OK. These have to be some of the most self-absorbed people I've ever seen. Yes, it is reality TV. Yes, it is scripted.But now they've brought a baby into the mix. They have gone through seven nannies? They have a maid. This is all fabricated, and ludicrous.I have been approached to work realty TV production several times. The whole thing is a scam. I have always turned it down. Reality TV offers @#$* money, and treats everybody like @#$*.This show was somewhat tolerable, until they brought in a baby. Just horrible.And the whole 2017 "Versailles" fiasco? Ridiculous. Who believes this stuff? I've watched out of horrible fascination. I suppose that makes me complicit to garbage TV.Again, reality TV is total fabrication. I hope that people really understand this fact.
... View MoreFirst of all, Jeff Lewis has to be the boss that you would love to hate and that he shows a self-congratulatory attitude and arrogance towards those that are under him. With the exception of Zoila the maid, in which she doesn't fear him. He really treats his staff and just isn't understandable of others. Ryan Brown, his ex-lover and still good friend and partner, is the complete opposite of him. Really likable and treats his staff right. Maybe he grew up with great parents while having unlovable parents for Jeff, turned him out to be the way that he is. He is OCD true. But still, you should treat others the way that you would love to be treated. No more nor no less. As Jenni stays by his side. And seems loyal to him despite him being a jerk. But I guess that is what Bravo people wants are jerks.
... View MoreThis is my, and many of my friends favorite show. Jeff is compulsive but that's what makes the show unique. He is generous, to a fault, and he expects loyalty in return. What people forget is that this is a TV show, it's not 100% real life, they are all actors in one way or another.As for his homes, I would LOVE to own one. They are unique and chock filled with quality, they truly fit the Los Angeles area to a T. People in other states may not like the atmospheres he creates, but many of us in Southern California thrive on it and strive to attain it.My questions are, when will the seasons be out on DVD and why is the season so short? It feels like the season just started and it's already over. Bravo has entered an era where many people would rather watch shows like Flipping Out, Project Runway and Top Chef than watching police investigating brutal murders. Bravo has made great strides, keep it up!!!!
... View MoreThis show is another show in the long line from 'Bravo Reality' of folks who's jobs in real life really aren't that interesting - but because of some quirk makes entertaining television.What makes Jeff, this real estate investor's life, interesting to Bravo is that he buys overpriced Southern California property and 'flips' it into more exceedingly over priced property. And as PT Banrum would paraphrase: "there's a sucker born every minute" and there will always be someone who buys Jeff's crown jewels, in which case allows Jeff to be more obnoxious and condescending as ever. This is what Bravo wants its audience to think 'success' is about.Thing is - there's nothing wrong with any of that. It's the American way. Jeff found a niche and went with it, and for those that buy it - all the better for him, his partner and the other "hanger-ons". But what is the worst part of this show is Jeff's alleged obsessive compulsiveness that allows him to talk/treat folks like dogs and think he's 'king of the financial world.' This show can easily be retitled, "My Sweet 16 at 30/40 something and now I sell Real Estate!". Make no mistake, this is Jeff's coming-out party house after house. And Jeff is 'compulsive' about how he can 'flip' a property, sell it for twice - sometimes three times - it's worth, stock it with furniture you would get for 1/16th of the price at "Living Spaces" (A Southern California low priced furniture store) and make himself (And those investors that can take his flipping out)a lot of dough.But does this make for entertaining TV? Do you care about the life of THIS picky, compulsive real estate investor? Do you care about the steps HE takes to refurbish homes? Do you care that he surrounds himself with walking stereotypes to make himself look competent? Not really. Not unless you find something entertaining in watching rich folks get their comeuppance when the escrow closes on Jeff's flippin' homes.I can't believe this show for I think most of the home buying public normally wants to buy a home and put in their touches on it - not have Jeff's nervous compulsive vision forced down your throat...real estate investor/house flipper or not. But maybe an idea is to show that rich people can be stupid about investing their money too.He "flips out" more than his creations. Maybe that's what Bravo found entertaining. I don't. Many times he made me wonder what IF 'Norman Bates' got out of prison. Jeff answers that question for me: He'd be a real estate investor in Southern California.
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