The RHONY have been in Cancun filming their last cast trip of the season. Leah McSweeney seems to be fitting in okay, especially with Dorinda Medley. Leah is one odd bird though. Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan are Ramonja again for the most part and are united front. Luann de Lesseps is still all “cabereting” all the time and may have taken an earlier flight home from Cancun than the rest of the bunch for her Christmas concerts. Several RHONJ showed up to her Jersey show. It she did it was probably just a matter of hours earlier. It’s less than a four hour flight from NYC to Cancun. Sidenote: I went there once when I was about 19 with my parents and loved it but times have changed, and Mexico is on my personal no fly list.
Tinsley Mortimer bailed on the trip. She will still be at the reunion as of now. But it looks like she is going to permanently be off the show after this season. You know. If the marriage actually happens. Meanwhile, she is celebrating making it to the one week anniversary of her engagement. The very staged engagement.
In RHOA News…
Here in the ATL, RHOA Porsha Williams was on Dish Nation recently saying she and Dennis Mckinley are working on baby number two because baby PJ needs a playmate. She says that if she doesn’t get pregnant by June, then she won’t keep trying. Allegedly, she will be 39 on on June, 22, 2020 and that is her deadline.
Kandi Burruss has invited Nene Leakes to be on her podcast Speak On It but she hasn’t responded yet. Nene and Kandi get into on tonight’s RHOA.
Nene Leakes was mistaken for Drag Queen Tiffany Fantasia (above) on a recent trip The Palace in Miami. The Palace is an iconic restaurant and bar with daily drag shows. It’s very popular with pretty much everyone. Plenty of young kids hang out on the sidewalk cafe at lunch. And much like Mr. Chow and Nobu in Beverly hills, it’s a paparazzi hangout. Speaking of Mr. Chow, Kyle Richards and Melissa Gorga ran into each other this week at Mr. Chow.
This is not the first time a RHOA has been mistaken for a drag queen. Can you guess who the other one was? Click here for the answer.
In RHOBH news, Erika Jayne has arrived in NYC to rehearse for her upcoming role as Roxie Hart in Chicago beginning on January 6, 2020. She has had a lot of support in the press from Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Eileen Davidson and more. Harry Hamlin is in NYC as well working on his own one-man Broadway show.
May the goddesses forever rest the soul of the great Sahara Davenport, and I can only hope Manila Luzon enjoys the chuckles whenever anyone asks about that infamous TV Guide photo mix-up.
As for Tiffany Fantasia, I can see the resemblance, but it takes me mere milliseconds to see the differences between her and Nene Leakes. Maybe that group at the Palace were too drunk to realize?
So, about Porsha: Is she really in love with Dennis, or is there something else going on? As our good friend Phaedra loved to say, something in that buttermilk ain’t clean. Why does she want to stay with a jackass like Dennis?
She is approaching 40 and some women will do anything to have a man. He SUPPOSEDLY has money. So if keeping his dick in his pants is his biggest issue, well…
Well, I was trying to be polite. But since you mentioned it, I am wondering why Porsha is still pursuing Dennis after all he’s already put her through. So maybe there’s love there, after all? (Just not between the two of them?)
Porsha made a comment on one of the cast trips that she didn’t want two babies by two different men (the cameras panned to Kandi’s face after she made that comment), so I think that is the main (or only) reason she is still dealing with Dennis.
WTF is WRONG with people? Tiffany Fantasia is a MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN than the NeNe Frankenstein Monster!
The previous mislabeling of the mug is hilarious. I bet Sahara Davenport was DYING up there looking down. (I only guessed who it was by thinking “looks most like a man masquerading as a woman.” There are lots of Erica Jayne drag queens, but Erica is too well-known to be taken as one. I think. God bless a Harry Hamlin for supporting Erica — and for so much more. I adore him.
On the other hoof, I just CAN NOT with Dennis and Posrsha. I agree it would be nice for PJ to have a sibling close in age. But not by the hot dog vendor. He’s not even cute.
If I were desperate Porsha, I would TOTALLY be looking for better baby batter. Or if it had to be Dennis, I’d be praying without ceasing for a boy.
“baby batter” ????
In other news, y’all know I am Team Bethenny, She is on Twitter with the following complaint:
She and here 8 year old were taking an Uber somewhere. IS SHE NOT IN NYC? Where is her driver? Why is she even in an UBer? So the kid had a ukulele with her and kept playing it in the car. The driver asked her to stop playing it. Bethenny apparently told the kid to do wtf she wanted. The Uber driver pulled over and put them out and said he would refund them their payment.
Since UBER does that and not the driver, it didn’t happen immediately so Bethenny does a rant on Twitter about how things like this could land her in prison.
Since she has a million Social media followers, UBER is licking her asshole and the driver will probably get fired. Of that $30 fare, the driver gets less than half. Merry Fucking Christmas.
She is now saying she is in LA and it was an LA Uber and she will stalk Uber to the ends of the earth until that guy donates $30 to BStrong. She will spend a thousand dollars until that happens.
Speaking of BStrong. I will no longer be supporting them. Two nights ago I received two thank you notes for $100 donations. I have not donated there since September and it might have been September 2018, It seems like a long time ago when the Bahamas was wiped out. It was a very long letter that began with “Thank you for your $100 donation.” Your money will be used for blah blah blah, click here for a receipt for your tax records… etc etc a normal receipt. I got two of them over the course of an hour or so. It really freaked me out.
After the third reading I noticed at the end that they were asking me to consider a monthly donation. I’m still not sure they are somehow still charging me.
Hi TT, the same thing happened to me on Friday. I had donated to a BStrong charity (global empowerment mission) during the time of the Bahamas hurricane in Sept.
On Friday, I got 3 seemingly identical emails from them, all with the same “Thank You For Your Donation” subject line and same copy in all 3 emails. I figured it was a problem with their email tool which caused the same email to get sent 3 times.
Thanks. With all my current anxiety, this makes me feel better. And yes GEM is the actual charity.
Omg I have been wanting to donate to wikipedia so badly but I’m scared for my card to get charged a monthly fee or something weird.
I’ve been donating to Wikipedia for years. I use them every single day. Never had a problem. They take Pay Pal. They do not bother you for more money until the next fundraising drive which is once a year I believe. And their requests are very humble. Do it.
I also donated to BStrong in September and received a thank you email on Friday. I was thinking what the hell is this? Are they going to keep taking money from me? I’m glad it was just a thank you.
I also read her damn tweet about the ukulele. It really annoyed me that she said this is what she would go to prison for! And she is relentless torturing the Uber driver about it. Let it go and move it along. The entitlement! Jill Zarin is another one, she tweeted and whined a while back that she couldn’t return a damn pillow because the store had a final sale policy. A pillow? Really?
I feel bad for the Uber driver. It’s his car and his rules. Poor guy is trying to make a living and she is trying to ruin him. Maybe he has a fear of Tiny Tim (lol) and doesn’t want to tip toe through the tulips while driving.
Oh, and someone sent Bethenny a picture of a fish dinner that they had for Thanksgiving asking her if she would eat it. She said it’s very “Godfather” of them LOL. You know because fish can kill her. Plus, The Godfather sends people dead fish as a message.
Another idiot parent that thinks their kid can do no wrong and that other people couldn’t possibly be annoyed that some brat is playing a ukelele while someone is trying to drive. Screw Bethenny and her entitled attitude. Great lesson she just showed her daughter too.
Yeah, because everyone who’s driving in LA streets wants to hear a damn ukulele. I’m so annoyed that Uber reached out, begging to help poor poor Bethenny. She needs a reality check, what she doesn’t need is Uber kissing her ass! She’s also getting a lot of backlash from regular people, so that’s good.
I got the same thing! Checked my card for recent charges. Seems shady.
We all got it then.Thousands of people are scratching their heads while she’s whining about a ukulele. Imagine if it happened to her? She would be shaming the charity on twitter. I will never donate to her charity again.
She’s in Los Angeles. I’m team Bethenny too but this is really disappointing. I really wish she would realize how wrong she is and apologize, I won’t hold my breath.
Oops sorry you got the LA part. My page keeps refreshing and I have to keep retyping my posts.
That driver was obviously a jerk but what Bethany did was very risky, especially since she was with her daughter . People come unhinged at the drop of a hat these days. Dropping them off was terrible but it could have been worse if he had gotten violent. Far better to have just stopped the ukele playing and filed a complaint when they got to their destination.
Dear Uber,
My bratty 8 year old entitled child wasn’t allowed to play the ukulele while my Uber driver was trying to safely navigate us through one of the worst traffic cities in the world. I was also telling him how to get where we were going and listing off my list of Skinny Girl products I had for sale. I have know idea why he pulled over and left me and my brat and her ukulele back on the curb 100 yards away from where he picked us up and decided he would rather have no fare than our fare. He said we would be refunded and the refund didn’t appear withing seconds so now I am having a white privilege, don’t you know who I am meltdown on Twitter. Please fire this hard working person pronto and ruin Christmas for him and his family.
Also I DEMAND he personally donate $30 dollars to my charity immediately or face legal action. You have ten seconds.
Bethenny Frankel.
I have this vision of B with her daughter playing her ukelele (loudly!) on the side of the I-5 freeway in LA. Now that would be some video the paps would pay for. Where are all the surveillance cameras when you need them?? ??
Downtown LA would be a better spot. If she has so much money why didn’t she hire a driver while she’s here. Plus I would have asked her to stop as well. I’m sure it was a distraction on top of he was probably using a direction app. Seriously driving in LA sucks.
Bethenny is a bitch, straight up intact super bitch! I used to be a fan, but I see right through her now. I wasn’t sure, but now I believe Sunny from The View who said Bethenny was rude to her because I believe her daughter was sleeping in a hotel room and Bethenny rudely told Sunny and her kids to shut up. You know b’c her daughter was taking a nap, so everyone in the vicinity had to be quiet!!
It wasn’t even a hotel. It was a beach house that Bethenny was in and Sunny was staying in a nearby one. Apparently, Sunny’s children were playing too loudly on the beach whilst the wee one slept with the window open.
I knew it was something like that. I couldn’t remember the exact details. I know Sunny can’t stand her and I see why. I hope Uber backs this person up. Maybe Sunny will have a say in it all.
It’s ironic, Bethenny’s kid can be loud and annoying while someone is trying to transfer her and her mom safely through the streets of LA, but everyone has to be quiet when she is sleeping.
You got it right. Shes a self righteous bitch. Also i wouldn’t donate a dime to her charity.
I love this so much.
A jerk? Really? He’s trying to safely DRIVE A CAR while she’s screeching away on a ukulele and he’s the jerk? He was right to throw them out.
This is disappointing.
You know what’s really messed up it’s not even the first time she’s complained about an Uber Driver on Twitter. In Nov of 2017 she complained because her Uber driver didn’t help her with her bags, and I suspect in both that case and this case the driver reacted to her negative entitled attitude. But in the 2017 case she tagged Uber as well but in that case they didn’t respond to her.
If you want to check the initial 2017 complaint out let me know and I’ll post the link but if you decide to do so make it quick it looks like she’s already deleted the most recent complaint from twitter.
I know TT’s stand on being offended on behalf of another party and usually agree, however mistaking Tiffany Fantasia with Nene is downright offensive. Nene wishes she looked that good.
The group picture of the New York ladies has me confused, did they all get new faces or is my brain broke (face blindness?) I think I see Dorinda but it could be Ellen DeGeneres. LOL
With enough Botox women’s faces start looking similar. Case in point, Tiffany Hendra and LeeAnne Locken. I can barely tell them apart now except that LeeAnne’s body is just outrageously fantastic for any age.
I watched the Tinsley engagement video. It was produced like a scene out of a movie, I have seen proposals in movies that didn’t look that romantic or beautiful. Why stage something like that? Free publicity for his business, for her? I am not sure. I do think however that she is crazy mad in love with him. I really hope she marries her guy and that he is good to her.
Porsha, I just can’t with her either. She is a way better catch than the other way around.
Aha, so I’m not the only one who’s been noticing a stronger resemblance between LeeAnne and Tiffany. Certainly, LeeAnne looks great. It’s just that her face has definitely been changing, including during her time on RHOD.
I want to believe Tinsley and Scott are in love for real. I guess I’ve become so jaded by watching so many made-for-TV “relationships” that my bullshit detection meter is never off.
I was at the Countess cabaret in Jersey. Theresa from NJ was there. Lou pointed her out Theresa stood and waved. A short time later Lou wanted to bring Theresa on stage but Theresa already left. I think she stayed 10 minutes. What an embarrassment
Out of curiosity, how does Teresa look in person?
I actually bumped into her twice and she looked different both times. The first time was at a party before she “went away” and she looked really good despite being overly made up with tons of clumpy mascara and over-lined lips. She was wearing tight leather pants so you could see she was very fit. She looked exactly like she was on the show. Joe was there too and super short where I could see over his head (I’m 5’3 and was wearing flats). Teresa was in heels of course. The second time was at Costco after she “went away” and she did not look as good. She was with her dad and he didn’t look very good either (it was quite sad). She wasn’t wearing makeup and her skin was ruddy, patchy and red. Her hair was all down and stringy which surprised me because she should have had better extensions considering she has a glam squad. These did not look like high quality extensions. In all fairness though she did look like she just went to the gym because she was in gym clothes and no makeup. She also did not look as thin as the first time. She wasn’t super muscular but fit and thicker than before. I have to say she was slinging those Poland water packs like no ones business though.
Thanks for sharing :).
TT or anyone that may know – Is Vicky returning to RHOC? I’ve seen one report (but only one) that says she’s been offered her full time spot back. The energy it takes to watch is draining at best – and yet I do lol I don’t want her back.
Uh-oh…
B & the Uber……..what popped in my head was the scene from Animal House, a guy was playing folk music on his guitar on staircase surrounded by women. John Belushi in full Toga took the guitar and smashed it to smithereens, then looked at the guy, shrugged & said sorry. ??????
I’m guessing that’s how the Uber driver felt. What I can’t reconcile is why B & her daughter would use Uber, from a security stand point. She could have set up a car & driver to be at her disposal no matter which coast she was on. My parents had a driver, he was loved like family & had weekends off. B went frm laughing at LuAnn’s etiquette lesson as to how to introduce her to a driver or “the help” to a sense of entitlement that saddens me & those who work for her. ??♀️
I said the same thing above. Why didn’t she get a driver while she is here. It sounds like someone is being cheap (Uber and the refund).
Las Tres Amigas are beginning to look like La Trilliza Identicas. Except — PLEASE don’t send me to WLS, not being mean, it is true — Vickie has a more porcine look. Tamra looks like a shrew when she scrunches up her face. Shannon’s new face looks more like someone took the blur tool on Photoshop and used too big of a brush. They PAID to look like that! With the face work, extensions and pieces, they are becoming like clones. Hence, La Trizilla Identicas.
Bethanny is exhausting to watch hear & read about. Yes she has been thoroughly altruistic ; yet again she knocks down her own sandcastle. Its endless. Its pointless. Why is she always her own worst enemy? I appreciate you for having the wit patience & wherewithal to withstand her behavior & report this tea to us. You really are my hero twin. xo Marc
I get why Porsche wants to have another child with Dennis. She doesn’t want two baby daddy’s plus it would take too much time for her to find another man to impregnate her (if the deadline is true). I think baby pj is adorable.
I can’t tell you how many women I met when my son was little that were obsessed with having a second kid, usually of the opposite sex of the first, even though they showed very little enjoyment raising the first. I’d listen to them complain about the boredom &isolation of staying home and in the next breath talk of fertility treatments. Wtf? One friend would leave her little girl to wander the house alone, making messes, while she talked on the phone for hours-she didn’t want to play with her. They felt pressue to live up to some ideal of a family. I felt like a different species when these women would talk.
I have a friend who didn’t think it through about having a baby. After she had the baby she complained about that she couldn’t go out and that she always had to be with the baby. She too would ignore the baby so she could watch TV or talk on the phone. She never reads, plays with her kid or talks to him, she talks at him. She never spends one on one time with him but takes him to play dates. Her son was diagnosed being mentally delayed, ADHD and depressed. It’s really sad cause I spend more time playing and talking to him then she does.
I could never understand why a parent doesn’t want to have any time with their children. It goes by so fast. And I absolutely know what you mean about talking at him, not to him. It’s terrible. I’m glad he has you in his life.
I agree, I think if Porsha wants just one baby daddy, then she should do it now. Who knows, maybe it will work out between them. I’ve seen couples together that I thought would never last. Her baby girl is absolutely adorable, puss face and all. I actually love the faces her little girl makes. Just too cute for words.
I always said that my brother and his ex had their 2 kids just to make their Olan Mills portraits look complete. As soon as I moved back to Ky. from Fl. you can bet she had me watching my niece and nephew ev-ery-day while she ran “errands” for hours. Three and one year old they were and this went on for way too long. Years, in fact. What flavor sucker was I? lol
Yeah but you had all the fun, playing with them and watching them grow. You’re not a sucker. It’s your ex sister-in-law’s loss for not spending time with them. You win!!
Thanks for the reminder that I decided to do some giving locally this season. My mom’s birthday is this month… she decided she didn’t want any presents (I got her flowers the day of) but instead, as we’ve done before, we’re writing checks to the local food bank. They have a shit ton of canned food, etc. this time of year… money they can save for the lean months. (One of their “adopted” grandson’s used to make out like a bandit back when his elementary school would have a contest for the class that could gather up the most food for the food bank. My dad would take him to Costco and let him pick out about $200 bucks worth of canned, packaged foods that the food bank said they needed. His class always won those years and he would brag about my folks, and that it was because of his auntie’s birthday)
This year, on top of the food bank, I’m going to find a pet food donation place that helps low income people feed their pets (in honor of my Simon, who I miss so much), and to my local National Main Street organization.
Even if you all don’t donate… I encourage you to shop local as much as possible. That is part of what Main Street is all about. I shop on Amazon too… but shopping local means those dollars are STAYING local, and helps your local economy. Your local independent retailer returns 3 times the amount of those dollars back into your local economy than the big box retailer. I don’t demand that people only shop local (I have friends who used to say this… but you know what? Most boutiques don’t carry plus sizes, so off to Kohls and Macys I go!), but do be mindful. Plus, local retailers sometimes find just the perfect something for you!
I just found out that if you donate between $300-$350 you can feed the entire homeless shelter in my small mile one city for the night! We cut out a few luxuries to save up for two nights. We are donating in a few months because they get so much at the holidays and people forget towards summer to keep donating.
They also need people to serve dinners on days BESIDES the holidays. They’re chock full of volunteers for Thanksgiving and X-Mas. It kinda annoys me how celebrities are always out there on Holidays for photo ops.
Sliceo’pie, thank you and that is such a wonderful thing that you and your son are doing. I give as much as I can and donate clothes, blankets, coats, socks, food.
Every little bit counts. Last month a deaf, older veteran came over to me in the grocery store. Signed to me to donate. I did right in front of the ice cream section. We signed to each other how much we loved each other. He was so cute! I wish I could of gave him a million.
Another local holiday giving opportunity is your women’s shelter. It isn’t just women seeking shelter this time of year; they come with their children, so toys, along with toiletries & undies are very appropriate. Holiday drinking usually means the shelters are overfull this time of year & the needs are many. Call in advance to check on what is most needed. Your efforts will be appreciated.
The domestic violence shelters here take OPEN cosmetics (good condition, clean) and nail polish. As a counselor put it “these women often literally RUN with nothing but the shirts on their backs. They need EVERYTHING.”
Yes, & they often come in the middle of the night, wee hours of the morning, kids in PJs or underwear & barefoot. Elderly women come, too, & you would be surprised that even well-to-do ladies end up bruised & barefoot there in the middle of the night. Husbands who were once adoring & pillars of the community can become abusers as they age & the brain cells deteriorate. A few years ago this happened to a lovely lady neighbor nearly my age. The couple ended up in separate retirement facilities for her protection. Their children were long grown, one son a well-respected physician. The wife was well-known for her charitable giving, & it was a real shock she ended up battered multiple times. A few years ago a classmate of mine had to flee across country & now resides with her daughter. She, too, was once well-off. Her family is actually in the national news.
Bethenny is really insufferable in this instance. I looked at her twitter and she really doubled down on her awful behavior. Bethenny has a very short fuse herself and I can only imagine what would have happened if the roles were reversed. Just because someone is a service worker doesn’t mean they aren’t deserving of your respect. Playing a musical instrument in an enclosed vehicle while someone is trying to concentrate on busy traffic is beyond disrespectful and ignorant then she goes above and beyond trying to get him fired or reprimanded. Unbelievable.
What more did she do to double down? I don’t have it so I can only see bits and pieces. So disappointed in her.
I just checked for you..
Right after her first whiny tweet about the ukulele fiasco, she tweeted that she will not stop until the Uber driver donates 30 dollars to her charity, because she’s a principal girl. So annoying!! Anyway, most of her replies (which are a lot) called her rude, vindictive and told her she is wrong to do this to this person. A really good reply said she shouldn’t be using twitter as a tool to out the Uber driver. Stuff like that. She just ignored it all and is onto her next adventure.. a picture of her and her dogs!
Gawd!! I wrote it wrong!! Grrr. This is what she tweeted to Uber.. I will stalk Uber to make them donate 30 dollars. She said she will spend 1k to make the driver give the 30 back.
Then everyone told her off, like I wrote above.
I’m sure Bethenny’s boyfriend is loving this little aspect of her personality.
If I were driving in L.A. traffic and someone were playing my favorite tune flawlessly on ANY instrument, I would politely explain that I needed to be able to hear sirens and other traffic flow indicators for safety.
If someone were TWANGING OFF KEY on a fucking ukulele, I would POLITELY explain that I needed to be able to hear sirens and other traffic flow indicators for safety. And I would be SO GLAD it was the truth.
The Uber driver should change to Lyft. Lots of Uber drivers near me have done that. Everyone I know who used Uber now takes Lyft.
Bethany has gotten too big for her Skinny Girl britches.Ukulele