I did type a reply, but my tablet blacked out and lost it...
My bad, looked it up, turned out it was makeup, just her hair was real. Egg on my face. But I did point out her hypocrisy about the Jersey Shore & Jersey Housewives, so wasn't like I was trying to excuse her.
Italians are weird about that, one second offended by the stereotype, then later talking how they're "connected" and joking about their cousin Joey in 'college' for being a 'pharmaceutical specialist.'
Growing up, I had 2 certified living down my block, another one that evidently was though it was never said (unless he wasn't while his business partners were, plus he passed away (R.I.P.) when we were young, so our naivete was preferred), and another rumored to be which could very well be bs on account of them indulging in the gift for gab a lot, but who knows, yadda yadda,,, (this is being a middle class neighborhood, last stop before migrating out to Westchester or Jersey).