Season 5 of "The Real Housewives of New York City" premieres Monday, 6/4 at 9 PM on Bravo. See Aviva in action in this "Real Housewives of NYC" sneak peek: She tells the New York Post, "If I can take the silliness of the show and use it to get a message out to other amputees, particularly young girls, I’ll take it." We'll raise a glass of Ramona's pinot grigio to that. And she sees her "Housewives" stint as an opportunity to share her story.
And in true "Housewives" fashion, she has two artificial legs: one for heels, one for flats.ĭrescher (whose husband's cousin is TV star Fran Drescher) is an active advocate for the disabled she's the national spokesperson for One Step Ahead, which helps kids with disabilities get involved in athletics.
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But she hasn't let that disability stop her from living a full life: The born-and-bred New Yorker earned her law degree and practiced law until marrying investment banker Reid Drescher and becoming a full-time mom to their four kids. While visiting a friend on a farm upstate when she was six years old, Drescher was involved in a terrible accident that forced doctors to amputate her left leg.
But Aviva has more to talk about than just Prada bags and summer homes in the Hamptons she's lived with only one leg since she was a child, and she's using her "Real Housewives" role to raise awareness about people living with disabilities. Just like the Manhattan socialites it features, Bravo's "Real Housewives of New York City" is getting a major facelift this season, introducing three new wives into the mix - including 38-year-old lawyer Aviva Drescher. In this sneak peek of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, former Real Housewives of New York star Aviva Drescher takes a lie detector test and the results are shocking Will you give up reality TV for Reid counselor Jim Carroll asks the Leggy Blonde author.
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