Michaele Salahi Runs for 'The Hills'?

Here's former White House party crasher turned failed Real Housewives of DC star Michaele Salahi, 45, running on the beach in San Diego the other day -- and former Hills Barbie doll Heidi Montag, 24, back in 2009.

Both are eerily lifelike - just sayin'.

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Cat Ommanney vs Countess LuAnn De Lesseps

If there's one thing we can say for Andy Cohen, he knows how to mix it up on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live. On Thursday's (April 28) episode, not only did he have former Real Housewives of DC cast member, Cat Ommanney, on after the network unceremoniously canceled her series, but he threw in divorced royal, the Real Housewives of New York's LuAnn De Lesseps.

It didn't take long before Cat began showing her dislike for LuAnn when Andy played a game in which The Countess judged the Brit (who made tabloid headlines after making out with Prince Harry) on her royal manners.

Not only that, but Cat took to Twitter and Facebook to make sure her feelings on The Countess were clear.

"Sorry everyone, I just wanted to clarify," she writes. "I REALLY DIDN'T ENJOY at all, being on #WWHL with @countessluann infact thought she was #notmybagatall #condescending and hope we never cross paths again #ever."

So, what did LuAnn have to say in response? "Well that was fun....," she tweets.

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Lynda Erkiletian Talks RHODC Season 2

As reported on Thursday (March 24), news that Bravo would not be renewing the Real Housewives of DC for a second season spread on the Internet.

And even though the network clearly stated that it had not made a decision regarding the show's Season 2, the reports continued. Now, one of the cast members wants to set the record straight.

"There's no official announcement," cast member Lynda Erkiletian tells Zap2it exclusively. "There's no way. [Cast member Cat Ommanney] is going on Watch What Happens Live on the 28th. One might wonder why [Andy Cohen is] having a DC housewife as a guest [if the show is canceled]."

"There's negotiations taking place," she adds. "And no decision has taken place. Whoever started the rumor was basically doing it for attention."

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It's Over For The Real Housewives Of D.C.

They’re tearing out the hair extensions and folding up those power suits – as, after just one season, the Real Housewives Of DC has bitten the dust, Radar Online can exclusively report.

The fifth installation of the hit reality franchise came in with a whimper and never much took off from there, drawing meager ratings all throughout it’s short lived broadcast.

“The show just didn’t do well and it wasn’t worth airing another season,” a source close to the situation told Radar Online.

“The DC housewives were meant to be starting shooting their second season now and they haven’t heard a peep from Bravo.

“No one from the cast has been contacted yet and told that the show is cancelled.”

Radar Online has learned that the DC franchise isn’t the only Housewives show that has been struggling to lure viewers – Miami has also been performing poorly in the ratings war, forcing producers to reassess any further expansion.

“After DC failed in the ratings and Miami just bombed, they realized they can’t just start a show anywhere and it will succeed,” the source said.

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Michaele Salahi Talks 'Celebrity Rehab' Exit

Tareq Salahi and his Real Housewives of D.C. wife Michaele Salahi sat down with us for their first TV interview to give their side of the story regarding Michaele's exit from VH1's Celebrity Rehab.

Michaele claimed that she was under the impression that she could enter the rehab facility for treatment of MS, but was asked to leave the Pasadena Recovery Center almost immediately since she did not suffer from an addiction. VH1 tells ET the treatment program that Celebrity Rehab documents "is intended for individuals with serious substance abuse and addiction issues" and "found that she did not meet such criteria."

Michaele tells ET, "They always knew I didn't have an addiction. I always said that from the very beginning. I'm here because I relapsed with MS and I never want to turn to those pills again. It's scary."

She adds, "Alcoholism, addiction, drug addiction, those are things that are serious diseases, but Multiple Sclerosis is just as serious, and it's debilitating. You can end up in a wheelchair. I've had times where I couldn't walk across a room out of my bed, so I really believed when I went [to Celebrity Rehab] that they wouldn't bring me there unless they were going to help me. So to be told that, 'Yes, we can help you,' and then a week later to be ... literally discarded, it was very emotional, very painful, and I don't want to look back on it."

In spite of this unpleasant experience, Michaele reveals that she wouldn't mind starring in yet another reality program.

"I'd love to do Dancing with the Stars," said Michaele. "That's where I should've gone."

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Cat Ommanney Launches New Book Inbox Full

Friday night, Cat Ommanney, one of the Real Housewives of D.C. launched her new book Inbox Full to a packed house at Eden. 

Looking resplendent in an aqua dress, the UK native delighted guests of the event by not only her appearance, but her candor. 

She describes her book as "a cross between Eat, Pray Love and Bridget Jones’ Diary." Sounds iike a ‘must read’ to me. As you might have guessed, the title refers to emails and text messages received throughout her earlier years. 

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Michaele Salahi's Mom Talks 'Celebrity Rehab'

Michaele Salahi’s mother is fuming over her daughter’s recent boot from Celebrity Rehab, calling it “another White House incident.

“It’s something you’re invited to go to, then you’re thrown out!” Rosemary Holt tells Radar Online exclusively.

As RadarOnline was first to report, a production source said that the White House Gatecrasher-turned-Real Housewives of D.C. star was released from the VH-1 reality show on Tuesday because she failed to show any signs of addiction.

“She never said she had an addiction,” says her mother.

“She was asked to leave because she didn’t have an addiction? She doesn’t! she doesn’t!” Holt exclaims. “She was brought on the show for the purpose of helping her to deal. This is wrong what’s happening to her.

“I know the whole story from the time she left here and the paperwork she’d done and the contracts. She was asked to come on, it wasn’t her choice to come on. She was asked to.

“At first I was negative about it. Then I thought maybe she needs something like this.”

Although she couldn’t address specifics, Holt alluded to other reasons Michaele was asked to star on the show.

“She was brought on, she was told to talk about her feelings, how she survived the White House, her feelings, how she dealt with Bravo and when she went before Congress…,” she says. “That’s what she was brought on for. Then all of a sudden she’s there…the things I heard why she was there…I said ‘you don’t belong there.’

“They signed a contract with my daughter, but yet they can put her out?! Explain that to me. But Missy has to remain with her confidentiality. It should work both ways.”

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Michaele Out Of "Rehab," Expose In The Works

Michaele Salahi has been kicked off Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab because she lacked the one thing you need to enter rehab – an addiction!

A production source tells Radar Online exclusively that the former Real Housewives of D.C. star was released from the show on Tuesday because she failed to show any signs of addiction.

"Michaele Salahi was discharged by Dr. Drew Pinsky approximately one hour ago. Michaele has a ton of issues but she clearly has no addiction issues, whatsoever,” says the source.

“Michaele was a distraction to other cast members, and was complaining that Dr. Drew wasn't properly treating her MS.

“Dr. Drew did a thorough medical examination of her, including a full neurological check-up, and she is fine. Michaele is all drama, that is her main issue."

But according to her husband Tareq, who spoke exclusively with Radar Online, Michaele only agreed to do Celebrity Rehab to get help from Dr. Drew for her Multiple Sclerosis.

"My wife takes her health situation very seriously, she has a real diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. You know, we can show you a bunch of emails about what they wanted her to pretend to be, therefore, but that's going to come out later on with one of the major networks."

"See the first episode of busting some of these reality shows open on ABC News 20/20. There will be a special on Friday and maybe more to come after that."

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Cat Ommanney Ready for Husband #5?

Real Housewives of D.C. star Cat Ommanney has moved on after divorcing husband Charles Ommanney — a split she disclosed to me during OK!’s fashion shoot in July 2010 before she went public with the news.

“We sat together at that house in Georgetown,” the Brit-born mom of two recalls during the book launch party for her memoir Inbox Full held at Ted Gibson Salon in NYC.

Lesson learned: She laughs that she’s going to keep her new man out of the press.

Cat is no stranger to living out her romances in the spotlight: Before starring on a reality show with her husband, she sparked a furor when she was photographed kissing Prince Harry in 2006 while he was dating Chelsy Davy.

Still, she craves celebrity.

“I’m really about Leonardo DiCaprio,” she tells me. “He’s hot and he’s an amazing actor. He’s my fifth husband.”

Fifth husband?! Yikes! Sounds like she’s out to rival Elizabeth Taylor.

Although I can only find two husbands of note, I can somehow believe she might actually be on the lookout for hubby #5, but she’s likely joking … ahem, well, planning for the future.  (No wonder she is called Catherine Ashley in the byline for Inbox Full!)

This time she intends to find herself before she ties the knot again.

“I seem to have to learn the same lesson again and again before I learn it, but I think I’ve learned my lesson now, and that is not to sacrifice who I am for anybody. You’ve gotta love yourself.”

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Michaele Salahi Booted From 'Celebrity Rehab'

Michaele Salahi, star of the Real Housewives of D.C., was just kicked off Celebrity Rehab ... TMZ has learned.

Sources on the set tell us Michaele was asked to leave because she has "no addiction," and thus had "no reason to be there."

Over the weekend we got Tareq Salahi out in Los Angeles who told us that Michaele's only addiction was "probably to chocolate."

Wouldn't you think the show would have figured that out before they cast her?

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Why Is Michaele Salahi On Celebrity Rehab?

Real Housewives of DC star and rumored White House party crasher Michaele Salahi will be on Celebrity Rehab, but her husband, Tareq Salahi, is not.

Tareq corrected previous reports by revealing that he is not on the show, but he is staying at Michael Lohan’s place while he is in town, states TMZ.

Tareq also apparently doesn’t understand the whole rehab thing because when he is asked about his wife being there, he claims she isn’t addicted to anything.

What do you think Michaele Salahi is in rehab for? I'd have to go with some sort of eating disorder - makes sense since she's said she doesn't have an "addiction."

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Michaele Salahi Doesn’t Have An ‘Addiction’

Michaele Salahi‘s presence is missed during her Real Housewives of D.C. co-star Cat Ommanney’s launch party for her memoir Inbox Full held Thursday at NYC’s Ted Gibson Salon. The bubbly blonde has been tapped to appear on the latest incarnation of Celebrity Rehab.

A source close to production tells me, “Michaele is on the closed set filming and does not suffer from an ‘addiction.’ More details will be announced in the very near term on what she is doing in this television project.”

Her D.C. co-stars react to the news that the White House party crasher will star on the show – and it isn’t always polite.

Lynda Erkiletian, who clashed with Michaele on Housewives, saw Celebrity Rehab coming.

“I’ve been recommending therapy for quite a while, and probably now’s a good time,” she tells me. “I think it will be an amazing story for Dr. Drew. I respect him, and I think he has a great show. I’m looking forward to seeing how he peels back that onion.”

Meanwhile, Cat wishes Michaele and hubby Tareq would disappear.

“Nope, I’m not gonna say it,” she tells me. “I wish that they went on their way and we don’t have to hear about it all the time. I’m trying to get a hold of Google to find out how I can block their name from coming up on my computer — or my Facebook or my Twitter, period. I haven’t figured out how to do that yet, but hopefully I will.”

So what’s the latest on Real Housewives of D.C. season two?

Mary says ,“We don’t know what’s going on. There’s no word about a second season.”

Lynda says, “We’re all very happy, but what I love about us is that we’re friends. We love each other. We have lives, and we continue to live those lives. Come what may, we’re all very happy. “

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Cat Ommany's "Inbox Full" Book Party

Cat Ommanney attends Cat Ommanney's 'Inbox Full' book party at Ted Gibson Salon on March 3, 2011 in New York City. Also pictured, fellow Real Housewives of D.C. Lynda Erkiletian and Mary Amons.

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White House Party Crashers - Headed to Rehab?

Michaele and Tareq Salahi -- the couple that allegedly crashed the White House -- will enter the next season of Celebrity Rehab ... along with one of the greatest NY Mets players of all time ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the production tell us ... Dr. Drew will have one hell of a cast for Season 5 ... including:

Dwight "Doc" Gooden ...................Former NY Mets pitcher

Tareq AND Michaele Salahi ........ Alleged WH crashers and Real Housewives of D.C.

Bai Ling ............................................ Actress?

Michael Lohan ............................... Lindsay's dad

Jeremy Jackson .......................... aka Hobie from "Baywatch"

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