Real Housewives of The Gym
Your Guide to Thintervention
- Photo Credit: Bravo
When I interviewed Jackie Warner last December she was knee deep in casting for her new Bravo show "Thintervention." At first description it seemed to me like any other diet show: sweat, tears, life changing weight loss. Then I tuned in on Monday night, and realized this was not like any other weight loss show — this was a Bravo weight loss show. Which means that some of the most atrocious examples of humanity are given the kind of opportunity that the rest of us can only dream of. Here's what I learned from the pilot episode of "Thintervention."
- You must be rich to be on this show. If you have a mansion, basketball court, personal chef, and no noticeable sign of having worked since the Reagan administration, you'll fit right in.
- Using the term "fatty" as many times as possible during a 60-minute time period is strongly encouraged. Nothing like fat people who hate fat people to warm the cockles of America's heart.
- Commitment is optional. Mainly you should just really like to complain. Bonus points for alcoholism.
- It's always good to have a cancer survivor around to help you allude to your sense of decency and altruism.
- Nikki: She's the one everyone will love to hate. Outspoken British alcoholic who lives off a trust fund.
- Jeana: Ex-playboy playmate/cast cougar.
- Mandy: Ex-professional cheerleader, now stay-at-home mom who takes bubble baths with her husband every morning. Has an affinity for baby talk.
- Joe: Cast dirt bag. His goal is to be thinner so he can have sex with hotter women.
- Kim and Shannon: Mother daughter duo. Kim was once a fitness model then she was diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer. After a mastectomy and hysterectomy she and her daughter found solace in cupcakes. Her daughter Shannon has a 50% body fat percentage. This fact will come up multiple times a minute.
- Bryan: Loves cookies, wants to look hot for his boyfriend.
- Stacy: Aspiring comedienne who wants you to know she has PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). She really wants you to know it. She talks about it a lot. Did you know she has PCOS?
The good news is that no one runs the risk of getting voted off, just a bunch of self-hating folk hating on one another week after week while Jackie Warner whips them into shape. Basically, it's Real Housewives sans anorexia.
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I started to watch this because I've become a fan of Jackie Warner's workouts and was curious how it would compare to Biggest Loser, but I turned it off halfway through. The cast (along with their "reasons" for wanting to get "healthy") was just too unbearable to watch. And this is coming from someone who regularly watches Jersey Shore.
Submitted by thatsnotfab on 09.08.10 at 12:25.
That picture is not flattering of her. She looks kind of deformed and too skinny in it. (or like a tranny a little)
Submitted by Butwhatifido on 09.08.10 at 02:08.