Talkin' Trash TV: Camille Grammer leaving Real Housewives?

A lawyer for "America's Most Hated Housewife" and the network reached a settlement that allows Grammer to walk away from the hit show right now, though she probably will not make a formal decision until after the reunion show has aired. Grammer claims her portrayal on the show as a woman viewers can easily hate is not a representation of her true self at all. Not at all.

Oh, when will reality stars learn that if you can be edited into the character of "crazy-eyed bitch," you've had some legitimate, on-camera "crazy-eyed bitch" moments? (I'm looking at you Angelina from Jersey Shore - that "misunderstood" tattoo isn't fooling anyone). Or maybe Bravo's cameras just missed Grammer's campaign for world peace while she was calling the house assistant at her sprawling Hawaiian home to make sure her private hot tub was turned on for her arrival.

The explosive oil and water relationship between Grammer and fellow Housewife Kyle Richards has been the focus of the show so far, leading Grammer to fire Richards' realtor husband and - although she really hates to say it - blame the whole situation on Richards' supposed jealousy. (The irony was not lost on me when you joyously and not so subtly hinted that Mauricio was having an affair, Camille).  

Grammer - whose intro to Housewives states, "It's time for me to come out of my husband's shadow and shine" - now claims it was her soon-to-be ex's idea to star in the show in the first place and that circumstances have changed now that she's a single mother. A single mother with two kids and four nannies, that is. As far as I can see, the only differences in Camille's life is that now she doesn't have to deal with creepy old Kelsey Grammer (already engaged to his future fourth wife) and will be up $50 million in a divorce settlement. What a hard life she leads

"America's Most Hated Housewife" in happier, simpler times

If Camille's saucer eyes and Irritable Bowel Syndrome-inducing remarks are really no more on the show, then might I suggest the only logical replacement for her: scene-stealing "medium" and dinner-party-from-hell super-guest Alison Dubois. After only one dramatic puff of that electronic cigarette, I knew this woman had the potential to really bring the crazy. Dubois can tell you when Kyle Richards will die and what will happen to her children, but cannot see the upcoming complete devastation of Grammer's personal life? I don't think so, Miss Cleo.

For now, junk TV devotees will hold their collective breath as they wait to find out Camille Grammer's Housewives fate. Well, at least I will be, as I countdown to the reunion show later this month. The show will go on without her, but Camille's departure will no doubt leave one large, scatterbrained void in its shallow and superficial heart.