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Um, what just happened? We just watched an entire Grey's Anatomy finale in which no one died and no one broke up (officially). Almost everyone was left smiling at the end of season...Sorry, these things still freak me out so much. – Dlisted
I feel some old school Britney meltdowns coming on – Celebitchy
Leah Messer has a lot to say – Starcasm
Guess she changed her mind again – Celeb Dirty Laundry
Daniel Craig is losing his mind – Dlisted
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At 23, Cole Sprouse is ready to make his comeback. The former Disney star, who recently opened up about his decision to take a five-year break from acting, is set to star in Riverdale,...Ramona Singer is um… really letting her inner Bethenny Frankel come out! Following last night’s episode of Real Housewives Of New York, Ramona went nuclear on Twitter by lashing out at both Dorinda Medley and Luann de Lesseps.
First of all, Ramona does not like being disinvited from a party, nor does she like being thrown out of a party.
Oh Ramona – there really is no defending your actions. Not the way you behaved at Dorinda and John’s party – the one you weren’t invited to, but certainly made sure to get thrown out of. Nor the way you savaged your supposed friend Sonja Morgan. Nor the vulgar comments you made about Luann in order to make her look bad, and the desperate way you glommed onto creepster Rey in the hopes of unearthing more salacious gossip. Dorinda said Ramona needs a hobby and a life. So Ramona got active – on Twitter.
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Live-tweeting the episode, WWHL, where Luann was the guest, and the WWHL Aftershow, Ramona countered every single one of the countess’s comments. The root of this Ramonacoaster ride was Luann‘s fiance, Thomas D’Agostino Jr, disinviting Ramona from Lu’s surprise party!
Let’s first tackle Ramona’s blow-up with Dorinda. Ramona is livid after John shoved his hand in her crazy eyes and called him abusive.
“I was so disgusted..I thought @ramonasinger was leaving with that nut job and I know she’s almost as certifiable as HE clearly was…. or IS,” tweeted Dorinda. “Only you are certifiable and you know why I’m disgusted by the way John treats women including You!” responded Ramona.
“It was disrespectful to me, to John, to Malan, the caterer, the press, the guests, & the employees who worked hard to put this together,” added Dorinda.
Sonja also chimed in, “This is @ramonasinger who is embarrassed 2bseen out w who? She’s getting thrown out of the party. #usual #fighting She’s #dating gr8 #image”
Ramona then directed her ire towards Luann. Strangely, after bickering over John (again), Dorinda and Ramona REUNITED to call Luann a liar over the birthday party disinvite! Good lord – I cannot keep up with these broads!
To cover the basics: Ramona was disinvited to Luann’s surprise birthday party, apparently two minutes before it started. Luann’s fiance told her it was because of the weather, so Ramona thought the party was canceled. After the fact, she learned the only thing canceled was her invitation. Ramona claims she was then “re-invited.” Yet, on WWHL, Luann said Ramona was disinvited because Dorinda and John were attending.
“@CountessLuann nothing like squirming and throwing @DorindaMedley and John under the bus,” accused Ramona. “@CountessLuann really you need to practice what you #preach”
Ramona has since deleted a lot of her tweets directed at Luann. I wonder why. #UnearthThePinotDirt
However, strangely leaping to Ramona’s defense, Dorinda denied having anything to do with the Ramonacoaster’s rescinded invite.
“I would NEVER manage someone’s guest list. @ramonasinger and @CountessLuann should know better.… That would be #classless of me!!!!” insisted Dorinda, who claims that presently her relationship with Ramona is fine. Uhhhh? “If I didn’t want to see someone at a party I just wouldn’t go. I was looking forward to seeing @ramonasinger.. we talked an hr before abt it.”
Ramona must have finally passed out after the AfterShow. Which she managed to make it through just to see if Luann would say anything else.
Isn’t that a bit like the pinot bottle calling the countess drunk? Anyway. Whatever psych meds these girls are taking – refund!
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Caity Lotz is just as upset as you are, Captain Canary shippers, that Wentworth Miller's character was killed off of Legends of Tomorrow last week just as their characters' relationship...
Color us terrified. The 100 ends its third season tonight, and it sounds like there's no possible way we could be prepared for what this finale is about to do to us. We...It’s to nice to know that Tamra Judge hasn’t lost her Jesus Barbie routine – although she has, apparently, lost her capacity to forgive Vicki Gunvalson.
Last week all seemed good with the ladies of Real Housewives Of Orange County! During the cast trip to Dublin, Ireland Vicki posted a slew of photos partying with Heather Dubrow, Tamra, and yes, even Shannon Beador. No Meghan King Edmonds in sight… However I guess the TamIcki peace was short-lived!
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Earlier this week Tamra posted a cryptic instagram and revealed in the comments that was directed towards Vicki.
“Don’t cast your pearls to a swine they will almost always bite you in the buns # trackrecord #Matthew7:6. #tearU2pieces,” Tamra wrote.
When asked, “What did Vicki do now?” Tamra responded, “If you only knew. Liar is a liar is a liar.” Tamra has since deleted the comment from her IG thread.
Is this news? That Vicki is a liar? Also, Tamra is one to talk!
Sigh – this tired old friendship breakup again! Visually imagine me doing the Vicki Gunvalson ZZZZZZ fall asleep face here.
Well, Tamra has shed about a zillion pounds in preparation for her fitness competition – and she is looking amazing. To celebrate, Tamra just announced plans to release JUDGEACTIV, a line of workout clothes. I guess we know what the Real Housewives Of Orange County season finale party will be celebrating! #BravoHomeShoppingNetwork.
You know, Even for a penny, I wouldn’t buy that Tamra that found Jesus, but I would buy some workout clothes and fitness tips from her.
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Last night’s sit down between Bethenny Frankel and Sonja Morgan was hard to watch. It was hard to watch Sonja cry, it was hard to watch Bethenny give it to her straight, but it was needed. I hope Sonja appreciates that Bethenny is always going to be blunt with her and sometimes give her the reality smack that she needs.
Bethenny reflected on her business journey in her Real Housewives of New York blog this week. “Oh what a tangled web we weave. It was crazy to watch the evolution of my hustle from a CT supermarket to Union Square. The stakes are way higher, but the hustle is the same. Business is tough. I love what I do, and I am 100% invested, and it is my mission to help and inspire female entrepreneurs. This entails being honest about what it takes. Even now I struggle to make things work, and I have drive and determination, and I’m completely committed.”
Bethenny knows it is an all-consuming endeavor to launch a business. She blogs, “Those Skinnygirl Protein Shakes and Bars are unbelievably delicious and good for you, but it still takes a lot to make a product move on the shelves of Walmart. Being a mom and a business woman: that’s all there really is time for much of the time.”
On Sonja’s Tipsy Girl shocker, “The Sonja situation was just kind of sad. Obviously, her idea can’t touch my brand. There is no product or distribution. It is a made-for-television idea, and I have over 20 varieties of wine, vodka and ready to drink. You can’t find a city of the Housewives where several women haven’t followed in my footsteps and attempted booze. Bring it on. The more the merrier. It is a brutal business, and it may look easy, but as you see, it isn’t.”
She adds, “This was just an unoriginal name and idea, and it gives a false impression to the audience–that you just go on TV, and poof a brand is born. That isn’t how it works.
I also know this industry fairly well, and the TTB, the liquor governing board that approves labels, would doubtfully name a cocktail “half drunk” girl. They take drinking responsibly as seriously as do I.”
Despite the mess, Bethenny isn’t mad at Sonja, “As for Sonja, well… I have no anger towards Sonja, but I do have sympathy. I hope she can find her truth somewhere in the process. Ideas and names are a dime a dozen. Execution, drive, dedication and passion push it through.”
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On to the showdown at John’s party. Bethenny shares, “Wow, that fight was insane. The first thing I thought was who would date that vile creature much less go to Ibiza with him? Not sure why Ramona wanted to speak with him but probably to get some dirt because where men and Luann are there may be some to dig up. I agreed with Dorinda that John was right to want to toss that pig from his party, but ever so wrong to wave his hands at Ramona and light that flame again.”
Bethenny ends her blog thinking that John is ready to be cast as a Housewife. “John needs a paycheck, an Herve Leger dress and an apple and he is ready for his tagline. That was some fight.”
What do you think of the Tipsy Girl situation? I feel for Sonja and want to see her succeed, but she needs to take one of her ideas and see it through. The toaster oven, the fashion line, something! Heather Thomson and Bethenny have both offered their help and guidance but she jumps all over the place instead of focusing on one and putting all of her energy there. Personally, I think she should go with the toaster ovens, but that’s just me.
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Happy Birthday to Teresa Giudice – the Real Housewives of New Jersey star celebrated her 44th birthday with her family, minus Joe Giudice of course, yesterday.
Teresa shared the photo above of herself with her mother and her brother, Joe Gorga, and her sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, on Instagram, adding, “With my beautiful family.” Teresa referred to the low-key birthday celebration as the “sweetest” and shared more pictures of herself with her “beautiful” family. Last month, everyone in Teresa’s life was “great,” this month, it’s “beautiful.” She’s a woman of many words (except for accountable – she hasn’t quite mastered that one yet). Check out the pictures below.
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In related news, Season 7 of Real Housewives of New Jersey is set to premiere in July. Andy Cohen teased on Twitter, “Just spent my Friday night watching the first episode of #RHONJ – H O L Y T O L E D O. I’m crying. It’s good. #SummerByBravo” Teresa added that it is the “most powerful” season.
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Last night the reality stars converged in West Hollywood to celebrate with OK! Magazine’s So Sexy LA party. Stars from Shahs of Sunset, Vanderpump Rules, Teen Mom and more turned out for the event.
Shahs stars GG Gharachedaghi, Shervin, and MJ Javid were in attendance, but MJ’s fiance Tommy Feight sat this one out. GG got into the spirit of the event, wearing her best OK! pink bra under a somewhat see-through black dress.
Teen Mom OG star Farrah Abraham smooched her on-again/off-again boyfriend Simon as she posed for pics.
Although Jax Taylor wasn’t photographed on the pink carpet, he was headed to the event, which was also attended by his co-stars James Kennedy and Lala Kent. The show just started filming the new season yesterday and Jax had some choice words for James ahead of the event, “If I don’t kill that piece of sh$t tonight, he should play the lottery.” So, clearly James is still pushing every last button of Jax’s. 
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26 men enter. 1 man leave. The Reality TV Dating Thunderdome starts next week, but you guys probably know it better as The Bachelorette. JoJo Fletcher, who may not have won Ben...
The Tipsy Girl Met the Skinnygirl on The Real Housewives of New York City and it was explosive and sad at the same time. Bethenny Frankel brought Sonja Morgan in to discuss the whole Prosecco...If you thought things were going to slow down in tonight's finale of The 100, you clearly don't know anything. In last week's episode, Clarke (Eliza Taylor) was tortured by...I was clearly always in the minority, but I always appreciated Kristen Taekman for representing the ‘normal girl’ perspective on Real Housewives Of New York. It turns out, Kristen agrees she was way too sane for that Turtle Timey mess!
“I loved every minute of it. I just don’t think I really fit in! And I think that’s OK … You only want so much normal,” Kristen admits.
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Comparing Real Housewives Of New York to a “sorority” – hazing included – Kristen describes it as getting paid to “get together with girlfriends” and go on hiatus from your normal everyday ‘real housewife’ lifestyle.
“You have this group of girlfriends, and you see each other all the time. It was a cool moment … we were always getting together all the time and doing really fun things,” Kristen explains. She also loved the fashion opportunities. “Dressing up, having fun, doing fun makeup, cool hair. It was great.”
As for why she’s no longer on the show, Kristen believes viewers were getting restless, wondering, “Where’s the crazy?! She needs to drink more!” Since she wasn’t willing to bring fake-crazy, she’s content leaving RHONY behind to focus on her Pop Of Color beauty line, fashion blog, Last Night’s Look, and her family.
“I am out of the trenches. All my Army gear’s off. I put the helmet down, I took off my military jacket,” she laughs.
Looking back, Kristen has no hard feelings towards RHONY, and is instead watching the show. “You still feel part of it, but you’re removed and it’s, like, fun to see what all the girls are doing, but without the drama.”
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Being “too normal” wasn’t the only reason Kristen left the show – after her husband Josh was busted in the Ashley Madison hack, she wanted privacy to focus on her family. That privacy includes not publicly discussing her marriage, or what led to Josh’s very active membership on the site. “I know my truth, and our truth, and our relationship. I just feel like I’m not on a reality TV show anymore, and I don’t have to explain it to anybody,” Kristen tells WUSA-9.
What Kristen will say is that post-Housewives her marriage is “100 percent” better.
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We need to talk about Rey, and not the popular Rey, the hero of Star Wars: The Force Awakens played by Daisy Ridley, we need to talk about Real Housewives of New York City's Rey, Luann de...After fireworks during a night out of belly dancing, the Little Women: NY think it’s about time to get away and plan a camping trip to bond and maybe even try and have fun. Let’s see if a little fresh air can mend the rift between Jazmin Lang and sister-in-law/ultimate ball-buster, Dawn Lang.
Jazmin meets up with roomie Jason Perez to discuss her issues with Dawn. Jason believes in tough love but thinks Dawn expects Jazmin to be just like her and that’s not fair. He questions if maybe Dawn resents Jazmin for taking her only brother away and would like to give her the benefit of the doubt but thinks her judgmental nagging is becoming too much to bear. Jason thinks if he can invite Dawn and Jazmin over to his parent’s house to see a loving family dynamic, it might help.
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Lila Call braves Judge Dawn’s chambers, errrr, I mean, apartment to try and play Switzerland between these two. Dawn understands that Lila means well but doesn’t understand why everyone is pushing a friendship between the two. They may be sisters-in-law, but they don’t need to be friends! Lila points out the obvious, that Dawn lacks charm and manners and I guess Dawn didn’t learn those words in paralegal school because she looks confused. Dawn finally shows some vulnerability and admits that she was put up for adoption by her birth parents and was later adopted but always taught to take care of herself. Lila worries that she will just end up ostracizing herself from having any friends.
As planned, Jason brings Dawn over to his parent’s house and pulls another surprise guest move as Jazmin arrives when Dawn wasn’t aware she was coming. Dawn had no idea and isn’t exactly in the forgiving mood. Jason’s parent’s still don’t want to let go of Jason moving out and Dawn says she grew up differently – she was out of the house by 20 and sleeping on a mattress somewhere. Jazmin and Jason try very hard to demonstrate ways of how supportive families can be and their plan doesn’t even come close to working – the more they push the idea, the more Dawn pushes back.
Clearly, Dawn doesn’t want to be told anything when it comes to her opinion. According to her, family is important but there are lots of “other important things in the day.” It didn’t take Dawn long to see Jason’s hidden agenda (was it when he gleefully pointed out that they help each other when passing a bowl of food?) and Dawn decides to excuse herself in the middle of dinner, claiming she has to work. She leaves and Jason worries that his little plan made things a lot worse.
The next day, Jason decides that he needs to speak with Dawn and she relents to have him over but after she points out that it has to be quick because she’s “working” (at home, on her roof top with a closed laptop). Jason wants to know what happened last night and Dawn says she felt ambushed and goes into full defense mode. She is sick of everyone trying to get involved in their relationship and doesn’t like being the bad guy all the time. Dawn tells Jason to mind his own business and let Jazmin fight her own battles. Jason counters with a camping trip and Dawn, despite her best efforts to not partake in anything that might be fun, finally agrees.
Katie Snyder meets up with Lila, who would like to try and make up for their terrible welcome at the belly-dancing dinner with a relaxing pedicure. Katie remembers Lila from past little people conventions and didn’t have the greatest first impression. Lila doesn’t really remember and overcompensates with some Lamaze techniques when Katie uncomfortably shifts because the baby kicked. She tries hard to relate to Katie and talks about the recent loss of her dad and Katie opens up about losing her dad as well. She’s surprised by the support and understanding she got from Lila.
It’s time to board the minivan to go camping and Dawn wastes ZERO time causing issue with Jazmin, who has already claimed shotgun. She snipes that Jazmin always gets what she wants and that this isn’t kindergarten. Then why are you whining about sitting up front!? Jason realizes this might not have been the best plan considering they are already arguing and haven’t even hit the road yet!
Jessica Capri shows up last and it’s time to get this minivan on the road! On the drive up, everyone is treated to Dawn’s incessant back seat driving and correcting. Someone give this girl a Xanax, please. They arrive at the campsite and everyone is pleasantly surprised at how it’s more like glamping than camping. Thing seem to be looking up! For now! Back at the apartment, Katie is skyping with her baby-daddy, PJ, and she wants him to come out and help her with their daughter. Katie originally needed a ring for PJ to come out but now she just wants the help. He agrees to fly out and help.
The sun has set at the campsite and it’s time to start a fire and some drama. Jason wants everyone to let their worries go by releasing lanterns and all Dawn wants to know is if they are biodegradable. Womp womp… there really is no pleasing her. Lila has been dying to prank Jason and gets Jess involved in the plan. As Jason holds a cup of piping hot tea in a lounge chair, Lila sneaks up in a wolf’s mask to scare him and Jason throws hot tea all over himself. Dawn can’t stand to not say anything judge-y and asks Jason if he has always been so easily scared.
The group moves to the fire to roast marshmallows and even that isn’t up to Dawn’s standards – she can’t imagine herself eating a marshmallow off a stick. Jess asks if there is anything Dawn does for fun and Dawn replies “work and make money.” You and EVERYONE else, Dawn. Jess giggles and says there is more to life and Dawn perceives that as an attack and wants to know why Lila isn’t sticking up for her. Didn’t we just hear Dawn preach to Jason about Jazmin fighting her own battles? Once again, those rules don’t apply to the almighty Judge Dawn.
Dawn pulls Lila aside to whine that she doesn’t have her back and Lila refuses to back down. She tells Dawn that she can’t stick up for her when she doesn’t have any regard for anyone else’s feelings. Dawn keeps repeating that “a friend to all is a friend to none” and then throws in the zinger, “there’s no i in team but there’s a u in c**t.” I wonder how long she has been waiting to use that one? Lila decides she’s had enough and tells Dawn that she does this to herself and can’t defend her behavior while Dawn storms off, refusing to listen.
The next day, Dawn decides that Jazmin is her only family in New York, and suddenly, a truce with Jazmin isn’t sounding so bad. Jazmin apologizes for her delivery the other night and Dawn says it takes a big person to apologize (but doesn’t bother apologizing herself). The conversation seems to go well, and for now, these two seem to have found a way to stop fighting and work on their relationship.
Something aside from Dawn has been bugging Jazmin and she waits until Jess is off calling Katie to bring it up to the group. Jazmin drops the bomb that she saw a very pregnant Katie outside smoking with Jess the other night after belly dancing and has the video to prove it. The group can’t believe what they are seeing and truthfully, neither can I. Katie might be the new girl, but there is no way they aren’t going to get involved somehow.
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This may be the last season of The Vampire Diaries. Or maybe not. While talking to reporters about the long-running series, which is now going into its eighth season, The CW boss Mark Pedowitz...Is it me or are things on Real Housewives Of New York just straight up mean this season?! If it isn’t raining men in NYC, it’s raining bitches – and everyone is getting drenched!
At least things start out positively. Moving into the fifth floor of Manor Morgan is Luann de Lesseps. The heater may not work but at least there’s a hot plate.
While Luann lounges on a bed still bearing the trappings of 1992 bourgeois stylings, she wonders if her hostess with the mostess loose ends, Sonja Morgan, has told Bethenny Frankel about the Tipsy Girl unveiling. Sonja shrugs off the potential snafu. She ain’t scairt of Bethenny. The well of booze has a deep trough, and Tipsy Girl is but a little drop, all of it likely going down Sonja’s gullet. After all, there was once a Skinny Bitch, then along came a Skinnygirl, and that little low-fat piggy went on reality TV and squealed all the way to the bank.
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Across town, Bethenny is having dinner with Ramona Singer and Carole Radziwill. After Ramona throws a tantrum about chairs (because she’s not embarrassing at all), she complains about Sonja’s socially unacceptable behavior. I honestly cannot possibly imagine anything more dense than Ramona not recognizing that she is the living incarnation of “hypocrisy.” I am quite certain Merriam Webster coined a special term for her called Pinotcrite, a picture of “Turtle Time” included in the definition.
Ramona has morphed from the most pinot-infused person ever, to a biatch! And where did Ramona Pinot go!? I’m not hearing about it anymore, now that Skinnygirl is back on the Bravo scene. I’m also not liking this clique Bethenny, Carole, and Ramona have got going. These three are handing out “narcissist” diagnoses faster than I can say the word deflection. Or is it projection? Or is just plain old dumbed-down delusion? I was going to give them a moniker, but I kept getting stuck on Kragle (from the LEGO movie), which in my mind morphed into “Crazzle,” which works.
Anyway, while Ramona is ordering fish Bethenny won’t eat, Bethenny is cackling to Carole, which quickly transitions into cracking on Sonja over Tipsy Girl. Bethenny is livid and feels hurt on a personal level that Sonja is hijacking on her success – especially since Bethenny invited Sonja into her world. And Sonja wants to be part of Bethenny’s world. “Where the people are…” Except Bethenny is more like Ursula the Sea Witch than any kind of Princess Charming.
Bethenny vows to let Sonja have it – and it won’t be with the butter knife Ramona is handing her! Bethenny is brutal, but Ramona is worse! Sonja is supposed to be her friend, but the pinot fountain that is Ramona’s mouth cannot stop spewing nasty comments about Sonja’s behavior, her drinking, and her nonsensical businesses which flounder (pun intended) before ever making it to land. Ouch! C’mon Ro – I thought you were having your 87th Tru Renewal, but you’re turning into Truly Re-Bethennied. And I don’t think that skinny girl has room up her anus for both you and Carole!
Jules Wainstein is dealing with a crisis. Her nanny up and quit after cashing the Christmas bonus and Jules can’t figure out how to stuff the pod into the Keurig. She got one of Sonja’s interns to post a “Nanny Wanted” add on Craigslist. The specifics include: must be willing to always wait in line for Jules. Must be willing to give Jules a blow-out. Must not be willing to give MichaelD2 a blow-job. And must be willing to suffer for Jules’ fashion. What kids again?
The potential candidate scores points for her ability to select Rio’s outfits, and her compliance at waiting in line at nightclubs from Jules‘ youth and Bonpoint sample sales (which I guess kind of counts as child rearing), but since she speaks “Spanglish” instead of Castilian Spanish, she is rejected. #PrioridadesByJules #Spanglish
While Luann is cozying in Sonja’s apartment, hiding from the torrential downpour of men flooding the leaky windows, Ramona meets Dorinda Medley for pancakes at Sarabeth’s. Dorinda chose the restaurant because it recalled a happier, simpler time – when Avery and Hannah were in day school a block away, and the Medley/Singer families were tight-knit. Now the daughters have flown the coop, the husbands have passed away or on, and all that remains are Ramona and Dorinda, nibbling pancakes and pretending they don’t want to fight for the last bite.
Now their troubles are Sonja and John. The conversation drifts this way almost immediately after Ramona gets ignited by her cappuccino. The trouble with Sonja, according to Ramona, is that she just drinks too much and Tipsy Girl is not a good fit for an actually tipsy girl. Dorinda agrees Sonja is in a bad place, but she comes at it with compassion and suggests that perhaps Ramona is evolving (or devolving) while Sonja stays stuck.
As for John, Dorinda just wants Ramona to mind her P’s & Q’s – if she can’t say anything nice, say nothing at all, but mostly: fake it til you make it because John is here to stay. Since Ramona loves Dorinda, and she’d probably like a discount on dry cleaning, you’d think she’d comply, but I have a feeling we’ll be having this same conversation next episode, and the next, and the next, and next season John’s Housewife tagline will be “I’m the only stain on this show that won’t come out!”
Speaking of stains, Luann is about to get a very unpleasant reminder of her past transgressions. But first it’s time to tackle that weighty conversation between Bethenny and Sonja.
Bethenny has no patience for Sonja, who skips benignly into Skinnygirl HQ as if this will be a regular old chat between friends who haven’t had their issues spilled onto Page Six. Especially when said issue is one rather incompetent girl’s business being a “cheater brand” on a successful girl’s business. Sonja fed herself to the wolves that day and those wolves were “hangry” – the pack leader especially thirsting for blood colored Skinnygirl red.
Bethenny rips into Sonja with a ferocity that no amount of Sonja’s put-on precocity can deflect. Yes, Bethenny is right to be livid that Sonja “rode her coattails” by hopping into bed (I hope not literally!) with Peter, the rather shady former business partner of Sonja’s rather shady former friend (that being Ramona), and obviously Sonja is no business woman, no matter how many times she claims to be playing host mother and mascot to a Nigerian Football team called the Invisibles (or however you say that in Nigerian – let’s ask someone on Real Housewives of Atlanta since they’re all having affairs with invisible Nigerian princes.).
Yes, Skinnygirl is up here, and Tipsy Girl is down there, but the point is that Bethenny has point – Sonja did in fact tread on her turf wearing her very highest heels. Unfortunately, Bethenny didn’t have to go so low-down dirty mean in confronting a woman she considered a friendly acquaintance less than 48 hours earlier. Bethenny shat on Sonja like she was nothing and completely belittled her in a way that was unflattering (for Bethenny), and gross.
Sonja burst into tears. For one half of a hot second Bethenny recoiled at her own harshness. And, honestly, how dare Bethenny, a woman who admitted to marrying for a spinoff, be calling anyone out for being a user. Sonja sobbed that she was just a girl, with a dream, trying to get ahead after shelling out millions in an unfair bankruptcy and being forced to take on Luann as a boarder. Tipsy Girl tied-in nicely with the one venture Sonja actually has afloat, her Sonja In The City party business. Which threw a thing or two, and didn’t require much effort on her part, so she synched up with these two guys who seemed to have a good thing going.
I believe Sonja and I don’t. I think the intelligent part of Sonja, which she works so diligently to hide, immediately knew Bethenny would have an issue with the thing she holds most precious being infringed upon. Tipsy Girl was no accidental coining. Yet, I think Sonja hoped Bethenny would laugh it off as another Sonja-Gaffe, another Sonjaism that would go no where but up in smoke and mirrors, and Tipsy Girl would be passed around the hollowly triumphant finale party, then lapped off the floor by Carole’s Baby, who turned to booze because his helicopter mother never taught him coping skills and made him lie to his father that he never ate meat, while secretly feeding him Steak Tartare. In short, I believe Sonja cried because she’d been caught, and also because she’s desperate, but also because she realized she’d traded a powerful semi-ally for an equally powerful enemy.
Carole and Adam are now writing a cookbook. And fostering a kitten. Because apparently Carole’s story line is animal hoarding. Adam included – he is awfully furry and fuzzy around the edges. And if we want to talk potential “cheater brands,” doesn’t ole Bethenny have a cookbook. Isn’t one of those cookbooks a vegetarian cookbook?! Oh my!
Carole writes the proposal while the kitten frolics and Baby chases, and Adam turns radishes into letters – Common Core Cooking? This revolutionary little book they’re working on will shine a never before seen spotlight on veganism for the middle-aged girl and will be whimsical, if you like watermelons instead of watermelon sour patch kids. Which are vegan, I might add. Carole has abandoned her long overdue manuscript to dot Adam’s I’s and cross his T’s, and pretend she likes holistic living. All facades are not created equal.
At the very least these two are cute. And so are kittens. Plus it was the only scene of the night (other than SoAnn shaking up) that didn’t feature screaming, crying, Jules, or John.
Oh dear, and now it’s time again for the John portion of our evening. Because this season of RHONY is forever brought you by the letter “J” and the number “Again” (as in “Infinity”), which is the number of times we have to bear witness to Ramona pretending she’ll try to get along with John and do the decent thing; multiplied by the number of times we’ll have to bear witness to John pretending to put aside his differences with Ramona for the sake of Dorinda. Then they’ll both promptly do the opposite as fast as humanly possible. Faster than Ramona can judge a narcissistic alcoholic who will ruin her dating life.
The evening begins at Sushi Roxx where Luann is in high spirits due to her dry spell lifting once she moved to Sonja’s fifth floor. When you’re up, you’re up! And when you’re wet, you’re wet – so says Ramona. Who laughs so hard at her own crass joke that she knocks over her wine glass, shattering it. But she’s never ever embarrassing in public! The Pinot Vulgarities continue when Ramona reveals that Harry Dubin has been running around town saying Lu’s Lady Lu is anything but dry, and actually squirts. In case we didn’t hear that all the way in Queens, where John’s flashlight reading glasses are resting on his nightstand waiting to inspect Dorinda, Ramona repeated it over and over. Luann was embarrassed, but being Luann, she took it like a champ.
Then Ramona dashes off to Doridna’s party, the one Dorinda is hosting with John. The one Ramona wasn’t actually invited to given that she can’t stand John and derides him as the silent fart following Dorinda around Manhattan like a human stain unremovable by anything in Madame Paulette’s retinue.
Lu and So stay behind to discuss the trouble with Bethenny. Luann is supportive of Sonja’s strife and starting to recognize a pattern in Bethenny’s aggressiveness. She decides Bethenny needs to get laid, and therefore, unwound. Possibly Lu will pass a guy out her window, using the pulley system, and string him along to Cheateu Skinny. The merriment ends at John’s party where Luann runs into her stalker ex-boyfriend Rey who begs her to love him and kiss him, and causes Luann to flee.
Ramona is practically salivating. As if Rey was made of pinot and she must gulp him down. She scampers over hoping to get the goods on Luann’s dirty deeds. What is Ramona’s deal with trying to make Luann look bad? Why would she be so desperate for gossip that she’d talk to this cretin, who is clearly trashed and who sounded like Balki Bartokomous. Apparently he comes from Ibiza?
John was asking himself the same question as he decided to eject Rey (what a pretentious put-on of an ‘I moved to NYC to reinvent myself’ name). Shockingly, Ramona defends Rey and insists he isn’t doing anything wrong, EVEN though Sonja was also uncomfortable with him!
Of course, being John and Ramona (who I’m beginning to think need a good hate f–k!), they escalate into a screaming argument. Ramona wasn’t defending Rey, she was asserting herself to John. Rey was transference, but John didn’t want it, so he shoved his hand in Ramona’s face – absolutely appalling and unacceptable! – and demanded she leave as well. Poor Dorinda is beside herself. She tries to tell Ramona that Rey is gross, then she begs John to back down.
Eventually, Ramona, who is never an embarrassment, leaves WITH REY! Dorinda follows and their argument erupts in the street. Dorinda accuses Ramona of ruining the party to cause a scene. Dorinda knows Ramona did this on purpose and is furious. Ramona, naturally, takes zero ownership for her behavior and blames John.
Ramona storms away (with Rey trailing after). Then Dorinda gets in a cab to go home because she’s furious with John, disgusted with Ramona, and exhausted by it all. John chases her down and begs her to stay, but Dorinda refuses. She informs him that his actions were justified – kicking Rey out, telling Ramona to stay out of it – but his reactions – shoving his hand in Ramona’s face and screaming – were certainly not.
Dorinda is a smart, sweet woman – kind but tough, honest but never mean, righteous in her assessments but loyal and fair. The kind of no bullshit woman Bethenny imagines herself to be. Except Bethenny is a cheater brand Dorinda.
TELL US – IS TIPSY GIRL A CHEATER BRAND? DID BETHENNY OVER-REACT OR DID SONJA DESERVE IT? WHO WAS WORSE: JOHN OR DORINDA?
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