It is time for me to fess up about my reality show addiction. I guess I have hesitated writing about it because if I put it down on paper, it will be a real reality check to me about how demented my tv viewing has become.
So here is a quick round up of my addiction - Luckily it has no calories, doesn't hurt my family, and I can catch up on work at the same time. I guess it could be worse...right?
So in no specific order..
Rachel Zoe - A show I watch with my older daughter, and let me just admit right now, like most addictions, I have passed on my reality habit to my kids. Anyway, I love Rachel Zoe partly because I used to be in the biz, and partly because it' s just too damn amusing. Last week was a riot when uber-affected celebrity stylist Zoe told her uber-gay best friend / assistant he would be going with Anne (or "Annie" as they call her) Hathaway to help her at the Academy Awards. When she told him, she put everything in quotes, and he started to cry. Ok, hold it right there fellas. As some of you know, in my other life I was a publicist and walked many a red carpet with many a celeb, and here's the truth - they are the star, not you. You trail behind them in sweltering heat, tending to their every need, in heels that kill. The best part is not with your client (unless they win). The best part is when the show begins, and you and your friends hang out backstage, put your feet up, eat, and gossip.
The Real Houswives of NY and NJ - LOVE THEM! These women are so fun, and although some of them truly live on another planet, who wouldn't want to have a drink with Jill Zarin, Bethany, Theresa or Dina. I just sent Jill one of our bags (Bagettes.com) - I hope she likes it. The OC Housewives are not for me, and I watch Atlanta because it's on, but if it stopped tomorrow, I'd be fine. See I can stop.
Project Runway - love it, but then again who doesn't.
Top Chef and Survivor - I put these together because I think the reason I watch them, besides pure entertainment, is it makes me ask myself -"What would I cook if I had to make an amuse bouche from vending machine food" or "Could I be on an island with a bunch of 20 something personal trainers/bartender/waitresses types"- The answers - "Scallop on a small bed of micro greens, topped with crushed corn nuts in a root beer reduction dressing" (remember it's food from a vending machine) and "probably not."
Biggest Loser - I fast forward through it because even I cannot dedicate 2 hours to a show. My youngest daughter who weighs next to nothing got us hooked. I just have to say, I watched the first 15 minutes of the first episode, and was crying. One women told her story that her husband, 5 1/2 yr old daughter and 2 week old son were killed in a car crash, and at that moment I hit the fast forward button because that is just too much. At her weigh in, she said something like "I choose to get out of bed everyday, and now I chooses to lose weight". Come on people, that's a beautiful reality tv moment. I already hope she wins.
So here's the bottom line. If iI turn on the tele and need to fold laundry, or do some Bagettes work, I will pretty much watch any realty tv - from Deadliest Catch to Celebrity Fit Club, Clean House to Divine Design, The Kardashains to Bridezillas, I am fascinated by being a voyeur into peoples' lives and emotions. Although I am floored that so many people let cameras follow them around, I sure am happy they do.
So come on spill it - what do you watch???
