Here’s my thought: (Qualifier: I have spent a fair amount of time living around the world and lots of time in New York. I know fairly well many Public Relations executives for companies. I listen to my PR friends talk about how they get the products they rep into magazines and onto shows.)

So much of what reality shows do is fake or comped, compliments of the Bravo, but more likely by the company getting free press, or given just given to the “stars” to be seen on TV. Its all press and free advertising. Many of these gigs are negotiated by the companies needing press, some just go direct to the stars or their agents.

An episode or two back I noticed one of the Manzos wearing a brand new “W” hotel logo hat. I thought, “wow, W wants to promote on Realhousewives?? huh.” For honeymoon night, J&T stayed at a cheap W hotel in Hoboken, NJ (No one stays at a Hoboken W when they could have stayed in a nice elegant hotel in New York City. ) W logos were everywhere. The whole episode was cheesy. I think Joe or Bravo or Theresa said: “Hey W we’ll look like wheeler-dealers and have a romantic weekend at your hotel with a big diamond and all and maybe people will think the W in Hoboken is where it’s at.” It’s that simple.

I dont know why Joe and Theresa keep up the charade. My sense is Theresa gets her agent to put together these deals to look “classy” and Sweet ol’ Joe goes along, (bless him). Like the whole InTouch profile: nuts Or maybe ol Joe had to do a make good on a bill owed and said he pull out a “diamond” at W and get some free press.

The diamond is fake, the hotel is comped, the parties are comped. This does not mean that Theresa is not real, oh she is, and she is a serial wackadoodle, and probably horribly misled about her importance, but the splash with J&T is someone’s business deal and poor W hotels probably figured it out after J&T filed BK and made fools of themselves. Hell, the Salahis fooled the White House.

I LOVE the show and the glam and watching some of the nutjobs on it, its great, ANd MORE SO, I love this RT site for the community and fun and laughs (but the product positioning is something to be aware of. )

When Yellow Diamonds get the radiation treatment, that’s what they tend to look like. Sometimes they’ll even look like a low grade Peridot!! YIKES!! LOL Nothing against Peridot. It’s a beautiful gemstone as long as it’s of good quality.

That ring had to have had an outrageous price tag on it!! A few yrs ago, hubby and I were in Vegas at a gemstone fair and I was very close to buying a ring with a Natural Yellow Diamond. It’s total weight? .85 points. The Yellow Diamond was a .55 point Marquise Cut with .30 points of top quality white diamonds set in 18kt white gold. Asking price???? $3,950.00 w/out tax !!! Even though the one I was looking to buy was of Natural color, those that are treated through radiation, etc., they’re just as expensive!! :/

I was shocked when I saw that ring!!! With everything going on with the BK and auction, I just couldn’t believe he would buy something like that!! They’re truly DISGUSTING!!!!!!

Just my 2 cents with a lil bit of gemstone knowledge….