Bethenny Frankel Takes on John Mahdessian, Tiny Olives and Divorce Bills on Real Housewives of New York City

RHONY's bra party from hell has an explosive ending

By Chris Harnick Apr 21, 2016 2:01 AMTags
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The Real Housewives of New York City's bra party from hell finally concluded after John blew through like a martini-fueled hurricane. This episode, which was largely about John's interaction with Bethenny Frankel and Dorinda Medley's reaction to it, really could have used a drink counter feature. Like Pop-Up Video, but for how many drinks people have had.

Things picked up right where they left off, Dorinda was pissed at Ramona Singer for repeating a story she heard about John and Dorinda's sex life. Dorinda basically moved on from her beef with Bethenny and latched on to the hurt associated with Ramona's story. Bethenny coached Ramona on how to apologize (Dorinda wasn't buying it) and then Carole Radziwill and Ramona left the bra party from hell at just the right time. Enter John.

John was a "little lit up" and had heard the ladies were talking about him (thanks probably to Sabrina, Dorinda and John's friend who was at the party), so he launched right into things with Bethenny saying she stole the SkinnyCow name. Dorinda was justifiably horrified at what was happening before her and the bra lady's very eyes.

"You're a cow, I'm a girl. That's the difference," Bethenny zinged.

The whole situation was icky and a little too real. Chances are you've been part of or witnessed a drunken fight about nothing. There was no way this was going to end well for anybody. Dorinda seemed done with John. She seemed done with the ladies. "I don't have any desire to go forward with any of these ladies. I don't have any desire to move forward John even at this point," she said. But then two days later, there she was with John. Yes, after admitting his aggression toward Bethenny scared her, Dorinda already gave John a pass and they're off to Jules Wainstein's unfinished house for Bethenny's birthday party.

Ramona, Dorinda and Bethenny eventually had a sit down where they sort of quashed the John beef, but not really. You can tell they haven't.

The other ladies:

Carole took her dog to the vet and prepared to face Countess Luann de Lesseps. She also discussed Jules' weight where Jules quickly confirmed she gets her period every 30 days. So…

Sonja Morgan and Luann looked at apartments with Luann's old roommate, Annie "Gets It Done" Lenane, a fixture of New York City movie theaters where she shows insanely expensive and nice apartments that are up for sale before the previews. Luann also revealed she almost had a threesome with two Italian men right when she moved to New York City and was living with "Annie Gets It Done"

Bethenny's best lines of the night are…
On John: "S--t. I never used my gift certificate for dry cleaning."
On her divorce: "This is the craziest divorce since Ike and Tina."
On tiny olives with her vodka: "These olives—It's like having sex with someone with a tiny penis. It's like I'm in this now. I'm in this thing. I'm in this thing now, what do I do? I'm committed to you and yet this is what I have to work with. Is it even in?"

The Real Housewives of New York City airs Wednesdays, 9 p.m. on Bravo.

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