The ever-busy ladies of the Real Housewives of New York stopped by The View this morning to pimp their upcoming season (which premieres Thursday at 10 p.m.) and discuss the realness of their supposed reality show. Sadly Single Sonja and Countess LuAnn couldn’t make it, but the remaining women dished on last season and offered up their take on what went down now that she who must not be named is gone.
Surprisingly, the women revealed that much of the societal drama and frenemy behavior is turned up when the cameras are rolling. “It wasn’t really who I am,” Jill explained, revealing last season’s antics prompted a slew of hate mail in her inbox. “So why would you come back to the show for another season and go through that again?” cohost Sherri Shepherd asked sensibly (Quiet Sherri! Stick to Queen of Jordan.) Apparently, this negativity stems from Jill’s monumental break-up with Bethenny, which she first interpreted as a “wink wink” for the show. Soothsayer Ramona Singer was quick to come to any and all Housewives’ defense when the View ladies started asking too many questions about staged scenes. She also attributed the push from the show’s original February premiere date to the fact that Bravo was still filming the ladies, not because there was a lack of natural drama or intrigue. “We were still filming. We were still filming. So how can they put our show on if we’re still filming?”
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