Mob Wives: Renee & Dr. Fiorillo on The View

Renee & Dr. Fiorillo before the show,

and they are "in the pink!"

The View invited Renee Graziano and her new doctor, Dr. Fiorillo, to the show today to discuss her plastic surgery nightmare and how she is handling it. Don't they both look great? 

Tina talks about Renee, her good friend!

But first, Tina Fey, a star from SNL, is a guest and guess what? She talks about Renee! And we have been trying to get Renee on SNL! God works in mysterious ways! What are the odds that Renee and Tina Fey would be on the same show? Tina says she is friends with Renee forever because before Mob Wives, Renee's cousin worked at 30 Rock! "She is so nurturing" she says of Renee. Renee even offered her water pills. Tina also does a little impersonation of Renee that is on point and hysterical! Tina Fey please help us get Renee on SNL! I love Tina Fey, can you tell?

Back to Renee and her handsome Dr. Fiorillo, who were waiting in the greenroom, for their segment...they show a clip of Renee breaking down on the show, over her father and Junior. The most extremely emotional footage of the series. Then Renee is welcomed to the show. They discuss Junior's betrayal of her father. They ask her if he got back with her just to betray her father. Renee agrees that's why he did it, because he was being charged with armed robbery and homicide and cut a deal, getting less time than her father. He is now in witness protection. She also adds she forgives him, not for him, but for herself. She says she is in contact with her father now. No one knew he was an informant until her father was arrested. 

Then they move on to the plastic surgery and the terrible complications. Renee describes the full body surgery for a smaller tummy and a full ass. The Dr. Klapper cut off too much skin and she got a deadly infection. She has to have several corrective surgeries by Dr. Michael Fiorillo, who is in the audience. He says she has a hole in her back the size of a lemon that went down to the bone and he had to help her heal physically and emotionally first. On May 7th the first corrective surgery will be performed. Renee says the worst thing she has had to go through this year is her son having to deal with his father putting his grandfather into jail. Sherry wants to know at what point do you let a man go. Renee says she cannot be be anyone who is a snitch, ever.

In the greenroom!

Great interview, but too short! I loved seeing Renee, but I sensed that these subjects were still very difficult for her to talk about, but she did it. It's a testament to her strength and courage. Bravo Renee!

Picture & Video Credit: Jennifer Graziano and Dr. Fiorillo Twitter & The View

Mob Wives: Karen Gravano on "The View"

The View only gave Karen about five minutes to cover her life, her show and her book. I was a little disappointed they didn't give her more time. They tried to cover a little of everything and I'll sum it up for those who missed it.

Karen suspected her father was a gangster when she was about ten years old. But when she heard the word gangster, it had a positive meaning to her because gangsters got respect and lived in big houses. When she was 19, her father, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, turned informant. Karen was upset by that because it went against everything she was taught to believe and it ripped the world out from under her. She didn't understand at the time, why he was doing what he was doing by turning informant for the government, but she did much later. Sammy brought down the Gambino family and John Gotti. Karen is asked if she was scared or felt in danger. Karen said no, many people protected their family. At the same time, many family members and friend turned on them. 

Sammy was in the witness protection program for 6 months. He didn't like being away from his family and all the restrictions, so he signed himself out. They moved to Arizona where the whole family got involved with an ecstasy ring selling drugs. She says her father took the rap for the whole family and is serving 20 years. 

They ask Karen how Karina feels about the show and all the fighting? Karen says that in every fight she has been in on the show, it was always self defense. It's real fighting, not scripted. She teaches her daughter not to fight, but to stand up for herself if she needs to.

A new issue has emerged with the release of Karen's book. The families of the victims of Sammy Gravano are saying she is profiting from those murders and they want to be awarded the profits from the sale of her book. Karen responds by saying that she is not profiting from her father's crimes. The book is about her life, which has come full circle since she moved back to Staten Island.

Karen says that Mob Wives is about the struggles the women go through when their loved ones go to prison.

They aske Karen how do you reconcile your father with the crimes he committed? Karen has ten seconds to answer: "I loved him, he was my provider and my protector." The end!

Karen's Book is hitting store shelves tomorrow, so get your copy of Mob Daughter then!