The Bravo Thread

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Originally Posted by Amlyn

I agree with everything you said!!! And I'm not getting the Melissa can sing love either. Maybe she needs to go on the Voice.

Some other tidbits...Someone i know was driving down to LBI a few weeks ago and was stuck in a traffic snarl and low and behold at the front of the pack was Teresa and Joe driving...at like 20 mph with a camera crew beside them. She said Teresa was driving (I assume because Joe lost his license) and that it was just so painful because there was no concern for the traffic that was being caused. My friend who told me this also has a lot of connections around NJ and told me that she heard that Joe was about to go serve some hard time.

I work about 5 mins from the Brownstone. I went to a wedding there once too for a family friend about 9 years ago. I saw them recently and they told me that they were not the nicest people to deal with. Gave them lots of problems about paying the bill not all in cash or something. Who walks around with 40k in cash to pay for a wedding? Well, those who aren't well, you know....

Here's the thing...if it wasn't for this show, NONE of these people would be household names. I mean, yeah, sometimes it's entertaining. But when you really stop to think about it, it's pretty beyond pathetic. Not that I would ever stop watching!

Joe serving hard time? For what? He wasn't driving drunk. Sober people crash into trees all the time. In fact, he crashed his car and was so startled that he had run over to a neighbor's house and drink a fifth of vodka to calm his nerves. Yes, that's the first thing I would do- drink. Call 911 or the police? Puhlease. That's for sissies!

There is definitely something amiss with the Brownstone. The calculus just doesn't add up. Yes, I get that it must be a profitable business. For one family. But there are multiple families living high on the hog in their McMansions, Bentleys and Range Rovers from a catering hall that looks kinda low-scale and tacky (even by NJ standards). And I've read about some of the Manzo connections that have been indicted on all kinds of criminal activity. And what the heck does a meathead like Chris Laurita do for a living to also live so high on the hog? They are all connected somehow... They would have to cater weddings every single day to support that standard of living for so many people. I'm not saying there is any organized crime going on... but... I'm just sayin'... It seems ironic that Caroline would be so critical of Danielle's history considering she's probably in the thick of some unsavory doings of her own...