Danielle Staub wrote an open and somewhat candid confession
about her life much like reading a dairy in The
Naked Truth. Staub is famous for
being on The Real Housewives of New
Jersey and plays the notorious villainess on the show very well. I must confess I was excited to review this
book, since I have seen a few episodes of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
The book began with Staub getting an offer to be on The Real Housewives of New Jersey and
the mixed emotions that came with it. Her concerns ranged from privacy issues regarding her daughters to her
ex-husband, but ultimately she felt that this experience would be an
enlightening show enabling women to get in touch with their emotions. Other single mothers would be able to relate
to the struggles that Danielle has gone through. She wrote in her memoir about how being on
the show had forced her to deal with some issues in her past; both legally and
personally. Immediately she began
playing “the victim” early on in her book which I found to be somewhat of a
distraction from her actual life story. I believe it would have made more of an impact
if she had not played the scapegoat.
Staub wrote about living the fast life in Miami, hooking up
with famous celebrities, including an Olympian and a Miami Vice star. She wrote
about her childhood where she was sexually abused from the ages of 7 to 9 (she
doesn’t name the perpetrators, only stating they were relatives and friends of
the family). Staub left home at a young
age, moved to Florida with one of her boyfriends, and spent her early twenties working
at bars, modeling and doing speed. Regarding
the drug related kid-napping for which she was arrested, she explained in her
book she was at the wrong place and the wrong time.
She uses her famous line, “You either love me or hate me, there
is no in-between.” She continues, “But
people are going to pay attention when I am around.” She did come off at times as very arrogant
and condescending which makes me have serious questions about her
credibility. Though at times Danielle
wrote about some humorous moments which made me chuckle, overall, The Naked Truth was a disappointing read. It's not even well written, so I suppose one
could lay a smidgen of blame at the editor’s feet for the disjointed nature of
this ridiculous book.
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