Parade: Jill Zarin: Real Housewives ‘Was Just a Platform for Me’
Posted: October 20th, 2011 admin55 Comments »
Here is a great interview with Jill Zarin from Parade. Jill talks about leaving the Real Housewives and her new shapewear line Skweez Couture By Jill Zarin.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
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October 20th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Jill and Kelly were the reason that I watched the show. They seemed to be the only sane women on the show. I guess that’s the reason that they’ve been removed. People would rather watch a train wreck. Good Luck to you Jill. You’re a great roll model for someone like my daughter who is majoring in fashion at Indiana University.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
God bless you Jill. Good luck in all your ventures. I for one am going to miss you. Hope to see you on some sort national TV forum.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
i will not be watching the show anymore with you gone you were the most classy lady there i sure will miss you fondly
October 20th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
I cant believe you might not be returning to the real housewives, I am so dissapointed. I dont think the show would be the same if you werent in it. Hope you return to the fifth series. xxxxxxxxxx
October 22nd, 2011 at 2:08 am
Hi Jill
I am so disappointed that you will not be returning for a fifth series, I loved watching you. Your style is very much like mine except mine is a lot lower budget and we havthe same hair! Having just watched the episode where Alex Mccord said she was happy at what she saw in the mirror is she mentally disturbed! What an ugly woman inside and out. Keep well and keep collecting chopard, I’ve only got 2 pieces but love them. Why don’t you do a jewellery line of your taste I’m sure it would be a success [better than Ramonas'!] xxxxooooxxxx
October 22nd, 2011 at 3:08 am
I live in Glasgow U.K and we are on the 3rd season now, I cant believe that you are not going to be in it anymore, you are by far my fav H.W, I love Bobby and they way yous love each other is so sweet. Best of luck with everything you do in the future, it’s been great getting to know you, in weird sort of way.
October 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Hi Jill
You were the best housewife. I am absolutely gutted that you have been axed from the show, along with Kelly. The only rightful one axed is Alex, what an awful person she is, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and she rides on the backs of her celebrity friends to climb the social ladder along with her strange husband. As for the Bethanny saga, you couldn’t have done any more to try and put things right, we all make mistakes; you don’t need friends like her that say spiteful things behind your back. Then there is Ramona, she has no social skills and is the rudest person I have ever seen on TV. What the hell was Bravo thinking of keeping her on, I doubt it will pull the viewers in, I will certainly not be watching now you have gone. I wish you and your family the very best wishers in everything you do. Shame on Bravo, they have made a big mistake. Love Kim UK xx
October 23rd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Hello, Ms. Zarin! I do not Tweet, therefore, I apologize for having to post this here. But, tweeting would not have served me well anyway. I talk too much lol.
I cannot tell you how happy I was to run across this article today:
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/frankel_my_dear_you_lied_HMjNXElbIutuHGZI6ufokJ/1
And, it wasn’t posted by just any blog, it’s from an established, more respectable news outlet.
This article confirmed everything I’d felt all along, feelings that kept me sidelined b/c I ran with the unpopular, I-LOVE-JILL-ZARIN crowd. The rift between you & Bethenny, whether staged for ratings or having some basis in fact, skewed things unjustly on your behalf. It brought out a lot of mean-spirited people in the blogosphere, which included those both hosting and commenting. Much of what was being touted about you was just plain undignified and short-sighted. Having an ability to see past the surface just didn’t seem to exist, and I, for one, was dumbfounded. I can only imagine how you must have been feeling. Nonetheless, you have never exhibited one ounce of wilting, and I was always proud of you for that!
Well, Ms. Zarin, I could go on & on, but I will wrap this up by stating simply this: thank goodness there are still some smart people out here in the world who are capable of seeing past the obvious & weighing both sides of an issue. Sticking to a myopic point of view, whether popular or not, doesn’t mean it’s the right conclusion.
In closing, I’d like to say that I am sorry that you will no longer be participating in RHONY (I won’t be watching anymore), but I have a feeling there are better things are in store for you.
Good Luck in everything that you do. I think you’re a doll – a SMART, good-hearted doll!!
Derrick M.
October 24th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Hi Jill I just heard u was leaving housewives I’m gutted I love you
your si funny and I wish u all the best are u friends with bethanny? Or Alex I don’t like her shes horrible xxx
October 26th, 2011 at 8:10 am
hello mrs zarin, i live in the uk and have for the past 4 mnths been watchin hwnyc and im half way through season 4,, i am gutted to have read today that your not in the 5th season, i regard you as the best woman n that show, more grounded than the others and a good mum and wife, i wish you every success in the world,, must be very hard living the life you do and being watched for every little mistake you make, i live a basic life with no privelages and i have 1 daughter but im very happy the way things are.i hope you bring out your own tv programe someday, and as for alex what a horrible woman she is xxxx
October 27th, 2011 at 10:36 am
From Lancashire in UK. Your the best Jill and I will not be watching the new series without you. You were the only one with ‘star’ quality and I guess the producers must realise sooner or later just what a mistake they have made. Maybe you were too REAL for them and wanted car crash tv?
Stay cool and good health, luck and happiness to you and Bobby and your beautiful daughter.
xx
October 27th, 2011 at 11:08 am
Well Hello jill zarin,
I am so sad ur leaving, I don’t know why but I felt most like u out of all the housewives, as for ramona singer she will gets whats coming to her u just wait and see u will have the last laugh there I rekon, she tries to come across as really sweet, she’s the only person i know who cried in every episode but never shed a single tear..lol…she is a fool if she thinks ppl can not see past her… I really do hope u go onto bigger and better things, ur life will become more normal again now and u need to take time to relax and enjoy yourself and ur family, ur surrounded by love, u cannot buy that…..Goodluck from the UK Jill I will miss u hunnie…..xxx
October 27th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
we will miss u on housewives,you and bethany were the best hope you 2 are friends,you was good together.i wont be watching the show now.
October 28th, 2011 at 2:00 am
Good,bad & everything in between YOU were the reason I watched the NY group…Thanks for the entertainment & I wish u and yours all the best!
October 29th, 2011 at 4:56 am
Big fan of you JILL <3 & you even replied to my email – Big Shout out from Northern Ireland xx
October 30th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
hya,, im so upset that ur leaving the show,,, i live in england and i have all my friends watching , and we allll luv u ,,,, i cant believe that cow alex,,, she is so vile,,,, please please keep us all here in england up dated with how ur family and u are doing,,,i loved kelly,,, say hi to her from all us here in england,,, thank u, xxxx
November 1st, 2011 at 9:39 am
Hi from London, really sorry you are not doing another series. Its not going to be the same without you, I cant stand Sonja or Kelly but you are the best. Lots of best wishes for health and success to you and your lovely family x
November 1st, 2011 at 9:42 am
Hi from London, so sorry you are not doing another series, its not going to be the same without you. We could do with losing that dreadful Sonja and Kelly will not be missed, she needs serious therapy. You brought a breath of fresh air to the show,good luck and good health to you and your lovely family x
November 1st, 2011 at 10:46 am
PLEASE SAY IT ISNT SO… YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THE SHOW…. IT WONT BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. I DONT THINK I CAN WATCH IT ANYMORE..
November 1st, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Hi Jill
I was just looking on more information on the series and cant belive that Bravo have axed you from the show. You are the best housewife so down to earth and tell it how is really is. I hope you get talking to bethany again. I was watching on line Bethanny getting married and the whole saga about her wanting to get married in the four seasons, I was shouting at the TV, see if you were talking to Gill she would have pulled out all the stops to make that happen. OK it did happen but you would have sorted it all. I hope you will be happy with whatever you do, you have a beautiful daugther and a wonderful husband, I hope bobby is in good health.
November 1st, 2011 at 5:45 pm
You not being in RHONY will effect the ratings, they will continue to fall and drop, then there wont be a 7th season.
This is a drastic error on their part, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan have continued to pull the show down in its class (just cause they live in NY and have some money, doesnt give them class…crass yes, class no)
Drinking, bitching and looking down the nose at people is not why people watched!
I watched the show – to see Jill and her family, I was interested in Jills life.
Would love you to consider a show of your own, maybe decor, fashion, charity etc .. somewhere you can continue to educate us with your beautiful life
November 1st, 2011 at 7:15 pm
OMG Jill cant understand why bully ramona has managed to get you and others of the show. Who does she think she is??????? I love RHONY buy without you it will be pants. The Countess should have gone she is not a Royal but thinks a title makes you better, well im British and we have Royals and she would never pass as one of ours. Oh she got it through marrage so she is no better then anyone else. I wish you health and happyness in what ever you do. Also your Bobby is a gem I have been married 33 years and your Bobby reminds me of my hubby kind and generous to a falt. xx
November 1st, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Jill, why oh why have you left ? That crazy group of women need someone who is normal ! You aremy favourite housewife and sorry to hear you’re leaving – Good luck in whatever you do in the future.
November 2nd, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Hi Jill, I am a devoted viewer in the U.K. and I really respect and admire you. I’m sure this is not the first time that you’ve heard this, but you were one of the most grounded and approachable houswives. I hated to see it when some of your castmates ganged up on you, I was sending you big hugs through the tv. We all make mistakes and where mercy is shown, mercy is given. I was gutted to learn you won’t be returning for another season. Best of luck with you and your family you fabulous New yorker!!
November 3rd, 2011 at 12:49 am
Can’t believe that you’ve been axed – the only one with any sense of reality! Why on earth has that strange woman Ramona been kept on – she’s just a drunken psycho. Bravo would have been better getting her some serious treatment before letting her out in public again. Bless you Jill – you are too good for them anyway! Enjoy your life with Bobby, Ally and the rest of your lovely family.
November 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 am
So disappointed that you won’t be in Housewives any more as you were the most level out of all the ladies and the one I could relate to as you speak your mind without being mean. Good luck to you and your family in the future.
November 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 am
So sorry to learn you have left the Real Housewives – all I can think is that you were too real for the producers and didn’t play up to the cameras!!! Good luck to you and your family. x
November 4th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
loved you on real house wives your the reason i watch. love to see what types of clothes you were . I work full time so i tape the programme while i am at work, watch it when i get home every day.
love the new deco in your apartment ginger is great
Hows your husband and daughter hope Bobby is well theses days
have a great day at Alanta
your fan from england
November 4th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
I have been watching the show in the UK and really glad that you won’t have to be around Ramona and Alex anymore, they are pure poison! From over here in the UK it looks like Alex and her badly behaved children and weird husband should go immediately! Ramona needs to stop drinking and see that of course her husband is playing around, if only she was sober enough to see it. I do like Kelly but she’s not used to some of weirder nastier woman and doesn’t want get down to their level! Good on her! Sonja has no class and is mutton dressed as lamb, not a good look! Quite like Lu-Ann, will make a good friend! Wish you all the luck and perhaps it’s a good thing for you to be away from some of these truly horrible bitchy people!
November 7th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Hello Jill I live in the south of England by the sea I have watch HW since it began we dont miss a episode in fact when its over we both say “NO it cant be” Like many have said here and its true yourself and Kelly are what makes us keep watching when we watched how Alex and Simon tried to climb the social ladder at your expence we where disgusted, the thing is it was way to obviouse what they both where trying to do. I really felt for you and what happened with bethany was sick becuase Alex used her vulnarabilty to her own advantage you should remember that Betheny is most likely still your freind she just needs to relise it and see what alex was doing. You may be planets away from my world but you are human and we do know your a inspiration to so many keep that heart open Jill one day it will fill with more rewards than you can imagine xxxxxxxxx
November 8th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Sorry to hear ur leaving jill won’t be nearly as interesting without you. Can’t say I wud miss Kelly tho definately some serious therapy required there. Good luck to you and your family with all future ventures. Take care xx
November 8th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Jill – so sorry you’re leaving. You, Kelly and Cindy are the most sane out of the crowd. Ramona – def has drink problem and can be so rude, sonja throws her toys out of her pram when something doesn’t go her way. LuAnne – mmm can be a bit of a snake in the grass. As for Alex – wow – she runs from one to the other stirring and bitching and just sits back and watches the drama unfold. She really isnt coming across a very nice person. As for Simon – omg he needs to get a life and his own friends. Good luck in whatever you do, you have certainly kept us entertained and I’ve really enjoyed getting to ‘know’ you. You’re a true lady and not afraid to tell it like it is. Say hello to Kelly. Stay friends
November 8th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
From Manchester,UK. Hello first time on your site. I was just going to say that you are one stunning lady,and how your husband is very fortunate. I then read comments of you leaving RHONY. Small potatoes I say. You will have your own show if you want I’m sure, and I believe you will succeed in anything you set your mind to.
Take care.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Hey Jill,
Gutted your leaving, the show won’t be as good without you !
November 11th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Hi Jill i am so sad that you are leaving the show you where the most real person in the show. I hope that we will see you on our screens in the UK soon all my love to you and your familly
love Wayne xxxxxx big cuddle for ginger xxxxx
November 12th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Gill you have fans as far a Spain. ya did flip out a bit last season but you admitted that and changed. You are also my favourite and if I needed a Jewish Mommy it would be you. Can’t see the point in watching now. Ramona will think she is Queen Bee, between her eyes and Sonja’s lips lets hope they never have a baby together. Though Sonja and Mario might !
Keep doing what ya do and we will miss you lots.
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November 12th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Jill,I hope you read this; seeing you on the show has given me a new lease of life,you are so therapeutic for me, I have learnt to be a better person by just following the series, you are the person I look up to and you taught me to be true to myself, to be forgiving, to speak out, most of all to go back to myself and ask myself what is it that I am doing wrong and to work on it, nobody is perfect, but working on your mistakes and rectifying them and working hard to be a better person like you have done it with grace and dignity has given me a new life, and all thanks to you,you are my role model, my life saver, my therapist. Thanks to your parents they did a great job bringing you up! I think you daughter is blessed to have a mother like you,most of all your husband for having a jewel wife like you,I hope and pray that you do not leave the show because you are the fountain that quenches my thirsty soul with reassurance and hope and to never give up on friends and to remain true and loving to all those around me. Please go back for the next series and be the best person that you are, forget Ramona, forget the cold hearted Alex who is a fake from the top of her blonde head to the tip of her toes, and be careful of trying to help the ungrateful Sonja. Do the series for all the souls like me you have brought back to life from the brink of hate.
November 13th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Jill, I think it’s a good time to go. I used to really like you until the Bethanny sitaution, and you asking the other cast members not to film with her. You showed your true colours….manipulative, jealous and just plain old mean. But that back fired and you came out of it badly Since then its been down hill. You have a lovely family, use this time to be grateful for all the good things you have instead of envying the success/popularity of others. You have your own, now move on and leave the spite and illwill behind.
November 15th, 2011 at 10:59 am
Greetings from Australia Jill. We are so sad that you have been removed from the show, you are our favorite. It was great the way you shared your daughter’s arthritis with the world, my 19 y.o. Has suffered since the age of 4, and your beautiful daughter has helped raise awareness. Being Aussies, we are embarrassed about Simon, he is NOT representative of our men. Hope to see you on your own show soon, or back on RHNYC when they realize their error.
Love you Jill!
November 15th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
From Liverpool, UK. Hello Jill, what can I say that all the other fans havent!!You are so what I thought a RHONY was and is!!Good Health and Happiness to you and Bobby.PS,Don’t change to much you’re fab theway you are!!
November 15th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I have never posted a comment on line before but I feel I must put ‘pen to paper’ and say how disappointed I am that you will not be participating in the new series of ‘housewives’. I am amazed that they have not renewed your contract and looking at the other comments, it appears that the British viewers will be leaving in droves as you are obviously their favourite! What on earth were those idiots at Bravo thinking of !
November 15th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
omg jill i wish you all the luck and happiness for the futurexxx my only wish is that you and bethenny make up….you two were the bestxxx
November 16th, 2011 at 4:23 am
So going to miss you..BRAVO has made a huge error in letting you go..NOT looking forward to next season. You are a beautiful sprited person..Keep living your life the way you do.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Shalom, Shalom, Jill from Wimbledon,London!!
I’m just watching a re-run of the last show of season 4 with the knowledge that the UK’s favorite NY HW wont be on the show ! OMG You’ve been brightning up our weeks with your ‘true’ ‘take me as you find me’ self – and you have been a beautiful & female role model – a wonderful and respectful wife a tender mother and so much fun! You and your lovely family have been a real pleasure to watch – Blessings to you & we’ll certainly miss you – Love from London!! Rachel xxx
Ps. Say Hi to your precious sister!
November 16th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Shalom, Shalom, Jill from Wimbledon,London!!
I’m just watching a re-run of the last show of season 4 with the knowledge that the UK’s favorite NY HW wont be on the show ! OMG You’ve been brightning up our weeks with your ‘true’ ‘take me as you find me’ self – and you have been a beautiful female role model – a wonderful and respectful wife, a tender mother and so much fun! You and your lovely family have been a real pleasure to watch – Blessings to you & we’ll certainly miss you – Love from London!! Rachel xxx
Ps. Say Hi to your precious sister!
November 16th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Hello, i live in the UK and love the show but it wont be the same without you. Kelly was sweet as well but Ramona is very strange with those big staring eyes and always seems drunk or on something and just seems a nasty women, i would never want her to be a friend of mine. I hope you come back on the tv soon. x
November 16th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Hi Jill, I am so distraught that you will not be returning to for the 5th season. I have been following you, I feel that you are a great mother, business woman wife, and great friend. I only follow the program to see you in action, I cant believe Ramona, Alex and Sonja. They really do live on a different planet.
Good luck in all you do I am sure you will succeed in whatever you set your mind to .
Take care x
November 17th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
WHAT THE HELL!!!! They keep the hiddeous Ramona (poor Mario) who has the social skills of a Baboon and oust you?? are the powers that be @ Bravo complete loons? You are the BEST thing about the show, so refreshing I loved watching you and your dedication to your daughter and adorable husband is wonderful. I would have thought Bravo would have liked more viewers not less! I’m sure you have bigger and better things in store so good luck to you and your family. I will miss you but not the show as I shall not be watching any more, I would rather extract my own teeth than watch another minute of the psychotic Ramona…
November 17th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
You’re a true inspiration Jill, you’re beautiful, clever, talented and Hilarious, RHONY will not be the same without you! I wish you the best of luck in the future you deserve the best and more. All My Love, Lily 19, Portland Dorset England
xxoo
November 17th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Jill i was a fan of the show but will no longer be watching it since i learned yourself and kelly will not be returning .I was reall sickened to watch alex and simon trying to cause trouble for you but they really showed their true colours in one episode alex talks about you and simon being friends and that she had never liked you yet she went to all your invations and you were the only one who even gave them a chance you were nothing but kind to those two people she used to to futher her friendship with bethany and ramona when she seen a weakness in any of your friendships she was like a viper and anyone who has watched all 4 series will no excactly what alex and simon where up to i think she was let of lightly at the reuion. Jill i wish u and your family all the health happiness and sucess you will be missed and also pass om my best reguards to kelly she also like yourself has a heart of gold and you’s did new york proud from love from belfast northern ireland
November 18th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
OMG Jill, just been reading all these messages and can’t believe that you are leaving housewives
I watch from London, United Kingdom and I think we are behind from you guys in the USA.
Please please don’t leave, I think your great. I cannot stand Alex, hope she sods off, but I wish you all the best in your future ventures xxXxx
November 18th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Hi Jill!
I think Bravo has made a huge mistake taking you and kelly off the NY Housewives show. I was so shocked, you two were my favorites and lot’s of other people are saying the same thing. Bravo wil regret this when the new season comes out and the ratings are so low. i have heard from many others that they are not going to watch this new season and i agree 100%.
November 18th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
HI JILL BRAVO HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE, LETTING YOU AND KELLY GO I LIVE IN NORTH WALES UK LOVED THE SHOW WITH YOU BOTH IN IT I SHALL NOT BE WATCHING THE SHOW ANYMORE ITS LOST ITS CLASS AND HUMOUR (YOU AND KELLY GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH
November 18th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
I am in the uk and have just started watching HW you were by far one of the better ladies on there. It will not be the same without you in it.