Hi there Trashaficionados, if you watch the Bravo show, Princesses, Long Island or even better read are reading L Boogie’s excellent recaps , this will be old news, but the New York Daily News is reporting that one of the show’s castmates, Amanda Bertoncini staged an offensive photo shoot in front of a statue honoring a dead 9/11 firefighters. Bravo on Sunday aired footage of Bertoncini, 26, staging a boozy photo shoot in front of a monument paying tribute to FDNY firefighter Jonathan Ielpi and other slain heroes. Yeah, pretty bad, huh? Want to know what makes it worse? (And don’t say Jews Spencer from Big Brother. In fact don’t say anything at all) The photo shoot was for a product Bertoncini is planning on marketing called the, wait for it, “Drink Hanky.” Okay, here’s what happens next, I don’t explain what the drink hanky is, and you don’t lose five points off your IQ score. You’re welcome. The firefighter’s family wasn’t very happy when they saw the episode “It was disgraceful,” said Ielpi’s father, Lee, a retired FDNY firefighter who spent months searching for his 29-year-old son’s body in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001. It was a slap to the people of Great Neck,” he said. “It was a slap to the fire department of Great Neck and it was a slap to all of the people that were lost on 9/11.” The good news is when the poop hit the fan, Ms Bertoncini issued a statement. The bad news? She obviously wrote it herself. “I would especially like to extend my sincerest apologies to the family of Jonathan Ielpi,” Bertoncini said in a statement, saying she was unaware of the statue’s “sentimental value.” Sentimental value? There is one sliver of sunshine in this whole mess, and surprisingly it’s coming from Bravo. A red-faced Bravo rep apologized and said the footage will not be shown in any future airings. “We are extremely sorry for any distress we caused the family of Jonathan Ielpi and other firefighters,” the rep said. Wow, red faced, and an apology. Are you paying attention CBS? This network was embarrassed by something a person on one of their shows did. And given that Andy wasn’t embarrassed by this haircut, that’s saying something
Hi there Trashaficionados, if you watch the Bravo show, Princesses, Long Island or even better read are reading L Boogie’s excellent recaps , this will be old news, but the New York Daily News is reporting that one of the show’s castmates, Amanda Bertoncini staged an offensive photo shoot in front of a statue honoring a dead 9/11 firefighters. Bravo on Sunday aired footage of Bertoncini, 26, staging a boozy photo shoot in front of a monument paying tribute to FDNY firefighter Jonathan Ielpi and other slain heroes. Yeah, pretty bad, huh? Want to know what makes it worse? (And don’t say Jews Spencer from Big Brother. In fact don’t say anything at all) The photo shoot was for a product Bertoncini is planning on marketing called the, wait for it, “Drink Hanky.” Okay, here’s what happens next, I don’t explain what the drink hanky is, and you don’t lose five points off your IQ score. You’re welcome. The firefighter’s family wasn’t very happy when they saw the episode “It was disgraceful,” said Ielpi’s father, Lee, a retired FDNY firefighter who spent months searching for his 29-year-old son’s body in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001. It was a slap to the people of Great Neck,” he said. “It was a slap to the fire department of Great Neck and it was a slap to all of the people that were lost on 9/11.” The good news is when the poop hit the fan, Ms Bertoncini issued a statement. The bad news? She obviously wrote it herself. “I would especially like to extend my sincerest apologies to the family of Jonathan Ielpi,” Bertoncini said in a statement, saying she was unaware of the statue’s “sentimental value.” Sentimental value? There is one sliver of sunshine in this whole mess, and surprisingly it’s coming from Bravo. A red-faced Bravo rep apologized and said the footage will not be shown in any future airings. “We are extremely sorry for any distress we caused the family of Jonathan Ielpi and other firefighters,” the rep said. Wow, red faced, and an apology. Are you paying attention CBS? This network was embarrassed by something a person on one of their shows did. And given that Andy wasn’t embarrassed by this haircut, that’s saying something