stop talking when Adrienne took her to Sacramento for a basketball game?

What is with the constant cheek kissing these women engage in every time they meet? I've never seen this behavior in real life. The morning of their first day in Hawaii, they'd been together travelling the day before, yet upon seeing each other the next morning, it was more greetings with kisses on both cheeks.

The way Mauricio greets Ken on the beach that next morning was also odd, as if they'd not seen each other in a long time.

The only pair who seem comfortable with each other are Brandi and Camille. Both look great in bikinis, with Brandi's bikini being one of the teeniest bikinis I have ever seen. Lisa's remarks about Brandi's bikini were amusing, as was Lisa's husband Todd's attentions towards Brandi having Lisa saying that she might be forced to put out.

Lisa can be quite vulgar for a prim and proper British gal.

Going back to the mainland, the whole Taylor and Russell thing is just annoying, as was Taylor's session with her supposed therapist. It seems so clearly obvious that Taylor had lied to Russell about what Camille had said that prompted Russell's email delivered threat to sue, why did none of these people think to ask Russell what it was that he thinks Camille said?

The episode ended with Taylor's call to her new best friend, Lisa, in Hawaii, with Kyle listening, to announce that she has separated from Russell and has changed the locks on the house.

The previews for next week let us know the important information that Kim and Ken make it to Hawaii, where they proceed to be annoying pains.

The Real Housewives of Bravo on Facebook

Real Housewives on Facebook

I was reading various comments in various places about The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

One of those various comments mentioned the comments as being over the top unmerciful regarding the repulsive lying behavior of the widow Taylor Armstrong on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Facebook page.

I did not know the Housewives were on Facebook.

The latest episode with the limo ride to Adrienne's fashion/shoe show with Taylor and Russell discussing Camille's supposed bad behavior towards Taylor, is causing a lot of commentary.

Then Kyle and Mauricio get in the limo. Kyle brings up the Camille situation, quickly realizing she'd just opened a can of worms. Taylor is squirming as Russell puts puzzled looks on Kyle and Mauricio's faces when he says that Camille had no saying right to say such lies. Or something like that.

Camille's crime against Taylor had been to suggest that Taylor was making up the stories about Russell beating her. All the housewives had become skeptical. So, when Russell said Camille was lying, he clearly had not been told an accurate accounting by his demented wife of what had actually been said.

All the housewives on the various Bravo housewives show have blogs on the Bravo website.

Go here for the Beverly Hills Housewive's Bravo blogs.

Bravo seems to moderate the comments on the blogs and weeds out the snarkier remarks. Currently Adrienne is taking a drubbing due to her being miffed at Lisa. There are 102 comments mostly chastising Adrienne. Lisa got around to blogging today. So far no one has commented.

Meanwhile on the Beverly Hills Housewive's Facebook page there seems to be no moderating going on. With 100s of comments. Adrienne is also taking a drubbing on Facebook. But it is Taylor who gets the most disgust directed at her.

Go here for the RHOBH Facebook page.

You will find links on the RHOBH Facebook page to the other Housewive's Facebook pages, like The Real Housewives of New York City where you can read the despicable Jill Zarin getting a good drubbing.

The previews for next week's Beverly Hills drama look rather crazy. Again it is Taylor, having what appears to be a violent fit at that Malibu Brandi party we heard mention made of this week.

Ace Young Gets Drunk & Sings to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Ace Young Wobbly With Mauricio & Kyle

The week's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was another amusing episode.

Taylor Armstrong continues her descent to totally MAD housewife. I'm surprised at how much we've been shown of Russell Armstrong. I thought the Taylor and Russell woes would likely be edited out for the most part.

Instead this week it seemed that Camille turned Lisa's Tea Party into some sort of intervention with Taylor. I'm not believing that Taylor was physically abused by Russell. It seems more believable, to me, that it would be Taylor who would go all Oklahoma on Russell's ass, to use Taylor's verbiage.

Knowing, as we do now, that the Armstrong's were broke, basically running swindling scams, if what I've read is to be believed, and it does seem believable, but it also makes something like wasting so much money on something as absurd as an extravagant birthday party for their 5 year old daughter, Kennedy, seem totally stupid.

Last year, if I remember right, the Armstrong's spent $70,000 on Kennedy's birthday party. This year's party looked like it likely cost a lot more than $70,000.

How much does it cost to get American Idol reject, Ace Young, to compose a song and sing at a birthday party? I"m guessing at least $100. Ace Young was one of the more amusing parts of this episode. He was hitting on Taylor with lame double entendres, like asking if she'd taken a ride on the pony yet. This had Taylor giggling like a school girl.

And then there was Ace Young singing the song. Earlier Taylor had told him it was so beautiful that it drove an entire office to sobbing tears when she played it for them. But, the song was really lame. Not a catchy tune. And Ace seemed to be a bit drunk while he sang, whilst holding his drink.

Brandi made a funny comment about Ace's drinking and singing. I don't remember the exact words though.

And then there was Russell's gift to his daughter, that for some reason the timing of the presentation had to be on some sort of Russell time table. When Russell was contradicted about when he could present the present there did seem a bit of a flash of anger that had me wondering how he would have acted if a camera was not aimed at him.

Russell's gift to his daughter was a big, full grown horse. Not a little pony. A big horse. Where are they going to keep that big horse? Horses are expensive, both to buy and to keep.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taylor Armstrong Is Crazy Chief Creative Director Of BeautyTicket.com

Taylor Armstrong in Heavily Retouched Photo

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills continues to deliver on the drama. Mostly courtesy of the widow Armstrong.

On the latest episode Taylor Armstrong seems to have crossed into Kelly Bensimon delusional level of crazy territory.

Last week Taylor went to Lisa's daughter, Pandora's, over the top engagement party. This week Taylor did not invite Lisa to some lunch deal where Taylor was nominated for some award somehow related to a job we previously had not heard about, that being Taylor being Chief Creative Director for a website called BeautyTicket.com.

After Taylor did not invite Lisa to her award lunch, Lisa then invited all the housewives, including Taylor, but not including Brandi and Dana, over to her house for a tea party. Very British.

It was at Lisa's tea party that Taylor unleashed a Bensimon-level of offputting crazy. I found it both entertaining and sort of discomforting to watch. Eventually Taylor stormed out and ran into Adrienne's husband Paul at the gate to Lisa's property. Taylor then proceeded to do what she was accusing the others, well, Lisa of doing, that is gossiping behind their backs. Paul was trapped.

Eventually Taylor rejoined the tea party so she could deliver a message from Paul to Adrienne. Soon the housewives were verbalizing having had enough of Taylor's contradictory behavior, with new fan favorite, Camille, delivering the best blows.

To be continued next week.

Moving on to BeautyTicket.com. Is this website still employing Taylor? I can't see how she could possibly be good for business. Then again, the below excerpt from the BeautyTicket.com website seems about as delusional as Taylor....

Taylor Armstrong is a Mother and Entrepreneur with a variety of business ventures in Southern California. Originally an Oklahoma native, she moved to Beverly Hills to fulfill her goal of owning her own company. She is also featured on the Bravo TV reality series, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Taylor’s true passion is charity, especially efforts that support women and children. 

Taylor is not just a beauty; she has brains too and is passionate about both her business and philanthropic work. She founded her own firm, eImplement Inc. and also volunteers for the 1736 Family Crisis Center. Taylor enjoys the chic lifestyle Beverly Hills has to offer but doesn’t elude to the fact that "beautiful women are a dime a dozen." Even though she has adapted well to the luxurious lifestyle Beverly Hills offers, she has the "work hard, play hard" attitude that has enabled her to maintain her own identity. 

When asked about her involvement, Taylor remarked: “I am very impressed with the business model of BeautyTicket.com. I look forward to collaborating with the founders to further develop and grow the budget-savvy, premium beauty portal. It’s exciting to be working alongside a group of female entrepreneurs, and I know that women everywhere will be thrilled with what we have planned for the future.” 

The Real Housewives Lisa Vanderpump's Key to the City of Beverly Hills

Lisa Vanderpump looking sultry on her website

I knew that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Vanderpump and husband Ken were restaurateurs with restaurants all over the world.

I did not know that, in addition to restaurants, Lisa has designed yachts, homes, her own clothes and acted in movies and TV in her younger years.

It was being curious as to how the Vanderpumps amassed their fortune that led me learn more about Lisa.

Lisa Vanderpump Day in Beverly Hills

I also did not know til this morning that Lisa's husband Ken's last name is not Vanderpump. He is Ken Todd.

I also did not know that someone named Jimmy Delshad had declared March 1st in Beverly Hills "Lisa Vanderpump Day" with Lisa being given the Key to the City.

I do not know on which year's March 1st Lisa Vanderpump Day occurred.

Lisa has a website, lisavanderpump.com.

On Lisa's website I found the below "About" info, apparently written by Lisa, along with links to websites for two of her California restaurants, Villa Blanca and Sur where I learned that menu prices have been reduced due to these tough economic times...

Thank you for visiting my site, my name is Lisa but those closest call me Pinky. I have been married for 28 years to my husband Ken Todd, I was snatched from the cradle! We have two children, Pandora 24 and Max 18. Unfortunately for me as I’ve really adored being a mother, my children have grown so I’ve filled my nest with 4 legged furry friends. They are the loves of my life. Jiggy (Gigolo), Lollipop, Pikachu, and Buki make our nest complete.

As you know I am on the show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, this is my first reality show but not my first venture into television. It was quite an experience I can’t tell you too much, but tune in I’m sure you won’t be disappointed!

I had an unusual childhood attending a drama school full time from the age of nine! I loved acting in many children’s films and television series when I was growing up. We have lived in London, the English Countryside, South of France, and came back to Beverly Hills 6 years ago. I have great passion for life and I have tried to instill that in my children.

Lisa Vanderpump's Sur Restaurant & Bar

Since returning to the US, I’ve been working in many different arenas. I have opened 2 very successful restaurants with my husband Ken; Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills and SUR in West Hollywood. I have designed all our 26 restaurants, bars, and clubs with my husband over the years and have really enjoyed doing so. My motto in life is find something that you love to do and then you won’t have to work a day in your life. I also write for Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine and spend a lot of time at Epione, where I have developed a serious skin care line with my partner Dr. Simon Ourian.

Most of my clothes are designed by myself in conjunction with my dear friend Christina Makowsky and Alan Del Rosario.

My husband and I are philanthropic and support various charities.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Night of Beauty Where We Learn What Drugs Kim is Taking

Pre-Procedure Kim Richards

No, that is not Beverly Hills Housewife Kim Richard's face after sniffing some contraband substance into her nose.

What that white substance is is a perfectly legal ointment of the pre-surgical sort, administered by Adrienne's plastic surgeon doctor husband, Paul, at Paul's "Night of Beauty," where he tried to drum up some business for his practice by treating the Beverly Hills Housewives to some touch-ups.

Kim's sister Kyle opted for some laser octopus procedure in the hope it would vanquish her love handles and what she refers to as her "muffin top." I think "muffin top" means fat lower back.

I don't remember if Camille showed up for any work at Paul's "Night of Beauty." Camille seems perfect, to me, just the way she is. I know Brandi did not show up. Lisa did, but opted just to watch because she had to go to work and did not want to frighten her customers by looking all puffed up and burnt.

The most interesting part of Paul's "Night of Beauty" was the, what seemed to be a sort of staged, pre-op scene with Kim, in which Paul does a medical uptake with Kim to determine what meds she might be on that might conflict with whatever beauty meds Paul might have to administer to give Kim her "Night of Beauty."

Paul seemed to have a very good bedside manner, whilst talking to Kim. During this talk Kim revealed she is taking Topiramate, Trazadone and Lexapro. Paul then informed us that taking these meds can cause the patient to present the symptoms of a slurring, dizzy drunk.

So, now we finally had an explanation for Kim's slurring, dizzy drunk behavior.

Paul told Kim that these meds do not mix well with booze and asked Kim if she'd consumed any alcohol while on these meds. Kim claimed she has been booze free.

Topiramte (brand name Topamax) is an anti-convulsant (anti-epilepsy) drug. Have we been informed, previously that Kim is epileptic or prone to convulsions? Among the side effects to this med are memory problems, confusion and psychomotor slowing.

Trazadone and Lexapro are anti-depressants of the serotonin reuptake inhibitor class.

I've known a nutjob who took Lexapro along with a cocktail of other prescription meds. She was a way bigger mess than Kim.

Actually, Kim was seeming like the sane one of the group in the latest episode. Bailing on Kyle's silly "Psychic Party" in order to do something construction, like pack for a move.

When Kyle showed up at Kim's, near the end of the episode, with Kim finally telling Kyle she's been seeing someone, for a year, and was moving in with him, Kim seemed the rational, adult in the moment. While Kyle was the self-absorbed child, making it all about her. Why could Kyle simply not just be supportive and choose to believe this was a good thing, until, or if, shown otherwise?

Kyle's weird need to have Kim closer, at the same time Kyle's behaviors seem to be rather alienating, is very strange to watch. And where is big sister Kathy? The mother of niece Paris Hilton? Doesn't Kathy live in Beverly Hills? Does Kathy, with very good reason, have very little to do with Kyle? And Kim?

Changing the subject to that contrived seance at Kyle's house. Methinks in Beverly Hills it would be very easy to run a seance con job operation. It seems as if it would not be very difficult to get little nuggets of info on these women, which,  they, apparently, are easily conned into believing you are divining the info from beyond the grave.

Changing the subject from Kyle's seance to Camille Grammer. Ex-husband Kelsey trying to get sole custody of Camille's kids is such a bad boy behavior. I know Kelsey has millions of fans. But, there are several million watching Camille on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills amusingly, and somewhat vindictively, giving Kelsey a well-deserved bitch slap.

Courtesy of Camille we now know Kelsey was not very blessed in the lovemaker department, has interesting choices in outerwear and sometimes likes to go both directions on a swing.

And then there is Taylor. What a piece of work. I'm glad Paul was able to do some more beauty work on her. I wish he'd enlarged Taylor's lips a bit more. Taylor and deceased husband, Russell, thinking Lisa is the source of tabloid gossip about them is so pathetic. Taylor whining that Lisa is telling people she has no friends is also so pathetic.

And next week's preview, that showed the housewives confronting Taylor about Taylor telling the girls that Russell beats her, looks to be epic.

I watch too many CSI type TV shows. Which has long had me wondering if there is an ongoing investigation into Russell's apparent suicide? It seems way more likely, to me, that Taylor would be the one who might administer a beating, than Russell, who never has evidenced the slightest semblance of a temper, on screen. Something that can not be said of Taylor, who seems to have a very short fuse.

I am being a bit surprised at how much of the Taylor/Russell story is being shown. I somehow thought it was going to be mostly edited out.

How Does Mohamed Hadid of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Make So Much Money?

Mohamed Hadid's Le Belvedere

I am fairly certain I was not the only viewer viewing the past couple week's episode's of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills who wondered how Mohamed Hadid made the fortune that was able to afford the ridiculously humongous house he lives in.

I'm fairly certain I was also not the only viewer viewing who thought to himself that maybe those in the upper income bracket aren't taxed enough.

Mohamed's engagement party for Lisa and Ken's daughter, Pandora, was way over the top. Camels and mermaids?

So, what does Mohamed Hadid do that is so profitable to him? Well, he is a real estate developer, building high-end custom homes, along with commercial developments, like the Ritz Carlton hotels.

Big houses are often given names. Mohamed Hadid named his house Le Belvedere.

The Hadid Development Website

Mohamed "designed, built and decorated the main residence himself." I am fairly certain by "built" it is not meant that Mohamed did any hammering himself.

Mohamed Hadid has a website where you can take a look at his various projects.

Mohamed's plus-sized home is not actually in Beverly Hills. It is in Bel Air, which is where Beverly Hills Housewife Kyle Richards house also is located.

If you really like Mohamed's mansion and would like to live there, it is currently for sale. Mohamed recently slashed his original $85 million asking price to a much more affordable $72 million. Mohamed's home is listed with Coldwell Banker, which is who you need to contact if you are interested in snapping up this bargain.

The Coldwell Banker description of what you will get for your $72 million....

The home has 10 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms in 48,000 square feet, all sitting on 2.2 prime Bel-Air acres. The home has an all-steel construction with an imported Jerusalem stone exterior.

The main level includes a reception hall, formal living and dining rooms, an informal dining room, a family room with a bar lounge, a music room, a library, the main kitchen, a butler's pantry and a staff bedroom and office.

The lower level is where the larger parties take place. There's a 5,000-bottle wine cellar and tasting room, a grand ballroom that seats up to 250, a commercial kitchen, a screening room, a gym, a Moroccan room, a Turkish hammam and a game room.

The main master bedroom suite including a sitting room, powder room, his and hers bathrooms and dressing rooms.

There are staff quarters over the garage and an open motor court for 20 vehicles, plus garage facilities to accommodate two limousine-length vehicles.

The park-like grounds include a swan pond, fountains, rose gardens, a 70-foot infinity pool, a 12-person spa, an alfresco dining area, an outdoor kitchen with pizza oven, fireplaces and courtyard dining for 100 guests. There are 19 fireplaces in all, an elevator and commercial-grade utility and entertainment systems throughout the house.

I would need to find out how close the Richards are to Le Belvedere before I'd want to move in to Le Belvedere.

Beverly Hills Friends of the Housewives Dana Wilkey & Brandi Glanville

When she first appeared on RHOBH I did not realize Dana Wilkey was an addition to the cast. Brandi Glanville I knew had been added to the cast, but I thought she was added as a fully empowered Housewife. But, on the Bravo TV Real Housewives of Beverly Hills website, Dana & Brandi are simply "Friends of the Housewives."

I liked Brandi right from the start of seeing her. Which quickly had me wondering what was Eddie Cibrian thinking when he cheated on Brandi, the mother of his kids, with LeeAnn Rimes, then leaving Brandi, divorcing and marrying Rimes?

Now, if Eddie Cibrian had had the misfortune to have somehow found himself maritally bound to Dana Wilkey, I would fully understand doing all the cheating he wanted to, let alone leaving her for LeeAnn Rimes.

This Dana Wilkey person is a puzzlement. Supposedly she is a successful party and event planner. She was the planner behind that bizarre $60K birthday party that the now deceased Russell Armstrong and his wife, Taylor, could not afford.

Last week, and the week before, we saw a bizarre Dana game party she threw for the girls in her mansion somewhere in the hills. Dana's mansion does not look lived in. Dana dresses like she shops the bargain bin at Goodwill. And then brags about her sunglasses costing $25K.

Dana's conversations with the Housewives often have a very strained feel of desperation about them. Trying to get the girls to go on a vacation together. Acting like she's been bonded with them forever. I've known a person like this in my past. It's kind of creepy.

But not as creepy as Paris Hilton's aunts, Kim and Kyle Richards. Kim has really shown herself to be a whacked out nutjob, so far, on season 2 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

The main things I got out of the most recent episode of RHOBH is how ridiculously big the houses these people live in are. Adrienne's spa day for the girls. In a spa she has in her house. With enough food to feed a couple homeless shelters, was bizarre.

But not as bizarre as seeing how lost Adrienne was in her own kitchen when Lisa came over to show Adrienne how to cook a chicken. I suspect if Adrienne had not been born into a fortune, earning a fortune on her own likely would not have happened. And she probably would have learned how to cook a chicken decades ago.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills High in the Rockies with Chocolate Chip Cookies & Taylor Armstrong's Giant Lips

Two episodes in to the 2nd season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills I can say I am being way more entertained by these housewives than the majority of that bunch from New York City.

Speaking of RHONY, the latest buzz on the Interwebs, regarding those NY broads, is that Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, Cindy Barshop and Alex McCord have all gotten the boot. I say very good riddance to the shrill harpy Jill, the mentally warped Kelly, the dour sourpuss Cindy, but why Alex? That is very perplexing. I like Alex.

Back to Beverly Hills. After all the angst in the media regarding how Bravo was going to handle the death of Russell Armstrong, with possibilities ranging from canceling the show, postponing it, re-editing it, or just airing it as planned, I thought the end result was very thoughtful. Air the show as scheduled, with a 10 minute opening where the Housewives and husbands, sans Taylor, show up at Adrienne Maloof's to commiserate about the tragedy. And then on to the show.

The first appearance of the now grieving Taylor was weird, breathlessly running into some store to tell Kyle she'd run into Lisa's former permanent houseguest and con man, Cedric.

Taylor turned drama queen at a dinner party at the Maloof's due to a remark by Lisa's husband Ken regarding his opinion about therapy.

I don't think we yet know the whole story and truth regarding Taylor Armstrong and her relationship with her now dead husband, Russell. But, I really feel very little sympathy for that annoying swollen lipped woman.

On episode 2 the housewives fly to Colorado, invited by Camille, to her home in Beaver Creek. Landing in Denver the housewives are mortified to learn that, due to a closure on I-70, they would be taking a 4 hour limo ride to their destination in the Rockies.

Kim Richards seems to have turned into an almost non-stop chatterbox. 4 hours with that in a limo would wear on my last nerve.

I could not help but wonder why the girls did not fly directly to Beaver Creek. If Beaver Creek has no airport, surely nearby Vail or Aspen does. Methinks the 4 hour limo incarceration was used for drama potential.

Camille's house in the mountains was quite nice. Camille is being very likable in semi-bitter divorcee mode.

The only other thing that sticks in my memory, besides the hot platter of chocolate chip cookies delivered to those spoiled ladies when they reached the bottom of the ski slope, was the outdoor spa scene with Kyle and the hyper-annoying Taylor Armstrong.

Kyle & Taylor in a Hot Spa
Surrounded by Snow

Taylor was in woe is me mode. Kyle was trying to get Taylor to tell her one single specific fact of what was behind the woe. The dialogue went something like this...

Taylor: I just have so much resentment.
Kyle: What’s the resentment about?
Taylor: It’s just been a long time.
Kyle: What’s been a long time?
Taylor: I'm tired.
Kyle: What are you tired of?
Taylor: It’s been a lot of years.
Kyle: Why not go?
Taylor: I want so badly to make it work.
Kyle: Why stay?
Taylor: I'm scared.

If I were Kyle I think I would have told Taylor I was not interested in listening to her whining if she was unable to talk about whatever it was that was bothering her.

Of course, now that we know some of the sordid details behind Taylor's closed doors we know she's probably resentful about being broke, about her husband's abusiveness, her husband's twisted sexual proclivities and just the stress of living the life of a con artist.

Unlike The Real Housewives of New York City, there are really none of the Beverly Hills Housewives who I think are so disgusting, or uninteresting, that I think they should be booted.

I'd willingly open my door (or TV screen) to any of the Beverly Hills' ladies. I'd slam my door in the face of Jill Zarin or Cindy Barshop. I might let Kelly Bensimon in just to be amused by her loopy nonsense, for a very short while. And then I'd ask her to leave.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Husband Russell Armstrong Has Allegedly Committed Suicide

Previews of the upcoming September 5 premiere of Season Two of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills seemed to indicate that the marital woes of Russell and Taylor Armstrong had accelerated from Season One.

That indication of marital woes did not indicate how bad it actually was.

Russell Armstrong has allegedly killed himself. Found hanging in a bedroom in his home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

No suicide note was found.

Russell Armstrong was 47 years old. He was pronounced dead at 8:15 LA (Pacific) Time, on Monday. An autopsy will take place on Wednesday.

Last month Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce, claiming Russell was physically abusive.

My hinky meter is in overdrive. Russell Armstrong did not seem like a kill himself sort of guy. From my point of view he was married to a nutcase who thought it made sense to spend $60K on daughter Kennedy's 3rd (or was it 4th?) year old birthday party.

Something seemed way off, to me, regarding Taylor Armstrong. Not a Kelly Bensimon level of nutcase. but still, someone who's marbles were rattling way out of control.

Whatever the reality of this reality is, it is still very sad.

The ratings for the Second Season of RHOBH will be through the roof. Just saying.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 Starts September 5

It appears that Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is up next on the Bravo TV Housewive Franchise schedule.

Maybe one of the reasons the New York Houseswives recently completed Season 4 seemed such a dud was due to how entertaining Season 1 was of the Beverly Hills Housewives.

Bravo has a preview trailer of Season 2 of RHOBH. Judging from the preview it appears Season 2 of RHOBH is going to deliver some good drama.

And the preview answers the question of whether or not Camille Grammer will return. Yes. I saw Camille in the preview. And there is a trouble-making new BH Housewife. The ex-wife of Eddie Cibrian, Brandi Glanville.

Lisa Vanderpump's ex-houseguest, Cedric, makes a return, crashing a party.

Watch the preview below to get an idea of what we'll be seeing starting at 9pm, September 5, on Bravo....

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Dinner From Hell at Camille Grammer's House

Someone going by the name of RealCityHousewife has made a very funny, very well done YouTube video of the infamous Dinner From Hell that took place at Camille Grammer's house, with all the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in attendance, along with Faye Resnick and a very strange friend of Camille's, Allison DuBois, a supposed medium upon whom the TV show Medium is based.

The video has no audio. The dialogue is in subtitles. So, if you don't like reading subtitles, you are not going to like this video. But if you don't mind reading subtitles and you are a fan of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, you will likely find this video to be amusing....

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor Armstrong is a Big Fat Liar

I thought I'd watched all of the 2 part The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Shows. But, I somehow missed the gem that is so amusingly shown in the below video.

Since the last episode and reunion shows have aired Taylor Armstrong and Kyle Richards have replaced Camille Grammar as the most disliked, well, actually pretty much hated, of the Beverly Hills housewives, at least that appears to be the case when perusing various TV forums, like Survivor Sucks and reading the comments to the Beverly Hills Housewives' Bravo Blogs.

Taylor has really annoyed the viewers. The video below gives you a good idea of how and why. The moment caught below, of Taylor being caught in a lie, at the reunion, and Adrienne Maloof's adroit handling of it, followed by Taylor's reaction, is well, priceless...

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Cedric Martinez with His New Girlfriend and Other Nonsense

The guy on the right calls himself Cedric Martinez. Who knows if that is his real name? He's a bit of a liar.

Cedric just finished a stint playing the gay permanent houseguest of Lisa VanderPump and her husband, Ken Todd, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

We learned on Part 2 of the RHOBH Reunion that Cedric is now an aspiring actor. And that, apparently he attempted to blackmail Lisa and Ken or he would tell some sordid story to the tabloids.

Now that he is no longer a gay French guy on a Reality TV Show Cedric is the boyfriend of the actress walking with him, Brandi Glanville.

I have never heard of Brandi Glanville. I wonder if Cedric is now her permanent houseguest?

Cedric has a Facebook page where he is spewing all kinds of tidbits, including claiming he is only 35, not 37.

I am currently housebound due to North Texas getting hit with a Super Bowl sized Ice Storm. So, I've had way too much time on my hands today. I say that as my excuse as to why I was reading Internet TV Forums today.

Which is where I learned about Cedric's new lovelife.

I'll copy some of the amusing TV forum comments I've read today about the Cedric/Lisa Fiasco....

I think Lisa chose her words very carefully at the re-union. Saying police report (is that the same as complaint) and (paraphrasing) he asked for something that we weren't prepared to give, is alluding to some kind of blackmail.  We see Cedric as a conniving freeloader and her/Ken as a likable BH rich couple. I really think the truth of what happened lies somewhere in between what both parties are putting out. Also Kyle calling Cedric a media-whore was one of the bigger pot/kettle moments.

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Yeah, Lisa got screwed by Cedric, but I mean who didn't see that coming from a mile away? She mentioned many times during the show how much she adored him as a buddy to hang out with, I don't think she had ulterior motives at all. Hopefully he falls flat on his face, because her and her husband are hilarious, classy, and any smear campaign done by Cedric will not go anywhere in my mind. I would like to see Lisa branch out next season and be friendlier with all of the ladies because I do enjoy her sense of humor. We will see where it goes.

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Lisa/Cedric...something is rotten in Denmark there.  I believe something happened, but I'm not buying what or the way it happened.  Don't really know why...just gave me a weird feeling.  I absolutely think Cedric is scum...but something about this whole story just doesn't add up.  A wealthy couple does not take in a 37 year old MAN, give him a free place to live, buy him a car, pay his way, plus give him a salary (Lisa tweeted he was paid a salary) take him everywhere...just because...why?  Because he was left in a phone booth by his prostitution/whore mother at the age of 8? They've known him for 15 years so they would know that he was apparently able to put himself through college and support himself as a model and whatever else he did for 35 years. What happened? It's just too weird. I could see if he was 12, but he's a grown ass MAN.  It is just too bizarre.

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I really think Bravo should give Cedric and his new girl friend their own Bravo TV Show. It could go in all sorts of entertaining directions. Including watching Cedric do time somewhere in the California penal system.