Sounds like Jill Zarin is hankering to get on TV again after not being asked to return for a fifth season to Bravo’s smash ‘The Real Housewives of New York City.’
After four dramatic seasons, Bravo has cleaned house, as Zarin, Alex McCord, and Kelly Bensimon were not asked to return, and a few new women are about to take a stab it at.
The ever so positive Zarin, 48, recently talked to Parade.com about her life post-Real Housewives including how the show was just a platform for her. Let’s see.
Here are some highlights:
Zarin says she has no hard feelings on being let go…
“I believe that what’s meant to be is meant to be, so I sort of let it happen. If they asked me back and that was my path, so be it. And if they said that they wanted to make a change for the cast and that was going to be my final season, I was certainly ok with that. I had a four-year run on a very successful show. And it’s just now starting to air in Europe. I get about 50 emails a day from the UK, Germany, Israel, and Australia — we’re all over the world. The show will continue (good or bad) to live on in reruns on Bravo and any other network.”
The end justifies the means…
“I’m very proud of what I did. It was just a platform for me. I’m grateful to Bravo for opening the door for me in this business that I never though I’d be in — the entertainment business. It won’t be the last time (I hope) that I’ll be on television. I have a couple things that I’m in the middle of that I can’t share yet.
Will her fans see her star on her own show?
“I haven’t really thought about that to be honest with you. I don’t know if that’s the goal I have for my family — to be out there in such a way. It was ok for me and a little bit of my family here and there. That’s what was nice about sharing the show with five or six other women. I don’t know if I want to take on that responsibility at this point in my life.”
On the criticism that reality TV has gone too far…
“I just think that you’re always trying to top yourself. In television, it’s about what you can do to be more dramatic and keep the viewers. I do think it gets to a point where some of the fans say, ‘I’ve had enough.’ I think that’s one of the reasons why they changed the cast on New York. But I certainly hope it continues to be successful.”
Visit Parade.com for the entire interview.
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2011/10/jill-zarin.html