Taped faces Bethany's love life and the reconciliation. We have been waiting for Real Housewives of New York reunions starts right now. You are tuned in to AfterBuzz TV the ESPN of tv top now let them go. Oh my God, you guys. I'm so excited to be back and spend a minute. I've been super busy. I've had a lot of things to do, but I've been missing my New York Housewives. I've been missing hanging out with all you guys Chelsea Star Jones here and I'm thinking you thank you. Thank you. Hold the Applause hold the Applause. Um, and I'm here all alone without my partner in crime lien. Yes, we will miss him. He is a light. We will do him proud and hold it down today lots to talk about the reunions part 1 Real Housewives of New York these women all look amazing. I think they Bethenny it's believe is probably my favorite dress option. I like what she's doing with the dress. It has the French. I love her straight like bone straight hair beautiful Sonya also looks remarkable. And so does Ramona per year? Huge Tinsley not feeling during the looks great too and Luann. It's a little too Cabaret for me. But yeah as we get started we greet everyone and immediately it gets kind of shady between de rinda and Luann dorinda's immediately goes and starts making Jabs at her for not being able to get the dress designer dress that she's wearing. I forget who the designer was something I could forget. That I can't pronounce it. Um, but soda Renda they did flash back to previous season Luann wanted to go to the showroom. And you know, Carol was like now like he dresses Michelle Obama, you won't be able to get a dress and sure enough here is deronda and said dress and kind of rubbing it in Luann's face immediate shade. I'm here for it. And then Andy gets around a greeting Lewis. man, and he kind of you know, she's he mentions how they finally were able to watch the last couple of episodes recently and she said that her head is humble and that she was totally self-absorbed and said she you know, she put herself in a protection mode and that's kind of where it was coming from and I'm have to say I was a little surprised with her being so open and honest about about that too without Even being prompted and like kind of cute up for it for her to say that you know, she's humble. I'm not sure if I bought it immediately. I'm actually not sure if I still buy it, but she mm. Yeah, she kind of went out there and said, you know, she's filling humble humble by to Humble Pie baby dinner in I don't know we'll see and then Andy reminds us about Dennis and that he has something I don't think we really knew but that he had been present at most of the reunions. Especially while him and Bethany were together. And yeah, Bethany gets a little bit emotional and so you know that this reunions is going to be a roller coaster. It's going to be some ups and downs some tears lots of fighting and I'm here for it. So yeah, let's go ahead and jump in we have our girls we start with the whole like fresh start new homes. Deronda Sonja and Luann relocated kind of picked up their lives this season as we've seen And I are just starting to Chapters in their lives. And we kind of touch base with them and see how that's going. Sonia says that seeing this the townhouse so kind of gives her like makes her feel a little antsy, which is understandable. And then the Renda we kind of talked a little bit about the rundown her relationship with John and I don't like people are kind of giving your crap for it people don't understand it, you know, John and her they've been dating for quite some time now. I don't live together and durandal really has no interest of making her home feel like his home. It's her home and I could kind of understand that like as a woman that's been married that's had multiple partners that has had children. You're finally in a space in your life where you don't have to share something with someone and you're totally independent. You're doing your own thing. You're really strong and like I think it's great. I think it's great for them if it works for them and it seems like it does it works for them. So, who are we to Say, you know, you know to judge I don't think we can it's I think it's amazing and then her and John, you know, they're still going strong, but then we get over to LuAnn and her new home UPS in Upstate New York. I loved it the shade throughout the flashback of the women just talking about how much Tina they didn't really care for the home up in Upstate New York where Ramona saying, you know, it's on the wrong side of town. It's the pores. Side of town which is a very Ramona thing to say in the wind, you know, when Andy asked how she felt about it Luann has like, you know, it's just Ramona. She says everything you knows the wrong side of the tracks when the wrong neighborhood whatever and she kind of let that one roll off off her off her shoulders and I think with this group of women when you know somebody so closely you're able to do that. Like, you know who Ramona is you take her for who she is and you just let it go. It's like it's something personal against you. It's just something she can't Can't help herself. But and and Ramona continues on with the jobs saying, you know, my real estate firm said that it's not going to be a good neighborhood for another 10-15 years. So, you know, she's ahead of the curve. I feel like backhanded compliment like oh, you know, it's cute for you. Okay, so, it's Ramona and I love that's why we love her. That's why we love her and then Luanne gets into a little bit of why she felt the need to move from The Hamptons, which I think she still has her Hamptons home, but spend a little bit more time in Upstate New York and She basically says it's because she has these photog 's and people looking after her like peeking through her window and trying to get a picture of her. I'm not so crazy. It's so stressful. It's overwhelming and I think the MVP of part one of this reunions is Bethenny's facial expressions the cutaways that they have of her every time Luann says something just a little bit narcissistic is amazing and that's when Bethenny to kind of And she's like look we have Kelly Ripa. We had Jerry Seinfeld my neighbor Madonna. They seem to be getting along just fine and the Hamptons and no one's hassling them. But Luann de lesseps like can't walk across the street and I mean to Luann's point. They did show one photo of her getting into her car one time and like that's not a big deal and all these people call the Press anyway, so that's how I could be The magazines so who's to say if that was like a setup or whatever but I think is a great Point. Like there's all these celebrities everywhere. I haven't heard anyone complain about like how not private. It is in the Hamptons. It's like it's this very exclusive community. And you know, it's just another example of lubing Lou her Humble Pie would just digesting a little bit there. We didn't really get to Humble with her butt and then she goes, you know when you get it Said you get very famous and it's just like I mean, you got to play to your strengths and I guess it's getting arrested as you know a pro then you do that you do that but I wouldn't be humble bragging about getting arrested and that boosting my fame but to each his own the Renda. Like I said is very happy with their own space with John and then Ramona starts talking about how her old apartment is almost it's old and how she's potentially going to be coming into a new one. I thought it was great. She I didn't understand it at first but like she started to say like they asked like where she was thinking or I think it was the Renda was like, oh you can move into my building or whatever. She's like. Oh no, I'm thinking of and then they just beat it out. And I was like, what the heck is she saying? And then I guess you just give the full details of where to she's potentially going to be living on camera. Okay. You just want some strange men all over the place to come come a To your place, which I don't think she would mind very much actually, but yeah for our first guests before we move on. I do want to thank you for joining me and being here with me. I love coming into AfterBuzz and I love doing the Real Housewives of New York after show and talking everything Bravo with you all. So just remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel and also subscribe online with our podcast. Give it five stars comment interact. I love talking with you guys Todd. Odd be done well and was best fend about show this season. I think you mean the best thing about the show this season in regards to pushing the narrative not really in a good way in my opinion film Raider as long as they both are okay with it. I don't know if John is okay interesting. I don't believe it. I think when she met had to move because her kids Home. Oh, yes the FCS The Hamptons hum. OK interesting film radar. Yeah. I don't know. I kind of disagree. I think that John's into it. I think he likes having his own place in his own spaces. Well, he might want to maybe exist a little bit more in her life. Um, that's a possibility and then yeah. Yeah, that's a good point too about about her Luann moving from The Hamptons to to Upstate New York being that her whole lawsuit with her children and how you know, she tried to sell that house a while ago. So yeah, that's that could definitely be a cover-up but moving on to a little bit Downer of a subject we move on to Bethany and Dennis and you know, it's almost been a year since he's passed away and something that Andy asked her which I think was really important because this the like timelines and her relationship with Dennis were Very confusing and her also relationships with other men. So she clarifies that her relationship with Dennis and how they were always often on with each other. But because of that they were always present in one another's lives. So just you know, even if they were off or they were on a break they would still kind of like be reliable with one another and I think that kind of just leans to the fact that they had a really deep friendship with each other two, but then Bethany also kind of starts to talk about, you know, as you get older as you've already had a kid as you already been married you Start to ask yourself. Is this the best that it like is he the best that I could get like? Is this it like is this the last love of my life like and so I kind of understand her to like wanting to keep him around and then keeping each other around because of that because yeah, I could only imagine how difficult it is to be older and have a child and date and find someone that really wants to like lock it down with you and that cannot just be stable for you but be stable for your child and that's something that Bethany kind of goes into. To with saying that the reason why they didn't work out like why they were always off and on was because he wasn't present and the way she needed him to be where he would always be when it was them two together like physically next to each other there were super locked in with each other. They're very much in love. But as soon it's like, okay. Bye see you later. He would disappear and you know, I don't want to speculate on I don't like it just it made me wonder like If he was abusing drugs, would that be what would be happening like him disappearing and not wanting her to him her to see him in that way or like what was he off doing like just not you know, so like at that kind of made me wonder a little bit and yeah, it was just it was it was really sad, but then we also you know, the silver lining in it for her was even though he's gone. It really allowed her to close that door and that her in her life and that she said something that I thought was interesting if he were here today. She wouldn't be where she is today and it's sad that it had to be at that, you know extent for her to be able to move on with her life, but she kind of finally seems like she's in a good space. She's in a good relationship with somebody that seems to be crazy about her Paul her new boyfriend, but she also kind of explain that timeline. He was someone that she dated prior to Dennis passing away and But when they were on their off time, and then he kind of came back into her life afterwards when she was grieving and you know, I think they're cute together and they seem really nice together and it like and and it also brought up the thing of her saying, you know, he's very private. He's very conservative and I think that balances her out but it kind of raised the question. Was it a double standard of her to get so like be so harsh on Tinsley and her relationship with Scott and like not Wanting to show that on camera and I think Bethenny she always does when this argument by saying, you know, you met Scott on camera and he signed a release form. He signed up. He he essentially did sign up for it. Like when he moved to Chicago sure he wasn't there but like, you know, when you kind of like dip your toe in the pain he can't really you know, so I do think that you know, there was a little bit of a double standard but with to Bethenny's Point Scott what? Immediately kind of drawn into it and maybe you know wasn't what he wanted to do. But because he met this girl and he was really into her. He just like jumped in but with her relationship with Paul, he from the get-go knew what she, you know, your reality star your public figure. Like I just prefer to be in the background. So I think that's fair. I think that's something you also have to think about when you're dating someone on TV or as a viewer when you're watching One live their life on television and you wonder why their spouse isn't involved and we see it across all platforms all franchises. We you know, Kenya Moore we saw we see it with Erika Girardi her husband Pops in every once in a while. We saw it with Gina last season on Real Housewives of Orange County where we don't you know, we see these women living there full lives like fully and like showing themselves and being very raw, but we don't see that one part of them that makes them a wife, you know. And I think that it is a necessity in some sense, but I also don't think it's at the detriment to your relationship where that's where I think we see a lot of these relationships fall apart. Like we don't see a lot of Housewives, you know marriages last it's because even though the wife signed up for the husband might not have been on borders much or it's you really are having people looking into your relationship in your marriage so deeply in love. Like maliciously almost and so I could understand why you would want to protect that and then I also yeah, I don't know. It's definitely a slippery slope and I think when you sign up for something like this, you kind of have to expect all of that funeral Kentucky Derby Derby flowers. Yeah. That was a really not nice looking flower arrangement film writer. I agree with the LOL. Yeah. She made a good point with the flowers. yeah, I just you know relationships in general are very hard relationships on are for everyone to see like I commend them for like putting it out there like that. But I also like you do have to take into account the men's side of this, you know, so moving on to the fight that just never seems to end but we may have gotten some resolve to Renda and Luann, you know. It's we get the flashback and I kind of I get it because Luann wasn't at the previous reunions. So we do kind of have we did kind of have to pick up from two seasons ago and address everything between the Giovanni and all this stuff and then move on but I think and it's something that we've seen throughout the season is to render it was genuinely upset about their friendship not being a good place. She was very emotional over it she would get very reactive. over it and she you know got reactive on the couch and It's hard to see when one person is super emotional about something like super upset and super hurt and the other isn't and you know, Luann kind of, you know admitted that she was cold to it. And she that she did feel though that the reason why it didn't faze her as much was because she felt like she needed to warm herself up to it more so which is fair. But anyways, we get into you know, the render describing her Cabaret as a combination. Nation of the Jovani dresses and pissing on your cast mates and and you know, like I said we get right back into the Giovanni beef and Luann is just like you're so angry to render your so angry and when dorinda's hurt like she gets angry and she gets mean and and I'm not saying that's right. But like I get it, you know, and I'm such a door into fan that like, I understand where she's coming from and maybe because to an extent I might be that way. Can you imagine me mean guys know? never but yeah, I don't know and it was hard to see and she you know, she said that she said the Renda was upset that when she was in the Hamptons or I'm sorry Luanne was upset that wonder and I was in the Hamptons that during didn't text her to like see her and this may be the one and only time I agree with Luann I get that I totally Totally understand. I live in LA most of my friends live in other cities, they live nearby but like it's a drive for them to get out here or they love up north or whatever whenever they're in Los Angeles and they don't text me that they're in La like we don't even have to hang out but just like let me know let me know you're down the street like just let me know. So I understand where Luann is coming from with that like like you're almost never hear in the one time. You are here. You don't want to text me and like say hey. We could grab a coffee. I don't know but um, yeah, I that's the one thing and the entirety of Luann that I agree with her aunt but you know that and then it gets it gets a little bit meaner again when the Renda, you know goes to be honest with you. I don't feel like you have any substance anymore to LuAnn. I feel like that is maybe the meanest thing you could say to somebody like to say that you don't have any substance anymore. That's mean that's really mean and if someone said that to me like I would start to really re-evaluate like oh my God, look at my too superficial like what's going on with you mean? I'm this substance. Like what is that? And so I don't know if that maybe like Turned land around and maybe it was just that the render just got so emotional but just saying like, I don't know who you are anymore. Maybe I maybe I didn't really see you for who you were this whole time like they were friends for a really long time 13. Have a friendship with somebody and then just feel like you guys are no longer compatible and like in the worst way too because you guys are being so nasty towards one another that's really hurtful. But and then we get into the whole John invited thing and and and Luann brought out some receipts. So we'll give her that. She said that John was always invited and the whole interaction was Durand upset like you My dad he's reserved a table for the fat Jewish. But you couldn't even invite my boyfriend of x amount of years. John John is always welcome, whatever and then during his like he was invited by a third party. He's upset. He doesn't want to come Luann responds with that. That's not my problem. Yeah, it was nasty of a snarky. It was it was it was an invitation but not you know, it was like, you know, whatever he could come like. You know, so I see where to render really feels like you kind of slighted him in that sense. But then I also see where Luann feels like. Well I touched like she you know cross your t's and dotted her eyes, but the you know, it's not my problem but also was a little it was a little mean and she said some other things in the text message exchange that wasn't, you know, very favorable but the woman kind of get around to coming to terms with squashing it and that's nice. You know, you don't want to see you don't want to see these women especially women that have a friendship for a long time. Like that's why for me the lvp and Kyle Richards saying like as hurtful or Godlike, even you know in Jersey Teresa Melissa whenever they fight like because it goes so much deeper than a TV show like these are real friendships. And so it's nice to see that they came around, you know, and that Luann just really admire. Mitad, and you know circling back to what we said at the beginning of the show, and she said that she you know has a humble head humble set mindset. She did really humble up in that moment. She did say, you know watching herself. She felt cold. She felt like she wasn't being as open and receptive to the Renda when she was trying and stuff like that and and that's what kind of prompted them to come together and give a hug and and really just say let's just put a period on it. Let's move on. Let's not talk about this anymore and Let's get back to the days when we were laughing and cackling and just having a good time with each other. It may not be in the same the same like substance may not be in the same capacity. But like let's just move on and to a better, you know space with each other which I think and that's all you can hope for and that's why reunions I think are so important because and you know, when wasn't at the previous reunions Like These are times when you could really just get everything out and either you're okay with each other. The end or you're not but at least you have the opportunity to say your piece and just be done with it. So it was a nice Kumbaya moment that was capped off with a Feelin Giovanni. You know Premier, I think it was maybe the first time hearing Luann's new song Phil and Giovanni and you got a lot of awkward dance shoulder shimmies and a lot of weird cutaways and I looks and has out of each other and of course Luann basking in the fact that they're listening to her song. It's cute song. It's catchy. It's fine. You know, like I don't know like and music doesn't really do it for me. I could you know, it's expensive to be me as more my Lane. It's more like the dancing fun night club e stuff. Uh-huh Luann's just not my cup of tea, but it's a cute song. It's cheeky. It's a good time and you know, she He's proud of it. And what else could we expect but yeah that pretty much kept off part 1 of the reunions. So let's get into some news and gossip that I have. So someone noticeably missing from this reading Union and the season is of course Carole radziwill. We all know her as Bethany's former BFF and it had that Des horrible falling out last season and she's coming out and saying and talking about why she really left the show she goes into and talk to this publication says, you know, it's one of those careers that's like a merry-go-round once you get on it's hard to jump off it helped to sell a lot of books and I was building this audience for my future work Carol explained. It was pretty interesting. There's a pretty interesting weird fun. Anything to do and then she goes on and says, you know, I don't like the name-calling. I knew I wasn't going to get drunk blackout or be naked but I was kind of just having fun. I never felt that I was above the show. She said and then she goes on to say I felt I don't know if I want to be contributing to this conversation as much then I was having tons of arguments not with the other cast members with the executives at the Network it was time to go they knew to ultimately you do know when something is behind you which I thought was interesting that was very telling like to say, you know, I was having these arguments with the heads of Bravo the executives when that starts to happen, that's what Housewives get the you know the acts when you start to have like out right arguments with you know, the production team is when these women are gone and I think too. I mean I don't we Know for sure, but I think also Bethenny had a heavy hand to play in that I think having her on would have maybe added another layer of don't say controversy of drama to the season because I mean really are our drama was everyone being annoyed with Luann. So I think having her there would have been it would have been interesting. I would have enjoyed seeing her this season and and I really don't know what she would have done maybe find another Marathon. Yeah, so I guess so. Time did run out. I think it was her time but it would have been nice to have an adversary or maybe not because Dennis died. So maybe that could have reconciled their relationship even more who knows. Actually Bethany was on Watch What Happens Live recently a couple weeks ago and of the night of the finale and said that you know, she ran into Carroll and they had a very nice conversation out at some you know social event. So it seems like they're in a space where they could coexist with one another and they could talk and pick up but like they're not calling each other on the phone being be Laughs which is cool, which is fine. So I love it. I love this reunions. It was a good it was a good starter reunions. I think let's move into some predictions really quickly your AfterBuzz TV production. So I think moving into the rest of the reunions. We are going to get a little bit more on Luann. I think we're going to pile it on her and I think that's she's going to be the punching bag for pretty much the rest of the reunions. I really don't think there's any more substance to what really went on this season. There's some light stuff that happened in Miami. There's some Ramona being you know, Ramona, but for the most part, I think that the main focus is going to be how the woman perceived Luann the season and really seeing if she's taking a bite of this Humble Pie and listening and realizing that she was Just kind of a jackass all season. But who knows? Maybe she maybe she maybe she is really changed. Actually. I'm curious you guys reply really quickly in the chat. If you think that land has actually been a little bit more humble this reunions and that like watching herself back has made her realize that she was kind of being you know a jerk. But yeah, it's just episode 1 of the reunions. I will say I want to see this group of women. He'll I agree Jackie Galaxy. It would be nice to see them heal too much auto-tune on filling Giovanni. Yeah, because she can't sing remember too much auto-tune. I agree. But I mean that's just her stick and then Barbara. What about Barbara? I I see we see her coming on the couch next week and you know, she was fine. I've realized genuinely I pray to the heavens. Is that they don't bring her back? I did not think she was a good asset all the season. I don't think she added anything. Okay agree Luann was how it was edited. Yeah, pretending to be humble film writer says, yeah, I could see that's I definitely think she was pretending to be a little bit humble. But yeah guys, thanks so much for joining me and jumping into the Cha-Cha. I really appreciate you guys being here. I will be here next week to finish this up and to talk a little bit more about part two of The Real Housewives of New York reunions. I am Chelsea Stark Jones, and you can catch me on Instagram @ C underscore S Jones and fall everything else. I'm doing in my career at Chelsea Star Jones.com. I'll talk to you later. Bye bye our founder Keven undergaro and me Maria Menounos would like to thank you for tuning in to AfterBuzz TV. Remember, we're not just the first where the biggest in the world and Were the only destination for all your favorite TV shows whatever you crave. We've got it. So go to AfterBuzz tv.com and check out our lineup Buzz. See you later. Hmm use express herein are those of the host only do not necessarily reflect the views of AfterBuzz TV or its owners are
Real Housewives of New York Reunion kicks off with a bang as the ladies talk new beginnings, old relationships, and we rehash a fight that’s been brewing for some time. Chelsea Stark-Jones breaks it all down! 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). 