Bethenny
We begin with Bethenny arriving at The Essex House for a free room in exchange for promotion. She has her dog Cookie, and her new assistant Leslie in tow. She will be staying in the Presidential Suite, because she is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, allegedly. Bethenny explains that Jason is still living in her old apartment. That does seem kind of shitty for Jason to do as Bethenny designed every inch of the apartment. But it is what it is. So Bethenny is staying in hotels. I thought she was renting another apartment. Why isn’t she there? Oh she is renovating the other apartment.
Bethenny talks about her failed talk show and how unhappy she was as a talk show host. Essentially, she expected to be in control of the show, and she was not the ultimate decision maker and she couldn’t take that. I hope in her therapy they are discussing the commonalities between this experience and her marriage.
Kristen
We check in with Kristen and her family which she says is getting better. From where I am sitting. It still looks pretty hectic.
Kristen, Luann, Heather and Carole get together for drinks. Heather awkwardly kisses Luann on the lips when she greets her. Awkward. Carole openly admits she is on a diet that involves nothing but vodka, cucumbers and butter. Good for her. Luann is having all the girls to her new house in the Hamptons. She is apparently downsizing. Luann and Sonja are still not on good terms, but she invited her anyway. Sonja as apparently been drinking too much and making a spectacle of herself in public. Which is way worse than drinking too much and making a spectacle of yourself on the Internet. Am I right?
Bethenny
It seems that Bethenny is having a cocktail party in the penthouse. Luann is the first to arrive. That itself is odd. I didn’t know that Jacques and Luann lived together for four years. Luann and Bethenny talk about Bethenny’s divorce. She says there is no friendship left between her and Jason. Luann says that Sonja is a mess. They both feel bad for Ramona. Maybe Bethenny and Luann are the only two having drinks.
Bethenny goes out with Fredric of Millions Dollar Listing to look at office space. Bethenny, Fredric and the other realtor talk about their fetishes, as one does. Except not one of the three of them knows what a fetish is. Bethenny is depressed because she is getting too old to have another baby. She is homeless. She dumping all of this out on Fred. It’s classic poor little rich girl.
Sonja
Sonja and Ramona meet for drinks. They are not that close anymore. Ramona is falling apart. I can’t imagine a divorce after 25 years of marriage. Ramona can’t believe she is getting a divorce. Sonja is trying to share what she went through in her divorce. It does come off as a bit of an attempt to make her divorce seem worse than Sonja’s. These two are kind of on the outs.
Sonja still has the movie lawsuit. She has also sold one of her homes. She has a ton of interns still. She feels like the girls criticize her and she is on the outside. She sounds as delusional as ever. Then she does a talking head about how she is not delusional.
Carole
Carole is working on her next book. She is very behind her deadlines.
Ramona
Dorinda is officially “Ramona’s friend” I don’t like Dorinda already. I don’t know why. I just don’t get a good feeling. I hope that changes. Ramona is very ramotional. Ramona tells Dorinda that Sonja is not supporting her through this difficult time. Ramona says that Mario begged her for another chance. She can’t even say the word, “affair.” Dorinda is very kind and supportive. Dorinda’s husband died three years ago. They have great conversation.
Sidenote: I swear to God there are more commercials than show tonight. I never have time to just sit here and watch commercials.
Dorinda
Hannah is Dorinda’s young adult daughter. Apparently they share a shoe fetish. Dorinda already has a new rich man. His name is John and he may be gay. Yet Dorinda calls him a machismo, mafia type. I think we must be looking at two different men.
Next week: Dorinda and Sonja stay at Ramona’s house in the Hamptons but she gives Dorinda the room that Sonja always stays in. Ramona apologizes to LuAnn for being insensitive to her divorce struggles. The ladies all converge on the Hamptons and the sparks begin already between Ramona and Bethenny who appears to be butting in to business that does not concern her. Bethenny tells Ramona she doesn’t want to hang out with her.
I will never understand rich people. Bethenny owns an apartment that her ex took over, she has a house in the Hamptons (can you not live there year round?), she has a new place she is redoing, she is renting a Presidential suite, and she changes her underwear in a fancy limo.
THIS is being “homeless”?
Bethenny’s definition of homelessness must come from the same dictionary as Kim’s definition of sobriety.
That is a good one! Yeah, I’m totally not getting why she calls herself homeless. She bought a place that she is “fixing up,” which means it’s not to her standards. She for does not meet the definition of homeless. I get that she is frustrated because she worked so hard for the other apartment that her ex is now living in, but that doesn’t constitute not having a place to live.
If she calls herself homeless now I wonder what she called it when she was living in Jill Zarina couch?
And I’m thinking Jill had a guest room. Just a guess.
And we’re supposed to feel empathy because she can’t have another child, due to the fact she is, “Homeless”. I may be over-sensitive but by the third time she referred to herself as, “Homeless”, it was pissing me off. In the NYC area where I live there are people sleeping on cardboard boxes in below freezing temps-but we’re supposed to feel sorry for her, suffering in her presidential suite at the Essex House. Bleh.
Agreed 100 percent! I feel sorry for the single mothers struggling to feed their kids and keep their lights on and buy their kids clothes and pay for day care while they try to work.. Those who truly put their families and kids first…NOT POOR little Bethany Frankle who’s crying in the back of a limo or fancy car with her million dollar real estate broker with her driver while she has many multimillion dollar properties on her way back to her presedental suite in her fancy hotel while her million dollar apt is being renovated( which was her chose) all while she claims she’s “homeless” all while in the ale sentence she’s saying how “she can’t imagine Bill Gates or Oprah changing clothes or thier undies in back of a limo like she has had to do”. I’m sure they haven’t because they have a little more class.. They prob haver pisses in a bucket either , or taking a pre test on national tv with the bathroom door ion either. Think you may be exaggerating a little Bethany.. For more sympathy? She’s getting food at that.. But I think people are smarted than she thinks. She thinks she’s smarted than everyone though and that’s becoming much more clear this season. Your not a victim. There are people who go through rough divorces everyday. It sucks and I have sympathy but life goes on. Your not the only one and you sit isn’t any harder than thousand of others in similar situations. She plain rude now! And it’s hard to feel sorry for you with your stank ass superior rude attitude toward Everyone on the show right from the get go. Ya, maybe some of them (the other cuckoo birds) are annoying and they may deserve reality checks but I think you may need one also. Divorce sucks and is sad I its hard to have an ex live in a home you built together and that I can have companion for but not the whole poor me in homeless and comparing yourself to Operah and Bill gates int the same sentence. I think game and constant kiss adding has diluted her reality and incredible ego!
Come back down to earth. money is great it can make total shit heads. My family has money and you’d never know.. Not every one with wealth act this way. Clearly tv has and love people to act this way but it’s not always reality. There should be REAL people representing the majority of people. Real normal people can still be interesting, funny, a little crazy and fun too “. Why it’s always these wa kos and full of shit people who represent women is.. Well I gues interesting and has us talking but still a bit disappointing.
Ok, clearly I didn’t spell check my comment above, but I’m sure it’s easy get my point ^^ .
I don’t get Sonja, either. What’s with all the interns? Are they just hired friends, or is she actually producing something?
That first thing.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Friends being compensated in credits. Is the university that she gets these interns from accredited?
I really think it’s just another loose stitch on the unraveling tapestry of delusion; the reality is floating somewhere inbetween “hey want to stay here for free/do random shit for me/be on TV while I film?” but in Sonja’s reality they’re a crucial part of managing her email and laundry because she’s so busy heading her African yellow blooddiamond trade ring and appliance line.
But internship credits need to be affiliated with your major, even with the local state schools they’re highly regulated so I can’t imagine they’re students fulfilling unit requirements doing this unless they can somehow prove they’re working with one of her fictional companies doing actual (major related) work.
I would really like to be as “homeless” as Bethany. Shit, I’d really like to be as “homeless” as Cookie! #richpeopleproblems
When she was asking Ramona to defend her against attacks from the, “Ladies”. Among other things, she said to tell them she’s a movie producer. Wth? Besides being sued for failing to deliver on that John Travolla film, what other films has she produced? I’m also looking forward to seeing this years amazing product-some lifestyle brand that will knock us off our feet apparently. This lady can’t even get a product on the shelves of Kmart.
One of my high school friends was one of her interns for season…6? whichever season was in 2012 & had Millsaps. I might have said that already, I can’t remember, I drink a lot. Anyways, she was a legitimate intern but not very well compensated salary wise… she did get lots of cool perks though. I haven’t watched much since then though.
Whaaaaa? I need more info on this internship! Was it for school credit or through ??? Need to know!
I think it’s kind of like Kramer and his intern Darin. Totally legit…
Kramerica Industries!!!
They are interns, they work for free. She says its for the experience they get doing things that she surely could be doing for herself. She goes on and on trying to prove to us that she’s so busy and in demand. Just proving that she’s got nothing going on and her life is in shambles.. Still. And I thought her incessant talking about her divorce while Ramona was trying to have a heart to heart about her divorced was totally narcissistic , I agree with Ramona. I’m tired of hearing about her short marriage to an old man. The first thing she did when she met dorinda was go through her list of homes and yachts that she doesn’t own anymore . Her identity was wrapped up in material things and she has no idea who she is anymore or how to deal with the fact that she is no longer wealthy . It’s getting old
God I just remembered how much Bethenny use to cry all the time before. She’s always 3 seconds from a meltdown. Home is where the heart is, her being without a home is temporary and not as bad as she makes it seem. I could make a nice little home in the President Suite. I did feel that Sonja (who I’ve never liked) didn’t listen at all to Ramona’s problems. Ramona is sort of getting some karma here because she was soooo sickening insistent on how wonderful her marriage was all the time. I always felt, since Season 1, that her husband was tolerating her behavior and that he had to be cheating on her. And I was right. I never believed her marriage was as perfect as she was portraying it. I’m really liking Luann for some reason. She’s Coowell. This season could be entertaining. Kinda looking forward to it. The poor little rich girl does have the potential of being insufferable. Thanks for the recap Tamara.
Yeah, homeless when you have, like, $0.45 to your name = worth having a meltdown.
Homeless when you have millions and you have to rough it in a 5-star hotel: Oh, please.
I know right! There are some people who are down to their last dime scared shitless with kids & nowhere to go and she’s calling a 5 star hotel with a butler “homeless”. She finally admitted in her talking head that she can’t believe she’s worked her butt off and he’s the one living in the apt not her. Hope she makes her story she feels like he’s unfair not her old story of “I’m struggling and everyone else is rich”.
If she continues this “homeless” crap Im turning. It’s like when she spent all that time trying to become a success, then when she did all she did is complain about how busy she is. Annoying! And Im a super Bethenny fan!
Exactly and she has plenty of options. When we were redoing our house we did a 3 month condo rental, when surprise surprise the the redo was not done on time we did a 1 month rental in 1 place and 1 month in another. She could rent 1 spot for while redoing her new place.
My problem with Bethany is she puts herself in these shitty situations and then goes into victim mode.
Yeah, that’s the thing! Besides staying in one of her other properties, she could just stay in one spot! Pick your favorite presidential suite and settle in. Moving every few days? She’s not Beyonce out on tour! Doesn’t make sense, Ms. Logical!
My theory is, if she stays in one place then “she has moved out.” Bad idea. But if she is moving from place to place and stays in her new summer home in the Hamptons for the weekends, she is displaced and “homeless.”Good (legal)idea. Her thing to the judge is going to be, “I’m living in my car your honor, because this mean man won’t leave the apartment that I share with my child!
Just my thought, I have no idea on the legal technicalities.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Yes, perhaps she should go and help out at a soup kitchen one night and see what it’s really like to be homeless.
I tuned in thinking I was going to watch RHOBH Reunion Pt. 2. I missed the memo. Glad I did, though.
I stopped watching a few seasons ago. Maybe I can be a fresh perspective. Bethanny, Ramona and Luann are my top three. Not sure on this new woman that Bethanny is introducing.
Bethenny is a hot mess. Love her to death. She is my fave and the only reason I am watching RHONY again. Never bothered watching her talk show, though. She said it best when she stated she’d never [again] marry someone who wants to get married on reality TV. So many ways to restructure her thoughts. I am here for her for her tears and funny insight.
Luann in her heavy smoker voice saying ‘Be cool. Don’t be all…uncool.” I instantly love her for this self-unawareness.
Ramona talks/thinks so fast, I’d swear she is hyped on caffeine or a narcotic. It is definitely not wine. I will give her the benefit of the doubt and attribute it to Mario. Of course this makes no sense but I WANT to like Ramona.
I think Ramona has ADHD. Bethany can really say some funny stuff. And it seems to be spontaneous wit. Loved the pig comments tonight.
@katimir: Yes, I laughed out loud at the pig comment!
@Would you like some Tea, I cringe everytime I hear Luann say that! It bugs the shit out of me for some reason. I loved Luann last season though so I’m hoping I don’t hold that against her, lol.
I cringe at “I am here for her for her tears and funny insight.”
Um, I don’t care and you’re seeing something I’m not, respectively.
I cringe at, “Um, I don’t care and you’re seeing something I’m not, respectively.”
My guess is Ramona takes Adderall
People tell me I talk too fast, and I’m not on anything. I say if you can’t keep up, that’s your problem.
I love Bethenney but come on, she was 10xs more hyped than Ramona. There’s always that uneasy tendon with Bethenney that makes me nervous just watching her. It’s anxiety of course but tonight she was very snippy with Tamons and I think Ramona really made an effort to let the comments go, then she just couldn’t help it. She had to blurt it out and ruin her vibe. Bethenney was hard on her I thought.
*tension
Kyle leave your face alone!
It doesn’t look like she’s using just injectables anymore, she’s pulled tighter then a drum-its a shame but I still think Brandi looked the worst. She looks like a marionette named, “Madame” from the 70’s-80’s.
I want to see a Ramona that isn’t always “on.”. She reminds me of Liza Minelli ( oh shut up with the That’s So Gay reference. It is. I am. Get over it), who lives her entire life like she’s on stage. Ramona does the same. I just don’t see anything genuine, just artifice.
Sonja’s life intrigues me for all the wrong reasons – its like she’s literally just one toast oven away from becoming Edie Be all in Greg Gardens.
“Sonja’s life intrigues me for all the wrong reasons – its like she’s literally just one toast oven away from becoming Edie Be all in Greg Gardens.”
A toaster oven away. OK, I defy anyone to find a funnier line than this. I’ve read it over and over, and laughed out loud every single time.
hilarious lol
Weren’t they all over the Sonja/Grey Gardens similarities at the reunion last season? I feel she is performing, yes, but also truly delusional.
All of this!
@Xanadude, you is funny as shit. Love to read your comments always! Lol!
I have been a Bethenny fan since Day 1 but I am Team Jason in their divorce. She repeatedly begged him to quit his job/career to come work with her. After a season or two of begging, he reluctantly obliged and then the marriage fell apart. If the scenario were reversed, most would support Bethenny in seeking financial support. Why would it be any different now that Bethenny is the rich bitch and Jason needs the support. Besides, I think Jason and his family will be their daughter’s best hope at having a stable childhood. Bethenny is her mother. But her craziness makes for great tv.
PS I wonder who’s getting a paid more by Bravo – Bethenny or the self-proclaimed, rich bitch, Nene. I’m betting Bethenny.
I don’t know much about her divorce, but Jason seemed like a sweetheart, like the only man on earth who could tolerate her spastic personality. I stopped watching New York some time ago because it just got too weird. None of these women are relatable in any way. Maybe Carol, and possibly Sonja, but only when she’s not being haughty (rarely). Otherwise, blah. Also, I think Ramona’s a tweaker. There, I fuggin said it. Whatevers.
Ha ha so who’s got the bigger paycheck: The “Rich” Bitch or the “Homeless” Bitch?
Minky, I find I’m almost always agreeing with you!
I totally think Ramona takes a ton of Ritalin. God, remember when she got a haircut and kept saying she looked like Cameron Diaz? WTF!
Exactly my thoughts re: Jason.
I love Carol, but I’m worried she might become kind of a caricature of herself.
I like Luann more and more every season.
TOO MANY WOMEN, especially if they’re going to spend half the show on Bethenny.
BH Wannabe,
I AGREE!!! TOO MANY WOMEN! It seems as if it will be difficult to develop each one’s storyline completely. Six should be max for these shows.
Carole’s heart is still sad. She’s missing her husband and it shows with all the inappropriate sexy talk. Call me a prude, but that’s what I’m getting from her. Luann, yes, much less annoying than previous seasons. Sonja, I hope she doesn’t do anything too stupid. I’m rooting for her because I find her kind of endearing in an odd way. Kristen, meh. I bet we’ll be seeing much less of her domineering ass husband, though. Heather, tries too hard. This new girl, Dorinda? I don’t know about her. Her daughter is very irritating. If I were the momma, my house slipper would be clocking in several hours of over time on that disrespectful little som’bitch.
Bethany has always been a mess of shit soup. Since day one she’s been insecure and emotionally needy to the extreme. Remember before she got married and Jill Z was still on the show. She’d be crying on Jill’s shoulder about when’s she gonna get married. When’s she gonna have a baby, and so on and so forth. Every time she’d go to a party or social event she’d end up weeping and unloading her troubles on anyone who’d listen. Jill, Alex, Jill’s mama. Pathetic. And now this! Same shit with her.
Ramona obviously feels threatened by Bethanny. They have a similar story line, and Ramona thought she was gonna be queen bee since just about all of the original cast has been axed, except Luanne, who’s really a non-entity. So…here comes Bethanny with her high roller drama, and Ramona’s freaking out because she thought she and her divorce would be the focal point of this season. Meanwhile, Andy’s so excited that he’s skeeted all over his crooked tie.
OMG, “Andy’s so excited that he’s skeeted all over his crooked tie.”
Ha ha ha ha ha!
I’m Team Jason too. Bethany wanted to get married on TV, now she’s pretending it was Jason. Yes he has a long list of reality tryouts….not. Bethany I wants to live in bitterness, first it was her parents, now its Jason.
Bethenny (how ever she spells it) has some “I don’t deserve love” issues and it seems she refuses to be happy and will find some way to mess it up. She had me cracking up when she was saying, she won’t be saying,”we’ll be right back, right after these messages” and things like that..too funny.
Funny,I’m just the opposite. Bethenny has always sickened me, but I really felt her pain about the apartment. It was her dream, it meant so much to her and she worked so hard for it. I’m sure Jason has a lot of extremely legitimate reasons for being upset with her, but let her have her apartment.
I agree Jane, except for custody purposes and financial reasons divorce attorney’s say you don’t want to be the one to move out of the primary residence. Remember War of the Roses? It’s exactly like that.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Jason know Bethenny’s issues and tries to hit her where it hurts the most. At least Bethenny is honest about her self and her feelings. Jason just seems evil.
She didn’t beg him. I watched the whole series. He was always hanging around her little team working in their apartment. His problem was he wanted to run the thang, and she wasn’t having it. He had issues with her having the money + success He said it out loud on the vacation episodes.
I watched the whole series too. She begged him to join his team. He wasn’t hanging around the team, the team was working out of their 2 bedroom apt. There was no way for him to avoid it. Bethenny cried or whined every time Jason had to go out of town for his job. I love Bethenny but based on what we saw on her series, she is impossible to please.
@Queen I loved her + Jason in the beginning. He turned me off when HIS whining started about her + his parents + Brynn. And when it was so ob-v she was the breadwinner in the relationship. Why didn’t he create a business of his own? They had a tv show, their own platform. He didn’t because he felt entitled to hers.
No, actually what he said on the vacation episodes was that he wanted to follow and achieve his own dreams. His dreams were not related to SkinnyGirl. He has his own interests and doesn’t want to work FOR her. To which Bethenny said he would not be working FOR her. And they had that argument ad nauseum.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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@Tamara That vacation was supposed to help them get the romance back…that season was so awkward, it kinda felt uncomfortable to watch. And that ep was at the end of the season..
Thanks for the reply TT. I was beginning to think that Tanya and I watched two different Bethenny/Jason series.
Tanya is a bit special.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Bethenny needs to take a lesson from Christina Onassis: just write the check and MOVE ON. They’re not fighting over nickels. She’ll still have many millions and be fine.
I agree with you. This whining about her homelessness….I have zero sympathy. Living well is the best revenge. She can get a better apartment. She could be a waitress at Denny ‘s trying to raise her little girl without child support.
I am not liking Sonja at all this season. She is more and more egocentric. She’s the kind of friend who sends a get well card that says: ” I had it too, only worse.”
Jason wants half her earnings. PLUS now he has spousal support because he fought for custody. PLUS child support because he fought for custody instead of VISITATION. This is about GREED and payback. Between child, spousal and wanting half her money, he would be getting more than she earns and is worth. Last but not least, his divorce shark lawyer is sticking her with HIS divorce bills. He has no motivation to settle. How is that fair?
I am not a fan of Bethenney but just like I stuck up for Sherri Shepperd, who is as dumb as the day is long, I am going to stick up for B because I think she is getting the shaft.
I think Jason is trying to save Brynn from her mother. She needs to be with him and his parents as much as possible to counter balance the whole penthouse at the Essex House thing.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Bethenney is Andy’s queen B. I wish he’d 86 Nay Nay. Can’t stand her or those ridiculous wigs! Lol
Was kinda underwhelmed with this ep and I think there’s just too many cast members with too many storylines to follow. B is still my fave. Rich or not, I totally get how she feels without a home base. She had a marriage – gone, fabulous dream home – gone, amazing career upgrade – gone within a 3-4 year time span. For anyone it would be much, fo someone who needs to feel in control, it’s way too much. Not feeling Dorinda either…something about her seems rough around the edges, not @ all like an UES socialite. Ramona/Sonja/Luann/Kristen are expendable IMHO.
Bethenny crying because she’s “homeless”? Wait… Huh? Bethenny is crying because she is a fucked up mess. And yes, always have and always will love her snark and quick comebacks, but RPP, girl. Get a grip.
Luann is righteous. Ever since she split up with Count Dracula and hooked up with Jaques, I have just dug her. I agree with whoever/ whomever? (Whatever… Grammar has never been my thing) quoted her “Be cool, don’t be all like… uncool”. It will no doubt be my favorite line all season.
Sonja… I just can’t with her and the endless “interns”. God, what a load of crap.
It was nice to see Ramona have some real, legitimate emotion tonight. I don’t believe I have ever seen her vulnerable like that.
Glad New York is back!
Yes! I love Luann more and more each season! “Don’t be all… uncool.”
I thought Luann looked fantastic in her talking head, don’t know what she’s had done but it looks natural and her face looked beautiful. I find it’s always interesting when a new HW season starts because you can see they’ve all had work done whilst off the air.
Really feel for Ramona, and I’m not surprised she is devastated. She was so in love with Mario. I remember an episode on a yacht when she was telling this guy about how she was still in love with her husband. I know she’s hyper, but I think she would have been a good and loyal wife, and she did really want another baby with him but it just never happened.
That psychic lady in Morrocco TOLD her Mario was cheating. You could tell then she already knew.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Sonja: the Queen of the One-Downs
For those of you uninitiated, a one-down is the opposite of the one-up. A one-upper has to outdo someone in a positive way. A one-down has to have a more pathetic story than the other.
“I made ten dollars today” – “I made fifteen.”
“My marriage just broke up.” “Mine has been broken up for years”
Sonja, just shut up and sympathize.
One-down… Brilliant! I’m totally stealing that!
I agree about Sonja. Every year I dislike her a little more. She claims to have been successful in so many ways / businesses, but we haven’t seen any success since becoming a housewife. It doesn’t add up. And should anyone still be talking about and feeling sorry for themselves after a divorce so very long ago (Brandi). She was correct about one thing..she is trashy! She really needs to get over herself. She has the same story line year after year after year. Yawn.
One-Down – what a great description! Well, then, Sonja sure “one-downed” Ramona. Ramona and the other ladies have sympathized with Sonja for years now. Too bad Sonja couldn’t have done the same for Ramona.
I have an ex-boyfriend like that. No matter what you say, he has to one-up or one-down you.
I love love LOVED seeing Bethenny back. She’s just as sarcastic, self deprecating and funny as ever! So quick and witty. It sucks seeing her go through turmoil, but I feel like that’s always been her storyline. Going through real struggles in her relationships and self confidence.
Bethenny’s obnoxious whining about being “homeless” while owning 3 properties just reminds me why I don’t like her anymore. I’m glad for her success but she’s just so out of touch now.
I can’t feel sorry for queen Frankel crying over being homeless.. She is solo revoltingly cheap. Buy another place until he moves out you cheap SOB!!!
@lisa – She did buy another place, but she can’t live in it either because she’s having it renovated. I guess she can’t find a place that’s good enough for her to move in as is.
I swear is it just me or do some of these comments make you think that you don’t bother reading anyone else’s you just jump right in there with your own? TT pointed out quite clearly why Bethanny is doing and saying what she’s saying about being homeless, it’s all legalese, but a lot of you people just keep right on commenting the same broken record thoughts.
THANK YOU. Half the people don’t even read the posts before commenting by saying things in the post. Others don’t read any comment but their own. There are several window lickers who post every day and don’t realize their posts are not even being posted. They might as well just be typing into a Word document on their own laptop.
Things like this are odd on regular days, and then on THOSE DAYS, I just have to shove them behind the glass.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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TT, is this why it’s been so lovely here the past couple days? I saw one window licking aggressive “facts” troll slipped through on today’s destination: Monaco. I was hoping you had hired some clairvoyant felon to chant your IP address and ward them away or something.
I think today we lost one annoying regular over “the book that people can’t shut up about.” But I admit I was looking for a reason. I’ve found that the annoying commenters never go away, they just can’t comment anymore. I’m all about being as unannoyed as possible here.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I’m glad I wasn’t expecting much from Bethenny and I wasn’t disappointed. Whine, bitch, and moan because she’s homeless. Homeless, my ass. Tell that to the poor sucker that lost his job and is living in his car with his wife and kids, or in a tent city, which certainly do exist in the good ole USA. Jesus, people like Bethenny make me sick with their rich people’s problems. Hopefully, her life someday will be perfect, but then what would she have to manufacture to be miserable about?
I think Ramona has actually become a little saner…her eyes don’t look crazy now, they just look like regular eyes. Maybe her divorce, which was sad, has forced her to look at life through a difference lens. I kind of wonder if Mario hadn’t cheated on her even before he got caught. Just saying the thought had gone through my mind.
Last season, I had really started liking Luann, mostly because she wasn’t acting all ‘Countessy’, but her tagline is something about ‘not counting out the Countess’. Gosh, I hope she doesn’t start playing the Countess card again, just when I started liking her.
I agree with you.. seeing Bethenny playing the victim was way too much. First I think she’s really “aged” a lot and just doesn’t look good.. I was always a Jason fan since I couldn’t imagine putting up with this woman.. control freak anyone? I’ll never forget the birthday party Jason through and she’s crying in a side room becuz she doesn’t like birthdays.. I mean really? I find her so annoying in every way. I happened to like the new cast member.. never liked Caroline.. something really annoys me about her but there are TOO MANY women.. what was Bravo thinking? But to see Ramona vulnerable really made me feel bad for her and what she’s going through.. she seemed much more relatable than in past seasons. But UGGH bethenny is back?
I forgot one more thing.. while Bethenny is playing a crying/victim role with people in this country homeless and “hungry” I find it interesting that with all her friggin $ why didn’t she buy an apt. 2 years ago instead of this poor me story.. and there’s nothing poor about her. After the divorce she could of sold the apt. .. and I definitely hope Jason gets the place.. she’s just so obnoxious. I do realize she stayed living with Jason during the divorce since they both have been trying to claim it.. but with all her money? buy another one for heaven’s sake… why put your daughter through all that negative energy and stress….
Exactly! I saw 5 minutes – the part where B was complaining and crying about her life choices and subsequent circumstances. So many people manufacture problems, love to complain and spend their time pining after things instead of working to make their lives better. George Levin said it best, “The problem with dreams and things we pursue, is when they come true we just dream of something new…”
I actually thought Betheny looked better than ever. Her skin was flawless !
@Tara Thank you!
I thought Bethenny looked pretty bad during her talking head interviews. I don’t know if it was the make-up or the lighting, or both. But it was not flattering at all. She looked like she aged 10 years since her last RHONY stint. Now in the regular scenes, she looked fine.
Bethenny looked great on WWHL last week, and she seemed so normal. I wish she’d stop her over-the-top behavior for the cameras. Homeless?! Bite me, Bethenny!
It felt like the old days of RHONY. Not too sure about Dorinda yet though…
I am so happy NYC is back. I really could do without Bethenny though. She is insufferable. She has what I call Nene-itis; the inability to be grateful and gracious in your success. I liked her when she first joined the cast and rooted for her. I loved when she had her show and watching her success as she grew her empire but for the love of all things holy, be grateful and gracious. Look at all the positive things you have accomplished and appreciate life you created. This “woe is me I am homeless” thing is going to grate on my nerves.
Carole looks gorgeous in her talking head. Luann has come full circle with me. I like this more “human” Luann, she needs to leave the Countess behind. I feel for Ramona, I think alot of her “crazy” on the show had to do with trying keep the facade of her crumbling relationship. I want to see the real Ramona this season. Sigh Heather is back. Thank goodness she was non-existent in this episode, she just tries too hard. I loved watching her with her son and her family but the “urban” persona she trying to put on is too much. Sonja needs a therapist, I like her quirkiness but I think she has crossed the threshold from quirky into “now it is time to seek help”.
I agree about Bethenny. She is never happy with what she has and always wants more. Then when she gets it she says she doesn’t want it.
I totally agree, that Ramona’s crazy has decreased because she is not putting up as much of a facade. I thought even her voice sounded more authentic and resonant. I was amused by Sonya’s quirkiness in the past too, but the delusion is definately getting wasy to deep.
I haven’t watched since Bethany,Jill, and the nutty couple left. Thought I’d give another try cause Bethany’s snark and wit amuse me. I never like Luann and her whole snobbery and back handed remarks. I have to say she grew on a lot last night in the little I saw of her. Maybe she’s humbled herself a bit.
Probably all women at some point have been in a relationship or marriage that didn’t work out. My dirtbag was in the 80’s and like Bethany and probably every other woman alive I picked all the paint, furnishings, and the house we bought. It was hard to give up everything but I left with my dignity, and sanity and without several million $ to start my new life. It took me far less than 2 yrs. to put myself together again. So to Bethany I say suck it up buttercup you had a sweet man that loved you and despite liking your humor I think you push people away. Let him have the house and move on. Quickly since your custody problems have been well publicized and your claiming homelessness. Your child needs stability not jumping from place to place. You have plenty of $ you could have bought a move in ready place for you and your daughter.
Exactly, it is not like she has to get some little shit box that has to have a complete rehab before it is even livable. She could have easily bought a place and hell with the NY real estate market she most likely would have made money after the year or 2 when she sold it.
When watching Bethany Ever After, I always felt she needed a new therapist. I would just shake my head at the advice he would give her. I really liked Jason, however I think when it came to his family the 2 of them needed to compromise and work together for a solution. His family had some boundary issues, most of which came from the death of their other child. Jason trying to please his mother would anger Bethanny and trying to please Bethanny would upset his mother. Jason was between a rock and a hard place there.
Or Jason can stop being a tool, be an adult and get his own place. She was working for years building that business and earned every dime of the money that bought the dream home. Sorry the marriage didn’t work out, but you need to bounce Bruh! As for Luann, of course she’s nicer…eating humble pie will do that. No more child support cash coming in, FOH salary is meh…she needed her apple back post haste.
And so was Jason. Sorry but Skinnygirl was launched in the middle of their marriage, she begged him to quit his job come on board as her partner. It might have been her dream but for all we know he is the reason it took off, or maybe not but we do not know. Why should he have to be the one to bounce. Lets not forget she was also “homeless” living with a billionaire. I do not get the logic that he is the man he needs to bounce. We only get her side of the story and her narrative.
@kendra Sorry, but you need to do your research, Skinny Girl was a business before she met him.
@Kendra SMH…he added nothing to the business. Sooo what you are saying is if you + your husband broke up…you would be okay if he demanded to stay in the home you put together for your children and you had to leave?
@tanya, yesss! Jason is a tool with mommy issues. Five bucks says if he gets house he moves mommy in. Or, he won’t be able to afford the upkeep. He is probably asking for spousal support, too. I sooo agree with you! “Bounce, bruh!”
@IJust… Thank you! Co-sign on the Mama’s Boy syndrome!
If Bethany wants him to move then she should buy him out so he can move somewhere else. That property was both of their homes. We wanted equality as woman and deserve it. That will also mean that if we are main bread winners and the husband is doing most of the taking care of the home and raising the children then they should get the same benefits we would if we divorced. I realize they had nannies and house keepers so it’s a little different in their situation. Of coarse as a man you would expect him to let her have the house and find one of his own. But since she is the one traveling all the time promoting her products and working so much maybe just mabie it was best for Bryn to be in her home with her daddy during this mess.
I always wondered what did he see in Bethanny. It takes two. He has to have issues. He did seem to bend over backwards for Bethanny but it almost never fails, when someone is overly accomodating at one end of the spectrum, they can flip and be equally as nasty and inflexible if pushed. So his personable charm was at a price. I actually never thought Bethanny would ever get married because she knew she was not the marrying type. That came through on RHONY. And Jason had to know what he was getting himself into. Maybe he thought he could heal her with love. He certainly wouldn’t be the first to believe they could change somebody.
Tanya, Score! I agree with all of your comments.
That’s sad, because I’m ready to banish her for posting a bunch of made up bullshit to support her inaccurate theories.
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@Tamara Pardon? I have no need to make up anything. If you’d like to ‘banish’ me…that’s your prerogative. I won”t miss the mob mentality one bit.
Jason was a whiny manipulator who married a woman who was already well established in her business pursuits. His parents were bloodsuckers and it was apparent as to how he turned out to be a non starter kind of guy. His main objective is to suck this money train dry, and then hopefully coast off into oblivion, or maybe back to Mom’s. Yuck!
@Library Well stated. Co-sign!
Thanks, TT. It’s one thing to be a rabid Bethenny fan, it’s another to completely warp what happened to fit whatever you believe.
@BH Your name is BH Wannabe ….and you have the nerve to mock someone. Eyeroll.
I don’t think Jason was a mummy’s boy, he just wanted Bryn to have a relationship with her only set of grandparents, and from what I remember from one episode, Bethenny wouldn’t let them see her.
While the margarita product was launched in 2009, the bulk of skinnygirl business happened during the marriage. Like it or not by Bethanny asking Jason (on camera no less) to quit his job and be her partner in Skinnygirl, itgives him as much right to the profits and brand as any wife would if the situation was reversed. She made her bed and has to lie in it, Best thing would have been to encourage him to keep his job and stay out of skinnygirl. She opened the door and invited him in, she has to deal with the consequences.
We can’t have it both ways, you can’t except to shout equality and as soon as something happens, play the but I’m a girl card, he should give up the house, he should give up his shares, he should take a hit in the divorce.
False. She signed the deal after they were married. She was hustling it on her own before the marriage. She created It before she met him.
You are not very good with facts. Even when they are carefully explained to you.
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@Tamara I usually defer to your blogger expertise, but this time, I am right. She did an appearance on Wendy Williams to promote her Naturally Skinny book. In the segment she made a low cal Margarita. Months later she had said Margarita bottled and was hustling it by cab. Her + Jill had a fight about her promoting it @ Jill’s charity event. She had Alex do a logo for the bottles, but hated it…and got someone else to do the black silhouette she uses now. All of which happened before Jason.
I have to agree with Tanya, That’s how I remember it too.
Thanks @Sandra. Jason was NOT a partner..he wanted to be, but she told him on camera that SG was her baby, she created it.
She did publish some books around 2009 with the Skinnygirl name, so technically the concept of “Skinnygirl” does predate her marriage to Jason. She may have launched the Skinnygirl cocktail line after her marriage, but I would assume that it took awhile to develop the concept, etc., before it actually launched. He cannot take credit for all of the Skinnygirl line.
I would encourage banning Tanya but now I’m almost amused. She’s not actually serious right? Tanya the only thing you’re talking about is a manufactured episode of a Bravo spectacle. You don’t know anything about the business side of things. I certainly don’t either, but if anyone knows a little better than us, it would be TT since she’s made it her life’s work to keep up with this stuff. She calls me stupid occasionally and I don’t agree with EVERYTHING she says. I also used to be a Bethenney fan but my love ended during her Bethenney Ever After show. The bitch whined about everything! I was kind of excited to see what would happen with her back in the cast though, but I feel a little jipped. However, I do love how Bravo is blatantly showing clips of her crying “it’s just so hard, it’s just HARD” over and over. I have much less than her and I’m not crying everyday about how hard my life is, I work every day towards making it better, OWNING my life, not just living it. People have made careers out of complaining though…Kardashians kough kough (Kim was even complaining in the sex tape) so I guess I shouldn’t be even be surprised. I choose to watch the shit.
Jason went out and got an investor to front him the money to fight her in the divorce. What?? They say that he’s been really nasty with the divorce. Turning the volume All the way up and then putting the remote in his back pack and leaving for the day, takes huge dumps in the toilets and doesn’t flush, he tells Bryn to play pretend that he’s the prince, she’s the princess and mommy is the mean witch , all in ear shot of Bethenney. He sounds like a real ahole! That marriage was doomed as soon as she made the deal for the millions. IMO , It was his ego that couldn’t take not being the man in control, the bread winner. Even on the show he was constantly whining about not feeling like he was equal. It was all downhill from the sale of skinny girl. And he forced his parents on her too much . They were nice but he was too attached. I didn’t like Jason after they married. I am not surprised at all that he’s such a vindictive ass. She made his life! He would never have been a millionaire without her and she gave him a daughter. He’s set for life! All because of her. He is just being greedy. She worked hard and earned that money, not him.
And didn’t the clip of her disguising skinny girl with Luann at dinner say that it was 2008?
I found the whole show really boring, and I liked it last year. I can not stomach another season of Bethany crying all the time. I really really like her when she first started years ago, but she lost me with her own shows and her constant bawling. Who knows maybe she will win me back this season!
Pretty boring episode for a premiere that’s been hyped for the past 3 mos it seems. Way too many housewives and way too much bethenny. Besides her constant whining and complaining about her tragic problems, I just can’t with her personality anymore. Was she this annoying before? She does have a sharp sense of humor but GIRL QUIT TRYING SO DAMN HARD! Take a breath and try to go five seconds without making a joke. She’s exhausting and beyond annoying..
Very happy to see Luann, Ramona and even Sonja. I rather enjoy her brand of crazy. Hope it doesn’t turn tragic a la kim Richards. Heather, Carole and Kristin bored me to tears last year. I hope they bring something new this season. Undecided about new girl as of yet but keeping an open mind.
I don’t understand the people who think that Kim is justified. Look, if Kim didn’t want her sobriety to be a story line after her “mishap” at poker night, she could have stopped it. It’s called being an adult and apologizing to everyone at the party. All she had to say is she has been sober for 3 years and made a stupid mistake. She appreciates everyone’s concern and is glad they care enough about her to offer support, but she has talked to her sponsor and they are working together. FINISHED! But she acted like a child instead and it makes me wonder if she really didn’t want everyone talking about her all season. Sure made her relevant didn’t?
Oops! Wrong set of housewives. Sorry but I took someone else’s pain meds so I’m not responsible for my actions!
Damn Angel. I told you to stay out of my pills. You know I need them for my CRPS. If it happens more than once, we’re gonna have to get together in here and talk about an intervention for you. Are you being nasty to your sister? Do you even have a sister? Lmao. Don’t make someone throw wine in your face for saying something untrue about their husband.
Ha ha, keep telling yourself that, Angel(?)!!!
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Blah, B-blah, Blah right?
Sonja is the new Kim.
And Ramona hasn’t changed at all. I felt sorry for her when Sonja was oblivious to her obvious pain, but with Betheny and on WWHL she wouldn’t let them get a word in without cutting them off with an insult, criticism, or deflection. The same reason Heather was offended by Ramona her first season. Ramona is just plain rude.
Yes she is. I’m glad to see the clip where she says she owes Luann an apology. It only took her life falling apart for her to do it, though.
The recap was better than the show. It felt so faked and deliberate and none of the women seemed real to me. Sonja and her tooth was so old and worn out and uninteresting and so are her interns and facialist. Bethenny was obnoxious and Luann was also a bore. Ramona….what can I say…a mess. Suddenly Kristen’s husband is a saint who only wants to be a hands on daddy? Too many people, too little reality. I think I’ll skip the show and read the recaps from now on. That was an hour of my life that I can’t get back.
Beth’s a caricature of her fast-talking, quick-to-cry, not-as-witty-as-she thinks self. She’s playing a part and I am not impressed with her so far. Carole disappointed with her predictable face fillers and lip injections. I like Dorinda’s face because it doesn’t look as “refreshed,” even if her boyfriend is a carbon copy of Joe Guidice.
Ramona, and even Sonja, could teach all housewives something about looking youthful without looking plastic.
As for storylines? Not seeing it, and as TT said, eight is entirely too much. B is going to steamroll these women she has nothing in common with. Will give it another chance, but so far, eh.
I don’t get the Carole love at all. She’s way too thin and I’m tired of hearing about her great ass, she has no ass. I have a huge, juicy, Kim k booty and its the one thing about myself I’ll brag on a little (only because it garners so much unwanted male and female attention) she might have a cute little booty but that is not a nice ass. She also name drops a lot which I find distasteful, even if you were married to royalty or have 3 Emmys. I did just read her Wikipedia page since this blog is pro Carole (I think?) and I do see she is very accomplished on her own, so while I respect that, I have to wonder why she’s on this show at all.
I think we started out liking Carole and have become more and more iffy on her. TBH there aren’t many choices on RHOBH.
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TT’s recap once again spot-on & better than watching actual episode. Way too many Hwives here. Lose new chick, Kristen, and Sonja (sp?) then maybe, just maybe, end up with a manageable/watchable show.
I could be totally wrong here. I am no lawyer and do not know how divorce law works. However, just a thought, maybe Bethenny can not purchase a new home due to the fact that they’re still in litigation, therefore their money is still considered joint? Wouldn’t Jason have to sign off on this? I am assuming there was no prenuptial in tact?
She purchased and apartment in Soho and a house in the Hamptons.
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Gotcha- I wasn’t clear if she was leasing the Soho apt and perhaps they had purchased the Hamptons home together before the split.
I can’t imagine her marrying without a prenup, especially with all of her issues. If not, it’s likely the funds used for a purchase will be accounted for when it comes time to count her portion of any joint assets.
I couldn’t be happier that the NY cupcakes are back and Tamara blogging is the cherry on top!
I wish they had gone over why Dorinda is rich and who she is exactly.
@Chey That feminist mess sounds good in theory..until it’s your man, telling you he’s not leaving. As for the buying out thing…that comes with a settlement. Not her prob if he doesn’t have his own cash.
I have a strong feeling the B-hate is because of her money. IMO.
Was anyone else distracted by Dorinda’s daughters eyebrows?
She certainly seemed like a spoiled brat. If she is a regular on the show I don’t think she is going to be a fan favorite.
YES! They need to be plucked or lightened or both. I could not keep my eyes off them either.
Ditto, I kept looking to see if it was the lighting.
No. I hate to say it, but I was distracted by her nose.
@kk bella – Me too!
It was all I saw. The housewives shows make me very aware of eyebrows.
@Cloudsofsand – YES! They are hideous and TOO dark with her hair.
Those harsh filled in eyebrows are the new look for the twenty some things in the NY metropolitan area. They go for a Brooke Shields w heavy eyebrow pencil look.
Just finished watching and loved it. I’ve missed the NY ladies.
Looks to me like Ramona had her lips done since the last time I saw her. Other than that, she looked great! I hope she finds someone who’ll care for her since Mario turned out to be a cheater.
LuAnn still looks great and even seems a little more authentic.
I like Dorinda so far, but her daughter’s eyebrows are oddly drawn.
So good to have Bethenny back!
I am looking forward to Carole and Bethenny moments.
And especially looking forward to TT recaps of the shows. Fun.
Oooh, I just cringed when Ramona was saying to the new lady that she can understand the Mario situation because “it’s like a death”. Yes, I think that’s true, but maybe don’t say that to a woman who was married to and very much in love with a man who actually DIED.
Glad to see NY- the city. Bethany will bring it, even if she’s manipulating and charming us all. (See: sociopath) We have been repeating the “be cool, don’t be uncool” comment for weeks, and laughing hard! So Luann gets a season pass for that. New girl will add that Bronx via the upper end- edge, Heather will be minimized, Carole doesn’t do well as a twat licker. I was a die hard Sonja sympathizer, but she’s lost her sparkle. Ramona is tragic, but that’s because she was somewhat shallow to begin with. Anyone else? NOTHING.
Dorinda gives me the creeps…not sure why but probably because she is a long-time good friend of Ramona’s Hannah is annoying. Mom and daughter seem ready to bring the mayhem and foolishness, Bravo style. I like Betheny but she is STILL not getting what life is all about. To her it is to CONTROL EVERYTHING in the world and if she doesn’t, she is the victim. Boo hoo.
I used to GO AWF on commenters (shocking, I know) who said about Joyce from RHOBH that they didn’t like her and they didn’t know why. Because they were stupid. 🙂
But I have that feeling about Dorinda. I’m keeping an open mind… but her relationship seems fake (because he really makes my gaydar beep) and the whole “oh look at my Fendi bag with the tongue” I just can’t have that! It was clearly a commercial for Fendi. None of her scenes seemed genuine.
So whew! I do have a reason after all.
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Yeah, that guy also gets my gaydar going. (I have a gay son whom I adore so my gaydar works well.) Yep a lot of foolishness in their scenes for us viewers to see how “cute” they are together. Pshaw! Good edit 1st year is nice while it lasts but then Bravo shows us their flaws the second – such a stale formula. I’ve already stopped watching and just come here for your awesome recaps Ms TT.
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Dorinda will not last IMO. She’s all nice and pleasant and pushing her sponsored stuff but she seems like the type that will crumble badly if attacked by anyone or given the bad edit.
Regarding the entire skinnygirl marriage money argument: any income earned during marriage is community. It doesn’t matter when she signed, or how long she worked before to build the brand. Even if you argue the company is her separate property, any of her effort, time or breathing, is community. So, payola came after marriage, community. Building an apartment with money and effort (picking out fixtures and tile by herselflone) community. He gave up his career with feasible Reliance that her new venture would provide? Even with a short term marriage, she owes him cash.
Not if he signed a prenup.
Pre nups don’t mean shit. They get shot down all the time, even if they are written by the best lawyers in NY or CA. She’s paying, just or not in your mind. As a business woman, she should consider this a cost of doing business, and cut her losses, instead of spending more money on revenge.
Well, since it’s still dragging through court…2+(?) years later…must not be that cut and dried… in the judge’s mind of course. And since years ago, I worked for a matrimonial judge in NY Supreme Court (Center Street), I guess in my mind too. But we’ll see.
If the pre nup governed here, then the case would be over, and they would be free of each other. Clearly, the pre nup has been thrown out, and they are duking it out over what contributions were “community”.
Not necessarily. He can contest the prenup, which could drag it out also.
kk bella, you think Todd has a chance then? He was fucked in the nup.
Yes. But there would need to be a ruling on the validity of the pre nup before arguing about community or separate assets. If I were representing either one of them, I MIGHT be tempted to milk this thing for all its worth. Especially if the clients have egos…
TANYA. In the legal world, prenups are not taken 100% seriously, and that means a lot in said world. If you knew anything about divorce or family law, you would certainly know these things and other people wouldn’t have to keep explaining it to you. We don’t even have to keep arguing because at this point everything that you have been told is factual and able to be read in books or online or you can go to your local courthouse and just ask! I also find it funny how every single time someone brings up Bethenny’s divorce you’re right there with an illogical argument! You would even argue with Bethenny herself if she was telling you to your face what is going on in her divorce. GeeZus Christ!
@Katimir2- I can’t speak to the laws in Ga, La, or Missippi- perhaps the worst law making states in the country!! But Todd certainly has a chance; I do think the business set up in his case is different than the skinnygirl situation. Kandi is long established, and no one “gave up” his career relying on her to provide the income. (Only what TV has shown us) My point is simply that you can sign away all you want, and argue in the alternative. Contracts are broken everyday, and damages are still paid. Experience has shown me that especially when kids are involved the court wants to spread the wealth, to give the children equal lifestyles.
Thanks KK.! 🙂
She may have some reimbursement/credit arguments on the separate property side, but overall, there is a reason it’s taken over 2 years to settle. I’d love to see what the attorneys are raking in!
Rewatching this last night and a couple of things hit me:
1) the doorman at Bethennys Hotel had a shirt with short sleeves and gloves. I don’t know why, but that just seems wrong.
2) as with the rest of the franchises, the TALKING HEADS portion of the show is what makes or breaks you. You can act a fool while the cameras are on, but how you explain or comment on those actions make the most impact. Ramona in the show comes across as vulnerable and sympathetic – throw in the talking heads, she suddenly becomes all artifice. Sonja’s delusions are wacky and cute on camera, but when she tried to explain them, they get magnified. Nene – she acts horribly on camera, but, let’s face it, no worse than many of the others, but the talking heads where she 1) looks weird and 2) tries to explain/comment only while digging a deep, deep hole of c-satchelness make her far less likeable than the others.
Kim Richards – see Nene. Brandi – see Nene
3) I LOVE Kristen’s outfit in the interstitials
Really is am appalled that she is wearing leggings like they are fancy. No. Not acceptable. The shirt is interesting though.
@Xanadude-
1) I agree. Short sleeves paired with gloves is akin to men who wear shorts with black calf socks. Why do they do this??
Darlinda – I liked Darlinda. I am a Bronx native and I coveted that fendi bag so that may be why. Her daughter looks like she is in the awkward phase where your facial features are too big for her face.
Luann- I always loved Luann, even more now that she doesn’t call herself countess.
Bethany – is very funny but an emotional and psychological mess. I understand that she was saying she is homeless because she doesn’t have a permanent home but it is very uncool for all the people that live on the streets.
Sonja is a movie producer so everyone should just stop making fun of her and her international lifestyle brand .
Ramona – I feel bad for her and am glad she will apologize to Luann. She did seem less bug eyed but I have faith she will be a filter less bitch in no time.
Carole/heather/Kristen – I actually thought people were talking about Caroline manzo and wrote in the wrong spot. I forget she exists seconds after I see her. I also forget the other two, heather the gangsta and Kristen the doormat.
If this was long, I apologize.
Just watched the episode and I know that I have seen this Dorinda woman before……I’m sure it’s not out in the street because I don’t hang on the upper east side with the lunching ladies, but was she at the wedding at the Hamptons? Flashback, 4 or 5 years ago when we were graced with Jill Zarin and Alex and Simon…….Jill was mocking Alex for wearing white after Labor Day ……..Ramona was screaming at Cindy Barshops brother for wearing her best friends suit who had recently passed away……..Ramona made it her mission to humiliate the brother and went on to say he was smoking dead mans cigars too.
So, were the clothes and cigars in question those that belonged to Dorindas late husband? Is that where we saw Dorinda? Why is this important to me?going to blame it on “the cancer”, sorry guys.
Does the cancer give you photographic memory? Because I can’t remember what I get up off the couch for once I stand up. But your post reminded me of the scene and I do have a recollection of Ramona having a fit about a dead man. That would mean Ramona really does know Dorinda.
I think you are on to something here.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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You may be the one who is onto something here….My memory is shot, but I do remember something when seen- ( duh, hence the term photographic…) but something about Dorinda’s face had me thinking ..”where the hell do I know her from?” I worked downtown for years so its not entirely impossible but then she brought up her deceased husband….and then I remembered that wedding. I had to google TRHNY to get Cindy Barshop’s name- and i don’t know if that is another symptom or she was simply very forgettable- too nice and normal compared with the likes of Sonja and Ramona.
I remember Ramona freaking out about her dead friend’s clothes and cigars and I believe said dead friend’s name was Richard. Is it possible Ramona knows 2 deceased Dicks? Probably not, but want to say regardless- been I’ve housebound a lot in the past year and your site has given me a lot of laughs- and missy you are quite the writer.
The man who dies was Jeff furman and cindy’s brother Howie dated his widow and smoked one of his cigars. Howie told Ramona that he was smoking one of jeffs cigars and ramona had the totally normal reaction of being personally offended. I don’t remember Darlinda or what day it is but I remembered that storyline of insanity. I believe that was the only interesting thing that Cindy contributed.
Sweet- I am impressed that you remember Jeffs name – and Howies name too. I can’t remember my own children’s name from time to time but show me a picture of any of them and I do recall birthing them….
Bethenny IS homeless in a sense. She cant rent. She cant buy. She has no home and cant settle down anywhere because of Jason. She needs to constantly stay on the move and live in hotels. She cant stay in one place for long without that becoming her primary residence. Jason’s lawyer would use that to steal the apartment from under her. Unfortunately for Bethenny, now that she has money, phrasing it that way apparently pisses people off. She is not saying bag lady. She is saying homeless.
Thats interesting; never thought of it that way but if it’s going to impact legal proceedings, it now makes sense why she’d phrase it as “homeless”. What a sucky situation for anyone.
So Bethenny fans are going to be the annoying fans of RHONY? Is this what y’all are trying to tell me? We have to watch her cry on every fucking episode about how hard life is for her, and then here, we will have the Greek chorus breaking it down in comments here offering their support for her dire circumstances and how mean Jason, the cause of all her issues, is ? Because, I can’t with this already.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Eeks! Step away from the big red button TT, where you jettison the RHNY blog. If Bethanny is always as hyper-ventilating as she was in that scene with LuAnn, I’d take her to the cleaners for pain and suffering.
The potential legal nuance of her using the word homeless was an interesting angle to me.
But isn’t she renting or buying the apartment that’s being renovated and the house in the Hamptons?
Oh LaLa. Let us not use logic and facts here. Jason is a horrid man because Josie thinks so.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Yes, but if you have business meetings in NYC, the Hamptons are 2 – 3 hours away so it is not convenient to be there Mon – Friday.
Bethenny is terrible and Jason is wonderful.
What I cannot understand is how they have so many women on that show and it is so boring. It is easy to see that they are working furiously to edit stuff together to try to make the season look interesting. If that first episode is any indication of what is to come, it is going to be a self-pity party of beyond boring proportions.
I predict that Bethenney and Heather are gonna go at it this season. Heather is in your face over bearing and she will be so threatened by Bethenneys wit and success. She’ll never get the better of B tho.
Ugh Dorinda seems cool and like a normal human being but I actually switch the channel when her annoying brat of a daughter is filmed with her… Her high pitched braty argumentative voice drives me nuts and actuall Ives me a headache.
Oh and have to comment about Bethany.. Used to really like her but shes def different this season. Maybe a bit of an “to big for britches complex” .. She’s starts the season by cring and trying to make us feel bad that she’s homeless (mind you she s actually hai g her multimillion dollar apt renovated ) and living in presidential suites and has a nother multimillion dollar Hampton estate .. Sorry not feeling sorry for you. I get that the divorce is hard and that it sucks that the ex is living in your other house ou worked hard for but I’m sorry , I feel sorry for sinle mothers struggling to keep their lights on and food on the tale.. Not ou with your several homes and millions while you claim your “homeless”!!
Also she is quite rude this season.i get her humor is tough and dry but she is begging to just look like a bitch.. And she’s alled her self a mohel several times already and even comparing herself to operas and ill gates.. Ok go ahead and see how many fans you start to turn off :/