1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I talked about Teresa Judice being on Mount Rushmore. 2 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: I need to say that when someone's been announced first, 3 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that they are more iconic than the 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: other Mount Rushmore housewives. It just means someone who to 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: me undeniably needs to go on there. I could have 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: said the second person as well, and then it made 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: me realize that there are men, there are house husbands 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: that are iconic and should be on the Mount Rushmore 9 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: of house husbands, and I have a criteria. It has 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: to be someone who adds to the sauce. They add 11 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: some sort of a zipper spice. They're not just a 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: side piece to the character that's been hired for the show. 13 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: It's the real housewives of Blank City, and their partners 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: are often accessories, meaning there the main character is the 15 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: main character, and their kids and their husband is sort 16 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: of an accessory. I'm also going to do the Mount 17 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: Rushmore of house children because this is the same concept. 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: It means who else is driving their own story, creating 19 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: their own drama, and your eyes glue to that person 20 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: and they can. It's like there are stars that can 21 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: carry a movie themselves. They can just headline a movie, 22 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: carry it and get ratings. There are people like that 23 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: also on reality television, and then there are house husbands. 24 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: It was intended to be a secondary supporting character that 25 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: could hold a scene and your attention and you're not 26 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: fast forwarding through on their own. They could sit in 27 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: that interview chair on their own because you're interested in 28 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: what they have to say. You may not like them, 29 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: they may not be up to your moral standards, but 30 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, your eyes are glued to them in 31 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,119 Speaker 1: the screen and the drama and the entertainment that they provide. 32 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: So with that criteria in mind, my second Mount Rushmore 33 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: house husband is Simon van Kempen. You're like, wait for it, 34 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: take a bait. No one would have predicted that. Here's 35 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: the reason why he created drama. Think him crashing girls 36 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: night with Ramona getting crazy asking why he would think 37 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: that he could be on a girl's night and are 38 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: they co dependent? And them him and him and he 39 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: wore like a a banana hammock. I think it was 40 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: like an animal print bathing suit. Correct me if I'm wrong. 41 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: In sembach st Bark, he drove story on his own. 42 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: It's arguable, like Joe Gorga, he could be more entertaining 43 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: than the primary character. It's the sum is greater than 44 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: it's parts. Alex and Simon or the housewife. Melissa and 45 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: Joe were the housewife, So Simon himself deserves to be 46 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: on Mount Rushmore. He performed on Watch What Happens live 47 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: on his own, singing a song in red leather pants. Right. 48 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: Think about that. He was live tweeting. He would text 49 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: Andy and have gripes about the series and what was 50 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: going on. He himself is the main character. When he 51 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: was on, your eyes were drawn to him. You may 52 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: hate him, people liked him, people hated him. It doesn't matter. 53 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: He had his own scenes. He was the manager of 54 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: a hotel. We we knew that. You don't get that 55 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: from just You didn't get that from Mario. Mario was 56 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: an accessory. Simon was a main character. Simon is my 57 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: second Mount Rushmore house husband choice from the Real Housewives franchise. Understand, 58 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: I don't watch Miami. I haven't seen Dallas or Potomac 59 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: or d C or Salt Lake, so I'm skewed. If 60 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: you're seeing something that I'm not seeing, Listen, make an 61 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: appeal in re Wives Court and I'll go back and 62 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: look at footage because I don't know those shows that 63 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: intimately it is. I am also jaded and thinking that 64 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: this is a lot of the old school. The drama 65 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: wasn't the same level, so I'm partial to the old 66 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: school content. So based on that, you need to know 67 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: that that is my second choice for Matt Rushmore. But 68 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: I don't think in seeing any of those shows, based 69 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: on the press, based on the clips, based on the media, 70 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: that any of those husbands hold a candle to Simon 71 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: as a Housewives character. The Rushmore choices are not in 72 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: any particular order, meaning it's not a favorite, and one 73 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: is not more of a Rushmore than the other. They're 74 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: just I'm just doing them m arbitrary, really doing it 75 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: in this order. Ninie Leaks is an iconic o G housewife. 76 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: Needy Leaks deserves to be on Mount Rushmore. We're talking 77 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: about a woman who has paved the way and laid 78 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: the groundworks and is an iconic housewife. I'm saying the 79 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: facts that Needy Leaks is undeniably one of the people 80 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: that contributed to the success of the Housewives franchise, and 81 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: like Teresa, has been polarizing, has been entertaining, has been funny, 82 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: has driven story, has been loved, can handle, and is 83 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: strong enough to be hated. Is iconic. She is arguably 84 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: the funniest housewife ever. Teresa's funny Nani is hysterical. And 85 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: she was there in the beginning. And I say this 86 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: too because we talked about people like Porscho work wildly entertaining, 87 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: and she's a star in her own right. There were 88 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: people that did lay the groundworks because they were walking 89 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: into something that they hadn't seen in US Weekly. They 90 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: hadn't seen clips from They hadn't seen other people entertain 91 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: and dress and get glam and and flip table so 92 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: they could then top it in seasons later. They were 93 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,119 Speaker 1: people cast into a show, paid peanuts to do something 94 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: no one had ever done before, and no one understood 95 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: this was a new genre that would become a cultural 96 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: phenomenon in the zeitgeist. So you got to give extra 97 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: credit to people like Simon van Kempen that were there 98 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: in the beginning, to people like Theresa that were there 99 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: in the beginning, to people like Vicky gum Wolson. In 100 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: the beginning, they hadn't seen someone throw a leg onto 101 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: the dance floor. They hadn't seen Erica Jane where head 102 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: to toe Gucci, then have Dorit start doing it and 103 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: start making crazy diamond hairstyles and full glam squads. This 104 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: was the beginning. This was when you wore a kashmere 105 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: sweater and a shitty outfit you pull from your closet 106 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: to a reunion and did your own hair makeup half 107 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: the time. This was not after years of getting savvy 108 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: and smart and reading and studying the playbook to then 109 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: come from j I and were gone with the wind 110 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: gala gown. Because you've seen it done for hundreds of 111 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: women before Nini walked in in her own living room, 112 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: was doing shitty lighting housewives interviews with no HD and 113 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: there didn't exist Twitter. I was fucking making people laugh 114 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: their asses off. You wanted raw truth, humor, entertainment, and homemade, 115 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: not manufactured, big b roll helicopter shots in Morocco. It 116 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: was like just a fucking homemade garage band puppet show 117 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: that was entertaining that she presumably was making seven thousand 118 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: dollars a year to the first season. She was a nobody, 119 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: but she brought it and she was Andy Cohen's favorite 120 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: housewife because I remember I was not shiny and brand new, 121 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: and they came in and Andy was taking I didn't 122 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: find it from Andy, but Nani told me this is 123 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: this is behind the scenes t I pop off with 124 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: the skinny girl Margharita. This brand, the brand f Angelico 125 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: paid me hundreds of thousands of dollars to do a 126 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: promotional thing. And it was at the Plaza and they 127 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: were going to have warrant Tricomi that salon do an 128 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: event for me. Why they were involved, I don't know. 129 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: It was at their salon or something. It was the 130 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: night I met my ex husband Um. I was at 131 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: the Plaza hotel. I don't know how I knew Niny 132 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: or we had met through this situation and she texted 133 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: me she was in town. Or I invited her, I 134 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: don't know how, and she stopped by with two girlfriends. 135 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: She said she had to leave because Andy had invited 136 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,599 Speaker 1: her to be his plus one at an event. You 137 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: didn see Andy inviting me to be a plus one. 138 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: She was his new favorite shiny toy. She was the favorite. 139 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: She was bringing in the ratings, the press like she 140 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: was needy leak. She was. It was iconic vintage Ninny leaks. 141 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: That night I was trying to be a hot stepper 142 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: at this event with her two friends. It were really 143 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: nice and I invited them out. I went to a 144 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: Gotham Magazine event with them and as a surprise, Beyonce performed. 145 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: Fucking Beyonce performed. They thought it was the coolest bitch 146 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: in town. I don't know why it happened. It was 147 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: like two fifty people. Beyonce performed. Don't ask me why 148 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: Beyonce performed? Was she on the cover? I don't gotta be. 149 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: And then I took them out to Um to a 150 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: club called ten June and they wouldn't let them. They 151 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: wouldn't let us in. I know the people there and 152 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: they're like, we'll let you and won't let them in. 153 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: My hand to God, they will confirm the story. We 154 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: then went to St. K Steakhouse next door. They were 155 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: having a great time. We're having a great night. We've 156 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: seen Beyonce. We were buzzing it up, drinking. I had been. 157 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: I thought I was cool. I didn't event I was 158 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: paid all this money. We were at St K, which 159 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: is above ten June. It was driving me fucking nuts 160 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: that they didn't let them in on everything. I hope 161 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: to be. I texted the guy the two one of 162 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: the two owners, and I said, and he wasn't at 163 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: the door. He didn't know anyth about it. I I said, 164 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: listen to me, if those two girls look like me, 165 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: you would have let them in. I said, you get 166 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: that bouncer to let us in because we're coming back in. 167 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: They were like, we're fine, we're having fun. STK was 168 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: playing great old school music. We're having a great time. 169 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: It was just driving me nuts. It was bothering me. 170 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: Walked back around. They let all three of us and 171 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: we went into ten Juniors for their anniversary. It might 172 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: have been year anniversary, two years anniversary. I don't know 173 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: their anniversary party. And this photographer took a picture of me. 174 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: And that's when my ex walked up to me and 175 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: he said, are you ready to get the stick out 176 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: of your grass and dance? And I met him that night. 177 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: If it weren't for Needy Leaks and Andy, if it 178 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: weren't for Andy Cohen inviting Needy Leaks with him, me 179 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: taking her two friends out that night going to ten June, 180 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: the two women I was with not being let in 181 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: the door, me raising a stink making them let us 182 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: in the door. Us going downstairs, me meeting my ex. 183 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,599 Speaker 1: There'd be no Brant. I wouldn't have been married, I 184 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't have had a ten year divorce. All that ship 185 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,719 Speaker 1: wouldn't have happened. But it's all because of the Rushmore. Unintentionally. 186 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: You need didn't know any of this would happen, but 187 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: it was because Needy such an iconic Rushmore housewife. But 188 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: she was Andy Cohen's plus one. It happened for seats 189 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: and all