A whirlwind romance is all well and good, but what happens when the dust settles and you’ve already said “I do”? Well, the outcome isn’t always pretty — just ask Meghan King. She married Cuffe Owens in front of his uncle, President Joe Biden, and a number of other high profile guests (plus her three children), only […]
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Luann de Lesseps is owning up to her actions. As we previously reported, The Real Housewives of New York star was booted from the piano bar Townhouse in Manhattan on Wednesday after having a few too many drinks that night. Lesseps reportedly “monopolized the piano” at the popular gay bar and “belted out jumbled versions […]
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You can’t force a Countess Cabaret on an unwilling crowd! That’s the unfortunate lesson that Luann de Lesseps learned on Wednesday night at the Townhouse of New York, a gay piano bar. According to Page Six, the reality star was already quite inebriated when she arrived to the venue and took the mic — and […]
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Many congratulations are in order! Vicki Gunvalson and Luann de Lesseps‘ exes are both off the market, having popped the question to their girlfriends over the holidays! Steve Lodge confirmed his engagement to Janice Carlson, a 37-year-old third-grade teacher, in a statement to People on Monday, sharing: “I did ask Janis on Dec. 20 if […]
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Ramona Singer’s allegedly racist comment that ultimately cost the Real Housewives of New York their Season 13 reunion has finally been revealed! As we’ve reported, Bravo announced in September that RHONY’s annual reunion had been canceled. The shocking announcement marked the first time a Housewives reunion has ever been skipped, so the news caught viewers’ […]
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Rachel Lindsay got candid about how her season of The Bachelorette influenced her being labeled as the “angry Black female” — and it involves disgraced host, Chris Harrison. While on The View, the former leading lady weighed in on the recent fight between Luann de Lesseps and Eboni Williams on Real Housewives of New York. […]
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Eboni Williams has finally made her Real Housewives of New York debut as the Big Apple’s first Black Housewife, and she’s already serving up some tasty drama! Bravo dropped the teaser trailer for the upcoming 13th season of the hit reality show, which shows the lawyer and TV host getting into it with the multiple […]
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One would think being drunk and mean would get a Bravo personality a promotion, but that apparently wasn’t the case for Dorinda Medley! As fans know, the Real Housewives of New York star announced her exit from the series in a sobering Instagram post on Tuesday, shocking fans and co-stars alike. But now it appears […]
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Is Carole Radziwill a RHONY truther?? Following the news of Dorinda Medley‘s exit from the Real Housewives of New York City on Tuesday, the former cast member jumped on Twitter to pay tribute to her friend’s long run on the reality TV show! But in typical Carole fashion, she couldn’t do it without throwing a […]
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Well this is a bit of an unexpected crossover! On Thursday night’s episode of Real Housewives of New York, a girls’ trip in Mexico turned to girl talk between Luann de Lesseps and Ramona Singer. The latter hinted at a romantic connection with an American Idol “winner” — and Luann happened to know a thing […]
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Following some huge and unprecedented mid-season changes, Season 12 of The Real Housewives of New York City has returned.
But the shakeup sees some explosive, expletive-filled fallout between Luann and Sonja that leads one of them to break down crying.
This week’s The Real Housewives of New York City featured Dorinda’s redone Blue Stone Manor.
Viewers may recall that one of the things that has warped Dorinda’s behavior all season was stress over how it had flooded.
Now it was back, and she had the ladies over as guests.
The ladies took seats on some very comfy-looking furniture during the first night of their girls weekend.
This is when Luann de Lesseps made an announcement.
“Sonja and I are going to do a show together!” the former Countess revealed.
“Are you going to pay her?” Ramona Singer asked — and yelled — seemingly immediately.
It was Sonja Morgan herself who answered: “No! She never pays me.”
This conversation was getting hostile very quickly.
“My girl Lu, it’s not that I don’t have a good time doing any kind of performance with her,” Sonja explained.
“But,” she shared, “I have a family to support, people who depend on me, other than Lu.”
While Sonja does have a net worth of millions, it is not unreasonable to ask to be paid for your labor.
“I want to bring Sonja into my show because I love her,” Luann explained to her gathered friends.
Ramona, who was clearly prepared to harp on this, exclaimed that Luann should “Pay her $10,000 or $5,000.”
Sonja said, possibly jokingly: “She wants to exploit me!”
“Exploit you?” Luann exclaimed.
“I don’t need you,” she then declared.
A furious Luann instructed Sonja: “Go f–k yourself.”
Dorinda had to ask Luann if she was reacting with this fury: “Because you have to pay her?”
“I do pay her!” Luann insisted.
This is when Sonja revealed that her financial compensation amounted to a whopping: “$225!”
“You only pay her $200?” Ramona exclaimed in shock … or alleged shock, anyway.
She is the one who brought this up. We’re not saying that the conversation was scripted, but let’s be honest, it may have been planned.
Luann explained that she is grossly underpaying Sonja because she already employs “Broadway actors.”
“I have major Broadway talent in my shows,” Luann explained to the camera.
“I am not going to pay Sonja Morgan more to take off her dress to be in my show,” she stated.
That seems a little unkind and, though Sonja was likely not in the room for that confessional camera statement, she says as much in the moment.
“You’re being mean, you want me for free,” Sonja accused Luann.
“You’re not valuing her. That’s not nice.” Ramona chimed in, once again piling on the drama.
“What do you mean I don’t value her?” Luann demanded. “Of course, I do.”
Sonja explained: “You give me $225 — that doesn’t even cover my hair and makeup.”
Luann’s anger intensified and she accused that Sonja didn’t “appreciate” being int he show.
In fact, Luann decided that she didn’t “need” her friend to participate anymore.
“I have my cabaret show that’s very huge and guess what, you’re not a part of it,” Luann snapped.
“I tried to include you,” she claimed.
“And,” Luann accused, “you made me feel bad about it.”
“You’re done,” Luann declared. “I don’t want you in my show … you bitch.”
After that bit of nasty name-calling, Luann bolted off in anger.
In a quiet voice, Sonja murmured “I just said I can’t do it for free,” and then broke down into tears.
Ramona, who was arguably the instigator of all of that drama, decided to follow Luann.
“[Sonja] thinks she’s going to be the star of my show,” Luann told her.
“Well, sadly,” she added of Sonja, “she’s mistaken.”
Before all of this, Ramona made peace with her friend Elysa Slaine (one of the best names, ever) and Dorinda.
This was to handle the aftermath of Luann’s Halloween party, at which Dorinda had madea toast while trashing Ramona as a friend.
“I want to make peace with you, baby,” Ramona told Dorinda upon her arrival for the social call.
“I’m willing to let it go,” Ramona explained, “because I just know Dorinda is going through something.”
She told the confessional camera: “She’s not really mad at me, she’s mad at life.”
Ramona detailed: “She feels life has cheated her. That’s what it is!”
Elyse hugged everyone when she showed up … except for Ramona.
As she had explained to SOnja, she felt hurt by Ramona because Ramona had given her the cold shoulder at that same Halloween party.
Elyse had then been disinvited from a night out by Ramona.
Ramona initially insisted that she needed to “be on her own” to “develop” her own friendships woutside of Elyse’s orbit.
Elyse called out Ramona, and the two went off to talk privately.
The result was that the two made peace. Sometimes, all that you need to do that is to chat off-camera. But the other ladies aren’t all happy with Ramona.
This season, Tinsley Mortimer stunned fans by quitting The Real Housewives of New York City. Her own castmates could not believe it.
Bravo has just released a new promo, revealing unprecedented midseason changes in light of Tinsley’s departure.
Tinsley Mortimer walked off of the show, choosing her chance at love over her Apple and the Big Apple itself.
Her midseason departure for Chicago was quite the shake up.
Now, Bravo is giving viewers a glimpse at how different the rest of Season 12 will be, starting with the taglines — changed for the first time in franchise history.
Dorinda Medley announces her new tagline first.
“Like a mint in my mouth, I can be a bit fresh,” she teases.
That’s a fun play on the word fresh — and, given her behavior this season, appropriate.
We say that it is appropriate because Dorinda has gotten dark this season.
While we know that she has a lot going on in her personal life, she has seemed like a season villain.
Perhaps we’ll see her antagonistic streak come to an end … or maybe she has scarcely begun.
Up next is Sonja Morgan.
“I’m no one’s arm candy,” she quips, “I’m the whole bowl of sugar.”
That is a genuinely good line, actually.
It is also very fitting, because Sonja had a mini-meltdown earlier this season.
As viewers may recall, she was outraged at the suggestion that she was ever her former husband’s trophy wife.
Rather, she very loudly emphasized, they were partners.
Then comes Ramona Singer, who has had drama both on and off screen this season.
“So what if I’m self-involved, who else should I be involved with?” she asks.
That’s a little mouthy, but sure.
RHONY‘s most prominent herbo has seemingly had tunnel vision in recent months when it comes to nationwide protests.
This has led her into conflict with fans and also with one castmate in particular.
It has fallen on Leah’s youthful shoulders to set Ramona straight when it comes to the importance of Black Lives Matter.
Leah McSweeney is appropriately up next.
“I’ll say sorry for what I’ve done but never for who I am,” Leah declares.
That’s a great motto by which to live, actually.
It is a fitting saying for Leah, who had a troubled past but is now a wise, relatable woman.
She is a newcomer but has been widely praised by viewers as a fresh voice of reason on the show.
But she’s not so reasonable that she hasn’t stripped naked and yeeted some tiki torches like javelins.
Speaking of drunken mistakes, next up is the erstwhile Countess.
Luann de Lesseps announces: “I rise above the drama and won’t settle for the lower level.”
Another extra wordy one, but at least lower level is alliterative, Luann.
Luann has had her struggles with alcohol … struggles that she now says are behind her.
We mention this because we suspect that at some point in the not-so-distant future, she and Leah may have a “disagreement.”
Why? Because Leah just reached a milestone in her sobriety journey.
“It’s been a trippy 90 Days,” Leah captioned this photo as she shared it on Instagram this week.
No, she’s not part of 90 Day Fiance. Rather, she is revealing that she received her three month chip for remaining sober.
That is an exciting milestone for her — one that may clearly change her behavior when she (hopefully) films for Season 13.
Leah was not the only one having fun at the nude earlier this season.
But she was noticeably wild while under the influence.
She also recovered much better than some of her castmates did the next day, and repaid her host by cleaning the kitchen.
Housewives don’t have to be drunk to be entertaining.
Leah clearly chose the pandemic lockdown as a time to become sober — for many, it was difficult to safely continue drinking.
We applaud her efforts and wish her the best on whatever path she continues to choose for herself.
As Leah McSweeney keeps dealing with the fallout from Ramona Singer’s wild party, another feud has been boiling over.
Dorinda Medley thinks that Tinsley Mortimer is scared s–tless of her. Is she right?
On this week’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer decided to talk things out.
They both know that they have their differences but they want to handle it with franchise-defying maturity.
Unfortunately, they hit a roadblock before the talk could even begin.
Dorinda wanted to have Leah McSweeney as a sort of mediator there, but Tinsley did not see the need.
Leah (who is such a good addition to the cast, you guys) told Dorinda that she didn’t see it that way.
As you can see in the clip that we have included, she explained to Dorinda — who had been drinking — that the lattter can be “intimidating.”
Dorinda initially protested and then, on impulse, shared Leah’s words with Tinsley … and some creative additions of her own.
She told Tinsley: “Leah said you’re intimidated by me.”
Suddenly, instead of mediating a frank discussion of their differences, Leah was a witness — and unintentional instigator.
At Luan de Lesseps’ comedy show (my goodness, that woman loves to be on stage), alcohol and feuding created a perfect storm.
Dorinda and Tinsley devolved into a screaming match over layers of nothing more than an alcohol-fueled misunderstanding.
It’s hard to say if this is really any one person’s fault. It was almost inevitable.
These two have been having issues all season.
Dorinda previously speculated that Tinsley has not been entirely truthful with the group.
Of particular interest to Dorinda was Tinsley’s claims about her dating life.
Right now, it seems like they’re just clashing at every opportunity, and using any excuse to go off on each other.
The funniest part of that incident, by far, was when Ramona Singer popped over to ask if she was intimidating.
She received a firm but amused “no.”
Speaking of Ramona and of interpersonal conflicts, Leah explained to her that she’s still having issues with her mother.
Ramona suggested that the best way to make up would be a bouquet of her mom’s favorite flowers accompanied by an in-person apology.
But we don’t mean to dance around Luann’s comedy show.
There, she had teamed up with her ex, Jacques.
This turned deeply awkward when it came to Luann telling a joke about sleeping (or not sleeping) with a pirate years earlier.
Luann insisted that she “never f–ked the pirate” while dating Jacques, but that’s not what Sonja Morgan heard from the pirate himself.
Speaking of easily avoidable mistakes, Luann took one sip of Ramona’s vodka and decided that she can totally start drinking again.
Dorinda actually thought that this was a good idea, that it would relieve the pressure that Luann is experiencing over not drinking.
There are, for the record, lines of thought that say that 12-step forever-quitting programs do more harm than good and don’t work for everyone.
While some people who have struggled with alcoholism can later drink in moderation, not everyone felt that Luann was one of those people.
Elyse Slaine, the friend of the group who continues to have one of the best names that we have ever seen, begged to disagree.
She viewed Luann’s situation as black and white. Either she’s in AA or she’s not.
And, if Luann is in AA, then no, she cannot drink, not at all.
Dorinda basically told Elyse to stuff it.
Then, poor Sonja Morgan got news that her fashion line isn’t doing as well as she would have hoped.
(She has reportedly been losing money on that for years, unfortunately)
She’s trying to stay positive and hoping that it will pick up in time. And hey, it could happen.
But her fashion show didn’t bring in the new sales that she had hoped to see. Poor Sonja.
Last week, The Real Housewives of New York City went wild touring a mansion. That, it turns out, was nothing.
This week, the Housewives partied hard at Ramona’s house … and ended up totally trashing the place. That is not where vibrators go!
On this week’s RHONY, Ramona has some gripes about playing host … and her guests have some complaints of their own.
Ramona is eager to meet a man, which is a recurring issue in the episode.
Meanwhile, Luann is wildly thirsty.
She’s big horny for a couple of men in this episode, whether they’re playing tennis or grooming dogs … and her?
More importantly, Luann fesses up how difficult it was to resist drinking while at the mansion party with the girls.
Sonja, who drank enough for both of them, praises her for her honest and self-accountability.
“I’m so proud of where Luann is now, that she can be open and honest with us again,” Sonja remarks.
The time for the party arrives, and so does Jeff, whom Ramona fancies for his skills making lasagna and as a “… pianist.”
Once the sun has set, the ladies go wild.
Sonja and Leah helping each other to drink was quite a sight and, frankly, some serious meme-bait.
Leah, Tinsley, and Sonja hop into the pool, and one by one, they go topless — exclaiming praise when Tinsley bares har tatas.
They even try to wrangle Luann into the pool with them.
Wild that it’s only episode four and they’re already baring so many boobs, but good for them for having fun and showering each other with praise.
(Reminder, yelling praise at somebodies boobs is great at a party when they’re topless, but not appropriate for work)
While Luann passed on joining the pool party, that may have been for the best.
That way she could at least avoid blame for the tossed and damaged tiki torches, which would be important the next day.
Now, Leah’s top was a little see through, to the point where Dorinda (cowardly!) pressured her into putting on a corset.
Ramona actually up and leaves her own party for a while, which gets her dragged a little by her guests.
This quickly moves to Leah telling the ladies that they are more than their ex-husbands’ last names.
Leah also gets a little more wild, which Tinsley concludes may explain why there was a time when Leah did not drink at all.
Leah and Sonja really had some charming, if wildly drunken, bonding with each other.
It’s all very touchy-feely, in that drunk folks often touch and feel one another because their prefontal cortexes aren’t inhibiting them.
To everyone’s collective discomfort, we also saw Sonja on the toilet with the door open.
If you don’t close the door, the bathroom is not your sanctuary from the cameras — it’s your stage.
The next day, Ramona awoke to an absolute disaster zone.
She was particularly distressed about the tiki torches getting trashed.
Sure, they’re easy to replace, especially when you’re a wealthy Real Housewife.
But it’s so disrespectful, you know? Yes,e ven if you were drunk.
And then there was the kitchen, which was a full-on disaster zone of dishes and food.
It’s great that people had a good time, of course, but it looked like things got a little too wild.
Case in point: there was a vibrator sitting in a chicken dish.
That is, for the record, not where vibrators go.
Leah, perhaps feeling guilty for her role in the tiki torch tossing the night before, got up and gave the kitchen a speedy clean.
Ramona was onto her, but she appreciated it as a smart move.
To her credit, Ramona was pretty relaxed about the chaos.
The ladies are back, folks.
Or, to be more accurate, the ladies are about to be back.
And they’re bringing all the drama, all the emotions and all the outrage back with them.
Bravo has released the first extended trailer for The Real Housewives of New York City, which will not feature Bethenny Frankel on Season 12, following that veteran star’s shocking departure.
Fear not, however.
There will still be plenty of fighting, arguing, drinking and scandalous action, a great deal of which will emanate from new cast member Leah McSweeney.
In this trailer, we see the stars referred to as “hot f-ckin messes,” as the camera quickly cuts around to various scenes that prove just why they’re worthy of such a classification.
There’s Luann de Lesseps, for example, screaming “f-ck you!” to Sonja Morgan, while Dorinda Medley goes off on Ramona Singer, deLesseps and McSweeney.
Elsewhere, Tinsley Mortimer will find herself in the scalding hot seat when she reunites with Scott Kluth and decides to move to Chicago to be with him.
de Lesseps — who entered an alcohol treatment center after her 2017 arrest for battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication — is also seen drinking again in the preview, after completing the terms of her probation.
She doesn’t seem too fazed by this arrest or too concerned with any attempt at staying sober.
“Oh, it tastes so good!” Luann explains after slurping down some vodka.
As for McSweeney?
She’s friends with Mortimer, is the mother of a 12-year old, is a native New Yorker and a successful businesswoman… who often speaks her mind.
“We have a new girlfriend, who’s lovely,” Sonja remarks in the video. “I think she’s a classy girl… kinda rough on the edges.”
Ramona, for her part, will be experiencing some pretty major growing pains.
After selling the apartment she once shared with her ex-husband, Mario, this long-time cast member heads to counseling to work through letting go of her old life.
She’s also still “dating and skating,” as she notes.
What about Sonja, whose lifestyle brand is taking off? She smashes a mirror, falls out of a chair and relieves herself inside a corn maze… all in a matter of seconds in this promo.
Dorinda is still trying to figure out things with her longtime boyfriend, John Mahdessian, and is also still clashing with, basically, everyone.
When Ramona and Sonja try to help Dorinda deal with what they perceive to be anger issues at one point, group tensions escalate to an all-time high.
We’re not exaggerating, either.
The Real Housewives of New York City’s new season premieres Thursday, April 2, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
Check out the wild first trailer now!
Is there a word for the opposite of a New Year’s resolution?
Like, a term for if you went into 2020 planning to become a worse version of yourself and undo any progress you’ve made in recent months?
Perhaps we should ask the Countess herself,…
