The star of Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker," who coined the phrase "Does the pecker get off the couch?", embodies two of the qualities that never fail to make me squirm: superficiality and hypocrisy.
She's superficial because makes a living (and her stardom) by pairing scuzzy millionaires with beautiful women--and charging them enough to feed Rhode Island for it. Basically, she's reenforcing the LA driven stereotype that only rich men and supermodel-quality women deserve love.
On the client profile for women applying to be in her Millionaire's Club, she asks them their dating age range, encouraging them to "remember men don't make serious money till they get into their 40's."
It doesn't look like the men have to apply, they just have to be able to afford it.
And she's a hypocrite because she looks like an ogre. Every week she tells women they can't be in her club because they're too fat, too short, wrong hair color, or just plain ugly.
She also tells women that if the guy doesn't put a ring on it within a year, then they dump him. But she dated a guy for five and a half years before he proposed, and when he finally did, The Frisky congratulated her. I thought you were better than that, Frisky.
The worst part is that she's Jewish, and often accredits her matchmaking prowess to her Jewish upbringing. Remember all those fun stereotypes of Jews being JAPy, money-grubbing, power-hungry fiends? I think I speak for Jews everywhere when I say thank you, Patti.
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