#rhony preference

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I'm a Carole apologist tbh

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real housewives of new york ranked by lesbianism as definitively decided by me

from “gayest�� to straightest ( & yes im ranking all of them)

1) Bethenny - if you ignore the fact that she’s definitely heterosexual, she’s the gayest of the bunch. mommy issues, friendship breakups that play out like DIVORCES (jill... carole...). might just be that she’s a scorpio but the vibes are off the chart (she said.. with an obvious B bias). 

2) Carole - i actually think she might be a bisexual closet case for real but i’m a B stan so i’m knocking Carole down one spot for that s10 nonsense. latches onto female friends and morphs into them (see her friendships with Heather, then with B, and then with Tinsley... i rest my case) and her approach to men and her relationship with Adam is a head scratcher. has two cats. only one who might kinda actually be gay. 

3) Heather - sporty girl vibes. nice demure husband. throwing that axe in montana. weirdly competitive. designs women’s underwear. that moment where we learned she def likes a threesome. deserves a high ranking here. 

4) Sonja - would use the split attraction model if she was born in the 90s and call herself like heteroflexible or something equally rotted. her preference for gay/borderline gay guys and macking on female friends while drunk and her jealousy over that bethenny/barbara kiss puts her clear and away in the top five though.

5) Jill - before you protest that she simply does not have the chops to be lesbian-adjacent... may i remind you: her forever fixation on bethenny is heartbreaking like bethenny is the one who got away in like a heterosexual way but still... the devotion... jill... Also, I loved Bobby Zarin he’s the best of the RHONY men so, she gets top billing. no apologies. 

6) Alex - she and Simon are both sexually fluid and probably swingers in Australia right now. #GoodForThem

7) Aviva - her weird inability to play nice with the other girls, crazy jealousy issues, inappropriate father who she idolizes, and the leg stunt gives her a “leg” up over some of these other ladies. she was maybe not so secretly a freak and i could see her being down as long as the lesbian sex wasn’t in an elevator or airplane.

8) Cindy - who? jk. she was into the arts and lived “downtown” right? she had a horse party. so i’ll give her a middling position here. her fashion kinda gave off lesbian aunt vibes and she had those twins on her own right so that’s p gay.

9) Leah - well, she’s the new girl but based on her being friends with cat marnell that puts her in the crackhead straight girl category so she’d probably have sex with a girl for adderall or something in a pinch. just deranged enough for me to put her here for now. 

10) Jules - had no idea where to place her and almost forgot about her on this list but if what bethenny said about her getting on the show just to get divorced is true then that’s a stunt and that’s gay enough to put her higher than these next ladies. also her husband was two feet shorter than her. 

11) Dorinda - OK so Doris is like the drunk mom of a group of drunk moms which makes her hard to place but i do like her Princess Di hair and that house in the Berkshires looks like where i would place a lesbian commune so there! 

12) Luann - wannabe grand old dame but she does bring the drama. not a single lesbian bone in her body other than perhaps her vocal cords which give her such a low voice. straight but not, like, uncool.

13) Kristen - bland and blah and straight straight straight. former catalogue model with mean bald husband.

14) Kelly - a lesbian would never go running in the street with the cars we’re very practical. on or off her meds, STRAIGHT... AND CUCKOO. 

15) Tinsley - the straight girl who called you a dyke in junior high and still wears the same clothes thirty years later. i have nightmares about this kind of woman i grew up in the south so i just can’t deal with her or her fox news anchor looking mother periodt. 

16) Ramona - the most demonic straight woman on the face of the planet. she makes for great tv but not sure i’d go near her in real life out of pure fear.

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Heather Quits RHONY Midseason!

Fans was so excited that Heather Thomson was returning for season 13 as a friend.

But they have to cut their excitement short because she quit filming midseason!

Rumor claims that she was bullied off the show by Leah McSweeney, but Leah was quick to clap back at these allegations.

Leah claimed that they weren’t fighting enough for her to quit midseason, but she called her a “morally superior woman”.

On her Instagram Story she wrote this about the allegation of bully Heather off the show:

“I don’t like women who slut shame other women. Act morally superior to other women. Plastic surgery shame other women. Gossip about other women doing drugs when you know damn well they’ve done drugs also. And lastly I don’t like when white women who call black women “articulate”. Especially while acting like the queen of wokeness.”

In the season 13 trailer we see that Leah told Heather to not be a “Karen”, which Heather didn’t get.

It would appear that Leah is actually defending the other women. Apparently Heather has been trashing the show and its cast after she quit.

She has talked about Luann de Lesseps doing drugs and that she prefers Sonja Morgan’s face before the facelift.

Heather had a strong reaction to Luann bringing men back to their vacation home and basically slut shamed her. 

So it’s no surprise that she and Leah doesn’t get along.

By the way, that episode with Heather was when Luann said her famous line “Be cool, don’t be all uncool!”

But Heather allegedly thought that she could just jump right in without an issue with the other ladies.

According to the rumors also wants to have it that Heather “disliked the direction the show was taking”, insinuated it would be bad for her business.

That sound very condescending to me. Why would she return to the show if she has been trashing the ladies?

Some fans has said that she appeared “desperate” for joining a show and cast that she has done nothing but trash in interviews.

The women on RHONY was allegedly relived when she quit filming.

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new girl, that 70s show, rhony, the good place, how I met your mother

oh wow interesting choices

rhony

that 70s show

new girl

himym (let’s pretend the finale doesn’t exist)

the good place

put five characters/episodes/shows/ships/anything in my ask and i'll put them in my order of preference

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alias: Rhoni

age • timezone • pronouns: 29 • Central • She

favorite historical myth/mystery or figure: Robin Hood

what would you like to see on the site: A strong community of kind people, whose hearts are knit together over a love of the written word, and the stories we are all dying to tell.

preferred playbys: Dan Stevens!!! And..... Dan Stevens?¿?

anticipated plots: Ancient siren magic, Russian wolves spreading their influence, beautiful subterranean cities where people can have tea and tiny cakes, lots of face-mooshing :)

leave us one visual impression of yourself:

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Legacy (& Who They Prefer)

Legacy (& Who They Prefer)

RHONY fans are excited to find out which housewives Bravo will cast on RHONY: Legacy, but one alum they hope won’t appear is Kelly Bensimon. Kelly Killoren Bensimon might join The Real Housewives of New York City spin-off series RHONY: Legacy, but fans unimpressed with Kelly’s track record hope that Bravo doesn’t follow through on the possibility. When RHONY premiered in 2008, Real Housewives…

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Class with the Countess - LuAnn de Lesseps

Oh, sweet LuAnn. Where do I start?

I have a love for the Countess that I truly cannot explain. I’m struggling to think of an instance where I was ever on her side. Literally every cool thing she does is almost immediately undone by an equal or greater uncool thing. 

Fucking a Jack Sparrow look alike on vacation was pretty cool. Trying to cover it up with the worst French i have ever heard come out of a French Canadian Mi’kmaw with parents from New Brunswick and Quebec was pretty uncool. I can’t really decide whether forcibly inviting herself on Bethenny’s Mexico trip that never happened, while wearing a white Armani suit, then leaving Bethenny with the bill was cool or not. I mean, it was objectively uncool, but I’m kinda here for anyone who pulls a power move on Bethenny. 

She called Carole a pedophile, then couldn’t spell it to apologize over text. Like, she just can’t help herself. She’s just self-aware enough to realize the moments in which we root for her, but not quite self-aware enough to carry them through. Like the fact that she literally sends this gif to people over text when they call her out on being the worst.

You give her one inch of approval and she will use it to the worst ends. She’s at her best when she’s raw and vulnerable and decidedly un-countess, but then she’ll invariably use those cool points to do something very countess. She’s like a snake eating her own tail, and I honestly can’t figure out why I love her so much for it. 

The best I can determine is that she’s like the Tony Soprano of the Real Housewives franchise. Not for obvious reasons - because our Lady Guidice wins there - but because she is such a compelling anti-hero that you kind of hate to love. 

Like Tony, she’s trapped in this inescapable delusion that romanticizes a golden age she caught glimpses of during her rise. She can’t keep from referencing royalty and high society she met and idolized in her youth, skiing in Gstaad, and dining with kings. Instead of seeing the absurdity and temporariness of it all, she bought right in. She saw her trash ass husband cycle through a handful of wives before her, but thought she was bulletproof. And now she coasts on the fantasy. 

And there’s hardly a moment that your sympathies don’t lie with whoever LuAnn is mistreating at any given time. You’re watching a character who can’t help but fuck up and hurt people, but who manages to mitigate our condemnation with rare moments of vulnerable confessionals. 

She’s a tragic anti-hero; you can watch her get arrested while threatening to kill cops, but when she shows up in an open robe and makes you laugh, you’re like well, maybe that cop deserved it.

So, i love LuAnn, and Class with the Countess was the book I was looking forward to reviewing the most. It was published right as the second season of #RHONY was airing, so we’re in a pre-Countless era here. We’re at peak Countess, getting advice from a woman who thinks she’s locked it all down, and who has yet to bang a pirate. 

I have no intention of going after low-hanging fruit here, by the way. I’m not going to count the ways that LuAnn doesn’t practice what she preaches. That’s tedious. So here’s what I learned from my “crash course in manners from New York’s favourite countess”.

The first section of the book, The Art of Being Yourself, is all about confidence, adventure, and casually moving to Milan to appear on Italian TV as a Sharon Stone impersonator? I don’t know. The first thing I truly loved about this section was LuAnn’s stated purpose for appearing on #RHONY - to expose her children to how technicians make television happen. I’m sorry, no. No, you didn’t. You absolutely did not agree to #RHONY so your kids could learn lighting and sound production. If Bravo has any footage of Victoria and Noel taking notes behind the scenes, please, I would love to see this. 

As long as I’m calling bullshit (and this is, like, the last time I will), I gotta address how LuAnn insists on referring to herself as American Indian. Carole has already schooled her on the preferred nomenclature (LuAnn’s iconic response below), so I’m not touching that. 

No, my beef is that the bitch is Canadian. Her father was from NEW BRUNSWICK. Sorry, countess, but I’m now claiming you. ONE OF US. ONE OF US. ONE OF US. 

Anyway, here are the highlights of the Canadian Countess’ advice for being your best self:

get a hobby (Jill Zarin!), preferably tennis or cabaret singing

don’t ever brush your hair in public. who was doing this? No, you know what, probably Ramona. 

when wearing Jimmy Choos, take “normal-length strides”. this is very key and very helpful. do not walk in lunges. you will never be elegant if your strides are not of normal length

have healthy gums????????

literally chew your food. I’m 100% serious, this book for real says that while in a “monastic Austrian spa”, LuAnn learned that chewing your food “thoroughly” makes it taste better. She spent the money on monastic chewing lessons so you don’t have to. stop swallowing your food whole, there’s a better way!

dramatize your look with an “eye-catching belt buckle”. i hate this so much.

The majority of this section reads like a Cosmo article that spans 82 pages, and contains about 3 pages of useful information. I’m down to hear your favourite makeup products and your go-to weekend bag staples. Why I also had to read 79 pages of LuAnn teaching me how to walk and eat like a person, as if i’m some sort of cursed beast recluse is beyond me. It is my sincere wish that we send this book to space as a reference guide for visiting aliens. 

The second section - The Art of Making People Comfortable - is my favourite. It somehow covers the gamut of social scenarios from like, eating at your friend’s house, to how you should address a king when in casual conversation for the second time. I now know not to wear gloves in the presence of a king, and that you can call a queen ma’am, which, like, does not sound right. 

Royal greetings aside though, this section is actually pretty legit. 

Which countries air kiss, and how many kisses to give? 

What are you sniffing for when the sommelier brings you a bottle of wine to taste? (cork)

How much should you tip a restroom attendant? ($1)

Which fork is the salad fork?(the leftmost one)

Where do you put your napkin when you get up from the table, but you’re coming back? (the chair)

There are checklists for dinner parties, cocktail parties, and overnight guest hosting. There are go-to dinner party menus. There are gift ideas for hostesses. There are even template diplomatic answers to awkward questions, opening lines for cocktail small talk, and conversation-enders. 

This section is actually super useful and I loved it. I’m not even touching the chapter on children. I’m saving all my capacity to judge parenting advice for Alex McCord’s book. 

The last section, though. Ugh. The Art of Seduction. 

I guess, first of all, I wanna say that LuAnn was a way hotter model than I expected. Whenever she talks about her modelling days, I always picture something like the cover of this book - a Wal-Mart portrait studio, waist-up shot of LuAnn in a statement necklace and a sensible blouse, selling me like, grapefruit spoons, or something. But this section opens with this photo:

and she was actually such a babe! good for you, Countess!

Anyway, this section made me barf into my hands. Here are some of LuAnn’s tips for catching your man:

have the kind of sex appeal that makes strangers on vespas pinch your ass as they drive by. This is not at all a chilling example of sexual harassment, but rather aspirational, and a sign that you’re doing something right. thank you, vespa man for validating my femininity!

find a good man by playing damsel in distress at tech shops. Listen, my boyfriend is a walking tech shop, and i can tell you for 100% certain that (a) he would not recognize a damsel in distress if his life depended on it, (b) his peripheral awareness while comparing gaming keyboards is slim to none, and (c ) he wants to explain RAM to me like my ex wanted to explain football scoring to me, which is zero amount. Do not do this. 

you can also find a good man in upscale men’s stores by discussing ties with them. Please do not walk alone aimlessly in clothing stores, telling men about ties. They will literally just assume you work there. I cannot fathom a scenario in which this is not weird. 

Maintain the romance in your relationship by surprising your husband on his business trip by showing up dressed as a Moroccan princess in disguise????? Maybe when the Count cheated with that Ethiopian princess, he just thought it was LuAnn again?????

Keep your grooming a mystery from your husband. Apply your skin care and makeup in private, and don’t let him see you pluck your eyebrows. How large of a house do you need in order to maintain this level of mystique? What if your husband finds your secret room filled with tweezers and lotion??? 

Don’t try to be emotional with your man, that’s what girlfriends are for!! Men aren’t as emotional as women, so don’t burden them with your hysterics. Do like they did in olden times, and get your hysteria cured by a doctor who gives orgasms. (also, like, that’s bananas, but I do very much wish that basic health insurance still covered getting beat off by a professional for emotional release)

make friends with doormen, including those at buildings you don’t live in, because you never know when they’ll lend you a helping hand. If this isn’t the most ho tip I’ve ever heard. I love it. 

Overall, this book is much like the Countess herself: there are moments of sweet, new money Molly Brown gently helping you use the right fork to keep from embarrassing yourself in front of Billy Zane.

But there are also several moments of your status-hungry mother smothering your kidneys with a girdle, and telling you to speak softly, polish your jewels and get to fucking Billy Zane. 

Quick Stats:

Pages: 258

Did it need to be that many pages: good sweet god, no

Did it change my mind about the housewife? It was better than I expected, but there’s no way to change my mind about LuAnn anyway. I’m a Countess apologist for life. 

Real-ass book rating: 📖📖/5

Junk food book rating: 💎💎💎/5

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Over the years, #RHONY did something like 23 episodes at Blue Stone Manor. Peacock needs to wrap those all together in a playlist as a special season. Id absolutely prefer that over this current season.... Got an opinion about this? See what others are saying.... See MORE -> https://worldnewsinpictures.com/rhony #OverRHONY #OverRHONYBlue #Manor #ManorPeacock #ManorPeacockGot #SeeMORE #episodes

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‘Real Housewives’ Star Ramona Singer Relists Her NYC Condo for $4.5M

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“Real Housewives of New York” star Ramona Singer is still trying to sell her Upper East Side apartment. The reality show star placed the renovated pad back on the market for $4.5 million.

It’s a discount from October, when she listed the Manhattan abode for $4.9 million.

As seen on TV, Singer transformed the traditional four-bedroom apartment into a contemporary space. 

“The apartment has been totally renovated,” says listing agent Pamela Nichols of Douglas Elliman. “There are beautiful open views. The apartment has oversized windows, 9-foot-3 ceilings, stunning new oak floors, and moldings and high door frames throughout. It’s beautiful!”

The changes included taking a wall down in the kitchen, and creating a light-filled, open layout. The longtime “RHONY” pot stirrer appears to prefer a neutral palette for fashion and decor. She showed off her home’s gray color scheme on Instagram.

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I am greyed out & matching my apt with silk, leather, suede and sparkle of course! #sundayfunday

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So let’s take a walk-through.

Gallery entry with new light fixture

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Living and dining space

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Dining area and marble counter

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Updated eat-in kitchen

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Master suite with walk-in closet

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Sitting area

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The entry opens onto a gracious gallery with an updated light fixture that looks on to an open living area. The living and dining room—featuring floor-to-ceiling windows—offer city views and high ceilings. The windowed and open eat-in chef’s kitchen features marble countertops and stainless steel appliances.

Retire to the private master suite, which includes a walk-in closet, and a marble bath with a soaking tub, and dual vanities. In a separate wing are three more bedrooms, one of which includes an ensuite bath.

Located on the 16th floor of the Richmond, the full-service, pet-friendly building includes a 24-hour door attendant and a live-in manager. Other amenities include a 4,000-square-foot landscaped roof garden with barbecue grills, a bike room, and private storage.

And you’ll never have far to go for groceries with Eli’s Market in the commercial space of the building.

Since Singer remade the space and upped its chic cachet, she has called her move “bittersweet,” even though she says the time is right to downsize after her adult daughter, Avery, moved out.

“I’m an empty nester,” she told the Daily Dish. “I think it just makes sense to move to a smaller place. I’m traveling so much more, and I still have the place in the Hamptons. So I just think it makes good, emotional sense for me.”

And now with a price chop, it may make financial sense for the right buyer.

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Why This Real Housewife May Lose Her Home In NYC

Why This Real Housewife May Lose Her Home In NYC

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RHONY forged in 2016

On August 25, Real Housewives of New York star Dorinda Medley introduced that she could be leaving the present following Season 12, however may her exit have an even bigger impact on different issues in private life, like her home?

In accordance with Page Six, it seems to be prefer it simply would possibly. In…

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What is the Relationship Like Between Actual Housewives Stars and Producers?

Rather a lot occurs on Bravo’s Actual Housewives franchise that viewers do not get to see—and Kristen Taekman is shedding new mild on that. The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis veteran sat down for Life After Bravo, the cable channel’s new digital collection spotlighting community alumni, and mentioned producers on the collection capturing their each transfer are “your finest good friend.” “No, I feel they’re form of like your camp counselor. They’re at all times there to lean on, in case you want something, particularly throughout my first season. I personally really feel like they at all times had my again and I am certain that each woman felt that method,” she mentioned within the video under. Taekman was a part of the RHONY forged for seasons six and 7. Throughout her time on the present, she clashed with Ramona Singer—always remember when Ramona tossed a wine glass at her and demanded, “Who’re you to get me moist?!”—and mentioned her breaking level was through the group journey to Montana. She was additionally there when Bethenny Frankel returned to the collection after 4 seasons away from the franchise. “It was humorous as a result of I did not actually assume a lot of it as a result of I used to be simply so busy with what I had happening in my life…I feel we have been all sort of just a little intimidated. You might sort of simply inform, whether or not it was Bethenny or it was Jill [Zarin], whoever was on the forged early on coming again, they have been the unique ‘Wives…they paved the best way for the remainder of us. So, you sort of felt prefer it was form of just a little little bit of her turf, so I feel all of us let her do her factor, for certain,” Taekman mentioned. Taekman bemoaned having to get confessional interview appears to be like collectively and the weekly blogs that Bravo has the fact stars pen. “Writing the blogs every week was a giant ache within the ass. I do not assume anyone appreciated it. It was similar to—form of like homework, you recognize? And also you at all times get in bother for the weblog and everyone is aware of the weblog comes up on the reunion…” she mentioned. The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis strikes to Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo beginning on Thursday, June 20. (E! and Bravo are each a part of the NBCUniversal household.) https://www.eonline.com/information/1050418/what-s-the-relationship-like-between-real-housewives-stars-and-producers?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories The post What is the Relationship Like Between Actual Housewives Stars and Producers? appeared first on Kartia Velino. https://kartiavelino.com/whats-the-relationship-like-between-real-housewives-stars-and-producers/

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The spouse of Dennis Shields, the on-and-off boyfriend of “Actual Home Wives of New York” star Bethenny Frankel, has spoken out about her husband’s sudden dying. 

“We’re all heartbroken. Dennis was, and can all the time be, the love of my life,” Jill Shields mentioned in an announcement to the New York Put up. “His spirit lives on in our youngsters. Please respect our household’s privateness at the moment.”

Jill and Shields have been married for 26 years, however separated in 2016. Regardless of their cut up, the previous couple reportedly remained shut pals and share 4 kids collectively. 

“Jill and Dennis spoke day by day, that’s true, they usually have been one another’s greatest buddy,” a supply revealed to the Put up. “He was in these children’ lives and he was an incredible father. It’s a devastating loss.”

Although Shields and his spouse have been techinically nonetheless married, the late banker dated Frankel off-and-on since his cut up. 

Shields was discovered lifeless on Friday in Trump Tower in Manhattan, the medical expert advised Fox Information. Police advised Fox Information a person was discovered lifeless within the midtown New York Metropolis tower, however they declined to verify his id or the reason for dying. They confirmed he was lifeless upon arrival. The medical expert confirmed to Fox Information that Dennis Shields was the person. He was 51.

The Medical Examiner’s workplace is at the moment investigating Shields’ explanation for dying. In accordance with the New York Put up, Shields, who was dwelling at Trump Tower on the time of his dying, requested his assistant to manage Narcan at 9 a.m. The Put up stories he died of a suspected overdose. 

A rep for Frankel didn’t instantly return Fox Information’ request for remark. She has been spending the previous a number of days in her Bridgehamptons dwelling, in response to her social media posts.

Shields’ spouse advised Fox Information in one other assertion, “Dennis’ household is devastated by this horrible information. He was a loving father and buddy. We ask that the media respect our privateness throughout this time of loss.”

Frankel most not too long ago advised Steve Harvey in Could that she had a sophisticated relationship with Shields.

“I have been with somebody on and off for years,” she mentioned. “It is like a partnership the place if we’re not being teammates and it’s not working and one man is down, then the opposite man is down. We’re attempting to actually type of be good companions and be good teammates and I believe relationships oddly are — and this sounds chilly — however a bit of bit like enterprise. If each individuals aren’t completely happy about it however barely uncomfortable and giving up one thing or giving in [to] one thing, it doesn’t work. So each companions must say, ‘All proper, I’m in it for this.'”

“RHONY” stars resembling Sonja Morgan and Jill Zarin spoke out about Sheilds’ dying. 

Dennis Shields, left, seems with Bethenny Frankel in a scene from the “Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” on the present season of the present.

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“That is heartbreaking… Dennis is her rock,” co-star Sonja Morgan advised Radar. “Dennis was necessary to her, and her daughter. One other tragedy in her life. I’m so unhappy for her…This saddens me to no finish as a result of it appears to be unending for her.”

“I do know what it’s prefer to lose somebody so quickly. It’s insufferable,” Zarin mentioned in a statment to the New York Put up, who misplaced her husband Bobby to most cancers earlier this 12 months. “There’s nothing worse than sudden dying. You may’t put together. There is no such thing as a time to say goodbye.”

Shields is featured with Frankel on the present season of “RHONY” airing on Bravo. 

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B99, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, New Girl, Rhony for ask game

30 rock

b99

parks

rhony

new girl

put five characters/episodes/shows/ships/anything in my ask and i'll put them in my order of preference

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Which Roommate Does Sonja Morgan Prefer, Tinsley Mortimer or LuAnn D'Agostino?

Which Roommate Does Sonja Morgan Prefer, Tinsley Mortimer or LuAnn D'Agostino? Which Roommate Does Sonja Morgan Prefer, Tinsley Mortimer or LuAnn D’Agostino?   As we have seen on this season and past, RHONY star Sonja Morgan keeps her doors open to her friends and has let them stay with her as long as needed. I don’t know about you but one of the first thing... Click Here to Continue reading Which Roommate Does Sonja Morgan Prefer, Tinsley Mortimer or LuAnn D'Agostino?

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Who Won the Biggest Real Estate Rumbles on ‘Real Housewives of New York’?

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If there’s one thing that sets “The Real Housewives of New York City” apart from other reality TV stars, it’s their real estate portfolios. From Sonja Morgan‘s swanky Upper East Side townhouse to Dorinda Medley‘s mansion in the Berkshires, the homes on “RHONY” are just as memorable as the ladies who live in ’em.

So it’s fitting that some of the long-running reality show’s most unforgettable feuds and drama-filled moments have involved the ladies’ homes.

On Wednesday night we say adios to the 10th (and arguably best!) season of “RHONY.” The finale may be upon us, but many of this year’s frequent rumbles regarding real estate were never fully settled.

And that’s where we come in!

Below, we dive head first into three of the heated house-based squabbles that played out on-screen. We tried our darnedest to get to the bottom of it all, but as any “Real Housewives” fan knows, a final answer always requires receipts. Which we don’t have … yet.

Is Bethenny Frankel’s Hamptons house really south of the highway?

Last year, Bethenny Frankel purchased a century-old house on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton with the intention of flipping it. On the Season 10 premiere, she spilled the deets of her new project to the other housewives during Medley’s Halloween party.

Clearly disturbed about the Hampton home’s location, Frankel’s frenemy Ramona Singer immediately piped up.

“I would never buy on the highway,” Singer says. “In Southampton—or any of the Hamptons—being south of the highway is preferred.”

Frankel insists her property is “technically south of the highway,” but Singer disagrees. “Being on the highway is not south of the highway … it’s just not,” Singer insists.

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Sure, it’s a vapid argument. But such squabbles are the coin of the realm for the “Real Housewives” franchise. So who’s right?

The verdict: We sorta hate to say it, but Singer’s correct.

Ask anyone who’s familiar with Hamptons real estate and they’ll tell you that Frankel’s house is not south of the highway.

“The house can’t be called south of the highway if it’s on the highway,” says Dolly Lenz, a luxury real estate agent and founder of Dolly Lenz Real Estate in New York.

Bethenny Frankel’s Hamptons home

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When it comes to Hamptons real estate, south of the highway is best, north of the highway is second best, and on the highway is a distant third.

Why? It’s the location, silly.

“Pollution, noise, it’s hard to turn into driveways,” says Lenz. “Everybody knows that if you’re on the highway just past Topping Rose [house], it’s a terrible location.”

Is Sonja Morgan’s $32K-a-month townhouse priced too high?

This season, viewers became very familiar with Morgan’s five-bed, 5.5-bath, 4,600-square-foot Upper East Side townhouse. Let’s all observe a moment of silence for the broken sink in the downstairs bathroom.

Her property has luxe bells and whistles: an elevator, a 1,600-square-foot garden, four fireplaces, and a chef’s kitchen. But the 119-year-old home needed a heavy dose of TLC to show it to prospective tenants, so Morgan enlisted broker Kristi Ambrosetti to determine what needed to be fixed and help her find a renter.

Bedroom in Sonja Morgan’s townhouse

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They agreed that $32,000 a month would be a fitting price once the updates—which include fixing various cracks, peeling paint, and the aforementioned sink—were complete.

After the work was done, renters remained scarce. Ambrosetti encouraged Morgan to drop the price (especially because the neighbors behind Morgan were doing construction), but she wasn’t budging.

“I’m not taking less than 32! I’m not going to lose money on the rent,” she said. “Somebody will come along and pay the price it’s worth.”

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Props to the toaster oven queen for standing her ground, but two questions remain: Is Morgan’s townhouse really worth $32,000 a month? And did she find a renter?

The verdict: When it comes to the townhouse’s value, Ryan Serhant of “Million Dollar Listing New York” says the monthly rent is in the ballpark for the area, although he would have priced it at $30,000 a month.

Lenz, on the other hand, thinks Morgan could have gone higher.

“It’s an amazing house where you could hold a big dinner party—just pristine, livable, grand rooms, with a really phenomenal garden,” she says. “It’s a home for an elderly, wealthy woman, and I mean that in the best way.”

Morgan’s salon

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Did the perfect renter—elderly or otherwise—ever come along? According to public records, the house is no longer being offered for rent, which could mean it’s currently occupied (the brokerage couldn’t be reached for comment).

If we know Morgan, she’ll be tight-lipped about the townhouse—especially if she didn’t get her price. But we’re sure it will be a topic of discussion at the always raucous reunion!

Is Ramona Singer’s all-white Hamptons home renovation déclassé?

Frankel wasn’t the only cast member to take on a massive renovation. Singer fixed up her six-bedroom Southampton manse—the first major overhaul she’d done on the place in 23 years. Singer referred to it as her “life project.”

In Episode 18, Singer invited some of the cast members over for a big reveal. Expectations were high, but it was Luann de Lesseps (aka the countess) who shared her honest opinions on Singer’s style. Or is it lack thereof?

During the house tour, the countess counted a bunch of bum notes. “Not a flower in the house. Not even a Chia Pet,” the countess said with a sigh.

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The countess proceeded to trash the all-white color palette, remarked that the kitchen countertop looks like a headstone, and told her pals the place is freezing cold.

“No warmth, no charm, no character” was her harsh verdict.

From the listing photos, you can see Singer’s interiors are, in fact, void of color except for the artwork above the mantel.

Ramona Singer’s renovated Southampton home features an all-white color palette.

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Spotless new kitchen in Singer’s home

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While ripping on Singer’s house, the countess falls back on her signature catchphrase: “Money can’t buy you class.” But is Singer’s Long Island remodel really such a fail?

The verdict: Singer’s home is part of Pheasant Close, an area Hamptons insiders refer to as “the Birdcage.” The nickname is a dis directed at the fairly new homes built in the past two decades.

“‘Development’ is a very negative word in the Hamptons,” Lenz says.

As for the interiors, Lenz opines the home’s all-white palette feels “a little like a hospital.” Aside from the living room, the rest of the place has “super low ceilings.”

Lenz adds that she knew a personal friend who stayed at the home, and the finishes and hardware left lots to be desired. “I wouldn’t recommend anyone buy or rent it,” says Lenz.

But if you don’t want to listen to Lenz, the house is currently for rent for $165,000 a month.

The home does have a few features that shine, however. We’re particularly in love with the tennis court, a much-desired Hamptons amenity.

If Singer’s goal is to rent out the house, it makes some sense to keep the design flourishes to a minimum and opt for neutral decor. And sure, the kitchen island may look a bit funereal to some, but just imagine how many bottles of pinot grigio you can fit on it during a Labor Day weekend party?

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