There is so much to recap tonight so I am not going to go into excruciating detail because I am already behind and I know y’all like these recaps up as soon as possible. I think we should drink every time Bethenny whines about her life or cries. Cheers!
Bethenny
It’s raining and NYC and Bethenny is whining about it. DRINK! Bethenny is whining about her living situation. DRINK! Bethenny is whining about being tired. DRINK!
Carole and Heather
Carole and Heather ride together to the Hamptons. Carole says she has become good friends with Luann. The girls talk about Ramona’s divorce and how well she is doing. Heather is still not thrilled with Sonja. 
Ramona
Dorinda and Ramona arrive at her house in the Hamptons. It looks like she might get it in the divorce. The Hamptons are beautiful but I don’t see what makes them so fantastic other than it’s close to NYC and on the water. Dorinda says everyone knows of Sonja, she’s kind of an urban myth on the upper east side. They both think Sonja is in denial.
Sonja arrives with bags of food to share. Sonja calls Ramona divorced and she is not. She seems to take offense. It seems like everyone is looking for a reason to hate Sonja. Sonja seems like the same old Sonja to me. Sonja is a bit pissy that she is not in her regular room because Ramona gave it to Dorinda.
Ramona, Sonja, and Dorinda go out for lunch and Ramona and Sonja do their usual bickering. We meet Tanya, Ramona’s sister. She seems shockingly normal.
Luann
I would KILL BABIES to go to Luann’s estate sale in The Hamptons. If I recall last week she said she downsized and is selling the place she had with the Count.
Ramona sobs and apologizes for all the horrible things she said to Luann. Luann says it will take her some time, but she forgives Ramona.
At Luann’s new house Carole meets Luann’s hot new personal chef, Adam. It is unbeknownst to them the beginning of a relationship. Luann’s new house is beautiful!
Is it me or did Kristen just show up in the picture somehow? Where did she come from?
Carole hangs out in the kitchen slicing tomatoes with Adam, making her move as all the ladies arrive to the housewarming. I have a feeling I am going to feel badly for Sonja this season. She seems to know she is being ostracized.
Heather tells us in her talking head that she met Bethenny on her talk show and they seemed to hit it off. Poor Heather you have no idea. Yet.
Bethenny cannot commiserate with the other ladies about traffic because she flew in to the Hamptons, I assume on a private yet. Not that I blame her, she can certainly afford it. Dorinda too seems mesmerized by Bethenny.
Carole managed to burn herself trying to look like she knows how to cook. Carole is also in love with Bethenny.
And things go badly with Heather and Bethenny already. Bethenny signed her first book to Luann and said that Luann helped her get the margarita mix just right. Heather informs Bethenny that she owes Luann a car for this. Bethenny says Luann happened to be at the right place at the right time when she was just developing her drink. Heather says if she sold Yummy Tummy for $50 million she would buy her girlfriend who helped her name the company a car.
Bethenny seems to think the phrase “keeping the company of men” means screwing a lot of guys. She must be projecting. It just means hanging out. So now Bethenny is going after Heather and Ramona at the same function. The first group function I might add. Bethenny and Ramona can’t seem to have a normal conversation. Bethenny invites Sonja over for brunch and Ramona is pissed because Sonja is a guest of Ramona and she had her own plans for her houseguests.
Bethenny storms out of the party over the whole #BrunchGate thing. Bethenny has been nothing but an uppity bitch on this entire episode.
Ramona comes out and tries to apologize. Bethenny responds with, “Can I just say something? I don’t really want to hang out with you. You’re obviously going through something …” Bethenny looks like an ass. Ramona looks like Ramona always does.
Bethenny is a righteous cunt and clearly high on some type of Skinnygirl Mothers Little Helper Speed. I was really enjoying the episode, especially Dorinda, until I had to see her nasty rat face acting like such an unbelievable asshole. Now I’m just going to bed.
Bethenny is like the energizer bunny and never runs out of battery life…I wish she would, gosh that bitch is annoying. For ONCE, for once, Ramona momentarily shut her down when she kept telling her to take a deep breath. Crazy Bethenny kinda reminded me of a fish gasping for air when she was looking back at Ramona. Best part of the whole episode for me.
Ramona’s bizarre lost brunch email/ Lamaze coaching irritated me, because up to that point, bethenny was 99% the biggest asshole in the room, and I prefer there to be only one lunatic bitch on my TV at a time.
Is she on coke?
Ahem, skinny girl! Although I think adderal would be more her style. Allegedly, seemingly…
Yeah its quite the obvious manic combo of amphetamines, starvation, sleep deprivation, adrenaline, possibly caffeine, and affluenza.
Great recap. The show has not come on here yet. Bethany sounds like a bitch. Not surprised. I still like en her but she is a whiny bitch and buy Luann a car stingy bitch.
Bethenny totally got on my nerves tonight. What the hell was up with her basically trying to imply Ramona was a prostitute, then saying Ramona was being defensive when she said she liked sex, because she didn’t say it to Bethenny’s liking? It seems she had an ax to grind with Ramona before she even got there and was looking for an excuse to weild said ax. She was thrilled when she got the chance to take umbrage at brunchgate. So of course she was going to run away and not accept any apology like a normal civilized person, because there’s something very abnormal about Bethenny, imo. And her voice!!! I know she can’t help it, but did Bravo producers have to inflict THAT MANY Bethenny talking heads upon us viewers?
It seems like Betheny came back to the show expecting to be received as the head queen, forgetting that she was gone for several years and others have emerged to fill that void.
Radz has the right attitude-sit back, crack a joke, and enjoy the show. Kind of like us.
Yes, xanadude. Look at her entrance, “I don’t know what I’m walking into. Are they excited I’m back, did they hate the talk show, are they gonna hate my success…” as if her arrival was eagerly anticipated and people kept up with her, her life, AND had strong feelings about it. Zzzz
Yes the first thing I thought was no one thought about her at all. Self absorbed.
I loved this episode! After all the heaviness of rhobh it was great to see a huge fight over brunch etiquette. This is the kinda crazy housewife shenanigans I live for. I love Ramona even though she had the crazy eyes back when dealing with bethenny. And the “pretty bird” comment of bethennys had me rolling!!
Have to agree, I laughed so hard at that stupid fight over etiquette and Bethanny’s expressions throughout. It was just classic craziness, minus Kelly Bensimon brand of crazy. Watching Bethanny, she doesn’t let a single comment slip, she jumps right on the person and makes them clarify what they said. It’s so confrontational, she seems jacked-up on something but for some reason, it was funny.
OMG so good to see the NY ladies create drama over brunch! Inside gorgeous beach homes in the Hamptons! Wearing fabulous casual clothes and jewelry! YAY.
I’m a Bethenny fan but she did not look good in tonight’s episode. She seemed to have an attitude when she walked in to LuAnn’s get together and it all went downhill from there. Did anyone else notice her eyebrows in her talking heads? Very arched.
I feel for Ramona-she’s going thru a lot-but if she came outside to apologize to Bethenny, she should have quit while she was ahead. Hopefully they’ll laugh about this later. The whole thing was hilariously awkward.
I like Dorinda.
Having just jumped back on board watching the HW’s after a few years away, I totally agree about Kristen! All of a sudden she was just there, and I wasn’t even sure who she was.
Next week looks juicy. Woohoo,
Agree so much about the New York girls serving fabulousness. I want to gaggle over Manhattan wardrobes, cocktails, gorgeous food, estate sales charity events. Oddly I’m having mixed feelings that they’re spotlighting Luanne’s new house in Sag Harbour though, my dad’s extended fam has had a home there since the 1940s, and historically the area has always been a kind of hidden gem – makes me nervous to see the area being on a mainstream tv show, it’s giving me Real Estate Robber phobia, lol.
YES! NYC fabulous-ness rules. And I hear you about Sag Harbor, but I hope they keep showing scenes there cuz it looks awesome.
I don’t think you have to worry, according to Sonja she doesn’t get what the big deal is, it’s only Sag Harbor. That said last night there was a meeting about the Breakwater Yacht Club Lease and there are some who want to end it which would be a shame and would take Sag Harbor one more step closer to becoming the next great thing of the elitist assholes.
Andy has a house in Sag Harbor near to LuAnns new one.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Bethenny is desperate for attention. She wouldn’t have come back to this show if she wasn’t.
Actually it’s because Andy begged and pleaded and showed the money! All the HW’s want the attention so what’s you point?
Look, you’re right. I don’t know the backstory in detail, so… I just got the vibe that this show was no longer in her league, until her talk show took a dive. Pure speculation on my part.
Bethenny is back because she is a fame whore. Pure and simple. She tried and failed to fund her own talk show and realized it was easier to get paid a lot to be “herself” on RHONY. ANdy LOVES her and gave her a fat check which she also likes because apparently 100s millions is not enough to spend time with you kid, and travel and such. ATTENTION WHORE.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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She funded the talk show?? Holy crap. I didn’t realize that
Ellen Degeneres was a co-executive producer & co-creator with Bethanny for her defunct talk show.
Since when did B fund the talk show? Not disagreeing, just never heard that before?
It’s embarassing. Even if the check is fat, even if her recent talk show failed, she had out grown the show. She should’ve waited and planned for something new before she demoted herself back to RHONY.
Bethenny doesn’t need the money, therefore she’s showing her ass on a reality TV show because she’s a famewhore, therefore desperately needs attention. I hear ya Minky!!!
shit I should have read further..
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Maybe she doesn’t need the money, but she’s absolutely using RHONY, WWHL, Andy, & Bravo to promote/market her new book among other things.
Why does Heather always have to act like she has a stick up her ass to prove a point? I love when she is fun Heather. Even drunk Heather bar hopping with Carole is fun to watch. She js so competitive she can be such a buzz kill.
Heather is very competitive. I still like Bethenny but her and Ramona are having an “alpha-housewife” struggle to say the least right now. Glad to watch this season.
Ok so I only know bethenny from her talk show which I enjoyed! She sound very different here! Didn’t she have Ramona on her talk show? Now they are at odds with each other?
These women! Oh my gawd! When they argue it’s like the spirit enters them and they start speaking in tongues. It’s like that cult of bible-beating redneck’s who drink strychnine poison and then get to shakin’. Only they’re very rich, so that makes it not weird.
Oh my gosh that bad???!!!
If Bethenny came back to this show to repair her image and win back the hearts of the HW community then she is off to a really bad start with these 2 episodes.
I feel bad for Sonja as well because the woman just seem so dismissive of her. Sonja is not a bitch, she’s just delusional. I find her to be quite entertaining nevertheless, along with her facialist.
Same here. To me Sonja is the perfect archetype of a “shelved doll”. I love her delusions and think Dorinda was on point describing her as a mix of Mary Poppins and Zsa Zsa Gabo (I’d even throw in Auntie Mame), she really is a kind of Urban Myth in Manhattan. I loved Woody Allen’s film Blue Jasmine and how closely Sonja resembles the lead character (Cate Blanchett), but just because I love a tragic-comic socialite doesn’t mean I want to see Sonja disintegrate into the hot boiling mess that she has, exacerbated by booze. I think there are two ways this can go with Sonja; either her friends will shake the ***t out of her and try to help her get herself together, or she’s going to end up like Blue Jasmine’s “Claire”, sitting on a park bench talking to incoherently herself while she downs a bottle of Tanqueray. I hope it’s the former and that she really does have something in the works to pull her out of her slump, I want to see her win.
Well said, sweettea.
So should the women acknowledge that Sonja is delusional or just be dismissive of it? What’s the point? Sonja is on a reality show where she obviously resides in a different reality.
I was just noticing the promo picture at the top of this post, and for the most part the women are dressed beautifully, except for the fascinator on Kristen’s head has got to go & LuAnn needs to lose those lace gloves. Also everyone is dressed so modern in a sexy vavavoom look except for LuAnn & her 1940’s look.
Heather looked REALLY GOOD this episode.
Her and smitten Carole were adorbs! I thought I could actually watch this season… until B came into the scene with her loud, aggressive, look-at-me-im-hilarious-and-edgy schtick. Schtick this.
I guess I have my brain in backwards. I felt Ramona was more of the instigator that took exception to everything Bethenny said. I would have shook Ramona by the shoulders at the fence. I saw her as the one hyping herself into a tizzy while telling Bethenny to calm down. I am not fond of either but I hink Bethenny is more interesting. She is more open at least, Ramona is like Kim as far a demanding limits on conversation.
i am still liking Dorinda.
I thought it was hilarious when Sonya was checking out the guy on the back deck to see if he wss attached to Luann, and he was her gardener. That fizzled out fast. Not quite what Lady Morgan had in mind.
I agree; Ramona was extremely defensive to Bethenny’s kidding around and wanted to shut her down, but my brain is messed up too, so there’s that. Her telling Bethenny to calm down and take a deep breath reminded me of Kelly Bensimone telling Alex the same thing a few seasons back.
Totally agree with you about Ramona. She was so annoying with the whole “calm down” crap. She is famous for acting crazy..then calm, trying to make it look as the other person is the crazy one. What do we call that boys and girls…….
I agree too!
When someone tells me to calm down, it’s like waving a red flag in front of a bull. It just pisses me off even more!
I agree that Ramona was totally the instigator over brunch gate. I still would take Ramona over bethenny any day though. Despite my annoyance with bethenny, I do think she had a rough “welcome back” between Ramona and Heather coming after her. It made for a great episode though! 🙂
totally agree that Ramona instigated Brunchgate. I think she expected the women to handle her with kid gloves because of her separation, and was pissed off that she didn’t get to play the wounded bird. At the same time, she keeps telling everyone that she’s doing great because she wants their admiration for her bravery.
Bethenny seemed nervous to take on all the women at once and I think that caused her to strap on her tough shell. I’m hoping the kinks get worked out as the season progresses-but even if they don’t, this is the kind of stuff I watched the HW series for. So glad RHONY is back.
@Angel-
I felt the same way you did.
Ramona kind of jumped down Bethenny’s throat when she invited anyone who was interested to come to her house the following day.
Ramona kind of lost it. Bethenny did not know that Ramona was planning a brunch. And obviously, neither Ramona or Luann’s guests. And Luann was right. Bethenny can extend the invitation. It’s up to Sonja to then talk to Ramona and say “hey… how do you feel about stopping off at Bethenny’s tomorrow”.
I laughed in Bethenny’s talking head when she was imitating Ramona trying to calm and talk Bethenny down.
I think Bethenny was nervous walking in… She hasn’t seen some of these women in awhile. And the new ones she was not yet acquainted with.
I kind of had a little bit of hope for Ramona this year. She seems as flaky and spazzy as ever though.
And Dorinda seems cool. Wasn’t sure last week… It seemed to soon to get a feel. But I think I like her.
Production was kind of mean when they kept showing signs for East Hampton and then going to Lu’s cozy house in Sag Harbor. Big money gap between those two locations.
Regardless, the Hamptons’ claim to fame is exclusivity. If you don’t own or rent a home, or have friends who do, you can only come up for the day. No hotels, beach camping, etc. allowed. Montauk’s the exception. That’s where they let the worker bees live.
True, but to the average viewer a 2 million dollar house is just as much a dream as a 20 million dollar house.
For being “tough New Yorkers” these women are ridiculously sensitive to even the slightest of perceived social infraction.
When Bethenny was first on RHNY she would have made fun of rich people complaining about being chauffeured around. She also would have had some funny sarcastic remarks to people that mentioned that “they flew to the Hamptons”. She’s a very hypocritical these days. It’s disturbing how much money has changed her. And I’m sure Team Bethenny will be a shrinking dried up old violet soon. I’m originally from the Westhampton Beach and people like the new and unimproved Bethenny give the place a bad name. In fact, this Skinny Girl just leaves a sour taste.
Celestine, bless you for your words of sanity. 100% truth.
Now that bethany is back on I’ve completely stopped watching .its gotten to be too much .i absolutely cannot tolerate her.my nerves are shot enough already without adding her insanity.good god that women is selfabsorbed and feels so entitled.
I saw something about myself while watching Bethenny try to over-talk everyone (like she always does). I used to think that I was commiserating with people by talking while they were trying to tell me about their problems….I thought that I was being helpful. During the past two shows I realized that constantly inserting my opinions into someone else’s pain was not only neurotic but rude and annoying. Thank you Bethenny for showing me the error of my ways. I liked Dorinda (so far) and found her to be normal which probably means that I haven’t seen enough of her because no one on these shows is “normal”. No one else has changed much and Heather (Holla) is as annoying as ever. I have learned to tune Sonya out when she blathers on and on about her successes (that don’t exist), and if she wasn’t so delusional and annoying I would feel sorry for her. Ramona is either on speed or needs a Xanax (or 10) to calm down. It’s obvious that she is suffering and for that I feel empathy. Luann hasn’t changed a bit and Carole is her quirky, perky ridiculous self. She does look better this season. Bethenny, I already mentioned and other than making delusional Andy believe that she will “save the franchise…..she is hurting it possibly beyond repair, imo. Great recap as always. I don’t know what I would do without you Tamara..but you already know that..thanks again for starting my day with a laugh and a snark. I’m loving you, friend.
Ramona’s bizarre lost brunch email/ Lamaze coaching irritated me, because up to that point, bethenny was 99% the biggest asshole in the room, and I prefer there to be only one lunatic bitch on my TV at a time.
Marry me, Merrilyn.
um I’d suggest a threesome, but you being a gator and all… 🙂
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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In response to all the Bethenny haters, I quote The Countess “Be cool. Don’t be all, like, uncool”. Give Bethenny a chance. She’s going to breathe life back into RHONY!
I don’t get all the hate either. Bethenny is a woman who has, at the time of filming, been badly burned by people she thought she knew, trusted and loved. She’s not the same person she use to be. How could she be. I say give her a chance to find her footing.
Haters gonna hate. Maybe we fans will be assigned some cute name like the nenetard, brandiloons and whatever portia fans are called…
Maybe we’ll be Betheninnies. I don’t care, as long as I’m not a window licker – ha!
LOL @ Betheninnies!
Loved the Countess quote! I agree … give Bethenny a chance. Coming back in – not in an intimate setting but a full blown party with everyone there – was a tough act. I think she’ll get less neurotic with time. But, I do think it was Ramona that started the mess. All Bethenny did was extend an invitation. Ramona made a scene about Bethenny being rude even though she had never set up a “hostess” brunch since there were problems with her emails going out. (Yeah, right…) And she had to run to Luann for etiquette confirmation ? She’s just cuckoo.
âI’m TRYING to be cool with Bethenny. I really am, it’s just she soooo…. annoying. I always liked her before. Well up until Jason where I sort of took his side.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Ramona’s lost email brunch invite was batshit, but the preamble to that showed bethenny acting like a supreme queen bee bitch, and Sonja DID eff up by not checking with Ramona first about bethennys invitation.
Not that anyone expects ANY rational behavior from Sonja at this point.
That is how I feel. I really want to love Bethany but she is so wound up its hard to not want to watch. So far I am so excited NY is back and Bethany is on because it is much better than the other cities. Thw fight over brunch was hilarious. Luann had me laughing so hard. Then Romona had me laughing trying to calm Bethany down. Nothing is more frustrating then someone trying to calm you doWn by cutting off every time you try to speak. Bethany really needs to calm down. She reminda me of a little yappy puppy. She can be so funny though.
Bethenny sucks ass. Gmafb
I’m pretty disgusted with how nasty everyone is being to Sonja. She is the most genuinely nice and friendly person on any housewife show. Yes, she’s batty, but you can’t point to one instance where she has gone out of her way to be nasty to someone else except for that moment last season where she accused Luann of eating economy sized potato chips during their discussion of the facialist.
Still loving Bethenny!
Seriously?
Seriously. Sonja drunkenly accusing Luann of eating economy bags of potato chips was the highlight of last season for me.
This season is off to a great start. It really feels like vintage first 2-3 seasons, and I’m loving it! Dueling brunch parties. Issues of what’s proper “etiquette”.
I seriously could not stop laughing during Ramona and Bethenny’s fight over the brunch invitations. Next week totally reminds me of when Jill went to Luann’s 4th of July party instead of Ramona’s.
I just realized I was born near Sag Harbor, at Southside hospital in Suffolk County. My mom looks back on her time in Long Island very fondly.
Plastic surgery anyone? Shes staring to look like Coco Austin (Ice-T’s wife) in the face