Despite encouraging her fans to boycott The Real Housewives of New York unless she was re-hired, Jill Zarin says that she’s “moved on” in an exclusive interview with RumorFix.
Jill tells us she’s still friends with some cast members and is still a huge fan of the show. So would she return to RHONY?
“I never want to say never, it’s not a good habit to have as a person to close the door on anything so, if they call me I’ll think about it,” says Jill. “I’ve moved on… I’m really happy where I am right now.”
But, Jill is looking forward to her next TV appearance, which will be on HSN on August 22, where she will sell her shapewear line.
When asked what it would take for her to go back on the show, Jill doesn’t miss a beat before answering, “A lot of money.” After a few seconds, she rephrases and says, "I don’t know. I’m sort of kidding."
“I love watching the other girls go at it, I love Housewives, I’m a big fan. I speak to them all the time. I speak to LuAnn, I play tennis with her a couple times a week… I’ve had a relationship with Aviva , I like her a lot, and I’m actually even in touch with Ramona believe it or not. Took a while but, we’re back.”
Alex writes a blog that has Bravo 'Real' ticked!
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Jill tells us she’s still friends with some cast members and is still a huge fan of the show. So would she return to RHONY?
“I never want to say never, it’s not a good habit to have as a person to close the door on anything so, if they call me I’ll think about it,” says Jill. “I’ve moved on… I’m really happy where I am right now.”
But, Jill is looking forward to her next TV appearance, which will be on HSN on August 22, where she will sell her shapewear line.
When asked what it would take for her to go back on the show, Jill doesn’t miss a beat before answering, “A lot of money.” After a few seconds, she rephrases and says, "I don’t know. I’m sort of kidding."
“I love watching the other girls go at it, I love Housewives, I’m a big fan. I speak to them all the time. I speak to LuAnn, I play tennis with her a couple times a week… I’ve had a relationship with Aviva , I like her a lot, and I’m actually even in touch with Ramona believe it or not. Took a while but, we’re back.”
Alex McCord, an ousted “Real Housewives” star who was on the hit reality show from its start until season four, has been video-blogging insider intel on RumorFix.com and we hear Bravo network is none too happy about it.
A source close to the blond mom tells us approximately a couple weeks ago she received a strong-worded letter from executives at the TV network about her weekly Tuesday vlogs for the website, in which she dissects each week’s Monday episode of the fifth season of “The Real Housewives” which debuted in June.
The insider says producers and executives were particularly perturbed at how McCord revealed the way some of the plotlines’ twists and turns develop — or, shall we say are forced - on the show, and they wanted the 38-year-old to “put a lid on it.”
McCord has discussed producer setups, how the women obtain their clothing and plan trips, editing, and how scheduling and filming takes place on the show in her online entries.
The Brooklyn mom confirmed to us she did receive a letter from Bravo about their discontent with her blogging, but it wasn’t until after her agent had reached out to them about another matter.
“He had gotten in touch with Bravo first as they made a ‘Top 20 Reunion Moments’ show from all of the franchises, using footage over and above the episode caps in the contracts,” McCord explains. “We heard they had plans to make a whole series of ‘Top 20’ compilation shows. Given that, as far as I am aware, no ‘Housewives’ anywhere get residuals for syndication around the world, we should at least fight to keep the episode count from growing past what was agreed!”
McCord says after her agent sent the letter to Bravo, however, the network fired back their own to the graphic designer, “saying they didn’t like my Rumor Fix videos.” When McCord asked them specifically what they objected to, she says there was no response.
“The whole exchange seemed as much about avoiding the ‘Top 20’ shows issue as shutting down [the Rumor Fix videos],” she says, pointing out her recap videos of the episodes had been on air for about six weeks by the time she received the letter.
“Everything I discuss on RumorFix is coming solely from watching the show, plus the general experience of having been on a reality show for four years,” she says.
RumorFix, NewYorkDailyNews
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A source close to the blond mom tells us approximately a couple weeks ago she received a strong-worded letter from executives at the TV network about her weekly Tuesday vlogs for the website, in which she dissects each week’s Monday episode of the fifth season of “The Real Housewives” which debuted in June.
The insider says producers and executives were particularly perturbed at how McCord revealed the way some of the plotlines’ twists and turns develop — or, shall we say are forced - on the show, and they wanted the 38-year-old to “put a lid on it.”
McCord has discussed producer setups, how the women obtain their clothing and plan trips, editing, and how scheduling and filming takes place on the show in her online entries.
The Brooklyn mom confirmed to us she did receive a letter from Bravo about their discontent with her blogging, but it wasn’t until after her agent had reached out to them about another matter.
“He had gotten in touch with Bravo first as they made a ‘Top 20 Reunion Moments’ show from all of the franchises, using footage over and above the episode caps in the contracts,” McCord explains. “We heard they had plans to make a whole series of ‘Top 20’ compilation shows. Given that, as far as I am aware, no ‘Housewives’ anywhere get residuals for syndication around the world, we should at least fight to keep the episode count from growing past what was agreed!”
McCord says after her agent sent the letter to Bravo, however, the network fired back their own to the graphic designer, “saying they didn’t like my Rumor Fix videos.” When McCord asked them specifically what they objected to, she says there was no response.
“The whole exchange seemed as much about avoiding the ‘Top 20’ shows issue as shutting down [the Rumor Fix videos],” she says, pointing out her recap videos of the episodes had been on air for about six weeks by the time she received the letter.
“Everything I discuss on RumorFix is coming solely from watching the show, plus the general experience of having been on a reality show for four years,” she says.
RumorFix, NewYorkDailyNews
