Cookbook? More like a Burn Book

Teresa Giudice recently came out with another cookbook, called Fabulicious, about a year ago. Regardless if the recipes were delicious, they were overshadowed by the nastiness of her introduction. She used her cookbook as a platform to trash one her fellow castmate's and "friend". Any focus that was on the recipes was now directed toward the Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo feud.

Her first sentence in the book is, "Caroline is as Italian as the Olive Garden."  She then goes on to say, "I am however a huge fan of Caroline Manzo. (Even if she's only 1/16 Italian, or whatever she is...)." Why is that relevant to your cookbook? Right off the bat the cookbook seems to be more focused on how Italian Caroline is rather than Teresa's recipes. She then goes on to bash her cousin and sister in law. She says, "Do I sometimes wish my cousin would stop with the lame jokes? Yes. Do I wish my baby sister-in-law didn't copy everything I do down to the shoes I wear and the chairs on my front porch? Of course! But you know what they say: 'You can't pick your family.'." Teresa has said that her cookbook is centered around family and that's what the introduction is suppose to focus on. If family is so important to you why is your focus on bashing them?

This is what is wrong with reality stars. People who become "famous for being famous" will do anything to remain in the spotlight. She has no legitimate talents so she needs to remain relevant somehow and stirring up drama is her way of remaining in the headlines. She wrote this book for one reason and one reason only and that was to sell books. And in order to sell the most books she would need to create controversy, which she sure did.

Feuds sell books because audiences crave drama. Their curiosity for other peoples lives is what draws them in and that is one of the reasons why reality television is so successful. Most of the times the content is high on the drama, but low on the quality. That doesn't matter to most people, including me. Some reality programming I can't stand, but still can't look away. The more the shock value, the more the curiosity. 

This cookbook also brought to light how fake reality stars can be. If Teresa feels okay bashing her "friends" to millions of people, they were clearly never her friends (or to put it bluntly, fame trumps friends). Let's be real Bravo, your "Real Housewives" Series are not centered around an established group of friends. You put a bunch of random, rich, bored women in a room and tell them they are now BFFs and go from there. Most of these women appear all buddy buddy on screen, but in reality they cannot stand each other, which is what exactly happened with Teresa and Caroline. Caroline was very clear after the last season that they are NOT friends. She says, "We were never really friends. She is an acquaintance." That's funny because it sure did look like you were friends when you were going on vacations together, spending New Years Eve together, and going to your children's birthday parties. Woopsie looks like Caroline dropped the bombed on that one. Living proof that Real Housewives of New Jersey is staged. Shocker.