'Real Housewives of NYC' Star Cindy Barsop Turns Table On Race-Baiting Ex-Employee

Let's play a little game I like to call "Who's The Reality-TV Racist, Anyway?"

According to TMZ, the lawsuit between "Real Housewives of New York City" star Cindy Barshop and former employee Altovise Collier is taking on an ugly new wrinkle: whereas it was Collier who first claimed that Barshop fired her from Barshop's Completely Bare spa because she's black, Barshop is now claiming that Collier's racism is killing her business.

"In an effort to mask her own deficient work performance and serial on the job screw-ups, Collier, in a racist fashion, asserts that her race, national origin and skin color were the basis for her termination," said Barshop.

Barshop goes on to claim that Collier worked only around two and a half months for her business, during which time she performed badly and gathered complaints from customers.

Barshop claims that the suit constitutes nothing more than a defamatory campaign, and that Collier is requesting $5 million to keep the case out of court.

Honestly, where do they find these people? It was just this past February that a man claimed he was assaulted by a pack of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast members. Former "Housewife" Danielle Staub is now a stripper. And Bravo recently tried to have a porn site shut down for trying to trade off the "Real Housewives" brand and their logo.

Can we just rename this "The World's Next Great Train-Wreck" and be done with it yet? I mean, come on . . . truth in advertising?