Aviva Drescher is a new face this season on The Real Housewives of New York, where she's tasked with dealing with strong personalities from those around her.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Drescher to get the dirt on tonight's episode when she, Ramona and Mario Singer we well as Sonja hit the road to Bal Harbour, Fla.
The Hollywood Reporter: How familiar were you with the show when you signed on?
Aviva: I was familiar but not a diehard fan. I watched intermittently and knew what was going on. I knew I’d get scrutiny but I was not prepared for how much scrutiny. Now I wish I’d watched every episode & read every blog.
You seem very genuine and unaffected.
I don’t have anything fake, except for my leg. (Laughs.)
What’s been the trickiest thing or person to navigate?
I would say it’s the scrutiny. I am even at times horrified by something I might see on the web. I never thought in a million years I’d bat an eyelash at that. One site called my hands “alien hands.”
The other person difficult to navigate is Ramona -- I know not to trust her. I myself wonder if Ramona is really like that or putting it on for the cameras.
Why did you want to fix Sonja up with your dad, a sex addict?
My dad is very handsome, he's pretty successful and he’s also totally with-it and brilliant and funny and he’s unfiltered. He’s also really really sexual for his age, which is bordering 80. Sonja was married to someone 30 years her senior before so I thought, "Why not?"
Carole tweeted that the end of tonight’s show is crazy and a preview for the rest of the season. Care to comment?
I don’t think you’ll see a crazier show than the next eight episodes. I can’t believe it and I lived it.
Jill Accuses Sonja of Acting Out for Camera Time!
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We love Alex and Jill blowing the lid off of all of the behind the scenes secrets of their former show.
Alex gives us weekly insight into each episode on RumorFix and now Jill is giving us dish every Wednesday on Good Afternoon America. This week, Jill revealed that the women will “sometimes” engage in ridiculous behavior to appease the producers and get airtime.
GAA host Lara Spencer mentioned the now-infamous scene where Sonja uses a bidet, filled to the brim with ice, to ice down her wrinkles.
“Leave it to Sonja to come up with something creative for editors,” Jill said about the scene. “They love this stuff. I just hope that they cleaned [the bidet].”
When Laura pressed if people will do stunts because they “know it will get them airtime,” Jill responded that they “sometimes” do.
“[Sonja] might have thought it would have been funny for the show. Not in a bad way, I think she might have done it before,” Jill added.
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The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Drescher to get the dirt on tonight's episode when she, Ramona and Mario Singer we well as Sonja hit the road to Bal Harbour, Fla.
The Hollywood Reporter: How familiar were you with the show when you signed on?
Aviva: I was familiar but not a diehard fan. I watched intermittently and knew what was going on. I knew I’d get scrutiny but I was not prepared for how much scrutiny. Now I wish I’d watched every episode & read every blog.
You seem very genuine and unaffected.
I don’t have anything fake, except for my leg. (Laughs.)
What’s been the trickiest thing or person to navigate?
I would say it’s the scrutiny. I am even at times horrified by something I might see on the web. I never thought in a million years I’d bat an eyelash at that. One site called my hands “alien hands.”
The other person difficult to navigate is Ramona -- I know not to trust her. I myself wonder if Ramona is really like that or putting it on for the cameras.
Why did you want to fix Sonja up with your dad, a sex addict?
My dad is very handsome, he's pretty successful and he’s also totally with-it and brilliant and funny and he’s unfiltered. He’s also really really sexual for his age, which is bordering 80. Sonja was married to someone 30 years her senior before so I thought, "Why not?"
Carole tweeted that the end of tonight’s show is crazy and a preview for the rest of the season. Care to comment?
I don’t think you’ll see a crazier show than the next eight episodes. I can’t believe it and I lived it.
We love Alex and Jill blowing the lid off of all of the behind the scenes secrets of their former show.
Alex gives us weekly insight into each episode on RumorFix and now Jill is giving us dish every Wednesday on Good Afternoon America. This week, Jill revealed that the women will “sometimes” engage in ridiculous behavior to appease the producers and get airtime.
GAA host Lara Spencer mentioned the now-infamous scene where Sonja uses a bidet, filled to the brim with ice, to ice down her wrinkles.
“Leave it to Sonja to come up with something creative for editors,” Jill said about the scene. “They love this stuff. I just hope that they cleaned [the bidet].”
When Laura pressed if people will do stunts because they “know it will get them airtime,” Jill responded that they “sometimes” do.
“[Sonja] might have thought it would have been funny for the show. Not in a bad way, I think she might have done it before,” Jill added.
HollywoodReporter, WetPaint
