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alizarules · 07-13-2009, 12:03 PM

Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but I read somewhere that Jill and Ramona were holding out for more money.

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Gandolf 5 · 07-13-2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by alizarules

Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but I read somewhere that Jill and Ramona were holding out for more money.

I read that too and posted it earlier in this thread. The rest of them have re-signed but those two. Guess that means more "kellyrama"

wings0nline · 07-14-2009, 08:01 PM

Don't care much for Jill and Ramona, anyway. I won't miss them. Love this show though ..... especially when they're out in the Hamptons.

AngloAm · 07-15-2009, 10:55 AM

They seem to have sympathised up Alex and demonized down Jill. I found she came across as far too Queen Bee-ish this past season. Very judgemental and full of herself. (Silex live in squalor. Bethanny overbranded herself. Ramona is just utterly wrong. The Countess lies about everything and Jill is the self-appointed truth police. Her car was crap. Brad can't decorate right. Francois and Johan are brats. Mario's a jerk. Her dad is oddly silent. Simon is joke material. Kelly's an idiot.)

I mean some stuff she got right (ref Mario) but some stuff like the Countess wishing to keep her problems to herself was just not needed and Jill's constant fault-finding gets tedious. I mean, complaining shouldn't be a life-style choice.

luvsginger · 07-15-2009, 11:23 AM

I can't stand Jill. I wonder if she and Bawhbee were already having financial problems and that is why she signed on for the show. Ramona actually grew on me, yes she is a little freaky but I think she is a great business woman and I actually like Mario. I think Ramona and Bethenny signed on for the show as a means to market their respective business ventures. Alex and Simon signed on because they will do anything for attention. Luann was bored and decided "why not"? As far as Kelly goes, I think she needed the money (and attention).

Bunny555 · 07-16-2009, 10:08 PM

Bethenny will not be returning to Housewives. She's scored her very own Bravo show.

"REAL HOUSEWIVES" STAR BETHENNY FRANKEL WILL STAR IN OWN REALITY SHOW "SKINNY & THE CITY"- New York Post

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July 16, 2009 --

BETHENNY Frankel is saying bye-bye to "Real Housewives of New York City" and hello to her own reality show. The spunky star's new show on Bravo this fall will be called "Skinny & The City." Our tipster said, "The show will follow her planning her wedding to [fiancé] Jason Hoppy." Life & Style also reports Frankel is penning a second book about "romance, money and friends" inspired by her feud with co-star Kelly Killoren Bensimon. Bravo had "no comment."

norealityhere · 07-16-2009, 11:35 PM

I had no idea she even had a boyfriend.

Imperfect1 · 07-17-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Bunny555

Bethenny will not be returning to Housewives. She's scored her very own Bravo show.

"REAL HOUSEWIVES" STAR BETHENNY FRANKEL WILL STAR IN OWN REALITY SHOW "SKINNY & THE CITY"- New York Post

I'm really happy for Bethanny! At first I thought "Jason" was the guy she was with during the first season of RHNY -- but it isn't! Here's a copy of the article from Kris DeLeon, staff writer for "BuddyTV" on June 17th:

"The Real Housewives of New York City: Bethenny Frankel Finds Love. - The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel has been spending last season looking for Mr. Right and now, it seems that she's finally found what she's been looking for. After sulking in the misery of perpetual dating, the 38-year-old chef has finally found happiness with new boyfriend Jason Hoppy, 38, who is in pharmaceutical sales and real estate.

"I'm in love," Frankel told People at the Pepsi Natural Dinner at a large private home in East Hampton on Saturday. "I'm pretty much certain I'm going to spend the rest of my life with him ... I'm really happy."

Frankel and Hoppy have been dating for eight months but have managed to keep their relationship under the radar for some time.

"I didn't want to bring anyone into the fray unless I knew it was the real deal," said Frankel, who met Hoppy at New York City's Tenjune.

"I was getting my picture taken and I had a scowl on my face. He came up and said, 'Are you going to get that stick out of your a-?'" Frankel recalled.

It's a good thing that Frankel's friends support the match, including Real Housewives of New York co-star Jill Zarin.

"[My costar] Jill [Zarin] loves him. For six months we called him 'Tenjune.' He does pharmaceutical sales and real estate. He's very, very athletic, [and] all-American," Frankel revealed.

"He's extremely handsome," one of her pals added at the dinner. "He's supportive, funny, thoughtful, kind. He wants kids. They're both the same age. This could be it."

Of course, fans can expect Frankel's latest beau to grace The Real Housewives of New York City when the new season premieres on Bravo.

"He'll be on the show. He's totally cool about it, but not gung ho. He's not Speidi," said Frankel, who also hints that their first date was at a sushi restaurant. "He's excited for me and everything that's happening for me."

AngloAm · 07-17-2009, 11:35 AM

Now I wonder how this will change the dynamic. Will Jill have to forge a friendship with somebody else so she can have a ready-made admirer? Also, I didn't notice at the time but Jill got Ramona to accuse the Countess of lying, Bethenny to accuse Ramona of something else, and generally played the game "Let's you and she fight." If I caught on, everyone else will, and the queen bee might find herself looking for a new hive.

Kelly will become a lot less interesting having nobody to squabble with. She may just make less and less comprehensible statements until she's left in the corner babbling to herself and being mistaken for a roasted chimp.

The Countess will have to start correcting somebody else, probably Ramona, giving her anti-crazy-eye-drops; if not, then she'll toss poisoned fruit to the gibbering chip as payback for the 'do you read your own book?' comment. Or she'll steal Maxmax's replacement just so she can dump him and put the chimp back in her place.

Ramona will sniff around to find somebody else to label a 'underdog' and come up with only Bwawbee.

Poor Alex, she'll no longer be 'flattered' (in Bethenny speak this means 'vaguely insulted' to the rest of us) by given the chance to do free work for Bethenny's business only to see it tossed aside to put her back in her place. She will sigh, sit down, write a psychological analysis of Bethenny's need for attention, and sally forth to paint the fridge black and red in the approved early-horror-bordello style that goes so well with her deathly pale skin.

I hope she doesn't wear her feed dress while painting. I mean, you wouldn't want burlap ruined would you - it's such a fine fabric.

But I will miss Bethenny's one-liners, her harsh but witty judgement, her total lack of sympathy for anyone, her ultimately pathetic inability to let her past go, her thin skin and intolerance of any personal slight, her alienation of cute French models, her desperate and pathos-fillled attempts to seduce or get attention from primped gay men, how she looks down on people for whom business is their only focus in life, while relentlessly branding herself at every turn, how she sneers at people who'd go to the opening of an envelope yet drops the names of fashion icon's siblings to prove that she's somebody and her skinny margaritas to increase sales, how she judges and snarks at and talks behind the back of everybody, while maintaining her innocence of those character flaws and clinging to the fiction of her candour and honesty. How she manipulated Jill into inviting Simon to play tennis, while declaring herself above everyone else's games.

I mean it takes guts to decry everyone else's attention seeking, and then pick a fight with Kelley just because Kelley doesn't say much beyond "hello" to her. To get hurt over the 'underdog' comment and yet call Kelley "Madonna, apparently" quite openly in a room full of strangers to her. She dishes out insults soooo liberally, yet gets hurt so easily.

So quick to psychoanalyze everyone else but so oblvious to her own issues.

AngloAm · 07-17-2009, 11:39 AM

BTW, I have to let everyone know, I chatted on line to Max the other day and he's really nice and intelligent and I wish him well with his new career here in the US. He definitely is not trading on his looks and is a lot more analytical than the show gave him credit for being; althought he performing arts are his primary focus.

07-13-2009, 12:03 PM	#3661
alizarules FORT Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New York Posts: 636	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but I read somewhere that Jill and Ramona were holding out for more money.

07-14-2009, 08:01 PM	#3663
wings0nline FoRT Fan Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Coast Age: 64 Posts: 36	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City Don't care much for Jill and Ramona, anyway. I won't miss them. Love this show though ..... especially when they're out in the Hamptons.

07-15-2009, 10:55 AM	#3664
AngloAm FORT Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 563	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City They seem to have sympathised up Alex and demonized down Jill. I found she came across as far too Queen Bee-ish this past season. Very judgemental and full of herself. (Silex live in squalor. Bethanny overbranded herself. Ramona is just utterly wrong. The Countess lies about everything and Jill is the self-appointed truth police. Her car was crap. Brad can't decorate right. Francois and Johan are brats. Mario's a jerk. Her dad is oddly silent. Simon is joke material. Kelly's an idiot.) I mean some stuff she got right (ref Mario) but some stuff like the Countess wishing to keep her problems to herself was just not needed and Jill's constant fault-finding gets tedious. I mean, complaining shouldn't be a life-style choice.

07-15-2009, 11:23 AM	#3665
luvsginger Cry Me a River Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Trying to pry Jon from under the bus Posts: 1,861	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City I can't stand Jill. I wonder if she and Bawhbee were already having financial problems and that is why she signed on for the show. Ramona actually grew on me, yes she is a little freaky but I think she is a great business woman and I actually like Mario. I think Ramona and Bethenny signed on for the show as a means to market their respective business ventures. Alex and Simon signed on because they will do anything for attention. Luann was bored and decided "why not"? As far as Kelly goes, I think she needed the money (and attention). __________________ The Volcano - Explosion in the back, lava in the front.

07-16-2009, 11:35 PM	#3667
norealityhere Remembering Zac Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,522	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City I had no idea she even had a boyfriend. __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

07-17-2009, 11:35 AM	#3669
AngloAm FORT Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 563	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City Now I wonder how this will change the dynamic. Will Jill have to forge a friendship with somebody else so she can have a ready-made admirer? Also, I didn't notice at the time but Jill got Ramona to accuse the Countess of lying, Bethenny to accuse Ramona of something else, and generally played the game "Let's you and she fight." If I caught on, everyone else will, and the queen bee might find herself looking for a new hive. Kelly will become a lot less interesting having nobody to squabble with. She may just make less and less comprehensible statements until she's left in the corner babbling to herself and being mistaken for a roasted chimp. The Countess will have to start correcting somebody else, probably Ramona, giving her anti-crazy-eye-drops; if not, then she'll toss poisoned fruit to the gibbering chip as payback for the 'do you read your own book?' comment. Or she'll steal Maxmax's replacement just so she can dump him and put the chimp back in her place. Ramona will sniff around to find somebody else to label a 'underdog' and come up with only Bwawbee. Poor Alex, she'll no longer be 'flattered' (in Bethenny speak this means 'vaguely insulted' to the rest of us) by given the chance to do free work for Bethenny's business only to see it tossed aside to put her back in her place. She will sigh, sit down, write a psychological analysis of Bethenny's need for attention, and sally forth to paint the fridge black and red in the approved early-horror-bordello style that goes so well with her deathly pale skin. I hope she doesn't wear her feed dress while painting. I mean, you wouldn't want burlap ruined would you - it's such a fine fabric. But I will miss Bethenny's one-liners, her harsh but witty judgement, her total lack of sympathy for anyone, her ultimately pathetic inability to let her past go, her thin skin and intolerance of any personal slight, her alienation of cute French models, her desperate and pathos-fillled attempts to seduce or get attention from primped gay men, how she looks down on people for whom business is their only focus in life, while relentlessly branding herself at every turn, how she sneers at people who'd go to the opening of an envelope yet drops the names of fashion icon's siblings to prove that she's somebody and her skinny margaritas to increase sales, how she judges and snarks at and talks behind the back of everybody, while maintaining her innocence of those character flaws and clinging to the fiction of her candour and honesty. How she manipulated Jill into inviting Simon to play tennis, while declaring herself above everyone else's games. I mean it takes guts to decry everyone else's attention seeking, and then pick a fight with Kelley just because Kelley doesn't say much beyond "hello" to her. To get hurt over the 'underdog' comment and yet call Kelley "Madonna, apparently" quite openly in a room full of strangers to her. She dishes out insults soooo liberally, yet gets hurt so easily. So quick to psychoanalyze everyone else but so oblvious to her own issues.

07-17-2009, 11:39 AM	#3670
AngloAm FORT Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 563	Re: The Real Housewives of New York City BTW, I have to let everyone know, I chatted on line to Max the other day and he's really nice and intelligent and I wish him well with his new career here in the US. He definitely is not trading on his looks and is a lot more analytical than the show gave him credit for being; althought he performing arts are his primary focus.