Hey RHONY fans, last week’s Q&A was lively, so let’s do it again. Please post your questions here and I’ll do my very best to answer as many as possible. Don’t forget to jump over to Simon’s live Q&A as well to ask him questions.
Word to the wise — it’s perfectly OK to disagree with me as long as you do so respectfully. I reserve the right to put on my troll-hunting hat if need be.
Are you excited for tonight? What was your favorite moment in Part I last week?
Team blonde!!! Ramona, Sonia and you showed so much class as opposed to the brunettes. I really hope Bravo gets rid of them; they’re such bullies!
Watched 2nd part of the reunion and have to say I really can’t stomach team brunettes!! Jill commented on the trip out to Morocco when Luan said in arabic “Welcome” and Jill comment on that was “Oh really, that’s how they say it. What did they steal it from the hebrew language Shalom”. Really Jill????? Alex it’s best you stay away from a beast like Jill. It’s negative energy and turns a party sour upon her arrival. Luan is completely fake and needs to let go of the countess title, really!! She’s very condescending on so many levels towards everyone!! Kelly, truthfully I don’t have any words for her. She’s just out there. Her comments and remarks make absolute no sense at all!!! As for Cindy, she’s scary!! She will attack and it doesn’t matter who you are. You can have her over at your home and be prepared that she may just turn on you in your own home because that’s how she rolls!! That’s why she doesn’t have friends and is holding on to the girls on the show out of desperation. Alex, you are the classiest women on that show!! Keep your relationship with the other two and good riddance to the others!!
“What she said…”
I AGREE!!!
Those women on the mean-girl couch were just beyond the pale this time around! Kelly with her -unsolicited, unwarranted– “you’re out of line” and other off-the-wall comments just prove she has not fully left scary island! (Yes, the scary island of her MIND!) She kept commenting on issues that had nothing to do with her, and all the while was accusing ALEX of minding others’ business! HUH? She and LuAnn both need to listen to themselves (that is, IF, they can hear themselves over the “other” voices in their heads). I could not believe Jill with her “News flash…” and remembered her saying very similar things to her “friend” Bethenny, then being so surprised when Bethenny finally moved forward and stopped allowing herself to be hurt by the shallow bitch! Did she think she could just continue to be cruel and dismissive and Bethenny would continue to try to resolve the issue and salvage the friendship? You’d think Jill would have learned a lesson with the loss of the friendship! And kudos to Bethenny for washing her hands and doing it on her own terms!
I never thought I’d watch a reality show, and especially not RH of anywhere! But I was sick in bed a few years ago (when Bethenny was friends with Jill and staying on Long Island, and when you Simon rented a place there). I admit I was not fond of any of the cast the first season I watched. Then people grew on me. And NOW? YOU, Alex, are my favorite!
I did not grow up with a lot of money, we were middle-class. But we were taught manners and golden-rule lessons. I suppose this is why I relate most to you. Although you came from more money and privilege than I, we both follow our own bliss and respect the rights of others to do the same AS LONG AS THEY DON’T HURT ANYONE ELSE IN THE PROCESS!!!
BRAVO to you for celebrating Brooklyn –and to hell with the snobs who dis the place! I live in a neighborhood where, 20 years ago I would NEVER have thought of buying a home it was so “ghetto” and am proud to be a part of its rebirth. (Broke the rule about buying the worst house in the best neighborhood and did the opposite.)
Alas I digress. I came here to voice my “Team Alex” stance. I just could NOT believe the arrogance and condescending cattiness emanating from scary couch!
I know I don’t need to tell you to keep being Alex (and Simon!) and give you credit for standing up to those hypocritical MEAN GIRLS! They have to resort to cattiness and “digs” because they have no legs to stand on if they want to win the argument based on truth!
GO ALEX! Hope to see you next season!
@lisamoonbeam
I AGREE!!!!
I just want to say that I think Alex rocks!!! She is by far the most genuine hwife! I was blown away by how rude Kelly and the girls on the other couch were to Alex. Alex is an awesome mom and wife and is a true friend. I don’t know her personally but I am a good judge of character! Those girls are just jealous that she actually has a good marriage and life! You go girl!
Alex- you have always been my favorite and RHONY has has been my guilty pleasure after I get done trekking my kids all over creation for their sports and activities.
I am embarassed for the the ‘other’ couch and how horribly they represented themselves and their families- especially their children- and their businesses. That to me is the saddest part of the season. Honestly, what would their mother’s say to them after they acted how they did on national television?
I would not spend a dime on any item they sell or promote and would definitely not support any of their causes.
Keep being a great mom and wife and supporting/defending your husband like you do. It’s refreshing to see.
see you next season.
It was so awful to watch those girls bully you Alex!! You are such a wonderful lady!! You are SUCH A GOOD FRIEND!! You are so loyal and will stand up for those you love no matter WHAT!! Anytime you spoke, that stupid Kelly would come at you. Who does she think she is?? She thinks she can boss you around!! Remember her “systematic bullying” BS last year?? Well, wasn’t that ALL she did to you? Why does she feel the RIGHT to bully you. Or any of those women, speaking with such contempt towards you! Don’t even answer her..or them!! NEVER explain to them. I feel like you want to get your point across, but if Kelly or any of those women EVER speaks to you again, DISMISS HER/Them!! And tell her to SHUT UP, all of them.. DISMISS them. I was yelling at the TV.. I just can’t believe how those women treated you! It made them look so bad. They had NO right to treat you like that and you held up so well under that “systematic bullying”. My desire is to see Kelly OFF that show and be completely “Iced Out”. You keep being yourself, we love you!!
I so agree! Alex you are top shelf and I don’t even know why you subject yourself to this classless group of women….LuAnn is a bully, Jill is just so nasty, Kelly is ugly from the inside out and poor Cindy is hanging with the wrong crowd…they have and will continue to chew her up and spit her out! Ramona and Sonia practice questionable etiquette at best and REALLY Alex you do not fit in with this group of women! Love you so!
Alex,
I started to watch the reunion show last night, but had to turn it off as the reunion shows (and regular shows, really) stress me out too close to bedtime. Have been watching it this morning (one of the benefits of unemployment) and I can feel my blood pressure rising. I’ve said is a previous comment that the women from the other couch take me right back to high school; there is just no winning with these women because they make up their own rules and move the goal posts to suit their needs. They remind me of a certain political party. I started to comment on them individually, but I have nothing nice to say so I’m choosing to not say anything at all.
I don’t know if I will be able to watch RHONY next season with the current cast; the women on the other couch are so predictable and stress me out. I was not a RH watcher until I happened to catch it accidentally just before the reunion during the first season and had an immediate connection with Bethenny, so I watched a marathon of the first season. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about you and Simon that first season, but now you and your husband are the only reason I’ve continued to watch with Bethenny’s departure and I read your blogs regularly. I have really enjoyed the Simon/Chums webisodes, and like with Bethenny, I feel like if I met you in “real life” that I could be friends with you. As a fair-skinned person who can’t be anything but honest because my expression and complexion give me away, I feel for you; if only everyone else was forced to be as honest as we!
The trolls and haters can suck it.
You and your husband are fabulous.
Hi Alex. . . I was absolutely MORTIFIED yet not suprised while watching the Reunion!!! You are such a lady and stood your ground without sinking to the level of the girls on the other couch (I would refer to them as ladies however they clearly are not). Kudos to you! I have the utmost respect for you and Simon. Still working on a song for Simon “thug in a cocktail dress” and when its done I will send it to you guys! INTEGRITY is a word I think Kelly should look up. . Wait. . Can she even read???lol
marcia love you name I am a marcia. called Mlee. I was so upset also. Bravo should be ashamed someone has there ear. rude, loud, bossy women that have no right to act out like they do NOT what real NYC house wives are like good new these women in the realy social area are frown upon.. alex is the only one who is real..
I just watched Part 2 and well first of all it’s really unfortunate that everytime I try to leave a comment on Bravo TV it never gets posted? I am just honest not mean? Anyway, I think you are the most sane person on the show. Having psych and scoci college hours, I came to the conclusion that even though the other Women on the show are loud mouths, and everything else that was said about them on the reunion, Kelly, based on my perception is the one that is truly ill and I believe she has BIPOLAR. I think the only reason why she was more calm this season is she is more than likely on meds. Can you tell me why they never post my comments? Finally, they are not worth your time and effort. Forget them. Stay on the show and show them that you are better than all of them! Ignore them I know that’s hard. Do it and walk away from them first. before you do give them the look then just flip your hair and leave and say GOOD BY!
LOL Bravo has blocked me from posting a comment, not my av seems to work elsewhere.
I meant Some of the Women are Loudmouths, undignified-LuAnne, etc..etc.. I did not mean all of them.
Having lived in NYC for many years, I can relate or empathize with most of the cast of RHW/NYC in some way. It can be a bubble of disillusion concerning the value of neighborly kindness & true friendship. On the flip side, the excitement of blossoming careers & “city living” makes for a lifestyle most people will compensate the aforementioned.
What I love about New York City is: no matter what your income, prior upbringing, or personal relations, your only as good as the goals you set for yourself. It’s bare bones-climbing your way to the top becomes a basic formula of hard work, reciprocation & appreciation. Classism can’t survive, but behaving ina classy way is a must.
That being said; Alex please know any viewer who values others as they do themselves sees that you are being mistreated by Jill, Kelly, Cindy & LuAnn. As it amazes you, it’s unbelievable that these accusers refuse to self reflect: Jill professes her egocentrism repeatedly, while LuAnn & Kelly respond to her with codependency. I agree w/your statement that Cindy does come across as needing unbiased adult companionship (other than her childhood family, employees, lifelong girlfriends), though probably knows this about herself & she’s admirable in many ways.
So rest assured we viewers can see the imbalance of righteousness too. I would’ve had the similiars reaction as you to all you took on these past years. My husband taught me thru example that a blank stare is very effective when dealing w/people of lesser intelligence or emotional control-I’d LOVE to see you say nothing in an upcoming confrontation w/one of the”Alex/Simon-blunting” castmates & see how they react.
As a brunette & a champion of most (especially Bethanny), I can only hope in one of my trips back to the greatest city in the world, I run into one of you blondes.
agree
Hi Alex,
I thought you handled yourself well on the show and the reunion. I was wondering if you felt that there was an agreement between the brunettes to treat you like a dog? It seemed like there was. If there was an agreement, wouldn’t that be “systematic bullying”? Kelly, who claimed to be a victim of it, seemed to be leading it. Do you find that ironic? Best wishes to you and your family! You have the patience of a saint to take all the verbal abuse they heaped on you.
Jen
Kelly seems to learn a new catch-phrase every so often and then she runs with it, uses it and runs it into the ground with over-use until it’s meaningless. Just as most of her statements are meaningless, her off-the-wall (and out of outer-space?) remarks only show the world how meaningless SHE is. Really, I know that sounds mean-girl-ish but what does she contribute? To the show? Comic relief? To the world? A good example of how NOT to behave!? Join PETA but wear fur, then defend it with some idiotic comment that justifies nothing, but certainly showcases her own hypocrisy? Ri-ight Kelly. Keep talking. Every time you open your mouth you give away your ignorance.
OK OK thin is not the dis Kelly page, I know. I just have one more comment related to ignorance. I applaud you, Alex, for your correct usage of English and wish you could somehow rub off on the others! Not just on rhony but ALL of the shows, these self-proclaimed “high-class” (sorry, their words, not mine!) women don’t even know when to use “I” v. “me”!!! “She gave the invitation to my husband and I”. NO!!!! “She gave it to my husband and ME and then my husband and I sent our regrets.” People think “I” is always correct and it is NOT!
There’s a very simple mnemonic if they would like to learn it. Do you think if I sent it to Andy Cohen he would share it? Every time I hear them butcher the language I want to scream at the TV!!!!
Mnemonic: Remove the other person from the sentence and it will be obvious: “She gave the invitation to “I”? Of course not!
Thank you for letting me put this out there!
@lisamoonbeam
Ditto on what Jennifer said!
Ms. Alex,
Ok, I must admit I said some things that were not nice regarding your C @@@t comment. I guess I would just like you to understand how ofensive the word or the suggestion of the word is. One poster commented that we only have a small glimpse into your lives. I thought about this, and how true that is. I do also believe that we have all said things that we are not proud of. I just think that many of us who were offended would like to know that maybe this was not a proud moment for you… Hope you can understand where we are coming from on this issue… Being that you are a woman with higher education, I truly believe that you could find a better way to express yourself. In the future, I will also remember that my family did not spend thousands of dollars for my education so I could tear someone down… Be well and again I apologize for my nasty comment…
My very biased thoughts:
Jill, thinks money buys her class, someone elses money that is. Only makes friends with people so she can hoard the dirt that she learns in confidence. She backs off Ramona as Ramona has more dirt on her.
LuAnn, came from a low-middle income family, supported herself through college, married a count and found herself surrounded in a environment she was unused to, tries to overcome her feeling surrounded by those with more class and money by affecting hauty mannerisms.
Kelly, also found herself in an unfamiliar envioronment on the show and doesn’t have the maturity to respond with the proper volcabulary or filter. Also displays signs of mental illness, the producers keep her as they are afraid of a law suit.
Cindy, feel she was goaded by the producers into being on the show when she really didn’t want to and had no intentions to make a bad situation good.
Alex,
During the reunion and throughout the seasons, the women would mention the redness/blotchiness and seem to almost make fun of it, which was upsetting to see. One reason because I too get red and blotchy when I am nervous/anxious/upset and have a hard time when I am in a situation or know that I could be in a situation where that may happen. And a second reason is you would think and hope that adults in general would be more sympathetic to people that are showing signs of being uncomfortable. But these women did not show any of that. However, you really seem to just own it and not seem to let it faze you. How do you handle those situations so well?
After looking through LuAnn’s facebook pictures, I understand fully why Andy Cohen sided with the brunettes. He’s been “out to lunch” with LuAnn too many times to “count.” She’s also seen in pictures with the directors and producers. I feel bad for you Alex. It’s a dog eat dog world out there, but I think this whole thing is going to backfire on them. I can’t imagine how you keep your civility and stay on that show. Best of luck to you!
LuAnn can not buy Brave or has she or Has Jill. She will burn out like Jill and the rest of rude ones. Some NYC folks have had it with this mess. Walk away Alex..
Alex-
I have to say that you are the most down to earth member of the cast! I do not know how you put up with Kelly and the that she speaks to you. She is obviously unstable and I assume that is why you put with it as much as you do. The way that you have stood up for yourself and your husband is amazing. Even though I do not agree with all of Simons actions- I believe that you are right to stand by him, and I would do the same for my husband. I hope to see you back next season and hopefully in the future we will see a show based around you and Simon and your adorable little boys. I am hoping that Bravo will get rid of Kelly and whats her name….oh yay Cindy…lol She adds nothing to the show and is simply rude and boring. GTood luck and hope to see more of you next season!!!
Is it true you were fired from RHONY along with Cindy?
If so, I think it’s a good call. This past season you annoyed me with all your meddling and backbiting. Your husband is a creeper and extremely unattractive.
NASTY!!! And untrue –referring to your backbiting comment– did you WATCH the shows?
ANYONE who comments on another’s physical appearance is no better than a kindergartner teasing on the playground! Simon is Alex’s husband and he is also bright and reasonable (most of the time) and, to quote one of the mean-couch bitches: YOU are out of line!
Not nice!
For some reason when I’ve commented on your behalf in the past, Bravo hasn’t included it, so I wanted to post here for you as well. I hope you return next year; the way they treated you at the reunion was disgusting. I really feel for you. Considering the show is a “job” it was very unprofessional. Hopefully there are great things for you in the future.
Sorry, I can’t take any more. I need some “Kelly” drugs to go further. The blondes have been attacked from day one and my head hurts. Will one of you “Romona, Sonja or you, just tell them all to f off and move one. I feel a charlie rehab coming on
Can’t bare to watch you on this show. You don’t always have to have a comment for everything nor make terrible facial expressions. It was an awful reunion and barely anything positive to say about the show. You should be embarrassed of yourself.
YOU should be embarrassed! Can’t BEAR to read your comment; can’t understand it. Were you, perchance, allied with the mean-girl couch?
rude person get a life
Can you tell us more about your acting career and modeling career? Luanne interrupted when you started to elaborate.
Alex, I would love to know why you had such a conniption over Jill calling you a f’ing b’tch before she ever darkened your doorstep to apologize to you for not being a good friend to you, but you defended and were completely fine with Simon calling LuAnn a variation of c’nt. That’s an absolutely disgusting, woman-hating, patently demeaning comment no upstanding male (or female) would ever make. It goes far beyond f’ing b’tch which, sadly, is a pretty commonplace jab these days… and to be frank, all of you can act like f’ing b’tches in your own right — and do, at times, and would deserve to be called such a relatively innocuous thing. To think you defended his doing so. Needless to say, I am not particularly surprised to know you are allergic to the term ‘class’. If your family is as sophisticated as you claim, they must be very embarrassed.
I am shy introspective person- what I picked up on that little scenerio is, Simon was defending his wife against the inuendos (sp?) that Alex came from the lower classes and was a social climber, instead of them all Alex is the only one that came from a wealthy family, it was an unkind remark but my feeling is that he was angry that his wife, that he loves very much, was being attacked and hurt by a person that is really a social climber and married wealth, also that he and his wife earned their money with their skills.
Simone is a cyberbully and Alex is an enabler. She gets her husband to bully the other women when she doesn’t get her way. Simone should be banned from the show…or better Alex should be fired. Ratings would go up.
Jill & Luann are the only reason I watch anymore.
YOU should be banned from making comments on any website! You are as rude and nasty as Jill Louann and Kelly! I bet you don’t have a husband or family or anyone in your life at all! so critical and rude. YOU have no class or manners! shame on you! shame!
Alex, you are awesome. I wish they showed more of what happens in your life. You are beautiful, fascinating, and extremely intelligent. I don’t know how you deal with these women. I wouldn’t associate with someone who didn’t like my husband. Family before supposed friends. I hope you and Sonja are back next year. Ramona, too. The rest of them bore me to tears.
Alex,
At times you seem to take a beating at the reunion and during the season. You don’t deserve the abuse in my opinion, so here’s some hints and ideas for getting the upper hand next time. First, go on the attack. Every time that numskull Kelly mentions your red hue, shoot back that at least you don’t dress like an over sexed teenager. If Luanne or Kelly talks over you in front of Andy, turn to him and tell him that if Bravo wants you to comment on viewer questions he will have to control the pit bulls and shut them up so you can finish a sentence. And lastly, when these witches attack, take the George Bush approach: don’t even address the issue, just express your extreme dismay at their audacity in questioning you or commenting on your private relationship with your husband. You don’t owe these wenches an explanation for anything!
This is excellent good advise get on Bravo to cool it and or walk away. Someone is paying them off or having there ear. It is sick and rude. Alex follow this advise and stay away from that mess of rude women.
Just wanted to say that you handled yourself during the RHONY Reunion with true Southern grace.
Alex, just wanted to show my support! I was thoroughly disgusted with the Reunion show and how you were treated. You were always the “housewife” I recognized as “too cool for me”, LOL! You and Simon live in a world not many of us get to live, but I enjoyed catching up with how “the other half lives”. You make concious (sp) , thoughtful decisions about how to live your life and it’s apparent you are worldly and sophisticated in a way some of the other Housewives just don’t get. I don’t care how much money they can drop at Saks or their Liberace themed apartments…………..that doesn’t mean they have class!!!! I hope you and Simon get the opportunity to show the others that “Living well is the best revenge”! xox Uptown Nola Lady
Do you realize that you do sound like a lap dog when you laugh? You inhale instead of exhaling when you laugh and your body jerks. What is up with that? Are you that uptight that you can’t laugh freely? And your husband is quite the weirdo!
Was there a COMMENT in there somewhere, or just a “dig”? Did you think saying unkind things would elevate you to mean-girl couch status? IT DID!
Yes…sure did! And your point would be??? This is America. I can state my thoughts and opions and so can you. And someone in the public eye is going to be scrutinized. It’s part of the gig. Get it!
So call me a mean girl or whatever else you like. I respect your right to do that. And I can call Alex a lap dog if I want to also! God Bless America!
Mary, go to the brunettes blogs if you support them. Why are you here? Alex may be too gracious to be outright mean but I’m not…. get lost!
And evidently you don’t have the same graciousness. What, can’t handle thoughts other than your own?? Ick!
Alex – Your actions speak louder than any song lyrics about the qualify of person you are. The brunettes clearly rehearsed their comments for the Reunion (Jill even admitted so) and huddled together like a mean-girl cheerleading squad. They absolutely targeted you on purpose. Each of them was unspeakably rude in telling you to “shut up”. Not once did I see you or Ramona or Sonja speak to them in that way.
They don’t want to let you talk b/c you speak the truth. Enjoy what’s left of summer!
I doubt this will get answered, but I have a question for Alex:
If you so disdain conspicuous references to socioeconomic status, dropping of names/titles, etc., why wouldn’t you defend your shoes on their aesthetic merits instead of simply citing the brand name Louis Vuitton? My own mother, who actually suffers from some of the waspy hangups you ascribe to yours, would find that abhorrent.
to oOo,
she responded in a fashion in only a way a snob like Luann could possibly understand, by name dropping, but I bet you won’t understand why I say this.
Hi Alex! Please ignore all the cruel “mean girl” comments. You ARE a real person who GETS IT! I have to admit, when you first came on the show I was a skeptic, but I’ve watched every season and I’ve really grown to like you. You are the voice of reason – not Kelly. I don’t understand Kelly at all, and why she targets you. I try to see the good in all women, but I simply don’t understand how that woman thinks. The blondes were definitely the REAL housewives this season. LuAnns expressions and snobby gestures are at an all time high. She seems to always have her nose in the air – which in my opinion is the epitome of class-less!
I watch all of the shows, and I don’t know why you get picked on???…the brunettes were like a pack of wolves at the Reunion…I want to like them, but its hard when they behave that way
I love you and your hubby…Keep doing what you are doing, being the bigger person!!! Kelly acts like the biggest prude, it’s ridiculous!
I was thinking about Jill’s over-bearing personality and how she loves to take over everything she comes in contact with. Can you imagine the hell she gives Andy or Bravo about how they produce RHONY? I would guess that they are looking forward to getting rid of her, or should i say that I HOPE they are.
Jill is my favorite housewife. Team Jill
My Dear Alex,
I wish to commend you on your composure and grace during the blinding attacks from the brunette couch. LuAnn will never be anyone’s true friend because she is incapable of embracing other people’s point of view. She rides on the coattails of her ex-husband, truly does not know her station and has no idea what “class” means. Her veiled attacks are not classy, they are just downright mean and vindictive. She smiles as she plunges her knife into your back. She is Lady Macbeth personified.
Jill is despicable. She gives all Jewish women a bad name. Her behavior is not indicative of how a Jewish “lady” should present herself. A few lessons in refinement wouldn’t even help her because she is just downright mean and nasty. She has not learned her lesson with Bethenny because she possesses an innate problem within her own soul. She’s just foul.
I won’t address Kelly because underneath she is a terrified child and I can’t bring myself to comment about that.
Cindy, I believe, is just nasty and is all about herself, but at least I believe she tells the truth about how she feels, she just doesn’t know how to communicate it well.
Sonia and Ramona – well, they are good hearted souls who really CAN forgive and forget and I believe they can be trusted, but it will always be about them “most” of the time.
Keep on going the way of your soul Alex. You have truly grown throughout this experience and I believe despite all of the mud hurled at you, you have walked your way slowly through without any of it sticking to you. Congratulations, my dear. I hope you will return, but would never blame you if you didn’t.
It has been a pleasure getting to know you!
Love, Deirdre
PS What on earth was Natalie Cole thinking about when she agreed to sing with LuAnn?
She was thinking how jealous Alex must be for not knowing the people Luann does.
Alex,
You are such a pest! honesltly I think it’s true you are trying to social climb and you are a wanna be. You do not fit in with this crowd
You get involved in other people’s business so that they know you are still there.
You are mentally disturbed!
I can not stand you!!!!!!
Get over yourself and br yourself not a wanna be.
Very astute. I used to like Alex until this season. All she did was annoy me and stick her nose into other people’s business and then had her husband stalk and harass anyone she had any issue with. Alex is low rent and low class. Her husband is a cyberbully and a weirdo
Alex – the only question I have is….. why on earth, when I selected the home tab on this website, did an ad with that crazy Kelly Bensimon appear on it??!! I’d keep that nut job off this website if I were you!
Carolyn
Alex,you did great defending yourself from the drulling pitbulls on the other couch.What i would like to know- is it true that Russel simmons is the reason that andy keeps kelly bensimon on the show?Do you know something that your viewers don’t?and how is kelly important to the show? kelly puts sonja down for living in her husbands house but doesn’t kelly live in her ex-husbands house?and wasn’t it her ex-husbands house or his money that bought the house in the hamptons’?i’m confused by her.
So sad to see grown women act like they did. Alex dear you have way too much class and education then these women. I would walk away with your head held high. The ice out thing rude much. So well they are icing themselfs away from really great, honest, kind educated NYC women whom do alot for the great NYC. I was so upset and so sick when one person attacks you then another sick. Being told to stop talking what rudeness, Kelly enough said she is the odd ball has been for such a long time. By calling you werd was just too rude, Kelly will and has paid for this mess she has made of her life. Everyones talking over each what a mess. NO class, No style, NO Manners at all and NOT a very good way to show NYC women just so sick I am a NYC these women they are not what we NY women really are. Alex walk away keep doing good stuff and I love your style lady…
Have to say…I’m disappointed in how the ladies treated each other this season. Especially in how LuAnn, Jill and Kelly railroaded both Ramona and you, Alex.
I’m just curious how it became appropriate to bully someone about blushing and being fair-skinned. These are women who accuse others of being bullies and demand apologies in one breath – yet dish out insults in the next. Their immature comments about Alex turning red were inappropriate, disrespectful, hypocritical and out of line. Is it really that unusual for someone to become flushed during a heated discussion?
Alex – may you continue to speak your mind – and may the future bring what’s best for you and the family.
Alex,
You’re the only sane woman on this show. I think Simon is a hoot, and I like his clothes! Here are my thoughts about the Reunion: Although I love Andy, I didn’t like the way he introduced you. He had a cute little lead-in for the others, but changed his tone when he came to you, and simply said,”Alex”. As a southern girl, I feel that Jill represents a negative, stereotypical parody of a New Yorker and Jewish mother on national television. Jill can be somewhat funny and extremely snarky, but she’s NO Bethanny Frankel…not even close!! Bethanny has the intelligence and quick retorts that Jill wishes SHE had. Each time Kelly mentioned your red chest, I screamed at the tv,”What about your OILY face, you goofy beotch?!” It sounds to me like Kelly is repeating phrases from her shrink, then passes them off as her own. Bethanny beat Kelly down like a dog last season and left her whimpering off to lick her wounds in embarrassment. LuAnn’s “DAHling” makes my skin crawl. Jacque will use her for whatever his purposes are, then drop her for another sugar momma. Cindy is in”way over her head “with these chicks and can’t banter her way out of a brown paper bag! I feel sorry for her little babies. Cindy can’t even hold them correctly!! That nanny should keep a close eye on her parenting skills, or lack of, and report it to the nearest Upper EAST-SIDE Social Services. Besides, she was boring to watch. Ramona IS a functioning alcoholic, but she doesn’t care–and neither do I–she’s still funny to watch! Sonja can be okay at times, but, who wants to see her cellulite-ridden behind in an XXsmall 18th century costume? She needs therapy over that divorce; she hides her pain with a sex addiction to convince herself she’s still desirable…eeeww
So, in my opinion, Mizz McCord—-YOU WIN this year!!
Alex,
You are a girl I could hang with! Very down to earth , intelligent, caring and a loyal friend. kind of bohemian – ish? I am.
And I do have friends like Ramona and Sonya, they’re fun!
The one liners KILL me, when Andy said to Sonya “was your vagina rude to Kelly” ? lmao! That was the highlight of part one for me. Still laugh every time I hear it. : )
The others (brunettes) are simpletons really. They don’t have the intellect to comprehend that we see RIGHT THROUGH THEM! yikes, sucks to be them…. hehehe
And why did all 4 brunettes pounce on you?…. that’s pretty easy to explain…. because it took all 4 to match your wit, logic, and intelligence! I’m sure the rest of your supporters would agree that is a compliment to you actually, right? You handled it perfectly, Kudos to you.
I could go on and on but what’s the point. They’re pathetic really, to be pitied.
I’m a brunette, but you blondes ROCK! Keep being you Alex, its a thing of beauty. Simon is quirky, eccentric, a great hubby and Dad, a keeper! Love him too!
Alex, please go back to being a redhead, they are very few and far between and you were one of the lovliest. The color suits your complexion and makes you even more beautiful. Why you decided to go brassy blonde is beyond comprehension as it cheapens your look and makes you just another bottled blonde. It looks horrible and clashes with your skin tone. I HATE it! I LOVE you as a redhead.
Hi Alex,
When the RHONY first season started, my husband & I could not stand you or Simon but I have to tell you through the years, we both cheer for you both now and love watching you handle yourself with as much grace as possible with the women you are dealing with. I love how you defend and are loyal to Simon to others (regardless of what you say to him behind closed doors lol). I love both of your usual fashions and feel you both are secure in yourselves and that shows in the way you are comfortable with being different at times.
I do want to tell you that I so wanted to be on that couch with you the other night for the reunion (both parts). If those women, on the other couch, think for one second that they are a reflection of women with true style, grace and (sorry) CLASS…..OMG, they are so sadly mistaken. I am from the south and have met the most poor redneck of women that have more class and manners than any of them. The way they make fun and bad mouth others THEN have a charity event against bullying is completely asburd. Maybe they think that will bring them absolution for all the bad……it doesn’t, it just makes them more pathetic. Poor Ramona just uses the wrong wording and they are all over her but they say and mean the horrible things they say. My husband thinks Kelly is the most fake and quite unbalanced. I say Jill is the worst but love the fact that Bethanny never made up with her because it was all about Jill being in Bethanny’s limelight that she wanted.
You have really grown in these past few years and I wish you and Simon the best. Diss those other women, they are not worth the time and energy…..they will always be exactly who they are now……NOBODYS and WANNABES. Good luck, hope you return next season.
I must admit, as first RHONY started out as a guilty pleasure. Now, I only seem to watch it trying to wrap my head around how horrible these women are. You have always been one of my favorites. It takes a lot of guts to be on a show like this and continue to be yourself despite producers, horrid cast-mates (and not all are,Sonja is lovely) etc. I like the fact that you continually throw everyone through a loop and turn out to be real. You and your family, keep it up! You got a East Coast transplant stuck in KS who is on your side!
Dear Alex,
I am very proud that you and Simon brought to everyone’s attention what a dirty person Luann is, CLASS in the way that she uses it is a dirty ugly word that only a classless person would use. No person who is actually born with a nobility title or old money which is American nobility equivalent ever mentions class or patrionage as a means to show supperiority. At the very least it is horrible lack of manners. I am not surprised she acts that way, after all she is just a pretty face that a nobleman married. We can’t expect class from someone who doesn’t really have it. You behave with great dignity. Your steadfast attitude about supporting your husband, your children, and your friends speak more of you then all the class books anyone can write. Luann should enlighten herself with some English Lit 101 standards like Charlotte Bronte for starters before she even attempts to school anyone about class. I thank you both for bringing to everyone this problem that we pretend to ignore. Also, I find it very currious that Jill and Cindy pretend that they don’t understand that Luann is an antisemite, she doesn’t bother to cover it up even. Honestly, as a New York Jew I find it currious that I identify most with you and find is upsetting that someone like Luann goes completely unchecked by Andy. It is disgraceful what poor impression she gives of women and of New Yorkers.
Alex, I am BEGGING YOU….. next time that vile lunatic Kelly has the audacity to snigger at your “redness” can you please, please, please attack back and say something nasty about the bulging veins that appear on her neck when she’s over excited about something. PLEASE – attack that vicious bitch and don’t take her crap anymore – PLEASE!!!
Alex, you really need to do a “If I were a socal climber, I’d stay away from you” T-shirt with the full quote. That was one of the best lines since the show started.. Good luch with all your ventures.
Team Alex! While I understand that production can distort reality in order to create more drama, some of the things that I hear coming out of these women’s mouths is just comical. LuAnn grates on my nerves for her incessant yammering about class and so on. She strikes me as someone who wasn’t raised with it and needs to prove to everyone how haute she is. Shut up already! Jill is entertaining but seems like a snake – not a true friend. They really portrayed you as a social climber the first season that I watched but I have really grown to like you. I’m a mom of three little boys and I relate to you.
Also it seems like you have a much firmer grasp on reality than any of the others. Kudos!
Luz says:
August 2, 2011 at 12:24 am
Alex,
Usually I don’t comment on the blogs, but this season was off the wall! I don’t have a “favorite” or one that I “despise”. Although I must say your husband does annoy me. This season you came off as trying to hard to be in every fight. I hate to agree with Kelly, but it seemed really unauthentic and fake. Couple of questions for you:
1. Did you really try with Jill?
It seemed you looked for every and any excuse not to work it out with her.
2. How come you have only respected Sonjas wishes of keeping Simon away from her and not the rest of the cast?
3. Do you really think your husband attacking your “girlfriends” is appropriate?
I always unwind to my husband about any issues I have with mine, but I would never allow him to get involved. Even with those that we both are friends with.
Luz
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Alex McCord says:
August 2, 2011 at 12:33 am
1 – I tried, and if we are both together next season we’ll see what happens.
2 – I don’t keep Simon away from anyone. He and Sonja don’t have any history together and they rarely see each other. There is much more to it that you see.
3 – Anytime I disagree with Simon, he knows about it. I did not disagree with him over what was shown.
Talk of “allowing” a spouse to do something sounds like a problem with control issues. Simon and I have a 50/50 partnership.
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Joan says:
August 2, 2011 at 9:26 am
I really do not understand why louann, jill and kelly keep telling you to control Simon! omg.. he is an adult.. you are not his mother.. he can control himself can’t he? They are so silly.. If they are Sooooo bothered by his behavior then why don’t they talk with him themselves? Jills’ excuses to not meet with him were simply childish and stupid.. She has not changed at all.. except she is worse..
Relationships should be 100% / 100% partnerships, not 50/50… I don’t only want 50 % working in my marriage.. I want 100% from me and my husband and all other relationships in my life.. Don’t settle for 50%.. go for the total package of 100% girl..
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Margie says:
August 2, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Exactly! Not to mention, LuMan and Kelly are both divorced so I wouldn’t be taking advice from them on how to handle your husband anyway.
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Luz says:
August 3, 2011 at 7:25 am
Alex,
It seems to me that you and the other ladies are the main Charactors of RHONY and therefore you have to interact with one another season after season. When Simon fights with most of them does it make it hard on you to interact with them? Not only Jill, but Sonja and Kelly also asked you to tell Simon to back off. Did Simon also have a relationship with Kelly? He has also attacked Luanne, Cindy and Ramona. If it was just one “girlfriend” it would be different, but it seems to be all of them that has/have/had an issue with Simon.
Nothing to do with control issues. It’s about respecting each others relationships, space, and each other. My marriage is also a 50/50 partnership and we are both in it 100%, with four kids it would be crazy if it was otherwise. There are things that in a marriage we allow and don’t allow our partners to do. Other things I wouldn’t allow would be unfaithfulness, physical or verbal abuse, disrespecting my parents, total control over what “I can do”, among others nothing unreasonable of course.
Luz
I think what we probably need to keep in mind is that all the cast members of housewives shows on Bravo are cast members, they don’t have creative control on who is chosen, furthermore it is understandible that all the people here are in the same society circles, attend the same openings, galas, gatherings, fundraisers, charities etc. This is all part of social life here in NY. These people often do not know each other or like each other. Bravo put all of them on display and it is clear that these women would never be friends otherwise, or meet anywhere if it wasn’t being filmed. They are all very different. In Simon’s defense, coodos for not letting people who insult ur wife and children go unafaced. NY society is a tuff place for survival, mostly Darvinian. It probably would suit Alex and Simon best to take it from all the ladies, however I commend them for trying to take a stand. I hope they make relationships with people that they need for survival before these sharks have a real go at them. It is easy for people to judge Simon as being rude to the ladies, but only if we don’t look at the fact that the actions these ladies take directly try to impact the ability of this family to navigate the social sceene in NY. It is imparitive that Simon and Alex stay very firm, or they will be cast out very easily. These are alliances and friendships, we need to keep that in mind. Simon is not attacking Alex’s BFF or anything like that.
Alex–whenever you confront someone you sound rehearsed. Either practice until it sounds natural or quit rehearsing. Everyone is offended when a comment or dig has been practiced and delivery saved for the right moment. You don’t sound witty just too dull to debate without notes.
We love you Alex- Out of all those ladies, we know you are the most honest, sincere and classy housewife~ Its obvious Jill / LuAnn are jealous of you. It is appparent in their constant attacks on you~ You always prevail from those attacks and that keeps them P__ off~ Thanks for keeping it real~
Alex, dahling, you are a bit of a bore. I do not understand what is wrong with your face. You have no cheek bones and your nose looks as though it is sunk in. Your jaw line is that of a man. To be clear, I think you are quite horrible and you lack class. This is why you are afraid of the word “class”, dahling. Your home looks like a old west brothel and your clothing always looks like it came from a dime store.
I do not understand why they keep you on the show. You do not fit in with anyone on the show as you don’t have the status or money the other women have. Your husband you act like the middle aged Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag only you aren’t as entertaining as them.
Cheers!
I wonder if you have ever taken a good look at your own self in a mirror. What would make anyone be critical about how someones’ cheekbone structure is! Get a life! You must be so intolerent of anyone who has any imperfaction! NOBODY is perfect!! I find your comments disgusting!
What a shame so many people commenting on here are so critical of Alex and Simon. Why ..and you know who you are…you making it the responsabilty of Alex to control her husband.. How stupid! He had his reasons for saying what he said.. remove the O from countess was great! shows he is very aware of the cut throat behaviour! see you next tuesday..(not using the real letters here) LOL I had never heard that expression in my life.. I will use it when I have to sometime LOL love it!! love it love it!! using the class word.. well that one I understand what you are saying Alex.. just not really important in my life style.. I know that word stirs up a lot of anger though in people. “the class system” in other countries.. that is what I can relate it to and it is nasty.. Making comments on facial expressions Alex had on the shows is really silly too. Like who cares! Comments on here are very judgemental on unimportant things, like how someone looks. If the actions of the people on the show are harmful then something should be done about it, Seems like there are underlying nasty things going on that the viewers do not see and will never see. The bahaviour of the women does not hide the truth though.. They need to clean up the show and stop all this disgusting unacceptable behaviour. If they all think they are good roll models for their children.. they are not. Alex and Simon are the two most balanced in the parenting department, the rest are extremely disfunctional and pathetic!