No apologies for this, but I do watch the Real Housewives of Atlanta, and I love NeNe Leakes. NeNe makes me laugh and groan and wince and feel, unlike the other nutjobs of RHoATL who are so busy screeching, shopping and orchestrating their careers that they frequently forget to stop and smell the latte. NeNe, nee Linnethia Leakes, is a hard knocks girl from Queens who tells it like it TIZ. She's Anderson Cooper's favorite housewife too.
NeNe has a book out and a full signing schedule in the ATL. Yesterday she scored a major story on The Daily Beast to promote it.
What does your favorite housewife "say" about you? Damned if I know. But like the Beatles, (I was a John fan...bug surprise, right?) plenty of people are musing about it. Here are my favorites from other shows in the Housewives franchise:
New York - Jill Zarin (and not just because she's Jewish) and Bethenny
New Jersey - Caroline and Dina
Orange County - they all suck
Over shabbat lunch in an Atlanta 'hood this weekend, somebody at the table suggested a frum (Hebrew for pious) version: Real Housewives of Williamsburg, or to get Atlanta about it, Real Housewives of Toco Hills. That would be a riot. Word from Bravo TV is that Washington DC is the next hub for the Housewives, and that will be interesting too.
Oh Nina. Not NeNe. She's a nightmare. I mean, I love (to hate) the whole cursed RHo series, myself. But NeNe? She reminds me of a woman I knew in the past so I might be biased. But I had a neighborhood friend . . . acquaintance? frenemy? . . . who was a total bully and used to make friends with people she could:
a) bully
b) borrow clothes from
c) learn their secrets and then tell everyone
d) bully
e) borrow money from
Okay, SHE was a nightmare. NeNe could be her sister.
Posted by: Jennifer | August 28, 2009 at 04:47 PM