Last night marked the premiere of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City starring Cobble Hillbilly Alex McCord. So, what did you think? (Watch full episode at Bravo.com) Comment below!
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And then there’s Alex, the stern-jawed Brooklynite (and only one who doesn’t live on the Upper East Side) who, with her fey Australian husband and forcibly French speaking children, trotted off to St. Barth’s to avoid the crush of the Hamptons. There she and her husband wore hideously skimpy bathing costumes and bought tens of thousands of dollars worth of ugly dresses.
Next new episode Tuesday (3/11) at 10pm.
Alex is hot! Good luck on the show!!!!!!!
Is she a vampire? Jeez honey eat something!
Alex and her fey Australian husband are insufferable. What pretentious idiots! Everything that they said and did on the show last night was such a transparently deliberate attempt to fit the concept of ‘snob.’ Must be exhausting…
Can’t wait to catch more of this train wreck of a show!
The string thin speedo’s on both of them was the highlight of the show. Nothing worse than seeing 40+ year olds trying to maintain a youthful look when their faces are obviously falling faster then their shabby looking house.
Alex is married to a hotel manager, has hair that’s “fried”, comes across as a “beard” for speedo hubby and thinks she’s “high society” ?????? **LOL**
I have a feeling Alex & her husband wear the same size clothing from that boutique……
She’s real, but she’s not ours.
Alex McCord does not live in Cobble Hill. She lives on Butler Street in Boerum Hill, a wonderful neighborhood in its own right.
ARCHH – Ms. McCord’s bio material states she lives in Cobble Hill. Since the borders of the made up neighborhoods of both Boerum and Cobble Hills are 1000% subjective I suggest you take a “chill pill” and be “still”.
She’s a cross between Mr. Chin-agin and a smushed Barbie face. Instead of spending all that money on her “wearable art” she should send her kids to boarding school in France. They’ll never learn French with her b/c all she can say is “Mais, je ne sais pas”. Ridiculous. Oh, and how DISGUSTING is it that her husband has to ask for a kiss from her after dishing out $$$ for her “haute couture”?
what abunch of crass women. no wonder the rest of the world looks down on the crass rich no class american women.
what a bunch of low class, crass over indulged society wannabes. That is why the rest of the world cant stand americans with money and no culture.
I can’t get enough of these wannabes. Alex and Simon might be up for most cringe-worthy, yet entertaining couple of reality TV. I was actually sad they did not show more of them last night.
Alex needs to get to a dentist–quickly! Those teeth might cut it in Kansas, but not in New York. Ugh!
This woman should spend all the money she has on her teeth!
This couple is Hillbilly gross!
Let he/she without dental imperfections cast the first stone.
Can I get my Orange County wives back please? These New York skanks are not only boring, but obnoxious, kind of ugly, they think they are really something. To be honest, not a single one of them seemed like someone I’d want to be or be around.
Alex and her husband–what nerds. Man, could you get a grosser but in a g-string bikini. Disgusting clothes. I know why they are each others stylists, because they are the only two that think anything they wear looks good. If thats style, I dont want it.
Ramona–This lady is trying too damn hard to get people to like her. isnt that the definition of a loser? I think sometimes people think money makes you cool. I wonder if she notices how all the other wives kind of take snips at her behind her back.
The countess–I forgot her name, really. Thats how boring she is. She actually seems like a cool lady that I could stand to be around. But man she’s boring. She does take a lot of undercutting shots at Ramona though. I like that.
Jill–Hate to say it, but her daughter is ugly as a turd. Poor girl is going to grow up with issues. I like Jill more at the end of the show than the beginning. Nice lady, but she got caught up in the whole Im rich in New York thing.
Bethenny-how the hell does she fit in? I’d do her. What more can I say? She just doesnt seem to fit in with the others. She seems like it hasnt gone to her head—yet.
Like I said, can I get the OC ladies back!! At least they have something to be stuck up about, they’re mostly hot. except for pig face. But i like her personality. I wont be watching another episode of NY. Its just not the same.
Oh and someone needs to tell alex what a bra is. those nasty saggy things are gonna make me puke if i see em again.
Seriously what was Bravo thinking! I live in California and in my neighborhood those women would be laughed at! They all came from nothing and now are pretending to be rich snobs! Ramona is the worst. They all need to see a cosmetic dentist expecially Alyx! Simon is definately gay and manages a hotel, give me a break, how could that be snotty!
i think the only chance these women’s children have is if they’re kidnapped by their “au pairs & nannies” or, as we used to say, “maids” and put into families whose feet actually touch the earth. LuAnn referring to her husband continually as “The Count” —what a hoot. But I truly feel sad for all their offspring – destined to be second in line while Mommy Dearest is busy trying to wear clothes that belong on a 20 yr old and desperate to “be seen” at some event. Rehab or pregnancy from the pool boy can’t be far behind…..
alex is flabby, their house is shabby
maybe they could afford to live in manhattan sans buying $8000 dresses.
I gather I’m not the only one who finds the McCords unbelievably creepy. They are the worst kind of wanna be’s, whose futures lie in the “never was” category. Expensive clothing does not a lack of IQ cover. Lady – eat a burger, quit asking your equally no taste husband for style advice, and for god’s sake, get a tutor, or at least read a book once in a while… Alex is an embarrassment not only to New York, but to Kansas as well for having spawned her.
THE WOMAN FROM ORANGE COUNTY BLOW THESE GIRLS OUT OF THE WATER BY FAR. KEY WORD FOR NEW YORKS WOMAN “EAT”…………
Matt – are you four years old? Why the shouting?
Please bring the housewives of O.C. back!!!!! I can’t decide who I dislike more Ramona or Alex. Ramona is crazy and Alex is such a wanna be. I think Jill and LuAnn are the most real on the show. The thing that surprises me most is the condo’s and town homes they live in. They look out dated, grungy, and cheap. These women act like there in junior high.
Alex and Ramona, 1980 wants the hair back !
What is with Alex’s home? It looks like a college dorm?
Shell out some cash for a decorator and a hair stylist.
A fitted invisiline would greatly help Alex’s teeth also.
I can’t believe I’m reading to bring back the hags of the OC.
I’d rather live in NY any day, on the OC the woman have nothing to do. Thy bud in each other lives, hurt one another, they are all so self centered for NO reason.
Through all of the season of the OC, not one of them has learned MONEY TALKS, wealth whispers.
I think the “woman” of the OC are without an ounce of class.
I really don’t think anyone should push it with Alex, with any rude or mean comments.
She seems so breakable.
I kind of feel sorry for her.
Finally, their gone !
The OC women are gone !
What a group they were, nothing but a bunch of drunken loosers, with nothing to do with their ugly lives. Wearing cheap cloths, loud mouths, rude, crude, and discusting.
“See ya OC, wouldn’t wanna be ya” (any of you) !
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NYC all the way. Finally some class.
These broads give ‘nouveau riche’ a bad name.
When is someone going to tell Alex that her husband is gay? And her home is a mess. Bravo needs to bring in a set designer to clean the place up just so she can maintain the pretense that she is wealthy. And while they are at it, maybe send her to a dentist and a hair salon to get those roots done. She and her husband just make me cringe.
The Real Housewives NEW YORK edition…
Wow. I am totally addicted to BRAVO tv period. You name it, I’ll watch it. Project Runway, Make Me a Supermodel, Top Chef, Top Design, Real Housewives, Millionaire Matchmaker, Blow Out, Work Out, etc.
Now back to the issue at hand. I was born in Manhattan and lived there for a short time before moving out to Los Angeles. I did, however, go back to NYC for school and ended up staying there after graduating. In all the years I was in NYC, I never witnessed such moronic behavior than what they show on the Real Housewives NYC.
Seriously, here’s the rundown:
Bethenny – She’s a reality show media whore. She got FIRED on the Martha Stewart The Apprentice show. Now she’s peddling herself on Bravo. I did read in the NY Post last week that she actually ended up getting a contract for her own show. So hopefully she will find some confidence and dump that loser boyfriend of hers and find someone that actually wants to marry her and settle down with her for keeps. The episode in which her boyfriend doesn’t want to talk about moving in together was so pathetic. I mean, clearly, they are not going to get married. He shows no support towards her and is very cold. Bethenny has such low self esteem and just puts up with it. Granted, she isn’t pretty and does remind me of a cocker spaniel, but hey, at least she’s down to Earth!
Jill – I actually think Jill is very smart and sincere. It’s just a shame that she seeks approval from people that she shouldn’t really give a damn about. I mean, the cooking party episode just made her look like an immature highschool girl that was upset because she wasn’t invited to hang out with the “cool crowd.” Her husband seems nice, but he doesn’t give a damn about his stepdaughter, Ally. By the same token, Ally, needs to grow up and face the issues at hand too. I mean, was her father super short and overweight? All the money in the world is NOT going to make her get taller and/or lose the pudgy fat appearance that she was born with from day one. I mean, granted she claims to have lost 11 pounds at the overpriced detox center. What they fail to teach children and everyone else that has a weight problem is that if you keep your mouth SHUT and refrain from stuffing your mouth with food, then you wont keep getting fatter. If Ally is this short and overweight at 14, can you really see the growing pains she is going to face when she get older? Can we all say ANOREXIA and/or BULIMIA out loud? Which reminds me, how sad was it when Jill had to ask Bobby if her daughter could go to detox and then when they had the scene in which Ally goes to thank Bobby he diverts his nervousness by mentioning how cute the little girl in the room was; by the way, who was the little girl? Was it the housekeeper with the wig’s child??? Jill’s gay husband Brad is an older than dirt bitchy queen. I mean, how tacky and old is he? Can we say Stanford from Sex and the City at 80?
Alex – Alex is just disgustingly gross in every sense of the word. Her entire mouth is jacked and she needs major dental work. Her hair is totally overprocessed and needs a total makeover. Her equally fugly husband whom she met on some international desperate matchmaking website reminds me of the beast from the show Beauty and the Beast. I mean, could that man be any uglier? Likewise, how pretentious are they? They live in Brokeland (oops, I mean Brooklyn). How bridge and tunnel is that? Clearly they can’t run with the same circles as the other housewives. I can’t believe they think they have style and class. Alex is from a farm in Kansas. I guess when you come from nothing and have your only hope of leaving Kansas is by a tornado or having to sleep with Simon, youre only left with two equally bad choices. I give it a year before Alex finds her ugly husband hitting on the au pair.
Ramona – Ramona is hilarious. I think it’s great that she is one of the few working women that has her own business. I just hope their daughter Avery continues to have a normal childhood without witnessing her mom act like a hoochie too often. I mean, Ramona needs to cool it down and stop trying to be the slut of the Hamptons. And her fake blonde hair isn’t looking good right now, she needs to go darker and more natural.
I loved the episode when she takes her daughter to Wilhelmina modeling agency. Clearly as cute as Avery might seem, she will never, ever be a model. So that is clearly the reason Ramona talks about her doing commercials. Who in their right mind would want to hire that little bug eyed girl? It’s like she has the worst features from both of her folks. It reminds me of how Tori Spelling turned out.
LuAnn – She is so pretty, and I thought she was going to be the most down to Earth, but the whole Count/Countess naming was just too tacky. And did you all see the Count? He’s got one foot in the grave. Talk about old sugar daddy. Her kids are cute and seem to be growing up normal. But give it a rest LuAnn!
Really Padma what do you know about being classy? You obviously don’t have any if your criticinzing the appearance of children.
Alex acts like she is god’s gift. She is ugly and needs some dental work. For a small town girl she has sure turned out to be a snob !
I want my O.C. girls back
You know what drives me crazy? Pretentious people like LuAnn who think they’re better then everyone else. In the one episode when she and Bethany were getting into a Limo, Bethany introduced her to the driver by her first name. LuAnn reprimanded her and acted as if she was Princess Diana. SHE WISHES. Just because she married a count doesn’t mean she has class. That proved how little she actually has.
Tonight I watched as her daughter chewed grapes with her mouth open. It was disgusting. You’d think with all that “class” she could teach her kids to chew properly but then again, she probably doesn’t know any better. I feel sorry for her children.
Alex…the reason you got excepted by your 16th choice for a preschool is because no one likes you and your husband. You are both very unlikable. VERY! Together, you drive us all crazy and stop bragging about your children. There’s nothing more boring then a parent who talks about their children as if they were the Second Coming.
Bethany…dump that cold, selfish boyfriend.
I do not know whats worse. Me watching the first episode because I wanted to see what the CH was all about, reading all the comments about this show above or me even writing a comment:
Its one of the dumbest shows I have ever seen!
Can’t believe people even get into this.
Its just so, so embarrasing that these folks are pretending to have any kind of money. Please, these people are as middle class as it gets.
I wonder if the majority of “The Wives” GET that the show has dumped them over the bridge ?
Jesus, Ramona belongs in a soccer mom group from Peoria, (sorry, Peoria)- Alex, well what could one possibly say; the show has showed ALL sides of her (both literally & FIGUR(E)atively !) Bettheny just doesn’t get it- He’s not that into you…better to devote your life to the work honey, ‘ CAUSE THAT BABY THING AIN’T HAPPENIN!
LuAnn, Oh, I’m sorry..!!!!!”The Countess” needs to go back to the barn. Seems savvy, but dummied herself down with this group. Like attracts like ?
Jill seems likable enough, but “high society????” Really ????
ramona is the most annoying woman ever to be on tv, reality or not. her voice is like scarping your finger nails on the chalk board and it’s obvious that she doesn’t have any real friends. they all look like they’re just tolerating her to be on tv and the other women on the show look like they can hardly stand to be around her either. her husband acts like a whipping boy that has been so beat down that his only outlet is to drink and try to be as obnoxious as his wife.
Ramona thinks she’s hot…..have a check in the mirror at the pooch you’re carrying around, dear.
Most assuredly, NOT HOT.
Also not hot are is the embarrassment you are putting your young daughter through.
I am embarrassed FOR her. Age appropriate is not in your vocabulary, I’m sure, but take a few steps back & take a long, hard, HONEST look at yourself. The TV audience will soon be gone, but the stigma of the “Ho Mom” will live on.
Ah! Alex and Simon use different last names .. when Simon introduces himself and Alex in the lobby of Claremont, he says his last name.. Von Kempler or something VON.. so the kids are Von Kemplers too! Johann Von Kempler? OMG with a mom from kansas? OMFG
Alex is gorgeous! You’re all jealous and envious of her.
Alex needs a reality check. For someone who thinks she’s high society, her hair and teeth scream “trailer trash.” How could anyone be friends with this woman? She is the ultimate snob, but what credentials does she have to be so snooty? She’s so into all things French–maybe she should pack it up and move to France. Her insecurity is so transparent. She has to put herself up on a pedestal because no one else will besides her equally insecure husband.
In a way I actually feel a bit sorry for Alex. She WANTS to be something more than she is and probably hopes that this show will be the vehicle to bring her to the path of financial and social success. It’s like the old saying “fake it until you make it” – she and Simon appear to be faking it hoping one day to be accepted by the upper echelon that they so admire. But they are stuck in middle America in a sparsely furnished home, sending their son to a good but average school and vacationing off-season in St. Barths. Sounds like my world. Except I am happy right where I am.
Ramona, is a mess, she ought to give it up with her daughter. she is nothing special. Alex & her husband, yeah right st.barth, off season . right. Bethey, that guy is not going to marry her. The countess, is an idoit
I saw Alex on the ACE subway station @ 42nd Street yesterday. She avoided eye contact with everyone, starring on the floor 3 feet in front of her. Guess it is embarrasing having to take the subway with the commoners. The city must have ran out of cabs and car services.
I was always thaught that if you can’t say anything nice about anyone, say nothing at all. I think a lot of people are really being mean spirited about Alex and her husband, if they annoy you so much change the channel.
sorry, the word is taught and not thought, see how easy it is to make mistakes.
Rett, we cannot turn away. Alex is the trainwreck that we cant stop watching. Not once does she mention what she can give to a friendship, it’s all about what she can get out of it. I think it makes us feel better about ourselves that we are not that desperate, and yet more happy.
Alex and Simon talk about how smart their little Franswaugh is, but he cant even recognize his own name on his backpack.
The producers were ruthless when casting Alex and Simon in this show.. their lives will never be the same now. They have been exposed for the shallow people they are. I kinda feel sorry for them.. NOT!
I think that Ramona must be taking diet pills or drinking lots of red bull. She is way to jittery all the time! She reminds me of Sherri O’Terry from SNL. I feel sorry for her daughter. It is so unatractive and so…sad when a woman won’t allow herself to age gracefully. She seems like a selfish, bitter, dillusional woman who needs to grow up. I love to hate her on the show.
My new favorite scene is when Jill tells Alex & Simon that her friend owns the chi-chi preschool where they SO desperately want their son to attend….The look on Alex’s face as she turns to Simon is priceless ! I think she very well may have had an orgasm !
I thought the Orange County ladies were shallow, but a couple of the NY gals put them to shame !
I’d bet by now some of them are so sorry they signed on for the show-