Teresa Giudice, the neanderthalesque cast member of Real Housewives of New Jersey with garish taste and no self control when it comes to shopping is laying the blame for all her financial woes squarely at the feet of Bravo.

Huh?

Apparently, right after declaring bankruptcy, Teresa and her husband Joe dropped over $60 thousand on new furniture for their new home.  The judge overseeing their case felt this was a little excessive, basically saying for people who claim to have no money, they should stick to shopping at Ikea.

Oooooh, BURN.

Lest you think that they spent $60k on furnishing the whole house, think again.  Over $8 000 went to drapes, with another $45 000 dropped on wall hangings, mirrors, tables and chairs.  (All their old crap is up for auction October 3rd to pay their creditors). 

Teresa’s lawyer whined to People that “she needed to re-buy furniture because she didn’t have any furniture in the house.  It’s a big house and she wanted furniture consistent with her style on the show. There is nothing wrong with doing that, except that it doesn’t look good for her to be doing it.”

You think?  With legal advice like that, is it any wonder the Giudice’s are in trouble?  Cripes. 

Meanwhile, some insider (probably Joe) told Popeater ”Everything would be settled by now, but because she is now famous everyone is using the situation to get press for themselves and humiliate her and her family [cough- Danielle Staub-cough]. It’s honestly got to the point where she’s not sure if she wants to come back for another season.  Teresa is sick of everyone knowing all her private financial business.  She didn’t sign up to be on ‘Housewives’ so that everyone could look into her bank account. Millions of couples go through what they are going through, except no one knows about it. It’s just not fair.”

Ah, the seldom used after age 10 but always entertaining “it’s not fair” arguement.  It’s scary to think that people with this attitude have reproduced, no?

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Here we go, yet again.

Radar Online has now released the first of many voicemails that Mad Mel left Gold-Digger.  Well, at least by selling a voicemail where he knew he was being recorded she’s not breaking any laws or court orders this time.

In this sure to be smash from the people who brought you his previous hits, Mad Mel tells Gold-Digger to get it on with her ex, Timothy Dalton, calling her a “Glum C**t” and saying “You can get it on with anybody else and your son can watch it.”

He certainly has a way with words, no?

It’s pretty clear now that whatever their motives where initially, each bit off way more than they could chew by becoming involved with one another.

Cripes.

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TMZ is saying Oksana (Gold-Digger) Grigorieva has voicemails that Mad Mel left her ranting and raving about various things as he is wont to do.  She plans on releasing them (maybe as a boxed set for Christmas?) to the highest bidder.  I sense a bidding war in the works between TMZ and Radar Online.

Speaking of TMZ, Gold-Digger supposedly had her rep go to them on her behalf, telling them that Mel had said he wanted “Jew blood on his hands” in apparent reference to TMZ over-lord Harvey Levine, for breaking the story on Mad Mel’s original anti-semitic rant back in 2006 (the Sugar-Tits debacle).  Gold-Digger claimed Mel told her he was having Levine followed, and planned to have him kidnapped, then left out in the desert beaten, naked, with broken knee-caps.  Gold-Digger says she went to the police, but Levine was never contacted by them and his minions at TMZ investigated, eventually dismissing the story as fiction.

As for the original tapes that started this whole thing, looks like it may have been Gold-Digger’s sister, Natalie, that sold the tapes to Radar Online.  Word is she’s being investigated by authorities as well as Gold-Digger and could be held in contempt of court, as the tapes were ordered sealed by the judge presiding over the custody case back in June.  Apparently, the tapes were shopped around, with most outlets saying no, as the sisters (come on, they’re  both in on it) wanted them to be purchased without anyone hearing any of them first.

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Before you walk away in utter disgust with yet another post about these two, it gets interesting, so bare with me.

Word via the Hollywood Reporter this morning is that the LA sheriff’s department is investigating Oksana for extortion, because according to a source there, it was Mad Mel, not Oksana, that walked away from the $15 million dollar hush money agreement that they had and that’s why she started to tape his rants, which were eventually sold leaked to the media.  DUN!

Apparently, Mad Mel has a text from her that says “You broke your agreement”.  Granted, that could apply to anything, including promising not to lose his temper and yell, but there are allegedly other messages that make it pretty clear there was a shakedown attempt going on.

Oksana’s lawyer also had his knuckles rapped by the judge for failure to disclose to the court about the $15 million dollar settlement that fell apart. Although Oksana’s lawyer tried to explain that her actions (including waiting months to get a restraining order) were caused from bad legal advise, the judge was having none of it and said that he found those explanations both ”disturbing” and “disingenious at best”.  The judge also ordered the tapes sealed, hence Oksana’s prior clam that she doesn’t know who’s leaking them, but thinks “it’s terrible”. 

Bitch, please.

Neither Mad Mel or Gold-Digger’s spokesminions are talking about this latest wrinkle in the ongoing drama.  Stay tuned….

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Whew, that was close!  The world can start spinning again.

Word is the cast of Jersey Shore (minus the boring one who bailed) have all signed new contracts with MTV, giving each of them a 200% salary increase to $30k per episode for seasons three and four.  Guess MTV is dropping the pretense of the second season being split into two parts for the contract ploy that it was.

Apparently, The Situation was the first to resign, followed by DJ Pauly D. Realizing which way the wind was blowing, Snooki, J-Woww (of the New Jersey Wowws) and the rest jumped on the bandwagon.

The second season begins on July 29th.  GTL (gym, tan, laundry), Baby.

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How damning must the dirt Oksana Grigorieva have on Mel be that she was willing to turn her back on $15 million to hand over the tapes (yes, those tapes) and keep her mouth shut?

Cripes.

Apparently, the deal was struck back in May, but Oksana felt she was being coerced into signing so she walked away from the table.  (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, blackmail is totally legit as long as you have your lawyers do the talking for you)  Team Mel says this proves that she was after money all along and was willing to do anything to get it.  Team Oksana says it proves that she wasn’t interested in the cash since she turned down a huge offer.

My guess is Gold-digger probably wanted more, or realized she could sell each tape for a hefty sum and have payback on Mad Mel.  Pity they couldn’t make it work, they sort of deserve each other.

Update -  Radar has just released tape # 6 of Mad Mel’s greatest hits and it’s a doozy.  Whether she played Mel and baited him or not, I’ll give Oksana this, I think she’s right on the money when she says “Everybody’s pussy footing around you because they’re all scared sh*tless of you.”

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More drama behind the scenes of MTV‘s Jersey Shore.  

Word is (via TMZ) that most of the cast is refusing to show up for filming the “second” part of the second season, while  Radar Online is saying that the network has given them until today to show up for work “or else”.

It’s sort of convoluted, but from the sounds of things, MTV is trying to pull a bit of fast one, referring to the next phase of production as the second half of the second season or 2B (even though it’s also been identified as “cycle three”) so they don’t have to re-enter contract negotiations with the cast.  2A is the part that was filmed down in Miami during the spring.

MTV is taking a divide and conquer approach, offering Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino a bonus of $60 000 to $1800 000, depending how ratings go for both parts of the second season, plus a huge salary increase of up to $45 thousand per episode for season three (or four, depending on how you look at it).

Confusing, isn’t it?  No wonder Angelia (the boring one that split a couple of episodes into the first season) left again.

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It seems like it, doesn’t it?   I’m really starting to get sick of these two morons.  Anyhoodle, moving on…

After several more tapes over the past couple of days of Mel going off like a longshoreman with Tourette’s Syndrome and a respiratory problem have been leaked, Radar is now giving us a break from the audio version of the lunacy and posted a picture that was supposedly taken after Mel punched Oksana in the face (twice), breaking her teeth while she was holding their kid.

Mel is an absolute asshole to be sure, but it seems more and more likely that not everything is exactly as it appears. 

There’s a lack of a split or swollen lip (collagen injections notwithstanding) for someone who just had their teeth knocked out/chipped in that photo.  The story was that one of her teeth had been knocked out, but the photo looks like the before pic of someone getting veneers, speaking of which, Oksana’s dentist claimed she wouldn’t look at the camera when the photo was taken, but she’s clearly looking at it in the photo Radar released.   Perplexing!

Also?  An audio forensics expert was on Good Morning America the other day and said those tapes were certainly doctored.  Yes, Mel said the words, absolutely.  However,  Oksana was a recording artist back in Mother Russia.  Stands to reason she’d know a couple of sound editors.  Hmmmmm.

Meanwhile, the judge handling Oksana and Mel’s custudy case refused to take away his visitation rights (even though he’s being investigated for domestic violence).  Mel’s ex-wife Robyn went on the record supporting Mel saying he was never violent to her or their kids in almost 30 years of marriage.

Apparently, Mel’s legal team will be meeting with LA County Sheriff’s Department, pushing for an investigation into Oksana, who they say was trying to extort money from Mel with these tapes and photo(s).

The big question though, is why hasn’t Gloria Allred become invloved yet?

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Do not mess with Uncle Jesse (John Stamos).

The actor (Full House, ER, Glee) was embroiled in an extortion case by two scam artists who claimed to have pictures of him in a compromising situation with one of them late last year.

The pair wanted almost $1 million dollars in exchange for “proof” that  the actor was with then 17 year old Alison Cross, who claimed that Stamos picked her up in a Orlando area bar in 2004 and tried to have sexy times with her before doing coke off of a strippers ass (he was married at the time).  Never mind the fact that the legal drinking age is 21 in Florida and most establishments are very strict about showing ID. 

After four days of testimony Cross and her partner in crime, Scott Sippola, were found guilty and could spend the next several years behind bars.  None of those pictures they claimed to posses ever surfaced. 

John Stamos released a (really long-winded) statement about the case, saying, “I would like to thank the court, the FBI and the US Attorney’s office for their swift and efficient dealings in connection with this case.  I am shocked and perplexed how individuals could fabricate so many false stories in an effort to defend a crime. I agreed to be a witness for a federal criminal prosecution and endured countless false accusations about my behavior and appropriateness.  The allegations made regarding an inappropriate relationship are completely untrue. These slanderous allegations to smear my reputation were part of their defense to redirect attention away from the federal crime of extortion. There was no hot tub, no drugs, no nudity and nothing sexual in nature involved in my friendship with this woman. They lied about everything from a pregnancy to compromising photos. I’m grateful these two criminals have been found guilty and I plan to go home to be with my family and friends and prepare to get back to work.”

I think the Cross and Sippola should be forced to watch every single Olsen Twins movie ever made during their incarceration.  Cruel and unusual punishment yes, but well deserved.

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This just continues to get worse and worse (yet more fascinatingly entertaining at the same time).  

Mad Mel Gibson fresh from having more tapes released of him yelling and screaming at his gold-digging baby mama Oskana Gregorieva, (and using various racial slurs) was dumped over the weekend by his agency, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.

Depending on who you believe, Mad Mel always planned on leaving the agency after his agent shrugged off this mortal coil (he died July 3rd) or agency partner Ari Emanuel, who’s hated Gibson ever since his anti-semetic tirade in 2006, was behind the split, but had to put up with Gidson’s presence for Mel’s agent sake.

Also?  The police have opened an investigation over the possibility of domestic violence in the Gibson-Gregorieva relationship, apparently expressing concern that she didn’t come forward when the alleged assault took place.

As for Gold-digger, she’s said to have “no idea” who leaked the tapes (sure she doesn’t) but thinks “it’s terrible”.  Well, of course it is!  It’s harder to extort money from someone when what you had on them has been let out of the bag, so to speak. 

Radar  says the reason for all this drama in the first place is that Mad Mel had Gold-digger sign a cohabitation agreement, preventing her from claiming any of his fortune if they went their separate ways. 

Will Mad Mel be able to climb back into Hollywood’s good graces or is he completely done, like a drunken prom queen behind the bleachers?  Will Gold-digger manage to get some of Mel’s money or except for Child Support (which trumps everything) is she SOL?

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