The City: Whitney Shoulda Stayed in L.A.

December 29, 2008     Posted in Buzz

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By Lauren

Well, it ain’t The Hills, that’s for sure. Tonight was the season premier of The City (plus a second episode, which I almost missed when I had to run and take care of all that Diet Coke I was drinking), and I have to say – I was less than enthused. Maybe I hyped it up too much in my head, or maybe it’s because Bromance shattered my expectations (the “can-fessional”? Amazing.), but I was just not really feeling The City.

First of all, Jay is the East Coast version of Justin Bobby. He’s got the hats, the hair and the douchey lies that his lady just can’t seem to resist. But he’s also got a killer accent and I would probably fall for all that sh*t too. I just feel like his little “story-line” is going to be quite similar to the Audrina/JB saga and I am so over that. That sh*t should have stayed in L.A.

I also wasn’t really feeling Whitney’s friend, Erin. Ok, the girl is totally cute and has a sick apartment, but 1) how does Whit know her, and 2) her acting skills are so bad it’s making it really hard for me to ignore all other signs that this show is a total sham (like Alex showing up at the same bar as Whit and crew – that doesn’t happen in NY) and pretend this is real. Come on, girlfriend. Tone down the fake surprise a bit; you’re killing me.

And then there’s Olivia, the bitchy girl who comes from money. Day one at the office and she pretends not to know who Whitney is, then immediately starts talking about herself and never stops. No one cares about your deb ball, honey. Take your signed Manolos and get the hell out of Bergdorfs. (Oh and PS. I took great joy from the fact Erin showed up to the dinner party and messed up your little place cards.) And why is she so obsessed with Jay?

Predictions: they have or will get it on. Mark my words.

The only remotely exciting thing to happen during these 2 full episodes was the little tiff that went down at Tenjune. Alex wanted to talk to Whitney, Jay got all macho, words (mostly consisting of f**k, s**t, and dude) were exchanged, muscles were flexed, and in the end Alex and his ugly hat went home and Jay stayed with his lady. Too bad he’s a shadeball and something’s about to go down. Always trust the model with the funny hat.

So now we wait and see what happens next in Whitney’s ridiculous life (where she needs to not think about work after .5 days of doing it). I can’t say I’m excited to see what happens next…but I also can’t say that I won’t be watching.

8 Comments on "The City: Whitney Shoulda Stayed in L.A."

  1. Amy says:
    Tue, 30th Dec 200812:01 am 

    Wow, I think those two episodes had more drama than my high school career.

    I wondered the same thing about how Whitney knows that girl. We need an explanation.

    And Olivia is kinda creepy. Planning how Whitney’s life in NYC needs to go.

  2. Stephanie says:
    Tue, 30th Dec 20084:02 am 

    Actually Alex and Jay coming to the same place might happen in NY. Jay and Alex knew each other, so maybe that was a spot they've hit before and liked.

    It's like having three grocery stores in one town, I like one and my friend likes one…haha we could show up at the same one.

  3. Kat says:
    Tue, 30th Dec 20086:22 am 

    I haven't watched these epis yet but apparently page six called Whitney the new Carrie Bradshaw? INTERESTING

  4. Keightee says:
    Tue, 30th Dec 20088:25 am 

    Whitney wishes she was the new Carrie Bradshaw! I watched last night and while it wasn't the most painful hour of television on (that would be Bromance), I don't think that it lived up to all the hype.

    I do think that some of the characters are interesting, so I will probably stick around for a few more episodes at least.

  5. sara says:
    Wed, 31st Dec 20083:36 pm 

    I agree that Olivia planning NYC for Whitney was scary. It reminded me of Mean Girls how Regina felt they needed to grab the new girl and turn her popular.

    Also THANK YOU I am not the only one that noted how tired Whitney was from working only ONE DAY….

  6. Jess T. says:
    Fri, 2nd Jan 20099:30 am 

    I thought Olivia's obsession with Jay was super creepy and made me think she's only hanging with Whitney to try to get to him. Weirdness.

    Also, I got really irritated with how they call Olivia an uptown rich girl (or "social" *rolling eyes*), Whitney said Olivia invited her to an uptown dinner party, but the party was actually in Tribeca…that's at the lowest part of Manhattan! (Further proof that this show is fake, fake, fake)

    Also, I have spent a lot of time on the social scene here in NYC and though I'm not as active in it as I used to be, I follow things pretty closely and I have never heard of Olivia Palmero until I saw her on the show.

    And who is this Erin? Is she from LA too, cuz obviously her parents have money for her to have that fabulous apt in Gramercy. My BF and I are looking at apts in that neighborhood and for something like she has, we're talkin' $4500-5000 a month, min and NY requires your income to be 40 times your rent…does being on "The City" really pay that much?!?

    I'm sure I'll keep watching cuz I like seeing them go to places I'm familiar with, but I'm so sick of these "reality" shows that are totally set up and Whitney's the only girl on The Hills I've held some respect for and fear that'll be gone very quickly.

  7. Reid says:
    Fri, 2nd Jan 20098:37 pm 

    I agree… The City wasn’t that great. I can’t wait for Blonde Charity Mafia (based in DC) to come out though on the CW!

  8. Janice says:
    Fri, 2nd Jan 200910:41 pm 

    I think Olivia is just on the show, for the sake of being on tv and telling everyone she has money and manolos

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