Would you marry this woman? Millionaire or otherwise? Fotz.
Who besides me thinks Patti Stanger is an overblown yenteh who has no business advising people on matters of the heart since she herself has failed miserably? The real question is, can you find solace from people who are guilty of, “Do as I say, not as I do”? Once again The New York Times Style Section has a lead story that has nothing to do with style. On the contrary, Patti Stanger, The Millionaire Matchmaker is anything but stylish…rather…she borderlines on tacky. In fact, Ms. Stanger is a recent nominee for I MEAN…WHAT?!? Gross Baboon of the Year. I have watched The Millionaire Matchmaker once. Hey, I love a good guilty pleasure and give most reality shows a shot. But her voice and demeanor are so offensive, I would sooner listen to nails scraping along a chalk board. It is shocking to think that these idiots (millionaires) actually pay heed and cash for her Cracker Jack box advice. The new ad campaign announcing that Fatti Stanger is coming to the Big Apple has her yelling, “Yo, Yo, Yo” into the camera like that is supposed to be cute? She is an over-sized J.A.P., spewing one liners that make me cringe, such as “Don’t judge it till you kiss it.” Somebody help me here. Kiss first, judge second? Really, shouldn’t that be the other way around? Look at what good that philosophy did for Bristol Palin.
The little background we know about Ms. Stanger is that she is from New Jersey, started out in the schmatta business…no kidding…and comes from three generations of matchmaking women. In other words Patti comes from a long line of yenteh busybodies. Frishe lineage. If you want to be a modern day Dolly Levy, the first thing you must do is get the Horace Vandergelder (millionaire) like Dolly did, then you can spew all the sage love advice you want. And not a moment before. Her dictum on which Ms. Stanger refuses to budge is: No sex without an “exclusive, committed, monogamous relationship.” How does one do that in this day and age? Then she wonders why she is still alone at age 49. Her six year engagement was recently called off, which she announced via Twitter. Excuse me…but that is the grossest thing I have ever heard and reason enough not to listen to a word she says, rather nominate her for Gross Baboon of the Year.
She's 49? Really? I had no idea. The show is pretty hard to watch: so many desperate people. I never really believe the guys are as wanting to find love as Patti claims that they are, and for the most part, I think they're just going along with the show. In fact, it's awful seeing all the women lined up, trying to charm. In the end though, maybe it's the ones who don't get chosen who are lucky not to have to go through the gristmill of finding out the guy may be rich, but he is…patent leather.