Real Housewives of NYC Reality Check: For Their Last Tricks, LuAnn and Jill Make Viewers' Ears Bleed

FAKE: People Enjoyed LuAnn's Live Performance

Three weeks ago, viewers watched as Two-Take LuAnn slaved over her new single "Money Can't Buy You Class." And by "slaved over," I mean that she rasped through exactly two takes while her producer, '70s Phil Spector Without the Wig, shouted that he was going to make Two-Take a big, big star.

After manipulating Two-Take's single into generic autotune drivel, '70s Phil threw a launch party for his prized artist. Two-Take invited all of her friends -- including a new man-friend named Jacques -- '70s Phil paid a dozen young women to escort him to the event in a stretch limousine and Bravo supplied the free bar. After the ladies had gotten into a few minor cat fights, Two-Take and '70s Phil took the stage for the big performance. Two-Take thanked her friends over the microphone, taking great pains to shout "I love you all" into the the sparse crowd. But there was a problem.

'70s Phil got so excited about playing his masterpiece that he actually started Two-Take's song before she was ready. For a split second, Two-Take had an Ashlee Simpson situation on her hands, but she recovered and lip-synched quickly to the right place. The funny thing is that Bravo probably could have done another take -- or even edited the sequence so that it looked like LuAnn was kind of singing along, but they didn't.

And it did not matter, because Two-Take's friends were there to pretend like they were really feeling the song. Kelly bopped back and forth to the jumbled rhythm. European Jacques smiled creepily at Two-Take, fantasizing about his own Bravo spin-off. Bobby slept but no one could tell because he was wearing sunglasses in the dark club. Jill mashed her teeth together into a smile even though her ears were bleeding. It was a heartwarming moment with a lesson: Real friends will fake enthusiasm about your pop single, especially if there are cameras nearby.

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