On tonight’s RHONY Recap, a familiar face returns to the show and receives an over the top welcome. And the story about Ramona Singer’s behavior at a charity ball where she ditched Dorinda Medley and lied to Page Six makes the show. Ramona invited Dorinda to the Angel Ball, another charity event that is a really big deal. She bought two tickets and gave one to Dorinda but then when Dorinda got there found out that Ramona asked to be seated at a table with more important people. Ramona is supposedly looking for investment money for some new caper in Miami and was hounding people for money the entire night.
Bunnies In Brooklyn
Oh no! Bethenny has a new driver/bodyguard, Albi. He is cute but what happened to the older man who knew all her secrets and was with her when Cookie died? Bethenny and Sonja are trashing Tinsley. Why is this necessary? These girls can just be flat-out bitches when it isn’t even close to necessary.
It’s hilarious how excited these girls are to see the outlet malls and Costco on their way out to Brooklyn. Sonja is taking Bethenny to meet some artist friend of hers. They finally arrive at Hunt Slolem’s studio. The guy makes very primitive paintings of bunnies and people buy then for $20,000. I need this gig. The birds freak me out.
Breakups On The Upper East Side
Luann go out for coffee after going to their first Al-Anon meeting. When pulling RHONY Recap photos for this scene I surprised by their high calorie coffee drinks and their little packages of cookies and snacks. Quickly, we move on to the Scott situation. Tinsley finally blurts out that they have officially broken up. Again. Tinsley says she called Scott after the drunken Truth or Dare game at Bethenny’s. She asked him to come to NYC and he said he could not. So that’s it. It’s over. I seriously doubt it is over.
Big Top In The Big Apple
Tinsley Mortimer has been selected to be the ringmaster (ringmistress?) at the Big Apple Circus. Dorinda goes with Tinsley for rehearsal. She is openly jealous of Tinsley’s gig. The flying trapeze team just so happens to be rehearsing for the cameras. Dorinda and Tinsley want to climb up to the platform for the trapeze. Dorinda goes first and gets a few good swings in. She’s ready to join the show. When Tinsley get up there she gets all emotional. Oh welcome to perimenopause,Tinsley. You will be crying for the next decade or so. Tinsley loved swinging from the trapeze. But when she was told she would be entering the circus on a ring, she started to freak out.
Exes At T-Bar
Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Luann de Lesseps walk into a bar. There is a joke or three in there somewhere. Why is Luann at a bar with two drunks? The run into a dashing older gentleman named Michael and of course all three of them have…um…knowledge of Michael. While they are arguing about who has and has not slept with Michael, Mario Singer walks into T Bar!
Sonja jumps all over him with even more gusto than Michael. How rude. He greets Luann with the double kiss and Ramona with a single and then Sonja goes right back to mauling him. Sonja and Ramona both seem to think that Mario went through a midlife crisis and should not be held accountable for his actions. He must have been expecting them because he brought turtle wine glass charms and True Faith jewelry t-shirts. Ramona is emotional to see Mario. You can tell she is still in love.
Spats At The Spa!
First we need to talk about Sonja’s bun. She had the same hair for the bar scene that she did for the spa but the spa scene was definitely filmed first because her bun came undone along with the rest of her at the bar. And Dorinda is moving and apparently going to live at this spa inside a deluxe apartment in the sky for a week. I want to live there for a week!
Tinsley and Barbara walk in right when Dorinda is telling Ramona that she lied to Page Six. Ramona took someone else’s seat trying to hobnob for investors. Ramona denies it. Here’s the thing. The event was filmed by Bravo and it very clearly shows Ramona skipping past Dorinda and the table where she was told to sit. Table 62 and going to sit with some woman she was fawning all over at table 61. Ramona seems drunk. In the day. At a spa. And she is very argumentative with Dorinda which is hysterical since production keeps showing us she is a lying liar who lies.
Then Ramona PUSHES Dorinda. I’m shocked Dorinda didn’t punch her lights out right there. Sonja and Barbara both have to leave early for different reasons. But Sonja feels the need to tell Barbara that it got back to Ramona that Barbara said she didn’t like here. I hate how these bitches speak to Barbara. She is a self-made woman who could buy and sell everyone on this show several times over except for Bethenny. And I don’t think Bethenny is that much above Barbara financially.
Barbara’s Apology Tour
Barbara tries to mend her relationship with Dorinda. They agree to reset. Dorinda cries. So many hormones with these women. Tinsley tells Sonja that she and Scott broke up. Bethenny magically appears out of nowhere. So she tells her too. Bethenny gives her a big hug.
Barbara tries to make amends with Ramona. Ramona is a bitch as usual. She starts mocking Barbara to her face about her affinity for wrap dresses. You know who else likes to wear wrap dresses, Ramona?Diane von Furstenberg. It’s an iconic look and new styles and fabrics come out with her name on them every year. She even has a similar one to the one she is currently wearing. So shut your piehole.
They played the midseason trailer and I can’t even begin to count the number of seriously major meltdowns. Bethenny’s in particular was upsetting. See you next week for another RHONY Recap! Be sure to tell me what you thought about this episode!
Great Recap. Funny. Ramona is shady AF and swore on her daughter’s life knowing she was lying. Dorinda was right. I can’t believe I said that. I still feel bad for Ramona because she clearly loves Mario so much.
Yes, my first thought, what happened to Kevin, the nice driver B had? She’s too difficult to keep people I suspect. And now This guy is a bodyguard? He’s not very imposing. That artist hilariously thought B would buy that! sonja got taken for a ride on that.
I love a DVF wrap dress and they never go out. I don’t dislike Barbara, but Jill would be bringing so much more to this show. But I’m sure B won’t allow her on & Ramona always sinks a Jill comeback. I’m not feeling Barbara.
Tinsley is so nice and I feel bad for her. I agree she will likely still come back for more scott and she’d be an idiot to. If he didn’t marry her in a year and they keep breaking up, she needs to move on. Sonja is always so catty about her. Sonja keeps criticizing Tinsley for relying on a man when everything she, Sonja, has is because of who she married. Puhleeze.
I’m living for the clips we see for upcoming episodes. Looks amazing.
Still my favorite Real Housewives by far!!! However, Ramona is insufferable. Social climbing and ditching your friends is a a trait I loathe at any age! No one is better than anyone else. And then she is puts down Barbara’s dress that looked great on her. Why do they forgive her so easily?
I would love to see Ramona and Mario get back together again. I domt think either one of them has been all that happy and fufilled, since the split. They both look great and have a daughter together. I bet theyve both learned alot and had a chance to see whats out there.
That bit at the bar was about promoting the jewelry line. I just looked at the True Faith website and saw the turtle wineglass charms. I bet their site is getting a lot of hits from that promotion.
Bethanny has a new driver / bodyguard! What do you think happened to the old one she has had for years?
Her old driver probably got tired cleaning her blooded pillows ;). I liked her other driver but Bettany is too high maintenance and she probably drove him nuts.
Or because he was retirement again she gave him a nice separation package and still sends him a bonus at Christmas and keeps in close touch.
Very cool.
I love your extra bits of information—please keep them coming!
Ramona would do well to try a wrap dress. It would be a flattering silhouette on her.
You are right TT, if Do had been on her third cocktail, Mona would have been flattened. I would pay my cable provider extra for that moment. I too like Barbara. She has history with each woman separately and is giving it her best effort with the group. She is direct but with a sense of humor. I have a feeling that she knows where the bodies are buried with these ladies. I hope that she sticks around Tinsley is a teenager, time to grow up honey. I like Beth but I don’t think that alcohol is her friend. She, like most of the rest on the franchises, has rages and tears while drunk. Her emotional turmoil seems to be at a 10 without adding tequila.
Do? Mona? Beth? Who are these people? Are you commenting on a different show?
Why abbreviate their names?
Who cares?
Everyone.
I find abbreviated names often confusing, especially if they are nasty names (not here). But did you notice all the women are referring to Bethenny as “B” recently?
THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHY PEOPLE NEED TO READ THE FUCKING COMMENTING RULES!
And now I have that stupid Do a deer song stuck in my head.
I mean HOW HARD IS IT TO READ THE COMMENTING RULES?
Crap, now that song us in my head too! I was too busy adding the rest of their names in my head to put Do with the song but it’s there now! Shite!
Ramona is either senile or a lying sack of sh^t, I’m going for the latter. So not cool to flat out lie like that when you know you are going to get caught. Plus you don’t leave your friend hanging like that. Ramona would take her ex back in a heart beat if he asked. I doubt Mario wants her back. Also why does Ramona care if Barbara was talking about her, she was talking about Barbara and doesn’t even like her. I feel for Tinsley, I wasted my good years (child bearing) on a stupid guy. I kept taking him back and after the last time I dumped him 6 months later cause he was still doing the same crap as he did all the other times. She now she needs to get her self esteem back and leave him alone. He’s not worth it. Go to a sperm bank and have that baby now and stop waiting for Mr Right.
I read that Barbara filed for bankruptcy a few years ago which would make sense as to why she’s on the show. I like her but she doesn’t seem to fit in with this group. Seems like most new housewives have financial woes but we are led to believe they are all loaded.
something about barbara that i just cannot take. she is a phoney who thinks she is all that. DEF NOT.
her choice of clothing is horrible. missed last week, so if she had on a wrap dress, i will have to watch
the re-run to check that out. can’t help it bethanny is still my fav since 1st episode. and i really like
dorinda a lot. not so much when she drinks too much. but otherwise i think she is funny, and has a good
heart. love her home in the berksheirs that may be a typo. time for my 4 hrs. of reading, so i can fall
asleep by 3 a.m.
Please read the COMMENTING RULES top left corner of black link box above. I think your shift key may be broken.
Mario is one of those guys who gets better looking with age. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a pig but he’s a damn fine looking pig.
Amen! Mario is fine, fine, fine!!
Yep. He’s aging very well and probably goes out with many 30 year olds. My husband looks like him
I HATE when Sonja says “I know him for so long,” instead of “I’ve known him for so long.” When I first heard her say that, I thought I misheard but she says it often. WTF? Almost as bad as “this needs fix.”
Lol I kept thinking of DVF during the wrap-dress bit
I’d bet her dress is a DVF, they’re classics!
I loved how production shaded Ramona by showing all the clips of her repeating “table 62” when she now tried to claim they told her “61.” She was so foolish to think she was going to get away with that lie. I can’t stand Ramona. How does Avery feel that Ramona swore on her life?
I think it’s creepy and weird how these women all sleep with the same men: Harry, Tom, now Michael.
From the preview of the second half of the season, it looks like LuAnn is still being her entitled self–blech! Don’t know how much more of that I can take.
Ramona is such a thirsty twat. I can’t wait for it to come up at the reunion. She’ll try to deflect and then just say whatever. You probably won’t even get one of her non-apologies from her. As far as criticizing Barbara’s fashion choices? Lololol. Let me just say blue satin. Those over size implants make her look squatty and matronly. Laws, yes, she would take Mario back in a heartbeat. Who does she think she’s fooling?
I bet Ramona is on 20 dating sites and it’s not as fun as it was a year ago. Although she’s a good flirt, it’s very slim pickin’s in the city in her age group. She going to start acting totally desperate and I can’t wait for that! I love this franchise!
A good flirt? I cringe when she flirts. Like Carole said, she’s got no game.
Ramona continues to be like school on Labor Day…no class.
My takeaways: I would go ANYWHERE with Bethany and have fun; Ramona is a bad friend; and although I’m not a huge Barbara fan, she has the perfect body for a wrap dress – she should not be Ramona-shamed and keep wearing them!
Ramona is totally delusional, but LuAnn! OMG! So full of herself. Did anyone notice how she couldn’t even be bothered to listen to Tinsley after the Alanon meeting?? Tins was pouring her heart out and Lu was too busy with her coffee preparation. And then when they sat down, she was looking all around the room and not at Tinsley. I hate people like that … always looking for someone more important to talk to/flirt with. Ramona is bad but LuAnn is worse.
There was a scene a few seasons ago when they were all in the Berkshires. Jules had learned her father was very, very ill-possibly dying and she was sitting outside with LuAnne (who had been eviscerated by Bethenny the night before.) Jules was trying to talk about her fears for her dad but LuAnne didn’t hear a word and even talked over her.
Lu is a shallow narcissist. Same for Ramona. I think if you had a problem though, Ramona might actually listen but not longer than 5 mins. They are both self absorbed but it makes for good tv.
Great recap TT. What a way to ruin a spa day! I can’t stand Ramona she’s such a one upper and what a rude cow she was to Barbara. I like Barbara.
My ex used to say, “Here, this needs Iron” Wtf? He sounded like Bam Bam or something.
Actually, you know who loves to design wrap dresses but no longer wears them–Diane von Furstenberg. She sticks to dresses with no defined waists these days. But I love a wrap dress and they are universally flattering. And there’s nothing wrong with having a “uniform” if it works for you. Ms. Ramona “mutton dressed as lamb” Singer is the last one to take someone shopping, but I thought it was brilliant of Barbara to suggest it. Sonja looked the best of the three women at the bar in that black dress and Ramona looked tacky as hell in that black top with the strip across the neck–hate that look–and the lace.
DVF is literally in a wrap dress in every interview and almost every photo. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/a26016275/diane-von-furstenberg-talita-future-of-dvf-interview-march-2019/
Table 62!!! Odd, because I had a situation last week where my boss shoved me. In anger. Unprovoked. I had to tell the owner about it but had wanted to push her back so badly, but didn’t want to stoop to her level. He spoke to her, and boy has her attitude changed! I enjoyed the episode even though it recorded it in two halves 🤷♀️ I have a soft spot for Dorinda but cannot stomach Ramona and LuAnn. Lu is obviously on a “dry drunk” and Ramona is just an asshole. Bethanney is so entertaining, I hope she finds peace about Dennis.
Loved the recap. These women are hilarious in their own individual ways and together as a group. Ramona will never change and the ladies realize this. Barb needs to secure her apple by not going to bed early when they party in the Berkshires. What a stark difference from BH.
Love this recap! Love a wrap dress! And, loving Barbara! She handled Ramona with such grace and ease, they should give her an apple for that alone.
Love this show. That’s all. It’s the only one I watch.
Luann was on WWHL last night and Andy asked her about her children’s lawsuit and she said it was dropped. She probably had to take her name off the title and add her 2 children.
She probably shit out a bunch of gold bouillons and bought all of the Hamptons.
See how easy it is to type stupid uninformed opinions about a lawsuit on the Internet so that the next moron believes them because they read it on Tamara Tattles?
If she sold the Bridgehampton home for 8m and she got 4m and she was supposed to put the other 4 m in trust for her children, she must have come up with 4m to settle case?
I don’t think the kids just dropped the case and relinquished 2m a piece.
So I guess I am the only one who became instantly and completely obsessed with Hunt Slonem and everything he’s ever done?
The last 24 hours have been pretty much non-stop research for me while planning a day trip to his castle in Scranton and then on to Brooklyn! You might have a song stuck in your head but I’m seeing bunnies everywhere I look, especially when I close my eyes.
Now, Barbara. I’m not quite sure. She doesn’t seem to fit in from a materialistic/social climbing stand point but anyone who will go balls to the wall with Ramona deserves more time. Ramona is just so self absorbed and narcissistic that no matter how many people tell her she’s done wrong she can’t see it and just continues along. Maybe Barbara’s approach, when repeated consistently and frequently, can get through to her. Right.
I’m still mystified at Mario’s appearance on the show. Last we heard Ramona sobbing over her pain at what he did. Now the women laughed and flirted with him and he acted the part of little bad boy.
Are they in high school? Why is Mario given a pass? Why not just date Luann Sonia or Jill Zarin.
Mario hugging “Countless” Luann – that cracked me up! Ah, bygones!
Luann is creepy this season, and this show in general is so boring now. I even miss Kelly Bensiomon that’s how bad it is!
I am annoyed that I just read the abbreviations and now I have Do a female deer stuck in my head. Uggggg SO ANNOYING. No more abbreviations, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s great to have RHONY back. Such a great cast . This really is the best franchise. RHOBH should take note. People are tired of “mean girls”. There’s too much tension and problems in the world . We need light-hearted fun.
I agree. We don’t need to watch ratchet fighting. I just want fun adventures and real trials and tribulations.
Not only is Nene large and in charge, but she definitely is lacking any “womanly curves”. I don’t mean to get too specific as far as body shaming is concerned, but if I remember correctly Porsha called Nene a box/square shape in those texts back and forth and Porsha was highly accurate with that description!
Nene has zero room to judge others. She sounds like a woman scorned and she is clearly jealous of Porsha’s current success. I don’t love Porsha, but let the girl live. She is happy.
Omg I didn’t realize I was posting this comment on the wrong post. So sorry!! I will repost! 😔
I was thinking the same thing when sober Luann came into the bar with drinkie Sonja and Ramona, TT. And also, hmmmm Fish Room as a trigger vs a bar with friends? I see you Countess.
I like this cast too. Plus whoever produces/edits it. That table thing with Swear On My Daughters Life Ramona and Dorinda would be the entire Season of RHOBH. *sigh*
I expect Luann to be the next lying liar who lies like LVP and Ramona to swear on her kids lives about being sober.