"Here's to the most awkward dinner party of all time!"
Anyone who missed tonight's episode of The Real Housewives of New York City should run, not walk, to their DVR and watch it. I guarantee it will be one of the best hours of 2008. This is what we watch reality television for: unpredictable, awkward, crazy, and jaw-dropping moments. Whether it was Alex and Simon's pretension at the opera or LuAnn's haughty behavior in the limo or Jill's meltdown over seating arrangements or Bethenny's reaction to bad floors, it was 100% brilliant. But of course, as amazing and funny as most of the episode was, it all paled next to the show's centerpiece: a dinner party so completely bizarre and awful that we could only thank the reality gods for providing it to us. Yes, it was girls' night with the housewives, but when Simon crashed the party, Ramona went completely nuts. That alone would have been enough, but oh no. The following treatise on class and etiquette, as seen through the eyes of Ramona, was an instant classic. I'm telling you, this was such a good episode that I'm literally giddy right now. Absolute perfection.
Oh yeah. Here's a photocap...
"Bawwwbbby! Say hellow to Bethenny!"
"Yo. Hey, you. Yeah, you. You gonna say something ever? Or ya just gonna sit there with your Diet Sprite? HELLOWWW?"
"It's very important that my face looks good in the photos of my back."
"Well look at me. I poached ten cheetahs to make my dress!"
"Just another day of battling past the paparazzi..."
"I wonder if the Vanderbilts were asking for us. Oooh, look. There's Marla Gibbs."
"But seriously Bethenny, all immigrants and children must refer to me The Honorable Mrs. Countess LuAnn DeLesseps of New Canaan Township, County of Fairfax, Connecticut."
"François, Johanne — please do not play with your moulle frites and your vichyssoise.
"When you sit symmetrically across from me, it makes me realize how much I love you."
"You know what? I just want everyone to calm down so I can stand here and make a baby. I mean, salad."
"I didn't know I had five fingers!"
"Don't you just love the upper middle class?"
"Oh and this is what I look like when I get electrocuted. Bzzzzz bzzzz bzzzz!!! Are you watching Bethenny??? Bzzzz bzzzz bzzz. I'll do it again. Bzzzz--"
"Now this is what you call class, am I right, girls?"
"It's girls night out! Oh wait, you're a guy. GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!"
"Should I tawk about Bawwbby? Because I'd like to tawk about Bawwbby. I love Bawwbby."
OMG! That was the best episode ever. Ramona was so awful. Her dancing reminded me of Elaine on Seinfeld.
Simon and Alex are just awful. They are so desperate to get into high society. People probably run from them at the MET. Also, why the F couldn't Simon just stay home when Bethenny said it was a girls night? And then their house! Looks like they spend all their money on clothes and traveling. Did they say Simon runs a hotel in NY? Why is he never at work?
OMG! That was the best episode ever. Ramona was so awful. Her dancing reminded me of Elaine on Seinfeld.
Simon and Alex are just awful. They are so desperate to get into high society. People probably run from them at the MET. Also, why the F couldn't Simon just stay home when Bethenny said it was a girls night? And then their house! Looks like they spend all their money on clothes and traveling. Did they say Simon runs a hotel in NY? Why is he never at work?
knnmom, I love Jill for pointing out that Alex and Simon visit St. Barts during the off-season, meaning they pay about 1/3 of the rates that Jill's people pay to visit St. Barts. So, apparently they spend all of their money on clothes and 35th rate private schools for their Frenchie offspring. What's amazing to me is how someone can be such Eurotrash without even being European.
i can stomach pretty much all of these women except ramona. she is revolting and needs to move to boca raton....believe me she will fit in there. i lived there for 25 years and there are a bunch of ramonas running amuck there. and the issues with her parents as an excuse for her disgusting behaviour at dinner is lame. especially since she claims to have had therapy for it, she should have moved on by now. and that 'dancing'....just tragic....like an old broken down drunken stripper.
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i can stomach pretty much all of these women except ramona. she is revolting and needs to move to boca raton....believe me she will fit in there. i lived there for 25 years and there are a bunch of ramonas running amuck there. and the issues with her parents as an excuse for her disgusting behaviour at dinner is lame. especially since she claims to have had therapy for it, she should have moved on by now. and that 'dancing'....just tragic....like an old broken down drunken stripper.
I wanted to point out to anyone that has ever been diagnosed with adult ADD as I was seven years ago, that a doctor's will sometimes give you a prescription of Adderall, which is like "speed" and the way that Romona was acting at the dinner party was exactly how I would act when I took that medication.(I am not on that medication anymore, thank god) I would also blurt out whatever came to mind,(when Simon squeezed her hand to hard, she yells that he "almost broke my fingers", think that I was the only one that was right about everything, embarrass my children and husband. It's as if you can't help yourself, and Romona's behavior is classic behavior of someone on "legal speed". The manic look in her eyes is also an indication of it. It is painful to watch. Or she might just be crazy.
I do hope that Bravo continues this show, it is even more entertaining than the Real Housewives of Orange County, at least they don't pretend to be high class. I don't think the New York women have a clue of how awful they come across, at least not yet.
This was the best episode so far...thank you SO much B-Side for another awesome photocap!
My fave line BY FAR this episode was when the Countess said to Simon at the dinner party "Let's go to Scores!"...love her! And Jill too. Jill always says and does the nicest things for her friends and family.
Ramona, on the other hand, is a complete nut job! Her behavior at the dinner party was 100% UNACCEPTABLE. And she was talking about class? Can you imagine how rude she would have been if she DIDN'T know cameras were on her?! Please don't even get me started on her "dancing" at that club. Her constant need for attention is really pathetic. Yeah, she and Bethenny will become good friend- they're both crazy!
How did Bethenny get invited to the homes of all the housewives? She'll go anywhere there is alcohol! Between her "margarita for the skinny girl" and constant lack of eating(even though food is always in front her), I'm a little concerned that she has an eating disorder.
Oh Alex, perhaps you and Simon should stop buying hideous dresses you can only wear once and start putting some money into your $2.2 million dollar piece of crap townhouse in Brooklyn???
Thank you for the photocaps! This was the best episode so far. Reality TV at its best--i watched this eppy twice, it was THAT craptastic. (I can't believe there is only 1 eppy left!)
I hate Ramona even more than usual for actually making me feel SORRY for that dumb ol' oaf Simon as he squeezed her paw with his big mitt when he said hello--he looked like a wounded, silly dog. My favorite moment of this scene was when Ramona (who didn't even get up to greet any of the guests--hello, common etiquette?) ripped into Alex and then Simon about whether or not Alex is allowed out of the house by herself ever. Simon weakly sputtered in return, 'She's allowed out whenever she wants' and Alex confirmed in a tiny, monotone, programmed voice, 'I am allowed out whenever I want' (convincing NO ONE that they are ever apart!) They probably use the bathroom at the same time, too (scoot over, hon!) Side note, I read Alex's blog on Bravo--in her defense, she writes that she does not care for girls' night out because they are 'sexist'. ??
Loved our social climber's rush to attend the Met's festivities--the producers were sure to show the photographers quietly watching them pass by, unphotographed. These two are so transparent in their quest for social status, you can almost smell it thru the TV.
I liked Bethenny calling out snotty Countess (your driver must address me by my proper title!) - lighten up, lady. But I have to disagree with her assessment of Ramona (sweet and tart? -- just the tart part!)
B-side, I should have taken your advise, and watched that episode right away. I just recently found this show on a marathon (shocking, huh) and love it!
I agree with everyone accessment of these women.
Am I alone, or does anyone else think Simon is gay?