Reality TV Might Get You Fired in Real Life

Reality TV stardom usually costs you both your privacy and dignity.

Former hedge fund president Jason Colodne says his reality TV time cost him $55 million.

That's the amount Colodne says he lost after his recent appearance on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City (GE) earned him a pink slip.

Colodne was fired from his Wall Street firm -- Patriarch Partners -- after colleagues saw promos for the series, which according to Bravo, chronicles "the upper echelon of society where money and status are an essential way of life." Now Colodne is suing his former firm in federal court for $55 million, arguing that they terminated him for something he did on his private time. ...