Sorry you feel that way but he is very real. I've known him for many years, he is a friend of mine, and I had a front row seat to the whole initial meeting and eventual dating of Patti, long before there was any reality TV show in the works. And the exclusively Jewish dating scene in LA is not that large, so that narrows the available pool of potential mates quite a bit if that is important to you, which it was to him. They are actually very much in love.

I have worked with someone who helped cast the men for season one. She told me about Patti's guy. He is real and was similarly described to me as being very private.

They're playing the ep with Lonnie the obvious plant. He is part owner of the bar that all the LA famewhores loiter at (yes, he's the best friend of those douchebags from Big Brother). The other guy is Patrick, a nerdy guy who resembles George Clooney and made a connection with Lola, a possible transexual (or was she another reality show participant?).

I caught part of an episode last night and I really kind of hate Patti.

I watched the ep last night with Lonnie and Patrick. I thought it was really disgusting the way Patti was telling the women what to wear and how to do their hair. It was like they were just a bunch of cattle. I thought she wanted to find a "love match" but apparently the only thing she wants are hot women for the spoiled millionaires. The "exclusive" cocktail party or whatever it was to meet the women seemed really unprofessional. Just a small, empty room with wine. All the women were sitting so close together on one couch. It was just weird.

I get a bad vibe from the whole "millionaire" thing. As if dating them is some sort of privilege or something. I don't care if you're rich or poor, you better treat a woman right and not like a piece of meat whose only purpose is to make you happy.

Lonnie was creepy as hell. Clearly, the only reason he was there was to promote his club. He treated all the girls like crap, and even scolded one of them because he never saw her in "his club." He took Sabrina to his restaurant and then afterward to his club. The date was all. about. him. and his businesses. Creepy jerk.

Whatever happened to Lonnie and the rape accusation against him? Is that still pending?

I think Patti is a hideous person.
I love the way she says she would do it for free and it is her calling.
Yeah, right. I don't see her lifting a finger for free.
She is nothing more than a madam. I am a single male and have only found one woman on the show to be attractive (Sarah - the brunette who asked dorky Harold about "Napoleon Dynamite")
Whatever happened to her - does anyone know? She was very pretty!
All the rest have had big hair, make-up and fake teeth. They all look pretty tacky.

One of the most unattractive people on television. She needs to take some of her own advice. Look in the mirror girl...eeeww.

It's funny that she has expressive hair, for lack of a better term, is tan, wears makeup etc yet doesn't look like everyone else, but has a weird cliched look at the same time. It's kinda refreshing in a way. Maybe cause it's NY/NJ trashy, not LA trashy? But I do like listening to her talk! She's a 'straight-shooter' but doesn't obnoxiously warn people she's just met of it, like "Oh, I tell it like it is..."

Yeah, something about her grates with me, especially when she starts talking about how great a matchmaker she is.

Usually when I hear "he is a very private man" I think he owes child support, owes the IRS, has a wife, "girlfriend" is a beard ...

Why haven't they married if they are "so in love"?

Article on Paul (guy who proposed), which says the other woman was a hooker-Paul says he wishes Patti screened the women better.
http://fatjewishguy.com/2008/03/fat-jewish...iews-paul-murad

Oooooo interesting! Cidney's blog about Paul, from her myspace page:
Sunday, November 30, 2008



Damn.

Hadrian1
Would that be the cast of Lonnie, Paul (just described above), or closet homos/stunted growth Tai n Germane? Lets not forget spiritual master-Tool Peter. On the board anyway, seems just about all the men induce a gag reflex and/or are pegged as plants.
This is not helping Pattis credibility.

And as to Pattis guy, there are how many Jewish synagoges in LA/OC/SoCal?

Wait...Cidney says Paul is a stalker yet, she calls Patti to find out if Paul was really engaged while she was living with Paul? Why does Cidney care one way or the other? I mean she sounds like she is glad to be rid of the "liar Paul" so why go to that trouble to ask Patti anything about him? Sounds like Cidney is the one with issues here if she takes the time to post about a man she calls a stalker and a liar and asks him to NOT contact her again on her blog.

It looks like neither the girls nor the men are properly vetted. Well, that is except for a credit report on the guys.

The more I learn about this business Patti runs, the more it sounds like an elite escort service.

Look, even Andy Cohen has blogged that he met Patti's guy Andy and he said he's 'a great guy with a great head of hair'. Which are both quite true.

I don't understand why one would think that Patti could not have a boyfriend unless there were no women left on earth to choose from. Yes, LA is big and there are a number of Jewish women in LA but the dating pool for Jewish women who don't already have children, in her general age range, is not very big at all. Believe me, I sat through the tales of the failed dating process with him for quite a while before Patti came into the picture and the outlook seemed grim. There are a lot of women in LA but there are also a disproportionate number of bizarre women in LA too. You try dating in LA sometime. It's one of the hardest places in the world to find a real person to fall in love with. Anyway, they met, they liked, they were the right fit for each other, and they fell in love.


None of this is to say I really like this show. But I don't like seeing her dissed for things that are not true. There's plenty to complain about (from the show) that is true without casting aspersions on her actual boyfriend, who is a really good man. A person who doesn't want to be on a reality TV show for shits and giggles is not someone to be suspicious about, it's someone with good sense who is not a famewhore. I admire that.

That is how I see it. Call her Madame Patti. Patti can call it whatever she wants, basically she is being paid to hook people up. As long as she gets her cut, I don't think she gives a damn whether they have sex or not.

Word. I used to like this show but after watching reruns, it made me uncomfortable. As Cali805 said, Patti doesn't care about these people as long as she's being paid. She's hooking people up so they can get a good lay and that's about it.

Paul proposing to Cidney after 1 date did seem weird, but her surprised/semi uncomfortable act was just that - an act.
Notice she accepted (at least according to the notes after the show) - seems like the $$ was all that it took.
So much for her nice Jewish girl facade - she posed nude and accepted a marriage proposal after 1 date.
Hooker.

Exactly. All that talk about her grandmother, her mother and the whole "I need to be close to my grandmother" talk was just pure crap. I wonder how grandma feels about her precious granddaughter posing nude on the web and servicing rich men? I wonder if grandma even knows. It might give her a heart attack.

I wonder how Paul's fiancee felt when she saw him propose to another girl?

Bottom line... Patti is paid to vet these people before hooking them up. Apparently, all she cares about is whether their check is good or not.

Sounds like a Madam to me.

I have no doubt that Patti is in a relationship. I just find it ironic that the matchmaker can't, in her own words, "close the deal" and get married.

Maybe her "perfect love" doesn't want to marry her. I mean, he gets the milk for free I am sure.

Wow! Where did you all learn this about Paul and Cyndi?

ubiquitous -
Check out post # 712. In that "fatjewishguy" link there is a link w nude shots of Cidney.
I don't know if it's ok to post links to nudity, so I'll let you find it :)

I took a swift dislike to Patti after her two employees attempted to talk to her about a raise or getting commissions. Her reaction was ridiculous. All this nonsense about "bonuses". Trips, 4 star restaurants and designer purses don't pay the bills. Offer the girls cash for a bonus then if you don't like the idea of commissions. Your employees are not your children, they are employees and you are their boss. That is the relationship.

I think anyone who would sign up to date a millionaire is kind of skeevy. If that's why you are going out with them, it makes it hard not to come across as a gold digger.

Man is Patti hard on the eyes. The unfortunate face, the wig/hairclub for woman weave or whatever the hell that is on her head, the overall trannyness. Oy. Seems to me she's the one who could use a makeover.

Sometimes Patti looks pretty and other times - well I wouldn't call her ugly because I don't think she is, but her face can appear very "off" ... I think it's her hair/head? I can't figure out what it is about her hair. It doesn't look like a wig/weave - the hair is so soft and natural looking, but then sometimes the top of her head seems abnormally large, like she has her real hair wrapped around the top of her head underneath the wig?

For the life of me I can't figure out what's up with her head.

I also agree with the poster who mentioned her reaction to her employees asking for a raise, and how she said they are like her children. But I will say that when you work for a small privately run company like that, you are just not going to get the professional boss/employee dynamic and/or relationship that you would get working for a corporation. My sister is an office Manager for a Dematologist, with about 6 employees, and they have the same problem because the Dr. is the boss. I hear stories that would have the HR department of a corp company cringe.

All in all, I like the show although I cannot stand the old ass men 45+ (nothing wrong with being 45+ but get a grip and realize that you are middle aged) wanting to date women between the ages of 18-22. That one 33 year old dude who practically had a coronary when Patti suggested a woman of 26-28 and screamed 28?!?! Go younger, much younger, like 18.

Same with some of the other almost 50 year old men, who really think that a woman of 21 is going to be physically attracted to them? Maybe there are some really young girls who would be, but not the majority of them.

I'm looking forward to the new season. Some shows on Bravo, the seasons are way too short.

Same here. She seems to have a rather large/strong jaw and jawline. She needs to stop with the fake tan stuff. With that dark hair, it just doesn't look right. She has beautiful eyes. I think the bangs are what look awkward. It gives her face a square look. She needs some style that softens. It is just blunt. Maybe some soft curls if she likes having long hair. And maybe pulling her hair away from her face sometimes might help.

I'm watching the reruns this afternoon, the one with that dick from the famewhore restaurant/clubs. I had forgotten he associates with Ashton Cutcher as well as Dr Kirby and Mike Booger, which explains a LOT. I forgot what a cunt Patty was until I saw the part in which she told her clientele to tart themselves up, although I did laugh at her practically pushing the "me love you long time" oriental hooker who somehow had wandered into the cattle-call out the front door.

I don't see myself bothering to watch this new season.

Ubiquitous,

I totally agree with not watching further seasons. Patti sees herself as having a righteous calling of some kind.

I don't care what Patti calls it. She's running a legal escort service. The girls who don't get it are the ones who seems so bewildered in the exit interviews after a date didn't go so well.

Those who answer the phones for escort services hang up if the caller asks for sex.

angelsoulnme



My quess is they'll find more than a few attracted to their fat bank accounts.

Or maybe it's a cultural thing, Patti. For instance many African-American men love the ass, 'cause many African-American women have an abundance of ass. For someone who is supposed to so in tune with people's behaviors, I can't believe she said that.

where did she say the latent homosexual thing?
Damn, what did I miss?

Maybe it's Patti who is the latent homosexual, into women's boobs?

Her reaction was absurd. All that "family" and "you're like my children" talk made me want to barf. All she had to do was calmly say no, or say she would think about it. Instead it became all about her and how hurt she was.

What I really hated was how she behaved when she and the girls took a few of Yoga Guy's classes. (I forget his name. Peter, maybe?) Geez, show a little respect. Also, shut up for just one minute. Why is he a control freak because he expects people to sit still and be quiet, during a meditation class? What, is she five?

I came across a marathon last week and, after seeing endless commercials for the show, I decided to watch a few episodes. I was expecting something fun and entertaining. Instead, I heard Patty telling girls with curly hair to piles of money on thermal straightening because men only like straight hair. She's kind of horrible.

But hissyfit, they're just looking for their soooooulmates. Their intentions are not to be questioned.
Ick.

IIRC, the Peter, the Zen Bastard, behaved that way throughout the class, but yeah, they weren't totally innocent either.

http://millionairematchmaker.tv/press/article_105/

She also has wonderful things to say about Canadian men:

Wow. I missed that. She is not a smart "businesswoman" ( I use that term loosely). Why bash the clients you have by making generalized statements like that? Even if that is how she feels about them, don't publically say it. How can you expect to stay in business if you bash your clients/customers?

GAH! CURLS!!!??! Are you crazy? Men don't like curls. Curls are hideous! Obviously you aren't a professional madam, err, matchmaker like Patty.

I only see a haggard, bloat faced, dark haired Suzanne Somers whenever I see her...but I do agree a different hairstyle could do wonders. Shorter for sure. Also, maybe some new clothes. Her wardrobe is really craptastic and does nothing for her. She's not fat, but something about her clothes makes her appear so matronly.

oh my gosh!! Does anyone have any more info on the whole paul and cidney situation????!! What does it mean that he was a big liar and that he was engaged this whole time ? Doesn't really make sense to me..really doesn't add up.

She seemed really fake and was putting on one big show the whole night. I wonder who she is engaged to now.

I disagree with a lot of Patti's choices! How do you guys feel about this? She makes it seem like she has this amazing art for setting people up but a lot of the matches seem so off. Like that young guy from new jersey and that trashy girl from north caroline - what was she thinking? That wasn't in the best interest of the guy - yes, maybe in the short term, he was excited that he has an attractive date but as a soulmate, she had nothing to offer. It was obvious she wanted to jump on him for the success and $$. Thats not responsible matchmaking.

Another thing, I wanted to add, can someone clarify the Paul and Sidney situation? That seemed SO odd!! I don't get it. It was so weird - he proposed after the first date???

I definitely didn't like how she decided that because he was jewish, she had to set him up with a member of the same religion - she hinted that she was doing it for God, and that if she wanted to set him up it had to be with a jewish girl. Definitely very wrong and offensive. He actually seemed very openminded.

While I'm not on the Patty love train, I don't think it's necessarily offensive to inquire about religions of prospective mates. It's possible the guy did ask for a Jewish girl and we never saw it on cam. It's also possible that Patty brought this up because in the Jewish religion, if a Jewish man has a child with a non Jewish woman, the child is not considered "Jewish". For some Jewish men, it could be an issue.

Wow, she didn't come out looking good in that article at all!
Heh.

I think roseyrose nailed it. No wonder some of the guys get hostile when she further tries to coach them, then smugly caps the ep with a report that their relationship failed.

She goes from one guy who wants a young woman, slamming him because he skates or something, to matching up another oldster because he's "worldy" with some youngster from Carolina.

Totally shallow.

Okay, I'm bitter. I would rail that girl from NC. If I weren't married. To a girl three hours younger.

No if you watch the clip over again, even if they edited, it was very clear that she was pushing the Jewish idea and that she would be the type that wouldn't think it is appropriate to mix and match religions. He clearly stated verbally and body language wise that he didn't care; he mentioned his mom as being openminded as well. I definitely got a totally different agenda from her and didn't like it. Speaks to her superficiality.

That was glaringly obvious to me when she told one woman not to appear too smart. My friends and I didn't even do that way back in the stone age, i.e. 1970, when we were 14 years old.

Here's the thing. I don't think there's anything wrong, in and off itself, with wanting to marry a rich man. People get married for different reasons, and it's not always a great passionate love. If that's what you want, I say accept it with no apologies, and go for it. But there's something so gross about how Patty sells her service, in the cloak of finding true love. It's just a whole lot of crap.

It is crap. And for Patty to get upset when a client specifically wants a young lady as opposed to a lady closer to his own age...WHAT THE HELL DO YOU CARE PATTI? As long as you get your money, it is his money to do with what he wants...and he wants a young girl. Give it to him.

Do you guys think some of her matches are really odd? Its so ashame because these guys pay her so much and trust her a lot. At the end of the day, all she cares about is money money money (very apparent by the way she flipped out at her poor coworkers about raises) and how she commented that she grew up around baracuda entrapeneurs.

I understand that she wants the $$ but she should be responsible too. Like patrick (i think that was his name) and Lolla?? Are you kidding me? Way to mislead the poor guy.

Or when she freaked out that that the one dude lived in the "ghetto" in Pasadena and not a mansion. Her attitude was appalling. "No woman would want to date someone who lived in a house like this!"

It all boils down to .....

Pretend to be what he wants. You do the role playing, Patti collects the fee.

Sounds like Patti is a pimp.

I'd really like to know the success rate of Patti's business. How many marry. How many stay married? How long?