'The Real Housewives of New York' Season 7: Episode 3 Recap 'Battle of the Brunches'
This week on "The Real Housewives of New York," Bethenny Frankel and Ramona Singer host dueling brunches, and a major player returns from the past.
The ladies are still in the Hamptons, and Heather Thomson and Carole Radziwill are talking about how crazy Bethenny is acting. Later, both ladies get a text from Ramona inviting them to brunch. However, Bethenny's brunch falls on the same day, so they're torn as to whose brunch they should attend.
The ladies decide not to choose and go to both brunches. Heather, Carole, Kristen Taekman and LuAnn de Lesseps head to Bethenny's brunch first, and they drank Skinnygirl cocktails and were also given a lot of Skinnygirl products.
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"I've been to Oscar gifting suites with less products than I saw in her house," quips Carole.
Later, talk turns to Ramona, and LuAnn reveals that the reason why Bethenny and Ramona are so quick to get at each other's throats is because of a dress. Apparently, when Ramona was a guest on Bethenny's now defunct talk show, she borrowed a dress from the host but "accidentally" brought it home with her. According to Bethenny, when she asked for it back, Ramona told her that it "fell out of her car."
Later, the group (minus Bethenny) arrives at Ramona's brunch and they join Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley there. Ramona is less than pleased because they arrived at around 1pm. She also wonders why she wasn't invited at Bethenny's brunch, and Sonja reminds her that Bethenny told her that she doesn't want to hang out with her.
LuAnn goes to Ramona's apartment for a light dinner, and though Ramona insists that she's over Mario, her shelves are still full of pictures of him.
"I know a lot of people have great connections and great wealth and great families, but we had something beyond special," she says of her husband of more than 20 years. "Everyone who knew us well saw it."
Ramona says that Mario is having a midlife crisis. "I Googled it and they say it lasts two to four years and I can't be around that," she wails.
LuAnn then decided to host a ladies' night for all of her single girlfriends. Everything was going fine with LuAnn, Carole, Heather, Sonja, and Ramona and former cast member Kelly Bensimon—until Bethenny arrived.
Obviously displeased to find her longtime enemy there, Bethenny says, "Really? Kelly Bensimon? That is so 2000 and who cares?"
"You don't invite someone I was enemies with to girls' night…that's a little bit slithery," Bethenny tells LuAnn. "I have a history with Kelly…We really used to butt heads…It's like bringing an ex-boyfriend."
"It's time for you to let it go," advised LuAnn.
"You told me exactly who was coming tonight and you didn't mention one person, intentionally," Bethenny fumes.
LuAnn apologized, and Bethenny seemed to forgive her.
Two of LuAnn's male friends show up, and immediately Sonja flirts with them. Bethenny cannot stop saying that she and Kelly are "fine", while Ramona danced and flirted her cares away.
"The Real Housewives of New York" airs on Tuesdays at 9pm on Bravo.
