Real Housewives of NY UNHINGED Tonight!!!

the gals over at youbemom are all over it

How can we see the unaired footage? Who has that? I will pay a lot. A LOT.

some will probably be shown free of charge in the interview with andy cohen episode. the rest, i don't know. do you know andy cohen?

No. But I'd invite him to dinner or out for the weekend. Do you know him? Can you let him know?

What TV was made for is right. As Sarah Jessica Parker said afterwards, you couldn't write it and the best actor couldn't play it.

I keep flashing on Kelly with that nut-job look, chewing on gummy bears, and Alex dazed.

no i don't know him, but it's one way to watch all the footage

that's clearly stimulant induced psychosis. i hope someone gets her off the tv asap and gets her some help.

It's all scripted, no?

OMG I am obsessed with this show. I think Kelly acts like someone who is a cokehead and has been up for 2 days straight snorting - seriously seriously paranoid, jabbering and out of touch with reality. I would not be surprised if the reason she is so out of touch all the time is because she's just in her own coked out world.

Little gossip on Kelly: my friend's friend works in a tanning salon in SOHO where Kelly (at least used to) regularly go to, and apparently she'd constantly try to sneak into the more expensive tanning booths. Like she would do it every time.

kyle: Somehow your comments about Kelly's personality disorder in this thread http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/12799-jill-zarins-apartment-hits-the-market stuck with me, probably because I didn't understand Kelly's behavior prior to that. And just when I had started to think that she was improving (you have to admit, she's been more normal this season up to now), she went into massive meltdown mode. Last night's episode was like a bad accident...I couldn't take my eyes off it!

some over on NYMag were saying Kelly is on Meth. I think that's possible but I'd probably say more than likely its coke. she definitely was out of control last night and her filter was fried. wow.

I understand the speculation about drug use, but her behavior seems more a progression from an already serious personality disorder. The encounter between Kelly and Bethany in the bar last year followed by that bizarre "date" with the playboy was a glimpse of how disturbed Kelly really is, but the actual psychosis wasn't really there. The type of decompensation we saw last night isn't what I would associate with abuse of crystal meth, cocaine, or prescription drugs alone. There wasn't any mania to speak of as one might see in a bi-polar episode. It was more schizo-typal with paranoid aspects. Whatever her condition, it may be getting made worse by some type of attempt at self-medication with licit or illicit drugs, but there is definitely something seriously and organically wrong going on.

If I were one of those women on the trip, I'd have told a producer that either they station a crew member outside my bedroom all night or I would leave. This was a seriously deranged person deteriorating by the hour. This type of mental illness is not something to treat lightly. If I saw someone I knew acting that way I'd have called 911.

Meanwhile, I think I have to throw a finale party.

Who read the blogs on Bravo? So much happens that isn't aired. Bethany was so freaked out she called Jill apparently and was likely part of the reason Jill showed up. Some of them said what happened actually went on for hours and hours and much was a great deal worse than what aired--apparently some of it was so awful that producers felt it was too extreme and would turn off even us regular, tasteless viewers.

OMG - i don't watch this regularly but i've already set my DVR to tape this episode the next time it airs (tonight at 7pm!)

Kyle - I read the blogs too. And totally agree with your personality disorder assessment. I would love to see that unaired, unedited footage. I just don't get how she survives?? Like how she keeps it together enough to e.g., pay the bills, get the kids to school, etc. Apparently Gilles lives in the apt either below/over her, so perhaps he oversees.

ok, i want to come to kyle's finale party!

And why are we feeding this show?

It was delicious!!!! It was also nearly impossible to watch. In fact, I watched it through my hands it was so frightening. Kyle, as usual, you have summed it all up perfectly. Just when I thought Jill was the most entertaining to watch, Kelly has this incredible descent into madness.

I'll bring the popcorn and dessert for the finale party!

Hi Kyle, I've run into Andy Cohen quite a bit. Once at Obama fundraiser in Hamptons and once on Bleaker St. Totally nice guy.

AWESOME.

Of course, I can't hate her as much anymore. Now we know its a problem.

But she was always an idiot.

i used to be alex09
just watched the last few episodes after not watching the show since season 1. alex is still a sociopath and i can't share an internet name with such a creepy person. it's also no longer 2009, so i am now lucillebluth, if anyone cares.

I'm a crazy fan too - ybm yack fest is great. Read the amazongate thread http://www.amazon.com/review/RA5UPKPM4DJAK/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg118?ie=UTF8&cdPage=118&asin=0525951792&store=books#wasThisHelpful

Another blog said she exhibited paranoid personality disorder. I don't think it's coke - she was eating steak and I know I can't eat a bite on coke - not that I do it anymore.

It was riveting tv and the bravo blogs said that the parts they showed were tame and it was much much worse. Maybe they'll show more in the lost footage episode. I kind of feel bad for her because she has those 2 kids. Hope they don't see it.

Does make for great tv though. The internet is buzzing. Go to her facebook page and Jill's if you want to read more craziness. I can't wait for the reunion show

Wow, it was off the hook!!!

She's always storming off, only to return with even crazier outbursts.

Yes,NWT: The gummy-bears scene was too much -- the producers should have put her in a strait-jacket.

Next week, Jill shows up for an unannounced surprise visit : "I thought you'd be happy to see me!"

Ramona will go off on her -- rightly so.

Maybe Kelly will beat Bobby up. She's got hand-to-hand combat experience from beating up her boyfriend in the Hamptons last summer.

WOW- i only saw the trailers but clearly something is VERY, VERY wrong. Maybe her blood sugar went nuts and that's why she needed to gummy bears. Maybe it will help her ex to get her help, or get her kids away from that. Having said that, Danielle is more toxic to her kids... Poor girls

kylie,

i loved this episode because it vindicated Beth even more...

I CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK WHEN JILL JILL JILL ZAAARRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOONNN WILL BE ROCKET LAUNCHED BACK INTO HER FABRIC HELL HOLE WHERE SHE BELONGS WITH HER HIRED THIRD WORLD SEAMSTRESSES..

ps Sonjia has grown on me.

I'm still wondering why Bravo shoots a co-op on Park (or rather an intersection) for the exterior of Ramona and Mario's place, while their actual condo is 201 E 80th. Who's ashamed of whom? Or is it just artistic license?

Ramona's apt is beautiful. The nicest of the bunch

I did not think I would like Sonjia at first but she is my favorite along with Romana. And maybe losing her job caused Alex to have a reality check as now she seems like a normal person with everyday struggles. Simon is still iccky to me, but hey no ones perfect.
And yes, Ramona has the best apartment; true NY to me.

If you check the post they did an article recently about Ramona's apt. just search ramona singer.

You cannot be a true fan of this show unless you read Richard Lawson's recaps on gawker.com. This week's is another classic: http://gawker.com/5544698/real-housewives-of-new-york-kelly-killoren-bensimon-is-not-dead

This is so good, it can't be fat free.

Could it be she is hypoglycemic or diabetic. she looked like a wild woman and then calmed down when she was eating the gummy bears

WHEN is the rerun on. Please tell me. I stopped watching TV and am out of the loop.

Also, I would happily bring sidecars with lemon/lemming juice to the finale party.

also, doesn't Jill live on Sutton, and Bethany on like 58th, yet both are said to be "Upper East Side".

glamma, i saw it on fios ondemand. i stopped watching this show after season 1, but now may have to watch the whole thing. i think kelly is just high, a combination of pills and who knows what, since they flew private. she keeps excusing herself, i wonder if what all the other castmembers are implying when they say that she show was heavily edited to protect her, is that her drug use was very obvious. and she does have young children, so..

cccharley, i don't think she actually does eat the steak, she picks on her salad, remember they make a big deal about her not eating the crabcake, and then sends her steak away. the problem with nacrotics is that so many stupid people forget to stop doing them when it's no longer a bit of fun, but just pathetic

Jill is at 401 E 60th. Bethenny is at 403 E 62nd.

it is such a great reality show b/c actually there are thousands of people just like kelly all over nyc leading "normal" "functioning" lives! gotta love new york.

anyone watch the reunion last night? INSANE...

I think they barely scratched the surface there. part II was a bit of a letdown. Part I got Jill, part II it just got sad, even Bethenny was like "lay off her".

The Kelly stuff, they barely scratched the surface. Hopefully they hold her feet to the fire in episode 3.

But talk about dillusional... bullying/attacking.... who was it that yelled "hobag", "you're not a chef", bla bla. Kelly BJ Bensimon is definitely the most delusional person I've ever seen outside of a movie.

makes you wonder how much of a total D-bag is her exhusband. He married that MESS!

yeah seriously! i missed part one, what happened? all these women are just incredible. i laughed so hard last night i literally fell off the bed!

Glamma - 90% of Part One was Jill-bashing. She kept apologizing to Bethenny, wanting to be friends, crying. There was also some amazing stuff by Kelly; she is delusional literally, truly think someone needs to intervene and get her psych help for real. I hear on Watch What Happens Ramona said that from St. John not only did she call Jill re: Kelly, but she also called a psychiatrist. I've read various diagnoses; I think some blog had some psychiatric nurse who said in her op, Kelly seemed bipolar.

Yeah, at the end of I you almost feel sorry for Jill. She gets nailed by everyone, and she even recognizes her utter hypocrisy (asking Bethenny to do now what Jill refused to do for months).

But Bethenny zinged her in II.... saying that she only wanted to make up when she found out Bethenny was engaged and pregnant (which Jill agreed to). Which makes it even worse for Jill... sort of proves the point. She was ok being the bad guy until only as long as she didn't look that bad doing it.

And, yeah, Kelly is just insane. Literally describing scenarios the exact opposite of what really happened. And that can't be just bipolar. This is just insane. Lack of knowing night vs. day.

She also made claims that she was forced to go on the trip, which was a lie.

She's just insane.

Wacky!!!

I actually liked part II.

Jill has mea culpa'd out of necessity, genuine regret, both...whatever the reason she offered dozens of times "I'm sorry. I was wrong." She cannot prostrate herself anymore. She has thrown up the white flag of defeat. The cause? Her own hubris, false pride, vanity? The ugly jealousy over Bravo giving Bethany a show but not Jill (who was surely angling for one with her mother and her sister)? The vicious, sucking, consuming tides and undertows of the press? Whatever the causes of her annus horribilis, she has admitted defeat. And in the truly American tradition of giving those who say "I'm sorry" a second chance, it is time to lay off Jill. Can she and Bethany be friends again? No. Bethany doesn't want to be friends. She doesn't even want to hug. She'll forgive Jill and wish her well, but a friend does not get to behave the way Jill did and still get to be your friend. Sorry. But let's move on. What's done is done.

Bethany? Everything's coming up roses. Hope the media beast doesn't devour her. Her success is based on a skillful handling of media that she has learned and honed for years. But it is a tricky beast: like Sigfried and Roy's lions (or were they tigers?)--in a flash they can turn and its all over.

Alex: fully rehabilitated her image after an embarassing, awful first season. Having behaved relatively normally and come out of this season in one piece, she will leave the show--by choice or by force. But she leaves with head high and can at least leave the house again without being the oddity she and Simon were after season one. Good idea to keep Simon off camera much of this season. Major weirdo--but a gentle one.

Ramona? Her stock rose this year. She's funnier, saner but still zany, and actually offers insightful comments on occassion. I like her more than ever. Not a lot to do with her on reunion--she wasn't really controvertial this year.

Kelly. Ah, Kelly. I wanted (pruriently) to see more of her on these reunions. I just like listening to her madness. Like Max VonSidow's character in "Through A Glass Darkly" being fascinated by his daughter's deterioration, there is something perverse and yet captivating about watching Kelly fall apart. Last year I diagnosed her narscissistic personality disorder. But others are correct: there is something more serious going on. "Bipolar" isn't really what I see. It is more schizo-typal with paranoid aspects and involves true psychotic breaks from reality. She is quite ill but apparently still able to function day to day. I don't think she'll continue to be able to, though. These kinds of things tend not to spontaneiously improve or self-resolve. Intervention is needed but it doesn't look like she wants any help. That's a bad situation for someone this ill.

The Countess? Train wreck. Duplicitous. Phoney. Bad season for her. I hope that session 3 of the reunion focuses more on her. Of them all, I find her most ghastly. And I'm embarassed for not having seen through her 2 years ago.
Sonia: fun addition. Bright. Survivor.

i think kelly is more just a spoiled brat than mentally ill. she hears the word "no" and basically her head spins off. here was a good (unrelated) line from last night - "well obviously, alex Is channeling satan." ahahaha!!!

Agreed that Alex comes up roses. But I think she deserves it, she was actually one of the more sane folks. She was there for folks who needed it, she toned down her "I need to be hip" think (which used to really bother me) and she was just open an honest. Good for her.

Countess, also agreed. TOTALLY I think she rode the Jill train too much, sided with the wrong one... and I think its starting to come out that she was much of the problem. She tries to play nice, but she's the biggest behind the back talker there is... and a hypocrite.

She REALLY goaded Jill into some of her stuff, always whispering on her ear, always on the wrong side. I'm wondering when Jill will figure that out and complain.

I didn't see through it either until now.

What exactly makes her the authority on ANYTHING, btw. If you marry the right person, you suddenly have manners? Sounds like she's living the opposite of "money can't buy you class". What bought her the class exactly?

And, yes, Sonia, I thought she was a putz immediately, but I think she's turned into a nice person who just wants to have fun.

btw, I do feel sorry for Kelly, in that there is noone in her life to push her toward therapy. No siblings, friends, whatever... just a bunch of wanna bes and handlers probably telling her to keep it up.

I've literally never seen someone that bad.

i don't think kelly should be allowed on the show. she is very ill, so ill it feels like she is being exploited. she needs to focus on getting better for her girls, not being a tv star.

bubbles makes a good point. I don't know how Bravo can get her off if she has a multi-year contract, but if not, it isn't right to put someone that sick on TV for pure entertainment purposes (as opposed to those ostensible "help" shows with sick people, like "Hoarders"). I think I heard that Kelly's ex lives in the same building or something and has a very active role in the children's lives (joint custody?). Certainly he sees what is happening and the children are getting old enough to see something isn't right. The need to stage in intervention, but with Kelly's particular type of mental illnesses, I really question if she would get help. I think the better approach for her would be to in a sense play to her mental illnesses to convince her to seek help. That is, take the tack of, "You are a beautiful person who just wants kindness but your ability to see people for who they really are is just exposing you to too much cruelty. No one with the ability to see the way you do can get by without some time away once in a while and some help. Your kindness leaves you too vulnerable--please get help to learn ways to defend yourself and avoid the pain you feel from the barbs of the people around you." In other words, play to her distorted sense of exceptionalism. It is actually the only way to "treat" a narcissist. Like teaching someone who has lost a hand how to dress themselves--you don't try to make their hand grow back because that is impossible--instead you work with the disability to find a way of functioning at an acceptable level.

There is a subset of manic-depressive disorder that involves psychosis. Bi-polar generally doesn't manifest itself thusly, but there are plenty of bi- polar patients delivered in restraints to mental hospitals. She is very ill and needs help desperately. Her paranoia is incredible. I actually felt ill watching her.

Yes to all... Her ex does live in the same building, so clearly it is apparent there is an issue. Not sure she is bipolar, but that is just my thought. It's almost as if she has some type of peter pan complex and maybe something biological like diabetes or hypoglycemia (seems as if the jelly beans calmed her down). But it is too sad to watch and should be asked to leave the show as it's not a healthy enviorment for her. She needs work on herself for the sake of her kids.

KW. You strike me as an ethical kinda person. How do you justify watching the show? I stopped when they put Kelly on.

omg - i didn't watch this season or last but i did catch the Kelly psychosis ep (which didn't seem as bad as the hype...she just seemed drunk and stupid) and reunion 1&2. These women are ALL diagnosable. Bethany is one angry BITCH!!! The ugliness that flies out of her mouth is inexcusable. though, i kinda like her.

Speaking of inexcusable mouths, i'm so glad Kathy G is back!! Love you Kath!

nyc10023....i cant help myself....

and i can't understand why Bethany can't understand why Jill wanted to make amends off camera. maybe i missed something. seems like the right way to do it to me.

uws... i agree i think we missed something. that was weird, b was so hurt that jill pushed her aside so if in fact she wanted to talk off camera why wouldn't she.
the fact is their friendship made sense at one point, now it does not. they should both just move on.

> nyc10023....i cant help myself....

Yeah, its absolutely like a car wreck.

> Bethany is one angry BITCH!!! The ugliness that flies out of her mouth is inexcusable. though, i kinda like her.

I think Bethany is hillarious. She has a good heart under it all, and thats what matters. But I love that she's to the point and doesn't dance around things.. .hell, isn't that what a New Yorker is (the real kind, not the tourists).

"and i can't understand why Bethany can't understand why Jill wanted to make amends off camera. maybe i missed something. seems like the right way to do it to me."

I don't buy that at all.

Jill aired all the dirty laundry ON CAMERA. She complained about Bethany's response to CANCER (which was wrong by the way) ON CAMERA. She said "we're done" ON CAMERA. She played Bethany's message ON CAMERA. She made every complaint and was a complete ass ON CAMERA. She screamed about Bethany's dad ON CAMERA.

But suddently she's shy when its about making up?

Then, of course, Bethany gets pregnant and engaged.... and Jill RUNS AFTER HER to apologize.

ON CAMERA.

I just don't buy it.

"and i can't understand why Bethany can't understand why Jill wanted to make amends off camera. maybe i missed something. seems like the right way to do it to me."

I don't buy that at all.

Jill aired all the dirty laundry ON CAMERA. She complained about Bethany's response to CANCER (which was wrong by the way) ON CAMERA. She said "we're done" ON CAMERA. She played Bethany's message ON CAMERA. She made every complaint and was a complete ass ON CAMERA. She screamed about Bethany's dad ON CAMERA.

But suddently she's shy when its about making up?

Then, of course, Bethany gets pregnant and engaged.... and Jill RUNS AFTER HER to apologize.

ON CAMERA.

I just don't buy it. Jill just didn't want to look like the bad person, which she simply was in this case. Total hypocrite.

Kathy Griffin (or Griffith as the aussies like to call her) is hilarious! Bethany is just kinda mean. i get that nyc bitch is her shtick, and maybe that's all it is. it's making her loads of money. i'm sure many women admire her and wish they could be so tough. blah blah blah. i think she carries around too much destructive anger. takes one to know one. i hope for her it's just for show. i don't think it is.

and speaking of just for show, drama occurs on camera. real life happens off, right? i think that's where jill is coming from. these women are all confused. maybe we'll see one on DWTS!

I have heard bipolar so many places but I did note that some psych student over on wordpress has a blog "diagnosing" the housewives from the various cities. Its actually pretty entertaining if you are a RH fan. For Kelly she diagnosed a paranoid personality disorder (traits are highly suspicious of others, can't function in groups b/c of the paranoia everyone is out to get them, deluded/paranoid thinking). Seems to fit: Bethenny is going to kill her, has tried to kill her before, wants to hurt her kids, the four women are bullying her, Bravo forced her to go on the trip.

Poor kids.

Jill only wants to make nice with Bethenny -- because she has become a talented, accomplished business person. Otherwise, Jill wouldn't give her the time of day.
"I'm done!"

I've never seen such a bunch of crybabies.

I like Sonja; she doesn't turn on the waterworks.

P.S. I know who was calling in gossip items about whom. Shame on Jill. Go cry.

I feel sorry for Bobby. He's a good, generous guy.

"i think she carries around too much destructive anger"

Well, yeah... she did have a father who hated her and what sounds like an awful upbringing.
And she took that and used it to motivate herself and she built herself a little empire.
And she's not looking for excuses, she admits it.
I think she deserves props.

"and speaking of just for show, drama occurs on camera. real life happens off, right? i think that's where jill is coming from"

Her husband having cancer AND her daughter's health problems AND her killing her relationship with her best friends aren't "real life"? Then what is?

technologic, that sounds about right....

truth, agreed on Bobby. I like him.

I wonder what the first husband was like.

Can't wait for part 3 tonight. I really dislike Bethenny = Jill too for that matter. Don't forget though Jill did do a great deal for her in the past - that does seem to be all forgotten because she was such a bitch this season. Anyway if you want a Kelly laugh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVE0lhCut7E She does need to get removed from the show. Will continue after tonight. As for B's new show - way too much B and she's mean to her husband

I finally had time to watch Bethenny's new show last night. I have always admired Bethenny and have been a fan, but I have to say she IS mean to her hubby kind of. Or not mean, just pushy about when she does not get her way.

nyc 10023, it is a guilty, guilty pleasure. total junk food.
this is literally the only show i watch. i'm trying to figure how to see it tonight, i don't have tv at my apt and am trying to think which of my friends would actually consider putting it on for me! i might even go to my grandparents house! can't wait for tonight's sh*tstorm lol

And so it is. Instead of finishing Winter's Bone so my husband and I can see the movie this weekend, I will join the rest of the heathens and waste two hours of my life (hours that I will never get back, as he likes to remind me) glued to Bravo. I hope it's worth it! I'm quite certain it won't be!!

"Don't forget though Jill did do a great deal for her in the past - that does seem to be all forgotten because she was such a bitch this season."

I don't think anybody forgot that, Bethany says it over and over again. The criticism is that she does it to get something in return.... and then isn't there when Bethany needed it most because Jill didn't get something out of it.

sh*t! i missed part three. what happened?

letdown.

They eased of Kelly, and then Jill actually started defending her because she had absolutely nothing left... trying to claim that being around those women is so hard, drives one to bad behavior (yes, Jill, except that YOU WERE THE LEADER WHEN YOU PULLED ALL YOUR CRAP). I think everyone was spent, Jill was nailed, everyone (except Jill) got that Kelly was just crazy, so they just let Kelly talk about how its ok to completely contradict yourself daily. I think Bethany just didn't care any more at this point.

They then had each person talk about themselves more, and folks stopped calling each other on BS because it was "their turn".

Just really wasn't much.

Total letdown. The Jill thing is so kicked but I really wanted Andy to put Kelly in her place and instead he let her off. Of all of them that need not to be asked back its Kelly. Its too frustrating to even watch her; nothing she says or does makes sense, its pointless.

yeah there really is absolutely nothing likeable about her so what's the point? thanks for filling me in. i still hope to catch the re-run lol

Oh, it was just more of the usual crap. Bethenny looks better each time, Jill gets worse, the "Countess is a Jew-hater; and I just love that Sonja.She's the best!

Ramona wore a beautful Posen dress. At least she dresses for that round-up show with class. Everybody else had their pundy on view. Only Bethenny gets that short dress- look right.

"but I really wanted Andy to put Kelly in her place and instead he let her off."

Exactly. With the all the crap he called others on, he did zero on Kelly. Not even the lie "Bravo made me go". Or her claiming she left voluntarily (when she was kicked out).

Maybe they're worried about a lawsuit?

> "Countess is a Jew-hater;

omg, I know. Definitely some skeletons in her closet. I've never heard someone be anti-semitic is so nice a manner.

Actually, it wasn't even in a nice manner. "The Countess" likes dick. Even a Jew will do.

Andy's eyes almost popped out of his face!

Switch "jewish" for "black" and lets reimagine how that sounds.

btw, here is a decent writeup for the folks who missed III:

http://www.jewishjournal.com/keepingthefaith/item/real_housewives_of_new_york_city_ends_with_some_jew_hating_20100617/

ahaha - that's a great write-up. i actually thought part trois was great!

Did any of you watch the previously unaired footage show, last night?

Ramona at the doctor with Sonja. I almost fainted.

Jill at Chopard with Bobby: She will give him sex in exchange for expensive jewelry.
This "Jillism" from Jill (season one):
"You should marry somebody who loves you a little bit more than you love them."

I feel more sorry for Bobby than ever before.

Imagine the sound of Jill having/faking an orgasm.

ahhhhhhhhh i missed it again!

glamma: This one was worth catching up with!

Kelly yammering on the elliptical machine, while Ramona is trying to concentrate on proper form with hand-weights.
Kelly: "...I never sweat...I ran the marathon and my hair still looked great..."

somewhereelse, that Ilana at http://www.jewishjournal.com/keepingthefaith/item/real_housewives_of_new_york_city_ends_with_some_jew_hating_20100617/ is pretty good. Not as good as kylewest, though.

The best leftover was Ramona and Kelly exercising. Bravo could make a show out of Ramona's reaction shots.

My sisters are jealous of Bethenny's amazing recovery from pregnancy. She went from, as she put it, needing a jaw transplant, to looking great again.

NWT: It was hilarious!!!

And, Bethenny at her Costco book-signing. Whoever booked that signing for her, should get a different job.

I've never been to a Costco before; but based on the goodies I saw; and on recommendation from "Lobster" -- I think I might check it out. If just for the freebie tastings.

Truth, you ain't lived until you've grazed a full dinner at Costco.

inonada: I remember the famous scene from the movie: "C.C. & Company" starring Broadway Joe Namath.

It opens with him wandering around a supermarket; while casually opening and eating all kinds of food.

No sample-giveaways. Just helping himself.

lucille (or any other Arrested Development lovers)- how much are you lovin' Buster as Bethenny's wedding planner!?! it kills me everytime i see that blinky-blink guy!

and btw, was reading a little trash at the salon last week - anyone else hear about the NJ housewife (Teresa maybe?) who is like $11MM in debt?? umm, wtf?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/deadbeat_reality_8f3qwDPV2oY8s9N51fL82I

Truth: do you have an email where you can be reached. If you don't want to post it here, send me an email at nyc10023a at yahoo dot com.

worst part is watching her spend, spend, spend and whining i want that...
knowing she is about to declare bankruptcy

uwsmom, i haven't been watching. is this the new bethenny show? damn, i'm always behind on tv. buster can do no wrong, of course

nyc10023: Will e-mail you soon.

Well, Mazel to Bethenny! Shawn , I don't think actually got paid -- he recieved the Press trade-off. He did a great job.

Ramona and Mario dressed beautifully. Simon and wife, not so much; but lovely they showed up with good intentions (and, got some more press; but they did look happy for Bethenny.)

Have any of you tried the "Skinny Girl" 'rita? How is it? Can I put some fresh fruit in it, and make it better, if not that good? Heard it's O.K.

What do you think that Four Seasons wedding cost Bravo? If I pee in a bucket on camera, will they pay for my wedding?

i know i was like omg it's buster! is it not him or is it him? is it a look alike?
i thought this show would suck, but she's just so damn likable. now let's see if it becomes a marriage killer like 99.9999% of these shows do

she IS likeable and the episode was great. very sweet. i hope it works out for them (jesus, i sound like my mother).

Buster the wedding planner is just icing on the cake.

kyle - my guess is $200k-ish. not much for Bravo. i think the "3 mins to walk? oh crap i gotta pee!" is pretty common, even when you aren't pregnant. doing so in a bucket on camera, well...why not.

$200K/80 people = $2500 per person. Hmm. Is that normal?

oh what google will get you. http://www.realitytea.com/2010/03/29/nyc-housewives-bethenny-frankel-is-married-wedding-details/?wpmp_switcher=desktop

maybe normal for wealthy manhattanites

so, i'm just guessing here, but the per person cost (food/drink/tax/service charges) was probably at least $50k. i wouldn't be surprised if renting the space was close to $50k. then you have flowers, cake, musicians, hair/make-up, transportation, photography, other stuff i'm forgetting. she also had to pay for security. easily $200k.