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I got this whole big desk all to myself and I just can't wait to lay it out all out there on the line for you guys Real Housewives of New York Uptown Girls. We have some things to talk about things to dig into we want to wish a happy belated birthday to Liam though. That's why he's not here. He's out celebrating his birthday. We'll see him next week. Love you. I love you lien. Yeah. Yeah, this episode was actually pretty pretty good. I was actually really thrilled restarting to weed into a little bit of the dirt. It's no longer surface-level really getting into the weeds with these ladies. So so here to talk about it. Can't wait to get into it. Love you guys in the chat. Please. Give me all your comments. Let me know what you're thinking. I already see Troy vo out there in the chat saying I totally get Tinsley now tell me why tell me why. Um, yeah guys, so let's just go ahead and start Luann's new home is gorgeous. It's on the water and that's kind of where the episode is taking us. It starts out there. I think it's a gorgeous little Bungalow looking space a cute little like we can get away type of a home. It's out there in Kingston Kingston, New York, which is Upstate New York. So yeah, and then to rent is also feeling her new digs and is acquainting herself with her neighborhood set in place. She says it feels like she's in London. She lived in London for some time. So she was really, you know feeling it everything is in walking distance and she just finds that it's a central area to everyone and everything. She loves Hannah John Bergdorf. She loves it so I could really relate with that because where I live in Los Angeles is a pretty Central Area. It's so close to everything. I feel like I'm 20 minutes away from everything so I get that and you also have the luxury of like stepping out and walking to a coffee shop. Social you know your grocery stores right there. So I totally Vibe with the rinda on this one. I loved the cute little flower shot that she went into and the flower arrangements that she did The Cheese Store. It was super cute. I really loved it. And then we get Sonya who's on her way to see Luanne and this mobile office all to herself. It was such a Sony I mean everything Sony does is Estonia thing, but I loved it. I thought it was really cute her dog. She could go to the bathroom. She could watch TV. She could get work done. She could do anything that she wanted to in there. And and I mean more power to her if she's going to travel to Upstate New York. How long is that drive? It must only be a couple of hours and she's in that big big van while the other three women tens leader Enda and and Bethany drive up and in a SUV like scrunched in the backseat Sonia sprawled out with her dog and a In a van that probably fits 15 people but it's a very Sonia thing to do. So Sonia Sonia gets a it's any kind of set a nice little bit of information that lends itself to stuff that happened with Lou during the offseason our offseason like this is sports, but when things weren't filming Sonia says, you know loose nearly sacrificed everything for this house, which if you guys don't remember is very true. This is what kind of drove her to the brink of her. Second trip to rehab was when she tried to sell her house in the Hamptons and her children sued her for it. And she she claimed that she was selling the house so that she could buy this house and her children were like no no, no the house in the Hamptons is ours and it's our inheritance from you know, your divorce with Dad and you haven't even paid us stuff within our They're they're not well but like things that their trust that there is supposed to get and whatnot. So this house really is cause Lu to get back in rehab for the second time. So this house is a big deal. It's a really big deal for Luann and and you know, she still kept the Hamptons house. So the kids in her fine, but this house was something she nearly lost it all for this house. Um, Sarah and the chair You know, I'm really happy for the Renda. She deserves it after living in that awful apartment. I agree Carl. I agree. She definitely does deserve to live in some nicer threads and to be like a cute little area. I think it's always moving is just like a nice fresh start, especially when it's something that you want to do, I guess so, yeah definitely happy for to render. But before I move on I just want to make sure you guys know to make sure you subscribe to our Channel on YouTube and follow us and subscribe. Scribe on Apple podcast. We love your support and we appreciate your support. I love interacting with you guys and everything that you guys do in the chat. Give us a thumbs-up. And yeah AfterBuzz TV has is really an outlet for me to kind of just like release and talk about shows that I love. So I'm so grateful for this platform and I'm so grateful to be able to share it with you guys. So subscribe, like keep the conversation that keep the conversation going in the chat. And yeah, I appreciate You guys but moving on Tinsley and Bethenny and Ramona meet for lunch and Tinsley starts to share that her dog has cancer. So it's actually kind of sad her dog Bambi the little Chihuahua that we see often on the show and she starts to tell us a little bit about this girls night out that she had with Ramona and Sonja and it just wasn't a good girls that out. It seemed like and also really seemed like everyone was you know buzzed. With that said Sony was saying some things that weren't very kind Tinsley was sharing how she wants to have a kid. The kid thing was coming up. The husband thing was coming up and Sonia's just like why can't you just get the kid? Why do you need the man? And why do you even want a kid? Like why do you even want to get married? It's coming from a total perspective of a drunk divorced woman in my opinion. I'm saying how women you know, they get married they have the kids and they really aren't that happy. You can't as that's what tensley wants then that's what tensley wants and for you to like rain on her parade and try to take something away from her that she feels might make her happy. It was just selfish and nasty. I did not like we're we're Sonia was coming from I did not like her shoes going with it. She started to bring up Dale Tinsley's mother and say that this is what your you sound like Dale and she's messed you up and Bob. Blonde and Tinsley gets even more defensive because that's her mother and her best friend. So, you know Sonia I just felt like was really out of place. But Sonja is at loose and she starts to tell her side of the story and she does emit that she feels bad for how she treated her but that she was being such a downer and I'm sorry, but if Luann kind of disagrees with you then I think you have to take a look in the mirror and realize you Kind of a bitch Lou is just like well, she's going through The Break-Up her dog has cancer like she is going through a lot like you should listen to her vent a little bit. At least I think so. Yeah. Nothing Sonia does is normal OMG. I love Sonja so much she is so fun. She is fun, but she isn't really there for tensley at all. I agree with you Allison. I do think that her mom has messed her up in a bit. I Agree with her self-esteem, but also with the fact and I mean, I think just as women in general like growing up. We think that our lives are supposed to be, you know, grow up go to college get married have a family and that's and that's what the you know equation is and the formula is to being happy. But the truth is that's just not how life works out. I remember when I was younger I was like, you know, I'll be yeah advice with Chelsea guy. You know, I thought like life. I'd be married by 25. No, no married might we two kids by 25 done by 30 and that's just not how things are. There's so much in life that that happens and that we need to experience and to like have that thing formulated and like pushed in your head so much as a child and as an adult that it will really kind of mess with how you see yourself and how you see life and I think it's very intensely as you know, very honest with her. Her when she when she's at lunch with with Ramona and Bethenny saying, you know, she feels an adequate as a woman without kids and that kind of broke my heart. I understand wanting to have children. I told like I want to have children so I could see how how at a certain age without having children that make me feel bad, but you should also be happy with the life that you're living at the same time like she she is very financially stable. All she's living in one of the best cities in the world and she has a lot going for her. So it's like I get that that's missing but you shouldn't feel inadequate as a woman because you have so many other things to contribute to in this world then having children and yes children are a part of it but like know that your value is more than just being a mom a mom is an added bonus and you know, I agree with the advice that Ramona and Bethenny were kind of giving her was that you know, you can't worry about them. Man, you have to worry about the baby if having a child is something that you want. You can't wait to find the perfect man, especially at your age. You have all the resources to have a great sperm donor carry the child yourself you have access to the best doctors in the world. So yeah what Bethenny said a good man will come to you and love you because of who you are. Even if you have a child and the child would be an added bonus, you know, so I see where Tinsley is coming from Totally get it. I totally understand you want to do it the traditional way but as you get older, you've been married and divorced your time clock as woman. It's unfortunate. We have a clock it's running out. You can have to re-evaluate you have to fix up the game plan. You know, it's halftime now got to look at what went wrong what's going right and just you know, a dress accordingly and sorry for the sports reference, but that's just kind of what she has to do is take a look Inward and then say you know what? What if I want a kid? I'm going to have myself a kid. I might be doing it alone. But I have a great family. I have a great support system and I could do this and the right man for me will come when it's time for him to come and if it just so happens that the man comes first and then the baby the more power to you, but just realized that you have options in today's world in today's science. So Moving on to Ramona. I loved a good Ramona looking inward reflective moment. We got that today. You know, she she comes to this lunch. And by the way, I loved Bethenny and Ramona chatting with each other and being so cool and so cordial and just like vibing like this is this is a relationship that can last if it's at this level like as soon as it gets deeper and the dirt it just is not good but seeing them like Stand having a good time loved it. But Ramona, you know said she went shopping with Barbara's remember, I think it was last week or the week before I'm Barb kind of put it out to her. You have what you're saying isn't bad, but it's your delivery and how you say it. So Ramona goes I'm going to preface something for you Bethany because I'm now aware that my delivery could be a little bit too harsh and she expresses that you know, she wishes that Bethenny would have skipped the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show red carpet and come to her charity event and then have gone to the fashion show and I love Bethany's response. It was what would you have dead Ramona? What would you have done Ramona? If you had an opportunity to go on a red carpet for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show or to my small little charity event. Which have you done? Would you have gone? Skip the red carpet knowing Ramona how we know Ramona and loving her how we know Ramona we know she would have gone on that red carpet. Hello. High water she would have been there. She would have been looking good should have been in every photo op possible and it was just like like I appreciate her how she delivered what was upsetting to her. Totally appreciate it. But let's be real Ramona. You're making it to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show red carpet. We know you are and we love you for it. We love you for it. That's what we love about you. We love you going to a charity event and saying to the Renda I got the tables mixed up when we know for a fact that you didn't get. Some tables mixed up. You just want to set a better table. We love you for that. We think you're not a great person for it. But we love watching you for it. Like thank you and thank you for being such a hypocrite on that moment and asking Bethany to have skipped. The Victoria's Secret red carpet because again, we love you for it. Appreciate it Ramona. But yeah II do I do appreciate how she approached her with this news of information and and you know, and I went over very well because she Return a different way so kudos to you Ramona. You're learning you're growing you're thriving. We appreciate you. We love you. God bless moving on Bethany also starts. This is a really like packed lunch. They really discussed a lot of things in this lunch. Now that I'm sitting here telling you guys everything that they discussed Bethany vents about her frustrations with Lou and how Lou was really, you know, kind of hammering her about leaving early from her concert Halloween bash thing. NG and I mean I agreed with Bethany last week and I agree with her even more this week like yeah, sure Brens asleep at 11 o'clock, but he want to be fresh and ready to go in the morning when your child wakes up. You don't want to be hungover. You don't want to be tired. You want to be the best mom you could be so if that requires you getting home before midnight then so be it like who are you Luann to say you weren't there for me Bethany was the first one at that event first. Their first one to support her first one to get her back into rehab like who are you to say that you weren't she wasn't there for you? So I totally hear Bethenny's point of view. I hear where she's coming from. I'm so team Beyond this one without any questions without any debate. So yeah, I'm actually kind of curious with you guys and I'll check in as chat. What do you guys think? Are you team Bethany are you team Luann when it comes to be leaving early for the leaving? Early from the Halloween party to be with Brennan. I really think that it's you're a single mom. You're in a horrible ugly custody battle, which we'll get to in news and gossip that any misstep you have on television with your child is going to be used against you in court with your horrible ex-husband. So if she needs to leave at 11 to get to her daughter and free up the sitter then she needs to do that because her ex-husband's watching and a seeing what she's doing when She has her daughter. So I'm all about it. I think she's totally fine. Yeah Allison, her child is her first priority good for her. Totally agree. I come from a single-parent household. So I get it and plus like I mean, I'm not old but also who wants to be out that late. Anyway, I mean like 9:00 p.m. If I'm home by midnight makeup off in bed PJs, that's a win for me. So Kid or no kid really? That's I mean, that's just me. That's just me. So yes, so moving on. Let's see what you guys are saying in the chat loose sober is so mean and pretentious. Naughty bats. Yes. For sure Team B Kids First Matthew lvp, and Lou are so snobby. The longer they are on the France this franchise. I agree with you naughty. I think that the camera time and being like An OG essentially is getting to some of these women's egos going up Jackie Galaxy. We all know what and where Ramona would be. What's the name of the bar? She dropped dumps them all for? Oh, yes. Yes, Ramona always leaving the friends love it guys. Love it. I love how active you guys on the chat. I really appreciate it keeping me company as I'm sitting here alone. Um, but we finally get to to back back to Upstate New York Barbara shows up to lose home and Sonia Barbara Luann started or sodium Barbara start to tell Luann how all the women are feeling about her how she's being pretentious how she's talking too much about the Cabaret and how she's not really taking time to care for her girlfriends that have been there and supported her all the way so Luann doesn't take well to this news. She does not think that she's being rude to these woman. She's he has I was rehearsing I couldn't come down. I had a shout-out to do was supposed to be scheduled for midnight, but I scheduled it for eleven like just listen to what they're saying and understand it like you don't have to be so defensive. And I mean, I think I think Barbara said it best was Luann just that she doesn't listen it doesn't get through the head. 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Also, make sure you follow us you never miss an episode of AfterBuzz TV, by the way, you're sitting at my house and sitting up my table like really really she didn't attack you. She didn't call you a name. She just said what your friends are saying about you like she's being a solid girlfriend you Going to threaten Sonia by saying like you're sitting in my house. You're sitting up my table like get a life Luann. I can't I have been so anti like I've never really been a LuAnn fan. I'll say that I've never really been a loyal fan. She you know provides Good comic relief. She's funny. She's a little bit too into herself, which makes her even more funny but like she just doesn't do it for me doesn't do it for me. Shoot me whatever don't care. She just doesn't do it for me and And this how her behavior is this season is really just further validating what I think about her and how my thoughts have been about her. I think she suffers from too much privilege. I think that yes you fell in a horrible time you bounce back up, you know, you're just have this marvelous Cabaret I get it, but also people are going through a lot worse in life and doing a lot better according to their standards and like Bravo to them like I don't know like if you liked give back in some way. That's just something about it that just feels so phony so anyways, that's just me going off on the little tangent about my disliking of Luann the Countess. But yeah, so moving on the women finally get to but Luann, I'm sorry Bethenny do Renda and tensley finally make their way to Luann's house in Upstate New York. Ramona's going to be a little bit late. She didn't initially say why but we find out why later it's very Ramona thing for her to do but the women are on their way and this they decide that they want to you know, play a drinking game whenever Luann says Cabaret take a sip. And you know Tinsley was there for it because she was just you know there to get drunk. She's not there to make friends or whatever. She's here to win this drinking game and she was on one. I loved it. I love a good drinking game alert. I love I guy drink along with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live? I've been drinking water lately because I've been drinking alcohol, but that's either really neither here nor there. Yeah, Luann has a bit narcissistic totally agree. Lou is just plain phony and Chest you can make an omelet and Beyond the toilet. Yes, Bethenny. You can make an omelet and be on the toilet at Luann's new house. Thank you. Jackie Galaxy for pointing that out the women get there and they they think the house is cute. I mean the house is chart. It's a Charming house. It's very nice. It's very it's beautiful on the water the trees in the fall. Like I thought it was gorgeous. It was very nice. Yes, but it's isolating. It's in the middle of nowhere. We're dorinda's like why would you want a little bit depressing? There's a bath a kitchen and you're in your guest room like there's a lot going on in the house that needs to be remodeled but it's still a really cute house, but it's definitely not for all the women. I found it funny to when Lou was like you could be in LA in this house. No, you can't that's not an L A house and speaking of dry counties you guys I'm born and raised in Southern, California. I don't know too much about like what's a dry county like I've been in the South. I know that you can't buy alcohol after a certain time or on Sundays like you can't buy alcohol like in certain, you know States what exactly if someone in the tracks just you know educate your girl a little bit about a dry county give me specifics. Does that mean that they don't sell alcohol whatsoever in that county or only on certain days like Y and I'm going to make sense if you're Sober if you're a recovering alcoholic to want to live in a dry county area just not for me. It's not very La. It's not very L a-- but yeah, so we find out Ramona's late because she is celebrating her birthday all month long and look guys I empathize with her. I understand being a birthday snob I too was a birthday snob and my early 20s. Yes, I would stretch. My birthday amongst a whole entire weekend celebrate from a Thursday to a Sunday. You got the Thursday night College drinking night. You got the Friday night party night Saturday day time with your family Saturday night with more different a different group of friends Sunday brunch talking about what happened Saturday Friday Thursday. I get an elongated birthday. Up until certain age like when you're 60 something years old. You don't need a month-long celebration. I'm sorry, or maybe maybe you do maybe you do because you hit a certain point in your life where you know what you're like I'm killing it. I'm past 50. I'm over the hump. I'm a senior citizen like I'm going to do the damn thing. So maybe you do need a month-long birthday. I don't know. I guess that's a good thing to think about but it's just all so very exhausting like it got to a certain point when I was like doing the whole weekend thing or it's just like God this Tiring like I couldn't get past Friday anymore. Maybe that just has a little bit about me. I don't know. I don't know Karen Taft. You can't drink legally so that so you can't drink legally and The city I don't be bad that I'm all alone. I'm totally fine. So yeah a month-long celebration celebrating your birthday and the woman don't you know, they're not really cool with it, but it is what it is more power to you. If you could rally for a month-long celebrate your birthday then good for you at 60 something years old you do the damn thing, but I can't even get through a weekend. So whatever Ramona so the one All there, the woman finally all get there except for Ramona and they're all sitting around the table and was kind of like explaining to them what they have going on for the night and that they're going to go out and Kingston and watch at 80 year old woman perform Cabaret. How fun. This is what happens when you have sober friends like to be honest. You're going to watch 80 year old women sit at a keyboard and sing Cabaret, like that's what happens when your friends are sober like how come on girl. Come on you could have done you could have done better, but I love dorinda's joke about it's like kind of looking. E into a future of yourself, which is true, which is true. You're very much looking to a future of yourself Luann singing Cabaret at 80, but the women are really fill in it and you know, Sonja gets you know, she just so okay. So oh running out of time. Um episode wraps up with Bethenny laying it all out to an in front of the woman saying that you're wrong for thinking that for me trying to make my child a priority is wrong of you. Like you'll never come before my child period point blank in the story. I have been there for you. I have supported you I was there for three and a half hours. And you didn't come on stage. So that's on you. I did what I had to do to be a good friend. I now have to exit the situation and be there in a be a well operating mother for my child. Bye adios like and a story and for Luann to keep you know, I don't want to say it but it just kind of shows what kind of a mother she probably was growing like when her kids were young like when she's just like higher it hire someone to watch him at night. Like was it matter? It's just like it has nothing to do with being there at night as everything like I get it you would be fresh. And ready to go with your kid in the morning have the lunch ready have the happy energy. Are you ready for your cereal? Are you gonna put your socks on like you want to be ready and going and if you're out till midnight watching money can't buy you class like you're not going to be that like it'll look cool the way on like sorry you guys your kids are all grown up. Leave me be with my eight-year-old daughter. Okay. Okay. Um, so let's go ahead and move on to news and gossip. Let's go ahead and talk about Carol and Bethany. Yes, Carolyn Bethany. Carol is dragged into Bethenny Frankel's custody battle as Bethany suggest Real Housewives of New York isn't actually real what and this is kind of what I was speaking about earlier to the point of she's in this messy custody battle with her ex-husband. She stays out to 1:00 a.m. While Brenda at home. What is messy ex-husband going to do he's gonna bring up this clip and say she was out to one am getting smashed with her friends, whatever. So anyways, Bethenny's friendship with Carol is long over but during a recent custody hearing with ex husband Jason Hoppy The Real Housewives of New York City Star was forced to answer questions about their past Feud as she attempts to gain full custody of her eight-year-old daughter Bren. Bethany was confronted about things Carol said about her on the show and things that she has said about Carol. Jason Hoppy's lawyer asked to Carol say you're a master of self-promotion and quick to insult which I don't really understand why that's like who cares what I have to do with me being a great mom, whatever but then he replied. I'm not sure was that harassment. If it's not it's at the time Robert then asked Bethenny if Carole was harassing her when she was accused of being a bitch. No Bethenny said that's not harassment that saying and calling me a name did Carol say you are incapable of having an entire conversation unless it's to manipulate people into believing what you want them to believe again. What does this have to do with her being a good mom to Bren? Absolutely nothing. So it's just further goes to show like whatever she does on the show is going to be used against her. So yeah, she's gonna look like a grade-a mom while cameras are filming Luann go suck it like sorry. So yeah, so the best the Bethany dentist or sorry not Dennis the Bethenny Jason Hoppy stuff is still going on. It's still being dragged on and its really ugly and it's really sad and it sucks that they're going to use this show against her. It's similar to what happened with Shannon Beador her husband was doing the similar thing with her custody battle with her three kids. It's just ugly and nasty moving on to I guess nicer things. I do love a good housewife mashup. And this is what we are getting is You're listening to me the audio. You won't see this fabulous photo of my girl Cynthia Bailey my other girl Lisa Rinna and not my girl Luann de lesseps, um at looking fabulous and you guessed it Giovanni amazing photo. They all look Amaze almost Luann looks almost unrecognizable. It's a People magazine expose cover. Shoot, whatever. I don't know Cynthia's got her not to Only large afro Lisa with the signature Bob and a beautiful dress and Lou in the white gown in the middle kind of posing like Charlie's Angels superfab. I'm not quite sure if this is for her music video, like I've told you guys I think it was last week that she has a new song coming out this summer and time for Gay Pride called Giovanni said this may be from the video shoot a nice little housewife, you know, mashup music. Here for it love it. So we'll see but they all look fabulous. They look great. I love it. I'm here. I'm here for I'm here for women supporting other women. I'm not a big Lou fan. I'll support you and your Cabaret Endeavors. I don't really care for you. But I like seeing Cynthia and Lisa there maybe it was just for a check. I don't know but it's a fabulous photo and I can't wait to see what the end product is my God. I think that's in the show guys fun. Stop. I feel like we covered everything. It was so nice talking to you all in the chat. I really appreciate you guys hanging out with me and giving me all of your feedback Lou was and still is a rotten mother aren't they seeing her that lawsuits over but yeah, they were suing her. Gosh that Jason must be a psychopath dragging this case out. So many years ridiculous poor Bethany agreed Giovanni guys. I love it. You could catch me on Instagram. Follow me on Instagram see underscore as Jones and you could follow everything else that I'm doing in my life, and in my career at Chelsea Star Jones.com lien will be here next week, and we'll be keeping some more about the New York Housewives. Okay. 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Tinsley is stressing about men and babies, Ramona continues to climb the social ladder, and the women all head to LuAnn’s new home in Upstate New York feeling she’s not really being a good friend. Chelsea Stark-Jones is solo tonight - but gives all the juice on this week’s break down of Real Housewives of New York! ABOUT THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC AFTER SHOW: To a certain group of people in New York, status is everything...and with status comes plenty of drama to unpack on THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY AFTER SHOW. We’ll recap all the buzz-worthy moments from the show, from the fabulous to the fights from our favorite Big Apple ladies. Tune in here for ALL the tea as we review, recap and provide in-depth discussions of the latest episodes! Who knows! You might just see some familiar cast member faces. ABOUT REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC: The Real Housewives of New York City (abbreviated RHONY) is an American reality television series that premiered on March 4, 2008 on Bravo. Developed as the second installment of The Real Housewives franchise, following The Real Housewives of Orange County, it has aired seven seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women residing in New York City. The series originally focused on LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, and Jill Zarin. The eighth season lineup of housewives will consist of de Lesseps, Frankel, Singer, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Dorinda Medley, and newcomer Jules Wainstein. Of the original housewives, Frankel initially left after the third season before returning for the seventh; McCord and Zarin left after the fourth season; and de Lesseps was a friend of the housewives in the sixth. The remaining housewives joined in later seasons: Morgan in the third, Radziwill in the fifth, Medley in the seventh, and Wainstein in the eighth. Other housewives include Kelly Killoren Bensimon (seasons 2–4), Cindy Barshop (season 4), Aviva Drescher (seasons 5–6), Heather Thomson (seasons 5–7), and Kristen Taekman (seasons 6–7). 