Wait...is this a joke? We have just been informed via the 'ol tip box, that Tins is looking for a protégé...via a reality show. And she's chosen this guy:
...to take care of all her casting needs.
Just who is this Barry Belcher, who is helping to find Tinsley's right hand gal? The lucky girl who will be "one of 10 formidable ingenues who will have the coveted opportunity to make your maker on the only true social scene in the world, New York City, with it's own reigning socialite princess"? The girl who will "join an exclusive Sorority in Manhattan....and become the toast of the town, the IT girl"?
(Ooooh! pick me! pick me!).
Well we are not sure quite yet, though much can be gathered by his group for the project on Facebook, and his personal website which claims: Barry Belcher is
There is really nothing more to say about this....they are just making it too easy for us, and we are not going to play that game.
[GofG's Coverage On Tins]
[Tinsley Mortimer Plagirizes Herself]
Blind Item
March 4, 2008
4:38pm
OK, those descriptions are a little gag-inducing. But you gotta love this town that a guy from Middle of Nowhere, GA could become the right-hand man to "New York's reigning princess." Or else they couldn't find anyone else for casting...
Barry Belcher
April 22, 2008
7:15pm
First of all I did not write that on my website and I have since changed the who's barry to my words. Second of all I was asked by the producers of that show to help find debs in Savannah. They know me from HGTV. So make sure you have all your facts straight before you start mouthing off.