I think it is great that Siggy Flicker is a “relationship expert” for a living. I love that she enjoys helping people and mending their problems, but I don’t need that on Real Housewives of New Jersey. Also, it is not something that the cast members want. Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga happily want nothing to do with Jacqueline Laurita, but Siggy just can’t accept that.
Siggy came on this show as a friend of Jacqueline’s so I understand why she wants people to see Jacqueline’s side in situations that are unfavorable to her, but she wouldn’t know Melissa and Teresa if she wasn’t a cast member on this show, so I don’t get why she is so torn up by them not getting along.
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If Siggy didn’t want to be around people arguing, then she shouldn’t have joined the cast. This is not the kind of show that works if everyone is in perfect harmony all the time. Nevertheless, Siggy does have some (super slight) criticism for her girl Jacqueline after the finale episode.
As per usual, Siggy’s Bravo blog entry had a lot about her trying to mend everyone, feeling in the middle, and growing as a person, which is great and all, but once again, I have to emphasize that it’s not why people watch this show. Or at the very least, no one wants to watch her do that on this show especially since she has no other story line – AT ALL. She literally contributes no compelling story line of her own.
Siggy revisited the traumatic Vermont trip and talked about how Jacqueline is “hurting” and all this nonsense that makes no sense to me. Nevertheless, the captain of #TeamJacqueline actually had some criticism for her girl. Siggy wrote, “It all happened so fast. I know that Jacqueline was still so hurt from the Vermont trip and she wanted to talk to the girls one on one so that both Teresa and Melissa couldn’t gang up on her, but Jacqueline’s delivery was wrong.”
Well, no kidding. She kicked Melissa out of the room before she fully stepped in it and ordered Teresa around about where to sit. Siggy organized a GROUP GATHERING not a one-on-one sit-down. Jacqueline hijacked Siggy’s event and was extremely hostile toward Melissa and Teresa before they could get a single word in.
Siggy was either totally clueless or completely genius with her attempt to stir shit up for the sake of the show. Teresa asking her “Is c-nt better?” after Jacqueline ripped off her iconic “Is bitch better?” line from the Country Club debacle in Season 2 was one of the best moments of the season (which isn’t saying too much), but my point is that it gave us the explosive finale that we were hoping for. No one wanted to watch these ladies having a Siggy-lead lunch. No one. Nevertheless, the whole scene was a bad look for Jacqueline no matter how good the episode was.
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Siggy also remarked, “She was giving orders and neither Teresa nor Melissa was having it and it didn’t end well.”
Well, yes. Teresa and Melissa had further justification for completely disregarding Jacqueline and Jacqueline looked like a fool and a half when she went off on them both. Clearly this was not the most well laid plan.
Siggy explained why she and Dolores Catania decided to run after Jacqueline when she evacuated the restaurant: “When Jacqueline left, Dolores and I chased after her because we wanted to tell her that her delivery was off in hopes that she would come back inside and we could start all over again.” Couldn’t they have just called her? That was just way dramatic. No one wanted Jacqueline to come back that badly, especially Melissa and Teresa. That whole scene was a little much, but I loved Dolores taking her shoes off before she ran. That woman adds no plot to the show either, but at least she has given us some gems of comic relief this season.
Siggy wrote, “I may be a relationship expert, but I am not a magician. I can’t pull a rabbit out of a hat, and I can’t make people behave in ways I wish they would. They have to want it in order for it to work!”
EXACTLY. They “have to want it,” which no one does. No one asked for Siggy’s intervention. No one expressed a desire to renew old friendships. Melissa and Teresa were perfectly fine staying away from Jacqueline which is probably the best thing for all three of them, so I just don’t see why Siggy got so involved without ever being summoned. If she can’t deal with people screaming at each other, then Real Housewives of New Jersey is not the show for her.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JACQUELINE’S BEHAVIOR AT SIGGY’S LUNCHEON? DID IT MAKE SENSE FOR HER TO WANT A PRIVATE CONVERSATION AT A GROUP EVENT? DID SHE HANDLE IT WELL?
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