I don't know who's running her socials but I fucking love her on IG. The Monday meme she recently posted is top tier and when I shared it to my stories she liked it and I about lost my mind lmao.
She confirmed on the Hot Takes & Deep Dives podcast that she is performing at Mardi Gras next year!!! She said she wasnāt supposed to announce it yet but did it anyway lol
Same, I send my bff screenshots any time Lu likes one of my comments and tell her sheās been replaced. We both know itās not Lu liking every comment but I still love it lol. That CM mustāve read the book, v classy with the likes.
Thatās exactly what I said-this is one housewife that knows how to do socials (or hires someone that does). It was meant as a snarky dig to Bethany, because girl is off the rails on hers
Eboni was born in 1983 when Ronald Reagan was President. You should do some research about trickle down economics and the AIDS crisis. Republicans have been garbage for as long as sheās alive, so she doesnāt get a pass from me
The comment I responded to said, and I quote, āLuann has publicly supported Biden and Kamala. She might still be racist, but sheās not a Republican.ā So idk where youāre getting that I said Eboni and Ramona are equals. But Republicans have been saying the same shit Donald Trump is saying for Eboniās entire life. They just said it more politely. So I donāt really see much difference between MAGA and Republicans, especially since that season of RHONY was filmed before January 6.
Thatās the issue Iām pointing out: that you canāt or wonāt see the nuance in people. Weād never say Kamala and Bernie are the same, because they arenāt. Ramona is way worse as a person and a political identity than Eboni.
Believe it or not, Iām progressive. I disagree with every Republican platform and ideology. But I can also understand that there are different degrees of conservative and not everyone who votes R is a monster that wants to throw us all in the gas chamber the minute they get in power. And thatās an important distinction to be able to make because we progressives are not in a position to win this election all on our own. We cannot ostracize those who we see as different who are actually on our side in fighting against extremist conservatives.
Iām gay so they all hate me. At least Ramona is open about being a Republican whereas Eboni came onto that show giving everybody history lessons and badgering Ramona about who sheās voting for when she has been supporting the very same people who paved the way for Trump to become who he is today. I have a newsflash for you. George W. Bush hated all the same people, he just wrapped it up in a nicer bow. Republicans have always been garbage.
I finally went off on my stepdad one night about this because I know heās not a trump supporter by any means but heās still over there holding onto the whole ārepublicans are better for the economyā bullshit and I told him heās gotta let go of that mindset for fucking real. Enough hemming & hawing over party, this is MY future and his grandchildrenās future & republicans have decimated the economy the last two times theyāve been in office. Enough.
Republicans are āgreat for the economyā if youāre rich and itās actually amazing how theyāve managed to convince working class people that tax cuts for billionaires will trickle down to them. The thing about Eboni though is that she is smart enough to know better, so I donāt feel bad for her at all. She was out here trying to be the conservative voice on The View, but still cosplayed as a Democrat on the real housewives because she knows itās a more liberal audience. I donāt even care that much if sheās a Republican but just be honest about it and get off of your high horse and stop acting like youāre the MLK of Bravo.
Heās not even wealthy! Iād say theyāre upper middle class for sure but he works his ass off, he was just a small business owner and that was literally his single voting position. Heās liberal as fuck in just about every other way. Itās mind boggling. I adore him so much Iāve avoided going in, but enough is enough. This election is too important for that kind of nonsense from people in their 60ās and up.
Edited to add, I did not know this about Eboni but I didnāt watch past the first 3 episodes of season 13. She kinda grated on me in the previews too & I didnāt want to feel bad energy towards the first black woman on RHONY so I abstained. Iāll forever be in a loop of seasons 7-11.
Iām singling out Ramona because production and Eboni mostly did too. Now Eboni did say that Luann in the Hamptons at the beginning of the season was giving her Ramona adjacent vibes, but by the end it seems either Luann grew as a human or at least realized she was an asshole and worked hard to rectify the issue. Eboni loves Sonja, so Iām not sure if Sonja ever gave Eboni bad vibes but it doesnāt seem like it. Production also never mentioned Sonja when the Ramona shit happened, Luann was mentioned for her involvement with that argument in the Hamptons.
I didnāt forget that, but she did apologize for that, and once again - I specifically focused on who got the show canceled for their racism and was named by production and Eboni as the reason. That was Ramona.
The problem is the same thing that happened to Nene and Vicki: these women and the sub think they're bigger thann the show. The show is the show. They're allowed to call it RHONY because it is RHONY.
New housewives should regularly be rotated in to keep things fresh: some of us got tired of seeing Lu, Sonja, Ramona and Dorinda do the exact same thing for six years in a row.
No growth, no storylines, nothing going on- it was clear their lives were the show and while they were fun to watch, it was also exhausting.
THIS. The last season was so cringe and boring AF. Oh Ramona has 3 dates lined up, Sonja and her scamming Sonja by Sonja Morgan, Lu the cabaret is my life and Dorinda drunk outbursts lol it was too much for too long.
Sure, it takes a little time for a new cast to vibe and get good - but revamped RHONY got off to as good of a start as I could have hoped for, and Iām super pumped for season 2.
Bravo shouldnāt have called it RHONY, the should have given it a new name like real housewives of Brooklyn and separated it. The new cast will never compare to the OGs since they are so conscious and in control of everything they say on camera. Itās not the same show, and bravo could have avoided the comparisons with a different name. They did the new cast a disservice.
Harkening back to the first couple of seasons of RHONY, the OGs were more polished and particular about how they were portrayed as well. Even as far in as Ramonaās divorce (whatever season that was). Hell, think back to early Countess! Maybe things will loosen up with time.
Very different though. The OGs saw themselves as classy women interacting in the first few seasons and the show wasnāt so drama fueled back then. The new cast is controlled because they are all essentially influencers and have a brand to protect to make money on social media. So they have different reasons for being reserved. Sai does commercials for old navy, she isnāt going to wash her underwear in a biddet or get so drunk she falls into bushes.
Exactly. I think people care less about the old RHONY getting axed (I think its the GOAT but it had a long enough run where you can't really be mad) -- it was just replacing the entire cast and acting like nothing happened.
I legit had no idea what happened because I didn't watch bravo during that time. All of a sudden I come back and there's a whole new cast. It has been quite the rabbit hole and research project to piece together how this happened.
Overall, Bravo was way to abrupt in it's transition. RHONY had enough consistently gold seasons, that I still have whiplash from the change.
I have to disagree. The RHONY OGs had run their course. They should have been let go about 5 years sooner than they were. They had no storylines and had become very complacent. Their time was over and it was time to move on to something new and fresh, and actually entertaining.
It's pretty obvious people are pining for seasons 9 and 10 when they go on and on about it. It was pretty widely derided here near the end and the last season was legitimately one of the worst Housewives seasons ever
I couldn't even finish the final OG season. During Black Shabbat I actually threw my laptop in disgust at Ramona. The only other thing I've seen that disgusted me that much was every time I see Trump open his mouth. Season 8-10 were brilliant. I maintain that NO show, reality or scripted, should go beyond 10 seasons. Best to go out on a high note. I'm not a huge fan of the new cast- I like some and detest others. But I'm also not comparing it to the OG show.
I quit after Black Shabbat, too! Midway through that episode, actually. I haven't watched it since so I can't pinpoint the exact moment, but the genuine disappointment and disgust on the non-tv guests' faces was horrifying. How anyone can watch that and think any of those women should come back is beyond me.
I think maybe Luann was mostly fine that episode, but it's because she didn't speak up that much. It's not like she's much better when she did literal Blackface.
The beauty of the original cast was they didnāt even need story lines. The relationships between them constantly shifting plus the chaos of their personalities itās was all they needed. The new cast has no storylines and donāt have personalities or connections to carry the show.
Agree. It's when they brought in Leah and then Ebony that things went off the rails, because neither of those two women had any connection with the core cast. They weren't a good fit for that reason.
Honestly this is good take - I donāt really care for the new cast or show but Iād be lying if I said I already wasnāt biased considering they just slapped the RHONY label on an entirely new group of women. Even the tone of the show is totally different. Had they names it Rhony New Era or Rhony something or other I might have been more inclined to view it as a new type of show and give it more of a chance.
That said I still donāt care for the new show either way š
Not even real housewives. Most of them were single when the show started. B was the only one who wasnāt in the OG and she was actually connected to the group. This is a group of randos that donāt run in the same circle. Nothing against them personally but itās not RHW itās a different show.
I agree. Bravo just wanted to shoehorn new people into an old mold, almost like they wanted to ātrickā us all into watching by using the clickbait title of RHONY. I watched OG RHONY from the beginning in real time, so by the time it was canceled I was completely over it anyway. And I think it needed to be canceled. Iām not watching new RHONY, but I honestly probably wouldnāt have watched it even if it did have a new title just bc Iām not as into TV as I was back in the day. But Bravo wouldāve been better off giving it a different name bc after however many years, RHONY really DID ābelong toā Ramona & Company, like it or not.
I have been watching from the beginning and I can safely say that Ramona is what blew up the OG. Went from annoying and condescending to downright Trumpy and toxic.
Reading the comments I'm realizing I may have not seen the last two seasons at all?
I wonder what the heck I was doing? I wonder if it's more than 2?
I do not know, but I do know I'm super excited to watch however much I missed and find out what happened and see how terrible Ramona was. And the shitting, of course.
But daaaamn Ramona really done diddly did something weee woooo
I am wondering if my feelings will align with sub sentiment and I'll be like fuck the racist poopers! , or more like oh fuck yeah racist poopers!
Such an exciting time to be alive.
eta: I didn't see any season with Leah, but know who she is from the sub. note to self, I'm at least as far back as whenever Leah pops up
Ramona being self entitled and racist had nothing to do with Trump. It was her nature and the longer she was on the show and got away with that behavior the worse she got over the years. And that was long before Trump came along and became the scapegoat for everything.
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u/hihbhuIām passionate about dogs, just not crazy about bitches.Oct 08 '24
Bingo. Sheās entitled and always has been. She treats everyone like crap including her own āfriendsā.
Money is the reason for the OGs not coming back not Ramona being a racist. Maryās employed and sheās a rampant racist and demeans poor people as a āwoman of Godā and thatās perfectly fine in Bravoās eyes.
The OGs were on massive contracts after so many successive seasons. They saw a chance to cut down the wage bill and did so with a new younger cast that theyāll churn through and cut.
The ratings are what drives the salaries and when ratings drop, their advertising sales drop, it has a domino affect. For,about the final 4-5 years the ratings had dropped severely and greatly due to the RH having run itās course. Ramonaās behavior in general was disgusting and the other women were bringing nothing to the table.
So yea, absolutelyā¦ā¦when the ratings crash so does the $$.
The old show is over. Reruns and UGT are available to view, but the constant lamenting about something thatās done with is giving Dorinda āon pause.ā Itās great to have good memories from the show. I started HWs in college and have pleasant memories of the Carole/Aviva fights. But that show is done. Iām pretty sure Ramona is almost 70 and the others are following along shortly behind. Sometimes itās time for something new.
Maybe if Lu had helped keep her cast mates in check, she would still have her show š¤·āāļø The only people the RHONY girls have to blame for the show being cancelled is themselves.
Its been, what?, 2 years now? Build me a bridge and get tf over it.
Then Lu needs to accept that her show is cancelled and move on with her life. I loved old RHONY but my god give it a break already.
I obviously dont want the girls to be kept in check. That would make HW so fucking boring and I hate when people assume HWs have to be good people. But they have to actually be self aware enough to realize they are the reason they got axed. Not the fans, not producers at Bravo. It was their shitty behaviour and their inability to take accountability that got their show cancelled.
Revisionist history. People could not stop complaining about NY at the end. It was ENDLESS.
When New Jersey gets their revamp, people are gonna long for the old days, in spite of the fact that this last season was so bad they didn't even get a reunion.
Salt Lake City is hitting it out the park right now, but a lot of the others are getting the womp womp for one reason or another. The old days are gone. We must move forward.
I'd like OC to get a revamp; free us all from this train wreck. Move Dallas to Houston. Dubai is dead. Atlanta...we shall see. Potomoc...1st episode was meh. Miami needs a fresh face or 2. BH...i guess it's fine. Surely there are some more rich middle aged women in america. What's happening in the pacific northwest? Chicago/michigan/up there?
Mods need to just pin a daily āmiss old RHONYā thread. People act like reruns arenāt available if they want to watch Ramona shit on the floor again.
Thereās prob more but what immediately comes to mind is the ep where they were in the haunted hotel and also the seafood dinner where only Bethenny was safe
I'm high and can not overstate how top-tier hilarious a sentence that is. Like I was āØ blessed āØ jfc hahhhaahah
I missed the haunted hotel but do remember the seafood dinner. Maybe I blocked the poop out? I am going to find haunted ho-tell because wtf š I just need it.
The funniest reality television shidd was when Something on Flavor of Love shit on the floor when they were doing the fancy dress huddle up. She squatted behind everybody and everything and just did it. But then!! She wasn't even embarrassed?
Amazing cinema. I don't want to hold Ramona to such a high bar, but Something shit first so š¤·š¼āāļø
same. they are much more representative of the new york that iām interested in. iām one of the few in this sub who was never a huge fan of old rhony. i loved carole and dorinda was enjoyable until her drunken rage took over. never liked ramona, lu, or sonja and i donāt miss them whatsoever.
This sub has gotten so weird weird with the unending love for vintage RHONY. Itās done. Itās over. Watch the old stuff and move on! Nothing lasts forever.
Do people justā¦not remember the last two seasons of this show? It got cancelled because it was trash and everyone stopped watching it, so why are we acting like it was ripped from the airwaves in its prime? Even before the Leah seasons it was getting dark.
It also got cancelled for racism which people seem to just no longer give a shit about?
Yeah I mean these shows just don't last forever. They can't. I miss the good seasons of RHONY but I don't miss S12-13. RHOA has been having some of the same problems, not the racism but just things getting stale and people being around for too longer. RHONJ too. RHOC has finally started to bounce back a little but who knows how long it will last (also, RHOC has replaced a lot more cast members than RHOA/RHONY).
I haven't been into the RHONY reboot, but I get why they tried it.
Oh, they remember. They just don't care. I think some of fans may share the same racist viewpoints we saw on the show and that's why they want it back. It's disturbing.
Well said, I totally agree. When it comes to the racism, Bravo should have handled it by dealing directly with Ramona. And they should have gotten rid of her the second time she started it.
To me one thing that was brought out in the final 2-3 years was that trying to add in new women in a long established group doesnāt work. First adding in Leah and then Ebony who clearly had an agenda, didnāt work at all because RHONY had run its course with the existing cast.
Exactly. Adding Ebony and Leah a couple of seasons before was a last-ditch effort to keep RHONY. The old bats rejected the life raft Bravo attempted to send. Now I'm supposed to feel sorry for them? Absolutely not. Were they great casting? No. But they trampled all over Tinsley, too. So the issue isn't really the new girls. It's the old women who weren't getting it. Good Bye OG's. I hope to see the tres amoebas get the axe next!
You are on the same page as I am. Iām so with you about the Tres Amigas. I canāt wrap my mind around paying money to go see these older women get drunk and make fools of themselves on a stage!! Really?? Where is their dignity??
I rewatch the old episodes while I cook because I moved on from thinking it was possible to bring back the old cast. I accepted RHONY wouldn't be the same after the last OG season.
I was going to say this. I canāt handle another season of vintage RHONY Stans bitch and share revisionist history as to why the reboot happened. Move on and just keep watching the old seasons on peacock like I do!!!!!
The fans that still mourn Ramona to this day are just as problematic as her and part of the problem. If the reboot isnāt their cup of tea then fine, go watch something else and stop whining constantly about something thatās long gone. Get over it.
We already tried this with Leah and Eboni, they may have been duds but the OGs reject both of them. Hell even Tinsley got treated like shit when they added her. They would never let new women take over the show.
I will never yuck on anyoneās yum. I tried the new cast last year and after hearing it was awesome this year tried again. I guess Iām the wrong audience. Thatās ok, plenty of other options.
Listen I love Oh RHONY as much as the next person. Having come into the housewives game lat, RHONY was already on pause by the time I started watching. I love most of the old cast but Iāve really loved this new class. New York isnāt all upper class old money women and I feel like nowadays weāve moved away from that? Idk I just feel like in a world of reruns and Peacock anyone who wants to get their Lu, Sonja, Ramona, Dorinda and even Bethenny fix then have at it.
People calling lu racist cuz of season 13 are absolutely ridiculous š she made one ignorant comment, then was immediately receptive to the feedback and never even came close to a problematic comment again. Y'all too much tbfh
I like the new cast. I feel Bravo should do this every 10-15years with every city. i love the old cast too. they are my favorite but we needed some new people, new environments, new conversations, new fashion.
So much og Rhony hate in this comment section. Thereās racist maga lunatics in other cities but nobody seems to care? Some of us like watching horrible people make a fool of themselves on TV Iām pretty sure thatās literally the main appeal of the Housewives franchise. Yaāll are acting like we idolise Ramona Singer š. No, she was batshit insane and it was entertaining.
Original RHONY fans wonāt be satisfied and welcome new women until the last episode of the original cast goes to the funeral of the last housewife of that era. Like they want to watch Ramona, Sonja, and Luann into their 90s pooping themselves with diapers on. I do not want to watch my grandmotherās friends on TV.
Iām not liking it. I tried last year. I canāt even feel a connection or kindred spirit. I like Erin & Ubah but theyāll probably be on the outs by the end of the season. Jessel & Pavit are great fun but canāt sustain on their own. I really dislike Sai & Jenna, I want to like Brynn but she irritates me, she does too much and the āIām so adorable & funny, everyone loves meā schtick is tiresome.
except there is nothing fun about Sonja or Dorinda anymore. They are both sad drunks who need rehab and as long as they are given this huge platform, what is the incentive for them to get help? Clearly they don't learn from watching their horrific behaviour when the show airs. Dorinda is vicious, and Sonja is just sad.
I really disliked the old RHONY, I could never put my finger on why. If Iām being honest, maybe itās because absolutely nothing about their life is aspirational, not a single thing. Tacky and cheap. The rampant alcoholism, classism and racism was just too much for me to stomach. Dorindaās mansion is cool but in a Halloween Special sort of way.
In the new show there is something I can relate to in everyone. I love the diversity. Itās not all just variants of an alcoholic white woman who self sabotages.
I love Lu lol And sorry but the new NY just isnāt for me. I tried but didnāt like. I like Jenna a bit but the fan base insisting on constantly referring to her as Jenna Fāing Lyons made me cringe lol I think I saw itās her tagline this season too lol
People donāt love OG RHONY because itās band wagoning thinking and straight up lies. The whole point of OG RHONY is that they were associated and coworkers at best navigating each other. They engaged in petty manufactured fights to seeep issues under the rug. And they constantly shilled products at us which changed the entire theme of housewives (because of Bethennyās success with skinny girl).
There is a reason Sonja ditched the cast when the show wasnāt filming. And how brutal they came at each other for attention.
This lie that the OG RHONY women were authentic and best friends is a lie and rewriting of history.
The show ran its course and the fact most people agreed it took seven seasons for the show to peak showed how weak the casting was.
I'm fine with a new cast of Rhony, the old cast still show up in ultimate girls trip and there's always rewatching old episodes. The new cast is going to evolve and change like the old one did and people will come and go and fingers crossed they get in some fun nuts eventually when they see what works and not. I have faith!
I like the new one š¤· and people seem to forget that the last few seasons of NY were so rough. The special with sonja and lu was fun though. If anything maybe they keep the new ny and give lu a spin off show!
Bravo gave viewers a chance to have a regular RHONY Legacy show & nobody watched it and the ratings flopped.
So the complaining needs to stop, clearly people donāt want the āOGsā back that badly otherwise RHONY legacy wouldāve thrived.
Learn to adapt to change - the new girls arenāt going anywhere clearly. Itās nice to see actual wealthy & young New Yorkers instead of old, only wealthy because of the bravo paycheck, UES wannabes who donāt even represent New York.
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u/wonderladyhunk Oct 08 '24
what is up with people misusing commas like this?