Even if season 16 of RHOC wasn’t the success Bravo had hoped it would be, I can’t help but feel like firing Noella Bergener is a mistake.
While firing Jennifer Armstrong was the right thing to do, I feel like they’re losing an interesting and necessary troublemaker in their cast with Noella.
I don’t know if Bravo’s test screening audience felt like Noella was credible on the show or if Heather Dubrow refused to work with her.
At the reunion Heather even said: “if we’re to meet again”!
She made it pretty clear that she didn’t want to work with her for another season.
Heather’s kids have expressed negativity of the show and are reluctant to return for another season – and I don’t think that Bravo wants to lose Heather and her family again.
When it comes to choose between the new and controversial Noella and the professional Heather and her family, I think it’s an easy choice for Bravo.
I agree that Noella pushed it too far with accusing Heather of being violent against a producer, but housewives has also been through worse.
Also, out of all the housewives on RHOC, Noella’s story for season 17 was the one I was interested in!
A mysterious new boyfriend who gifted her a sex toy business? Noella was a hot mess, and I was dying of curiosity to see it all unfold!
And her first season was a complete shit show as her husband fled the country in the middle of a massive tax scandal and filed for a divorce.
But she was able to give us some bizarre and memorable moments on the show.
And she clearly wanted to be a part of the show. She was dedicated.
However, I think she was highly unliked among the cast and not just by Heather. Probably her only friend on the show was Shannon Beador.
Therefore, filming would be a problem for the producers.
Besides, Noella was the first biracial housewife on RHOC, which I thought was a huge step in the right direction.
As the cast stands now, there’s no diversity on the show!
David Briggs would've protested how I treat him. True, I shouldn't mention other producers in these discussion, I should talk about Mr. Briggs. Back to him, then – I think his work with Neil Young was his ticket to the other musicians with Royal Trux being one such opportunity. The latter are like Love of the alternative rock scene of the 90's, because Herrema and Hagerty were heavily underappreciated during their time. The fact Briggs helmed them speaks about the possibility they were once on. Still, they did become quietly influential in the vein of, say, David Berman, another 90's mainstay without a MTV on his back, who actually appeared with them on the album Briggs produced. Hm, imagine Neil Young showing up there and asking all of them to do something together …
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Just Happy To Be Here
Author: Naomi…
last time at the armstrong family, alien baby #2 (and baby #3 overall) was conceived thanks to carter getting abducted for a second time. this house is a mess lol
Last song: Mens, Durf Te Leven! by Ramses Shaffy (randomly got stuck in my head since yesterday so this morning I figured I'd listen to it haha)
Last Book: (currently reading) "When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today" by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (I'm a TV history nerd through and through and let me tell you, this book is the type of thing I've been looking for for years)
Last Movie: The Women (1939)
Last TV Show: The Golden Girls (of course) :))
Sweet/Spicy/Savory: savory/spicy combo at the moment but that's only because I just had chocolate that satisfied my tweet tooth lol
Relationship status: single, but I mean, I honestly never even stop to think about it 😂
Last thing I googled: the full title to "When Women Invented Television" because I was too lazy to type the whole thing myself
Current obsession(s): take one good look at my tumblr and you'll find out lmao
Looking Forward To: getting over my annoying writer's block & my 2-week vacation from work (only 1 more week!!) (I'm guessing this means my writer's block will also last only 1 more week!)
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Frodo/Sam (romantic) playlist, in no particular order: [and yes I’m clearly old-school…still, check these songs out, they’re too good to be forgotten!]
“I Will Follow Him” (Little Peggy March; Sam’s POV)
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Simon & Garfunkel; Sam’s POV)
“May I” (Trading Yesterday; Sam’s POV)
“Hold On” (Michael Bublé)
“The Story” (Brandi Carlile)
“Younger Than Springtime” (South Pacific; Frodo’s POV)
“All I Ask of You” (Josh Groban as Sam; Kelly Clarkson as Frodo)
“Because You Loved Me” (Celine Dion; Frodo’s POV)
“So Close” (Jon McLaughlin)
“I Will Always Love You” (Whitney Houston; Frodo’s POV)
“If I Never Knew You” (Jon Secada & Shanice)
“A Time for Us” (Andy Williams)
“Forever” (Mariah Carey; Frodo’s POV)
“My Heart Will Go On” (Celine Dion; Sam’s POV)
“Somewhere” (Barbra Streisand)
“A Thousand Years” (Christina Perri)
“Somewhere in Time” (Tracy Huang & Kevin Ong)
“Where Do I Begin” (Andy Williams; Frodo’s POV)
“I Was Born In Love With You” (The Mike Curb Congregation)
“Up Where We Belong” (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes; the reference to the eagles is just perfect for these two hobbits)
“Rewrite the Stars” (Zac Efron as Sam & Zendaya as Frodo)
“Somewhere My Love” (Andy Williams; Frodo’s POV, substituting ‘Samwise’ for ‘Lara’)
“There You’ll Be” (Faith Hill; Sam’s POV)
“You Needed Me” (Anne Murray; Frodo’s POV)
“You Raise Me Up” (Josh Groban)
“We Have All the Time in the World” (Louis Armstrong; theme for Valinor reunion)
Frodo/Sam + Rosie:
“Take Her to the Moon” (Moira Dela Torre; Frodo’s POV)