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

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The biggest flaw of this book is it was written prior to RHOSLC’s meteoric rise (they don’t even get a chapter or mention!) and prior to this most recent season of RHOBH airing with unprecedented legal drama with Erika Girardi. Probably just need to release new editions every 5 years. 😹 Not All Diamonds and R osé] spills the tea (or the rosé, if you prefer) on the reality empire with extensive reporting from the series' casts, producers, executives, and more.” Part retelling of the storylines from the show, part behind the scenes tea on what went down in the production side of things, the book sheds light on some interesting tidbits that even a longtime fan of the franchises didn't know. It's enlightening, but I wish there had been more focus on the juicy stuff that we had seen, rather than some Housewives recounting the exact scenes from TV and not adding anything new. You can't tell me Carlton Gebbia, iconic witch, didn't have any dirt on that famous screensaver witchcraft from season 4 of RHOBH. Jeana Keough: He was pretty excited about us. I thought, “Oh, how sweet. Anything we can do to help him out, we’ll do.” I’ve always been a networker and someone who helps people realize their dreams. It’s coming from the Midwest, that’s what we do.

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E! News can exclusively reveal your first look at the book cover, featuring a peach, a diamond, an orange and an apple, nods to RHOA, RHOBH, RHOC and RHONYC respectively. Welcome to the ultimate Real Housewives reunion!Not All Diamonds and Rose is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become–spanning eight cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans.What is it really like to be a housewife? We all want to know, but only the women we love to watch and the people who make the show have the whole story. Well, listen in close, because they’re about to tell all.Nearly all the wives, producers, and network executives, as well as Andy Cohen himself, are on the record, unfiltered and unvarnished about what it really takes to have a tagline. This is your VIP pass to the lives behind the glam squads, testimonials, and tabloid feuds.Life’s not all diamonds and rose, but the truth is so much better, isn’t it?Includes Color Photographs Not All Diamonds and Rose: The Inside Story of The Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It by Dave Quinn – eBook Details

And speaking of falling out—Bethenny and Nene are not in this book and their absence looms so very large. LVP only gives a couple quotes at the end of BH chapter. Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning nine cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans.

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Scott Dunlop: I was a first-time television producer, and this was a docu-soap as we know it now, which wasn’t as dominant at the time. But I knew that Bravo was kind of reengineering their brand.production in general comes off very gross in the book. along with the cancer thing i mentioned, they treat emotionally upsetting and potentially traumatizing or damaging moments and certain* physically violent moments as iconic, amazing, hilarious, etc. and just the way some of them talk about the women was iffy, like how andy talked about carole for example. a lot of the women come off very gross, too. it seems a lot of them took this book as an opportunity to further trash the other women, and the women who did not participate got trashed the most.

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Nearly all the wives, producers, and network executives, as well as Andy Cohen himself, are on the record, unfiltered and unvarnished about what it really takes to have a tagline. This is your VIP pass to the lives behind the glam squads, testimonials, and tabloid feuds. If you're looking for ANY RHOC wife to be held accountable for their disgusting behavior (including racism, misogyny, abuse, fat-shaming, I could go on), don't hold your breath.i like watching housewives and i get more invested in it than i would like (this review is proof of that), but this book is not the good kind of trash. Reviewing a book all about The Real Housewives, told by the Housewives and producers themselves, will always be a little biased. The Real Housewives is without a doubt the best TV franchise on this planet, spawning so many iconic moments in pop culture and making up the basis of my daily vernacular. It was always going to be incredible to me.

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Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning eight cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans. In the season 6 reunion of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kenya and Porsha's feud continued in the worst way. The bitter Real Housewives enemies aired lies they heard about each other, but Kenya took it to a villainous level when she showed off the props she brought: a scepter to point in Porsha's face and a megaphone. Porsha was so frustrated that she lunged at Kenya and dragged her to the floor. Porsha cried after, embarrassed by her actions, and Kenya stormed off stage. The Housewives supported Porsha because they felt like Kenya instigated it.

Before Coto, I was living in Los Angeles. And Coto is a beautiful place—five thousand homes, fifteen thousand people, it’s the largest gated community in America. But I was used to diversity, and it’s very WASPy. All-white conservatives in this uber-wealthy area. production loves to claim they never pull strings or interfere or fabricate situations, yet there are multiple instances in this book where they admit to doing just that. whether it’s encouraging the women to make up or confront each other, or speak about a certain topic (like bombarding a housewife who just had a cancer scare and didn’t want to get emotional on camera about it with questions about how she’d feel and what she’d miss about her family if she had terminal cancer to emotionally manipulate the kind of reaction they wanted out of her). According to Reality Blurb, The Real Housewives of Potomac's Robyn Dixon told producers that the only thing off limits while filming were her husband's personal business and finances. But former Housewife, Katie Rost, said in the book that Robyn went "crazy" when she heard Ashley Darby was Googling private information about Juan Dixon to use against her. Scott Dunlop: Jeana’s family was very unusual. They were perfect for television, really. Jeana came from Hollywood—she was a Playboy Playmate of the Year, she had been one of the muses in ZZ Top’s music videos, but she was now working as a real estate agent. Her husband, Matt Keough, was a retired baseball player. They were always gone, and their three children sort of roamed the streets of Coto de Caza wild. I remember seeing their son Shane one day, he must have been about seven years old, just standing at my door. I asked, “Shane, what are you doing?” He goes, “I’m hungry.” I said, “Where’s your mom?” and he didn’t have an answer. That was the Keoughs. I knew we could get a lot out of them. The interviews are masterfully woven together, great editing. I thought the RHONJ chapter was especially well-edited. The author is also clearly very good at interviews and can ask the right questions to get a fun story.