The state’s newest reality wannabe celebs, Jaqueline, the daughter of a business executive from Mahwah with three walk-in closets, and Jessica, a loud, Italian princess from the Jersey Shore, not only reinforce current unsavory Garden State stereotypes, but add a few.
These two Jersey women are participants in VH1’s reality show “You’re Cut Off!,” which documents the lives of nine spoiled young ladies as they undergo an eight-week program to make over their entitled personalities. The process is the brainchild of Laura Baron, a so-called professional lifestyle and relationship strategist.
But the catch is the pampered princesses think they were cast for a show titled “The Good Life,” featuring individuals with extravagant lifestyles. After all their credit cards are declined in a Los Angeles shopping center, the women are directed to Guest Services where they are ushered behind a door and told by Baron that their fed-up families are cutting them off, and have enrolled them in her program.
Some cry, some pout and others verbally berate Baron as she forces them to consolidate their belongings into one hot-pink duffel bag and move into a quaint ranch with stainless steel appliances, which one woman calls “ghetto.”
The first episode shows the shell-shocked divas cooking their first dinner, selecting beds with mismatched comforters and linens, and drinking boxed wine. To add insult to injury, Jersey girl Jaqueline talks trash about California mom Gia, who smacks her down twice with a pillow. We imagine it’s not the last time feathers will fly on this unfortunate addition to the reality show lineup.