Top 5 Most Irritating Real Housewives

I am an avid fan of the Real Housewives series on Bravo. While I adore the show, there is always, at a minimum, one housewife that can ruin the series and make you want to change the channel or not watch the show because of their antics and shenanigans. For me, below are the top 5 housewives that absolutely make my skin crawl. They are the women I love to hate.

5. Tamra Barney (OrangeCounty)

Tamra joined the Orange County cast in its third season. One of the most irritating aspects of Tamra is how she always has to make it clear she plays second fiddle to her husband, Simon. She is constantly stating her husband is the real worker and bread winner for their family. The other infuriating part of Tamra is how she thinks she is hot stuff. She states over and over that she is the hottest housewife in Orange County...I would beg to differ. On January 26, 2010 at the end of season 5, Tamra's husband filed for divorce claiming infidelity and disloyalty. While this doesn't make her any more likeable, it does make me feel slightly bad for her. Therefore, I dropped her from number 3 on my list to number 5.

4. LuAnn de Lesseps (New York City)

LuAnn was formerly married to Alexandre de Lesseps, a descendant of one of the person who was the architect of the Suez Canal. It seems the only thing LuAnn got out of this marriage was the title "Countess". Since LuAnn is technically a Countess, she seems to think she has more class and manners than everyone else, which is what I dislike the most about her. When the New York City season premiered, I actually liked LuAnn. She wasn't very nice to her housekeeper, and she ignored her children, but for some reason there was something very charming about her. However, when the second season rolled around, LuAnn was on her high horse claiming she had all the class in the world. All of a sudden, I felt betrayed and almost embarrassed that I used to like her. For this, LuAnn lands herself at number 4 on my list.

3. Kim Zolciak (Atlanta)

Kim is a delusional Atlanta housewife that originally started out pursuing a career in country music, she has since switched her music genre to pop. In the first season Kim constantly bragged about her married boyfriend, whom she only referred to as "Big Poppa". I'm of the thought that Kim only dated this Big Poppa because he paid for everything for her and bought her diamonds and cars whenever she asked for it. In short, I think Kim is a grade A gold digger. Even scarier is the fact that Kim has two little daughters who are carbon copies of her. I dread the day they learn how to drive and start terrorizing the streets of Atlanta.

2. Kelly Killoren Bensimon (New York City)

Kelly is an author, model, jewelry designer, and former wife of famed French fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon. Kelly joined the housewives franchise in its second season as an archenemy of fellow housewife Bethany Frankel. For me, Kelly and Bethany's rivalry and hatred of each other is enough to land Kelly as one of the most irritating housewife, but there is so much more about her that catapults her to the number two position. It's like she lives in her own world where she is queen and no one else matters. She showed up hours late to her own Halloween party, neglects her children, and did I mention she was arrested in March 2009 for assaulting her boyfriend. I have one word to describe Kelly...classy.

1. Danielle Staub (New Jersey)

Danielle by far is the most irritating housewife out of the entire Bravo franchise. She is a recently divorced, unemployed, mother of two. Danielle claims her two daughters are her absolute best friends, and while her parenting techniques are quite questionable, this really isn't what infuriates me about her. It is the delusional reality she lives in that is extremely frustrating to watch. She has quite the colorful past that involves charges of felony cocaine possession and working as a paid escort, which according to Danielle really isn't that big of a deal. I'm not the type of person who will hold someone's past against them, and I'm a firm believer people can change. That being stated, I don't think Danielle is any different than the person she claims she used to be. You can put fancy clothes, jewelry, and make-up on a pig, but at the end of the day a pig is a pig.