The Real Housewives New York Talk About Danielle’s Past

 

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New York Housewives: The “Lost Footage”

RHONY REUNION FALLOUT

They won’t shut up

Part Two of  The Real Housewives of New York City." was a bummer. Five screeching women and a silent one (Alex, trying in vain to be the voice of reason) trying to crucify each other on the altar of righteousness.  Andy Cohen reminded me of a substitute teacher thrown in with a bunch of eighth grade hoodlums, he could only duck and cover.

Kelly Bensimon continues to confuse: she looked so scary, with that spaced out expression on her face throughout the reunion. Bethenny Frankel tried so hard to attack her, that pit-bull bundle of neuroses never realizes no one is home.   Here’s a video Bethenny made, she continues to attack:

In the meantime, Kelly continues to confuse. Here’s an article posted today......which is it, Kelly?

Kelly Bensimon’s Planet

 

THE second season of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New York City." ended not a moment too soon for Kelly Bensimon.

We hear the model, 41, who was excoriated by her fellow housewives for being shallow and self-important during the show's wrap-up chat session on Thursday, has been telling friends she regrets she signed aboard in the first place. "She realizes it was a mistake," a friend of Bensimon tells Page Six. "It has ruined her socially. She knows how bad she came off."

Bensimon isn't the only cast member who ended the season at odd ends with the other women. Earlier in the week, Ramona Singer angered Bethenny Frankel by saying Frankel was still single at 37 because "she doesn't know how to date men who are proper marriage material." Bethenny was a no-show at the American Image Awards at the Grand Hyatt, where both Alex McCord and Luann De Lesseps showed up. (Still, McCord, who brought husband Simon van Kempen, left before de Lesseps even arrived.)

"They're definitely going to need some new blood for the next season because these women are all starting to hate another," laughs a spy.

Singer also told People magazine of her experience with working with Bensimon, "I didn't enjoy filming with Kelly. There's just nothing there. There's something missing."

Via a spokeswoman, Bensimon says of the claim that she regrets signing on, "I think that's laughable. I had a fabulous experience on the show. My friends love me and had a ball watching me."

A Bravo flack tells Page Six, "No decisions for season three have been made yet. The show was up double digits versus last season. We're thrilled with season two and love each and every one of our New York City ladies." And maybe the less they love each other, the better for the ratings.

from page six

RHONY Reunion Sneak Peek: Kelly’s Story

 

Kelly Bensimon was arrested in early March for beating up boytoy Nick Stefanov. Watch Kelly’s disclaimer story from tonight’s reunion show and see if you buy it.

Note how Bethenny Frankel rudely jumps into Kelly’s narrative.

click here for the video

Bethenny Frankel: Desperate is Not Pretty

 

Some things never change. The type of man Bethenny’s looking for is looking for the polar opposite of her.

Bethenny and her “have we met”, which a stand she takes, a mantra to who she is, can’t bend or suspend long enough to get a man.

Look at the advice she’s received this season:

LuAnn told her to lean in and act interested. 
Ramona Singer told her to date around. 
Alex told her she used a service.
Jill wants her to get the ri ng or other jewelry.
Jill's mom also weighed in.
Bethenny's hairdresser set her up.
Rosie tells her story, and says to her she has to fit her life into the man’s life.

Bethenny doesn’t really want a man she won’t have time for, she wants a child she won’t have time for.  Time is running out, and desperation is not attractive. Just sayin’

watch what happens

Real Housewives, Real Finale

The ladies start out at Jill’s house, 5 days before the charity event. Zarin wants to promote her business, Ramona thinks its tacky. That sets off the first catfight.  Alex arrives and states she hasn’t sold any tickets, or tried to, even.  So they all gang up on Alex.

Next, the scene at  Nasdaq with the Count and Luann.......so they didn’t cut it after all! 

Jill decides that she should have the sex/drug/rock ‘n roll talk with Ally at the ripe old age of 15. As Kelly would say, “cute”

Bethenny gives Rosie a cooking lesson. Why?  Face time?  Bethenny asks for the inevitable dating advice. Like Bethenny will listen, or learn.  Ball buster.

Jill and Kelly go jewelry shopping for the charity event. The jeweler is hilarious.  She wants to wear Kelly like last year’s Versace.

We get a true ANTM moment, with Luann giving Bethenny a bizarre runway walking lesson in prep for a fashion show Bethenny is participating in.

At the Moroccan fashion show, Bethenny tries to be funny, not so much. She looks awesome, the very best she’s ever looked.

The Charity Event

Bethenny took all the space behind the bar for her logo and alcohol company signage. Ramona and Jill have it taken down. Jill is exploding with tension, needs to chill.

Simon shows up in his What is Simon Wearing?? outfit. The Count is in this scene. Bethenny sees that the liquor company signage is gone, and goes ballistic on Jill.  Jill tells her to leave. Bethenny then goes after Ramona. Believe it or not, Ramona calms her down.

The auction begins, and, like DeShawn Snow and her charity auction, at first there were no bids, but it didn’t last long.  Everything sold. The season ends with Simon and Ramona dancing together.

YAWN.

COME ON JERSEY GIRLS

RHONY’s Reunion: Holy Catfights!

Here’s what Andy Cohen had to say about the Reunion, scheduled to air on Bravo Tuesday, May 12.

“Oh Lord. I am still recovering. It was a seven-hour Real Housewives of New York reunion shoot at Cipriani Wall Street. There were about 15 MASSIVE fights, many raised voices, lots of finger pointing, some laughs, and much drama. It will not disappoint. “

From your lips, Andy.

Watch what Happens

Jill Thinks Kelly Should Quit the Show

from gaywired

Jill Zarin thinks Kelly Bensimon should quit the Real Housewives of NYC and she wasn’t afraid to say just how she sees her co-star's  role on Bravo’s hit reality series.

"I don’t think it’s working for her," Jill Zarin told E! Online, "I don’t think she should be on the show.”

“It's not that I think we should throw anybody off,”  Zarin continued, “It's just that I think if I were her, I would not do the show again. I would go back to anonymity and spend the next year trying to repair my reputation. What’s more important to her: her reputation or fame?"

How sweet, Jill Zarin is only looking out for everyone’s best interest, of course.  

Zarin also revealed that things are icy as ever between Bensimon and cast mate Bethenny Frankel. "They’re not friends," Zarin said. "They never were. They never will be. They’re sophisticated girls, so they’ll be polite to each other when they see each other at Bravo events. They’re not going to pull each others' hair out, but there's definitely ice cubes in the room."

Bensimon had no comment on Zarin’s harsh evaluation, but a rep for the ex-model says, "Jill is entitled to her opinion. Kelly had a wonderful time on the show."

Zarin, along with the other five Housewives, was present at the recent Reunion Special taping, which Bravo recently extended to a special 2-hour long, 2-evening TV event. Must have been a lot of drama in that reunion!

Zarin spills, "There were a lot of liars at the table… Ramona—liar! Kelly—liar! LuAnn—baby liar."

Wonder what The Countess and bright-eyed Ramona were lying about? Zarin drew the line there, so fans will have to tune in to see for themselves!

Jill is equally chatty about her loving family. They recently supported her as the pint-sized socialite made a big change: breast reduction surgery!

Zarin tells Life & Style, ”I could not have done it without my husband, Bobby, and my daughter, Allyson. Bobby took me to the hospital with my parents, Gloria and Sol. My parents stayed until the surgery was over and deemed a success. Bobby stayed with me every second.”

Zarin’s surgery reduced her chest from a 32G to a 32DD. Zarin wanted other women thinking about plastic surgery to know, “There is no reason anyone should have to suffer from low self-esteem or poor body image.  We have the power to change our bodies in a safe and positive way.”

Too bad she doesn’t think untrained, out of control Chihuahuas should leave the show also!

Real Housewives of New York City: Reunion Drama Much?

 Bravo recently extended the reunion into a special 2-hour long, 2-evening TV event. Must have been a lot of drama in that reunion! Will these women top the Oranges and the Peaches in accusations, tears, and drama?

Watch What Happens!

Count de Lesseps and Princess Kemeria in Ethiopia

from the Ethiopian Review

Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar

(EthioPlanet) — Last week, EthioPlanet.com revealed the name of the mysterious woman who until then was only known as the “Ethiopian Woman” Count Alexandre de Lesseps had apparently fallen for.

There were some disputes in the blogosphere as to the veracity of what EthioPlanet revealed. To avoid unnecessary defamation, we’ve now released a picture to go along with the name.

The featured photograph was taken in a limousine during a recent trip to Addis Ababa (capital of the AU), Ethiopia.

A source, close to the couple, Count Alexandre de Lesseps and Princess Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar told EthioPlanet.com they were traveling in Ethiopia to promote micro-finance for Ethiopian women.

“They also have plans to open an orphanage in her hometown of Jimma, and to create in Addis Ababa, a museum of African history,” the source added.

Alexandre de Lesseps, 59, was raised in Khartoum, Sudan and in Tangiers, Morocco.

Micro financing is, of course, nothing new to the Count. He is, among other things, an entrepreneur, investment banker, and has pioneered micro financing in developing nations.

He is President of London based Coral Capital Ltd and Pandaw Investment Hldgs in Hong Kong. He is also co-founder and President of Blue Orchard Finance S.A., a leading micro finance management company based in Geneva.

More pictures will be released in the coming days featuring the couple together on their trip to Ethiopia.

Real Housewives, Real Reunion

 

From: www.realitytvsoup.com

Bravo's watercooler sensation "The Real Housewives of New York City" gives fans an extra dose of drama when everyone's favorite New York ladies reunite during the season two reunion special, airing Tuesday, May 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and hosted by Bravo programming executive Andy Cohen. Will Kelly and Bethenny bury the hatchet? Is the Alex/Simon vs. Ramona/Mario feud still going on? Get a behind-the-scenes look at what really went down during this explosive second season.

In the season finale, airing Tuesday, May 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, clashes, disagreements and conflicts abound as the ladies take care of the final details for Jill's charity event that they are all planning together. LuAnn uses her skills as a model to help Bethenny prepare for a fashion show. Some of the other Housewives show up to watch Bethenny strut the catwalk in a Moroccan fashion show, and Jill and Ramona decide to settle their differences about the charity event. On the day of the event, as expected, Ramona ruffles Jill's feathers, but everyone's shocked when old allies clash.

Bravo gives fans an extra serving of "Real Housewives" goodness with the special "The Real Housewives of New York City: The Lost Footage," airing Thursday, May 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with exclusive, never-before-scene clips from season two and the reunion special.

Countess LuAnn’s Interview with “W” Magazine

 

Real Housewife LuAnn on etiquette, her "fan base," and that Bethenny : Editors' Blog: Wmagazine.com

 

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Princess Kemeria and Count de Lesseps

from various sources:

for a photo of the Princess, click here

The mysterious Ethiopian woman identified as the cause for the divorce between the reality star  LuAnn from The Real Housewives of New York and her husband Count Alexandre de Lesseps has been identified as Princess Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar. She is the granddaughter of King Abajifar, the last King from the Gibe Kingdom of Jimmaa, located in current day Ethiopia. An inside source close to the Count, wishing to remain anonymous, confirmed the details in an email correspondence. The Ethiopian princess, and granddaughter of the King, is the niece of Ababiya Abajobir, another prominent man in the Oromo-Ethiopian community. He was one of the founding members of the OLF (Oromo Liberation Front), a guerrilla organization representing the majority Oromo ethnic group of Ethiopia, and served in various positions in the organization throughout its 35 year history. The source told EthioPlanet that it was the wish of both the Princess and Count Alexandre de Lesseps that she no longer be identified as “‘the Ethiopian woman’ but with her real identity.”

Fast Facts

1. Granddaughter of King Abba Jifar II, last king of Jimma
2. Abba Jifar was removed from power by Haile Selassie in 1930
3. Niece of Ababiya Abajobir, founding member of the Oromo Liberation Front²
4. De Lesseps have lived apart for years³
5. Identity revealed on the website EthioPlanet on April 9, 2009

 

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Bethenny Frankel, the Voice of Reason?

from the California Chronicle

'Wives' Tale - Bethenny Dishes on Next Season

WITH only a handful of episodes left to air this season, "The Real Housewives of New York City" has become the show you must dissect on Wednesday morning.

But the Bravo reality show has yet to be renewed for a third go- round – and Bethenny Frankel, the most enterprising of the bunch, doubts that all of the current crop will be invited back.

"There could be some casualties," Frankel says.

The Real Housewives of Orange County only had two of the original housewives [on last time] and they've gone through four seasons.

"I won't be having any discussions with Kelly [Bensimon] in another season."

Frankel's bitter altercation with Bensimon - a former columnist for Page Six magazine who's been charged with misdemeanor assault for beating up her boyfriend - was the centerpiece of a recent episode.

As the housewives try to fight for bragging rights to see who is richer or more socially prominent, Frankel, 38, has taken an outsider's view of their often abrasive behavior.

"I'm the voice of reason. I represent the audience," she says, adding that she's well-equipped to deal with the volatile women on the show.

"I grew up around lunatics. If you actually grew up in the bowels of the race track, they're all lunatics.

"Bravo has some stable of crazy. I recognize crazy and understand it."

For example, Frankel, whose new diet book, "Naturally Thin," has reached No. 2 on The New York Times best seller list, can even explain the bizarre behavior of The Countess , who last week asked a group of understandably confused African-American girls at a Boys and Girls Club near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, "Do you know what a countess is?"

"When LuAnn became a countess, it defined her," Frankel says. "It's easy to attach yourself to that, and it became her shtick."

When the show is not filming, Frankel remains friendly with only one of the housewives, fabric maven Jill Zarin, whose braying, nasal voice Frankel has nailed in a series of stand-up routines on the Bravo Web site.

"Jill and I are more like family. We get into crazy fights and make up in three days," she says.

Bravo has planned a reunion show for the housewives, but Frankel and company have not been informed when filming will take place. "Jill is at Saks right now picking out her outfit," Frankel quips. "I just focus on today and tomorrow."

Frankel's "tomorrow" is full of promise. Her Skinny girl Margarita drink will hit stores in early June. And a recent appearance in the audience on "Dancing With the Stars" may lead to a stint on the tacky ABC talent show.

Frankel was invited on the show by host Tom Bergeron, and sat next to ABC honcho Anne Sweeney.

"If I was invited to go on, I would entertain the possibility," she says. "That would be intimidating to me. Those people can dance.

"Having been a runner-up on 'The Apprentice,' (Martha Stewart’s) it would be a big decision for me. Do I need to be on three reality shows in one lifetime?

"But I do want to wear those outfits."

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Real Housewives: All Kinds of Crazy

In a nutshell with a bunch of nuts:

 

Bethenny Frankel may be the winner when it comes to the best famewhore war, but she also wins as the biggest bitch. Sneaky and acidic, Bethenny has something to say about everything and everyone, disguised in little witticisms. On her Bravo blog, or, as I call it, Disclaimer Central, she pretends to like Jill’s apartment.  Bethenny, we all know Liberace is dead.

Jill’s apartment is psycho-crazy. I had an aunt who decorated like this. You could go into her kitchen and get dizzy. And the POP occasional tables?  Jill never heard of less is more. Who ever heard of a gay husband who couldn’t dress, dance or decorate?  Brad is not Dwight Eubanks.

The dis-Countess was all kinds of wrong with those young girls.  Sure, Bravo set up the meeting, but they could have chosen the self-made one, Bethenny.  At least she would have been funny, in her own way. Ever heard of a Countess? Hell no, bitch, we’re in America.

Kelly? She’s just an idiot. Offering up ex-hubby, Gil Bensimon to Jill for the charity was good. Bethenny in this weeks blog says she didn’t follow through.

Ramona and Mario are extremely competitive. I am so over that boring ass tennis match with Simon and Jill.  Please don’t do this again, Bravo TV. Bethenny was so into setting up Ramona, not so much different than the  “"Naked Wasted" episode on The Real Housewives of Orange County.

But with so much more class.  Yeah, right.

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The Count-less Countess

 

April 9, 2009

Last month, Real Housewives of New York City star Countess LuAnn de Lesseps received a shocking email from her globe-trotting husband: “It said that he had met someone,” she recalls, “and they were serious.”

In an exclusive interview in the new issue of PEOPLE, de Lesseps, 43, admits that she and her husband had been separated for nearly three months when she received the note — but that didn’t make the message any easier to swallow. “I was devastated,” she says. “I knew that we were kind of separating, but I was hoping that things were going to work out.”

Married for 16 years to Count Alexandre de Lesseps, 59, LuAnn says she always assumed she would be “married forever.” When that didn’t happen, she held out hope that the news would remain private. But just last week, The New York Post revealed to the world that her husband was now openly involved with an Ethiopian woman in Geneva.

Beyond the public embarrassment, she says, having to break the news to the couple’s two children, Noel, 12, and Victoria, 14, has “probably been the hardest part.”

She’s also finding it difficult to get up every day and promote her new book, Class with the Countess, an autobiographical etiquette guide that hits bookstores April 16. “When I wrote the book I felt very secure,” says de Lesseps. “And that’s totally changed.”

The book, which is dedicated to her husband, contains a chapter titled “How to Get a Man to Stay in Love.” So why didn’t her own tips work?

“You can try all you want,” de Lesseps responds, “but if you’re not getting reciprocation from the other person, it’s not your fault.” –Mark Dagostino, People Magazine

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Real Housewives ,Real Famewhores

from the NY Post

Talk about a reality check.

"The Real Housewives of New York City," a Bravo TV show featuring six Botox-happy women feasting on their 15 minutes of fame, promised to offer a through-the-keyhole look at the lives of Manhattan's most stylish and privileged.

But since the second season began airing in February, each character has been bitch-slapped by personal misfortune and public embarrassment.

Call it the "Curse of the Real Housewives," because these housewives are looking more desperate by the day.

 Kelly Bensimon, whose boyfriend Nick Stefanov accused her of assault on March 5, has since been dragged through an unseemly court hearing to meet the charges.

On Friday, the SAKS department-store chain confirmed that the 40-year-old model had been dropped from one of its upcoming campaigns.

Three days earlier it emerged that 'Countess LuAnn De Lesseps’ husband of 16 years, Count Alexandre de Lesseps, had left her for an Ethiopian woman in Geneva. Now the soon-to-be ex-aristocrat is facing divorce while promoting her unfortunately titled book "Class with the Countess”.

Bombastic blonde Ramona Singer, 52, meanwhile, is reportedly being shunned by the well-heeled mothers at her daughter Avery's private school. And career woman Alex McCord, 35, lost her job as a graphic designer for Victoria's Secret in February.

On camera, Bethenny Frankel, the skinny singleton "housewife," has endured awkward dates to no avail. Her last boyfriend, Jason Colodne, was fired from his Wall Street job for appearing on the first series, and the relationship ended shortly thereafter.

Even Long Island-born Jill Zarin, 45, once seen as the most down-to-earth of the group, is now facing a backlash, having spent most of this season snatching up couture gowns and luxury furnishings like a modern-day Marie Antoinette, while the nation's worst economic crisis in a generation grinds on.

 

Having seen their reputations plummet even as the show's ratings soar (figures are up 50 percent over last year's averages, says a Bravo spokesperson), you'd think these ladies might regret having appeared on the show. You'd be wrong.

Bensimon said that the program, and the attending focus on her personal life, has been a "really fun" wild ride. "If it's a roller coaster," she said, "then I am front and center in the first car."

Declining to speak about her legal case, she said instead, "The only thing I do regret is that you have to give up a lot of privacy on TV."

What's more, she said, "People don't want to see [the real] Kelly. They don't care about some shy girl that falls off horses, or hangs out with her kids, or loves doing cartwheels. They want to see girls in miniskirts kicking it, you know, the catfights."

Frankel, a celebrity chef turned diet book author -- and Bensimon's adversary on the show -- admitted that dating while filming has been hard.

"Look," she said, "my book ["Naturally Thin"] just hit No. 3 on The New York Times' Best-Seller List -- it's very overwhelming for [a man] if I say I have this book and I'm on TV."

The newly unemployed McCord, meanwhile, is also relishing the spotlight. She insisted that losing her job was unrelated to her role on the show. "One thing had nothing to do with another."

Being judged or ridiculed, said McCord, is part of being in the public eye.

"Prior to doing this show, I had a 10-year career as an actor. I kind of knew, well yes, people are going to write about you and your husband and your children," McCord said. "I always intended to be in a profession where being written about was part of the territory."

Singer declined to speak about the controversy at her daughter's school, stating: "I don't talk about my daughter," but she hasn't regretted doing the series "for a second."

They say success comes with a price. But for the housewives of New York, it's apparently one worth paying.

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Real Housewives: D-list Drama

Real Drama with the Real Housewives

from OK magazine:

On Friday, the catty women from all three of Bravo's Real Housewives show descended on the Fred Segal store in Santa Monica. But this was no peace conference.
The ten well-heeled gals, representing NYC, Atlanta and Orange County, were on-hand to film a segment for the Bravo A-List Awards. Former boy-bander Lance Bass played master of ceremonies, announcing to the women that they were each being given $4,000 to shop for the perfect outfit for event, which is taped tomorrow night, April 5, and airs on April 15

Even though three of the NYC Housewives — Jill Zarin, LuAnn de Lesseps, and Alex McCord — were AWOL from the shopping spree, that didn't stop the remaining Big Apple babes from bringing their drama to the West Coast.
Archenemies Bethenny Frankel and Kelly Killoren Bensimon made no attempt to play nice. In fact, one witness tells OK! they "acted as if the other didn't even exist. They didn't look at each other — or even acknowledge each other — even once." However, notes the source, Bethenney appeared to be more bothered about the situation than Kelly.
It was left to the only remaining NYC castmate, Ramona Singer, to bridge the gap between the two. "Bethenny and Kelly don't really like each other; just like how I don't like Simon," Ramona explains to OK! "Not everyone is going to like each other. We are not always going to get along."
As for MIA Housewife LuAnn, who is going through a divorce with her husband, Ramona is typically candid.
"LuAnn is laying low right now," she explains to OK!. "We are in the public eye, but there are some things we want to keep personal. This was not something that she wanted out in the press. She's got children, but [LuAnn's husband] obviously had a bone to pick with her."

Adding a bit of class to the affair was a surprise appearance by romance novel hunk (and butter substitute spokesman) Fabio, who popped in to share his unique points of view with the Housewives. Gretchen Rossi from the O.C. did little to hide that she was smitten with the walking slab of beefcake. "Do you think Orange County girls are trashy?" she asked Fabio as she tried on different dresses.
Speaking of Gretchen, she talked to OK! to catch us up on her life since the unfortunate passing of her fiancé Jeff Beitzel from Leukemia. "It has been quite a year," she admits. And though she's currently dating Slade Smiley (who was once engaged to another OC Housewife, Jo De La Rosa), Gretchen continues to wear the engagement ring that Jeff gave her. "I'm not going to take it off. This is a memory of him that I will have for myself."
As far as her relationship with Slade, Gretchen coyly tells OK!, "we'll see where that goes."

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Coming From a Place of No: RHONY’s at Fashion Week

Bethenny, Jill and LuAnn

In this episode of the Really Boring and Pretentious Housewives of New York City:

Jill is trying on clothes, again. She doesn’t want her 32 Gs hanging out.  She’s proud of being a size 0, and admits to an eating disorder.

Silex go to the Christopher Deane boutique in Brooklyn.  Creepy Simon sits  and critiques as Alex tries on clothes and speaks of his creepy vasectomy. A gay friend of mine revealed that gay men “on the down low”  often marry very thin women with no breasts or hips because they remind them of boys…food for thought, eh?

Bethenny, Jill and Ramona get together for Jill’s charity event planning.  Kelly invites everyone(so she says) to the Russell Simmons fashion week showing.  Simon confronts Ramona about not liking him. He looms over her, no one can get by, they are in the front row, she calls him feminine and shallow. Alex retrieves him. Real classy moment there.

Kelly and Luann try on clothes at Malo. They try on the same grey dress, it looks slightly better on Kelly, being thinner.  Luann invites Kelly to Jill’s  charity planning meeting.  Kelly expresses her distaste for charity work, doesn’t want her name on anything….she’s too important?

A little history…

Kelly kicked out of ELLE Accessories in early 2006 after a major fight with Nina Garcia
Kelly and Gilles divorced in 2006
Gilles demoted at ELLE in 2007

Gilles let go from Elle, 2008

Now Gilles is shacking up with the great granddaughter of Pablo Picasso in Paris

Anyway,

Jill invites Bethenny to a fashion luncheon with some designer who wears kilts but whose name escapes me. Jill is in her element…so boring.

Kelly interviews Jill Stuart, boring.

LeCirque is the next meeting place for Jill and Bethenny.  Bethenny disses Kelly in a school girl, insecure way. So of course Jill joins in…

Kelly shows up at the Jill Stuart show, wearing the stupid looking black and white too short young girl dress disaster.   Kelly attempts civil convo with Bethenny, Bethenny is not having it.  Jill Stuarts collection was gorgeous, IMO

At the charity planning meeting, and Kelly is late.

Kelly says no, she will not lend her name to this charity, says she has no time.  Why attend the meeting?  Oh right, contractual obligations to Bravo. That sets Bethenny off, of course. Coming from a place of no.

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