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

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Filming had already wrapped, leading to "a conversation about whether we were going to air the show at all," Andy Cohen said in the book. So in that limo, when she said, 'You stole my goddamn house,' in her mind, she was going back years. The book is let down by certain Housewives having too much of an ego to participate (looking at you Nene and Bethenny) and others shying away from talking about anything meaningful (Vanderpump. There were the “Tennis Bitches,” who were these violent femmes resolving their unsettled conflicts from high school in tennis matches they’d play while dripping in diamonds. in the room when this was being edited/published, though, because there is a gross accusation of assault and a woman standing by the assault then using it to make the other woman look bad.

In Not All Diamonds and Rosé, Lea insisted that there was nothing there, while Ana said that Lea "freaked out," storming off the set and hiding in her dressing room for hours. At one point, LVP even asked another producer to "sit the cast down and tell them they needed to believe her," executive producer and Evolution Media President Alex Baskin claimed.I knew it would be "real housewives tea lite" as Andy Cohen is publishing the book, but figured it would be a fun ride. 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.

This book was clearly a mouthpiece for Cohen, and his bitchy little digs at women are getting tiring. I was unpacking the trunk of my car, and this woman in a white jumpsuit came up to me and asked, “What the fuck are you doing? and don’t think i didn’t notice how the producer’s treatment of denise (and fourth wall breaking) isn’t mentioned at all, but they made sure to turn their nose up at denise’s “unprofessionalism” and the “bravo bravo bravo” comments. To this day, Andy Cohen's all-time favorite Real Housewives moment is "Vicki and that little family van.

While not everything works for everyone, it’s pretty clear that as a whole this sucker simply works. 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. The author is also clearly very good at interviews and can ask the right questions to get a fun story.

Afterward, Carole said Andy went "ballistic" and she eventually told him not to speak to her ever again. Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit Real Housewives TV franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become. some women are relentlessly criticized and just outright trashed, while other women who have done the same things or worse are barely even spoken about.

When it came to the “Tennis Bitches,” he picked the leader of the pack: fitness fanatic, mother of two, and self-proclaimed trophy wife, Kimberly Bryant.