VIDEO: 'Gatecrasher' Tareq Salahi Defends Wife's Figure On Real Housewives Of D.C.
Posted on Aug 20, 2010 @ 06:25AM
Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the so-called White House Gatecrashers, were again the center of attention on Thursday night's episode of Bravo’s Real Housewives of D.C., as Tareq bragged about his wife's hearty eating habits after a week in which Michaele's super-skinny frame was a hot topic on the tabloid rumor mill.
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Michaele has been trading barbs with fellow housewife Lynda Erkiletian, who has publicly made stinging comments about how emaciated the blonde 'Gatecrasher' appears to be. Thursday's episode climaxed with a group dinner in which Tareq started giving his castmates the skinny -- no pun intended -- on Michaele's lithe frame.
"Listen, this is a true story: She gained at least 20 pounds -- in beautiful places -- after we met," Tareq said. "Some people make fun of her not eating ... but she has gained weight ever since she married Mr. Salahi here.
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"She'll eat a whole filet mignon, a whole chicken breast," Tareq said. "That's more than I eat!"
Erkiletian was not swayed by Tareq's boastful claims, as she said in a later on-camera interview "he cannot possibly think [his wife's body] looks healthy.”
Erkiletian blamed Tareq for Michaele's weight issues, as she said "no wonder she's so skinny -- she's living with Tareq," before suggesting Michaele should "get rid of" him.
Michaele, earlier this week, wrote on her Web site that Erkiletian “takes pleasure in tearing down other women, which I think is wrong.”
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The Real Housewives of D.C. airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9/8c.
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Oct 19, 2010 @ 12:23
Oct 15, 2010 @ 06:15
Ugly beotches, all of them.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 3:03pm
What is he a leftover Arab? Figures he is arrogant.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 3:01pm
I guess I am a hog. I eat a whole piece of meat.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 3:01pm
Can we vote them off the world?
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 1:28pm
She eats one filet mignon? What size? 2 grams? And she'll eat a whole chicken breast? WOW!!!
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:55pm
I think she is under a lot of stress. When she said she was 44 and thought she looked like she was in her 30's. I thought she was in her 50's.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 11:41am
Why does the public pay any attention to these two??? They rank up there with balloon boy's parents.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 10:42am
yes she has a hearty appetite..then goes to the bathroom and vomits!
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 9:47am
I wouldn't be surprised if you were right.
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 10:42am
Salahi's are beyond PATHETIC. Even worse, they are so BORING! Neither one has an ounce of class. The only show they should be on is" Real Housewives of D.C.'s Projects". Not only are they gatecrashers, they are DEADBEATS! Pay your bills!
Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 9:39am