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The second half of the Real Housewives of New York reunion was just about as good as the first: There were a couple of blow-ups, mostly involving Ramona and her alleged drinking problem and Alex‘s social climbing, but for the most part it was a bunch of harpies squawking at each other. Andy Cohen remained relatively unharmed and didn’t have to break up any fistfights. Both the blondes and the brunettes seemed to be using emotional warfare and the kinds of behavior you’d see in Tina Fey‘s Mean Girls and other teen movies. So first, let’s go over the five new facts we learned.
Ramona doesn’t understand how video works. She says that she refused to be in LuAnn‘s video because she didn’t want that kind of sexy message immortalized in video. When the brunettes shot back about the footage of Ramona really enjoying a foot massage on-camera, she said that it’s different. Actually, it’s basically the same thing, and can’t even hide behind the facade of camp like you could with a music video.
Alex thinks the brunettes are “a liability.” It seems that she was talking about her social status, which the ladies don’t care about because they have no interest in Alex’s social climbing. Kelly then actually retaliates by calling Alex a loose cannon.
Jill may or may not have been an alcoholic. I don’t know enough about the prior seasons to say whether Ramona declaring that Jill was in AA is fact or deflection, but Jill seemed to want to give a “no comment” response — which everyone knows means there’s some truth to the accusation. The gist of what she said was, “AA is anonymous… I did not go… but if I did, I wouldn’t want you to out me.”
Ramona is not as good of a businesswoman as Skinnygirl queen Bethenny Frankel. “Because,” Kelly said, “Bethenny didn’t drink her alcohol!” Kelly was just getting the zingers, wasn’t she?
The Count will meet Jacques soon. LuAnn answered a viewer question by saying that soon her ex-husband would be sitting down with her kids and her boyfriend Jacques so that the two most important men in her life can get to know each other.
I find it despicable that Ramona Singer would have the nerve to try to out someone on national television about such a delicate subject, regardless of what her motives are. Whether Jill Zarin, Jill Zarin, has attend AA meetings in the past for herself or as a way to support someone who is being responsible enough to take charge of their problems, no one should be “outed” in such a blase manner.