The Real Housewives of New York City Reunion Special!

April 23, 2008

Wow wow wow! Bethenny shed tears over wanting a baby. Ramona stormed off the set, angry over questions about Alex’s nude photos. Alex (and Simon!) defended themselves ferociously against ALL of the Housewives’ vicious attacks. LuAnn scrambled to play down the “Call me Mrs. DeLesseps” incident, and dished out caviar for the ladies. Jill took the gloves off and finally called Ramona on her crap.

The Real Housewives of New York City extended its season with a reunion special last night, and despite the staid atmosphere of New York’s Russian Tea Room (how much better would this have been with a live audience?), and the dullness of the host, in many ways the show exhibited more tension, drama and honest emotion than any episode the entire season.

Viewer’s wrote to Bravo and asked some interesting questions, from wanting to know the ingredients in Bethenny’s “skinny girl’s margarita” (Patron Silver tequila, four limes, and a “tiny splash of Cointreau…or Triple Sec”) to the one thing everyone wanted answered: Is Ramona’s frenetic pace the result of her being “hopped up on anything?” (She responded that she was just “high on life.”)

In the end, the only question on our minds was, “How soon will this show be back?”

How about you? What questions went unanswered? Who redeemed themselves? Who looked worse than ever? Do you want to see all of these Housewives in Season 2, or is there anyone you’d be happy to see dropped from the cast? –Mark Dagostino

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Dottie April 23rd, 2008

Get rid of Alex and Simon and their snotty kid. They are so offensive to my sensibilities - everything about them. I don’t know their backgrounds, but they certainly are wannabes and don’t try to hide it. I dig Ramona, but would like to know more about her to try to discover why she is the way she is. I love the Countess (is that right), and I kinda like Bethenny, but I cannot stand the redhead (is that Jill?). Who appointed her high priestess?

skinny girl margarita??? April 23rd, 2008

What is IN a skinny girl’s margarita?

Barbara April 23rd, 2008

I taped the show last night because I couldn’t watch it. But am going to weigh in with my own opinions: Bethenny is cool and she seems to have her head on straight; I like LuAnne because she really does have class and knows how to diffuse rough patches when they crop up; I think Simon and Alex need a reality check about their sons…especially their names. Those kids are destined to get the crap knocked out of them when they go to school…from preschool to high school. And they are VERY pretentious to the point of true nausea. Jill isn’t so bad…I do think she’s in overkill with some of her clothes. Which brings me to Ramona….she has got to be on drugs or is bipolar. She dresses like a teenager and has absolutely no class (and she thinks she knows all about it). Her behavior has got to be an embarrassment to her husband and daughter. I’d be crawling under a couch if she were my mother! All-in-all, I got hooked on this show and I don’t like reality TV. So it had to be pretty good. Can’t wait for it to return.

danni April 23rd, 2008

alex and simon definitely are so irritating I also get nauseated watching them and their one child was such a nightmare at that dinner party,can we say stop the child,also her looks are horrible I can’t imagine nude pictures of her out pure yuk!!ramona on the other hand really needs a reality check, barbie clothes and the teenager behavior she has embarrassing. I would have divorced the rat looking face long ago!!!I loved all the other ladies I think their great!!!