New Jersey Housewife Teresa Giudice, of table tipping/bankruptcy fame, has a few things to say about the nature of reality TV. They are supposed to be C-R-A-Z-Y.

“As Housewives, our job is to be outrageous, controversial and entertaining,” she says on her blog at People.com. “As the old Hollywood saying goes, we are not paid to think. We literally are not supposed to think, we’re supposed to speak. In real life, with your friends and neighbors, you edit yourself. You might think, “Ho bag!” in your head, but in the Real Housewives World, on camera, you are expected to say it out loud. That’s the whole point of the show.”

Getting paid not to think seems like a job a lot of people would like. But, does that mean that the show is fake? No, but it is a heightened version of life in which there is no reflection on the consequences of one’s own actions.

Teresa says there are perks, but also downsides. She wants her fans to know that she loves them, but they need to chill out. ”I just want to remind everyone that Real Housewives is TV, and what you see is meant to entertain you. Please don’t take anything you see on a TV show so seriously that you would let it upset you in real life. There is no reason for anyone to send threatening messages of any kind to any Housewife or fan or non-fan. I know you are all loyal to your favorite Housewives, but remember that when we bitch at each other it’s because of a TV show.”

Could she be referring to Jill Zarin’s claim that she has been receiving hate-mail or has Teresa also experienced this? All the Housewives have things written on their Facebooks, Twitters,  Bravo bio pages, what-have-you and for every person that enjoys loving them, there is someone who loves to hate them.

“I ask my fans to please not threaten or hate on anyone else — even the Housewives I don’t care for or that are mean to me,” she continues. “I have no problem calling those women out myself! And I would probably have the same women over for dinner. But for you to defend me and have someone personally attack you or your children — or your picture on Facebook or your comments on a blog — is uncool. So my fans will take the high road and hopefully other Housewives’ fans will too! We’ll lead by example with our fabulousness!”

Famecrawler gets a ton of comments from people on posts that deal with the Real Housewives. How does Teresa’s statement make you feel. I think hate mail goes too far, but when each of these women decided to put themselves on TV they opened themselves to be judged and discussed by the public.

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