The Real Housewives of New York City Reality Check: 'Fall in Manhattan'
FALSE: People Paid To Attend a Learning Annex Class Taught By Bethenny Frankel
OK, there actually was a Learning Annex course taught by Bethenny called "You Can Become Naturally Thin" but I refuse to believe that anyone paid or voluntarily attended the seminar. And if they did, they certainly would not have stayed when they realized that Bethenny was using the audience to test out her new stand-up material:
"I do have a boyfriend. His name is Jason. He's not Jason I, the first Jason. I just have this rule that I have to sleep with people only named Jason. Because if you pick one name and only date people with that name you end up weeding them out. It's a much easier way to date."
Paying attendees would have been out of that ballroom before Bethenny mentioned Jason the second time but the extras did a great job that day -- laughing, providing countless smiles and understanding nods during their reaction shots. A few extras even snapped a few pictures.
And then Bethenny unloaded the most important lesson of her Radisson lecture: Fashion models lie about their diets.
"Every model in those magazines is like 'I had broiled salmon and lentils.' And you know, f*ck you. No you didn't. No you didn't. You know what I mean? Like, no you didn't."
If the Learning Annex is smart, they'll just use that quote in place of a description for Frankel's next class.
QUOTES WORTH REVISITING: If Bethenny's stab at dispelling diet myths with boyfriend-related stand up wasn't enough to inspire womanly pride, let's take a moment to recall Kelly Bensimon's Playboy shoot, which she coincidentally told the cameras she prepared for by drinking "so much beer" and eating "so many chicken wings" the week before.
"Being photographed for Playboy is the ultimate sex symbol. It's not like you're posing nude. You're posing nude for the most infamous book in the world."
"[Being in Playboy] supercedes being a model. I'm wearing black leather and I've got bunny ears on! It's basically a stamp of approval that you are a beautiful woman."
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Its "Derek, my day gay".
And to clarify hes Derek Fabulous of http://www.dereklovesshopping.com
This episode was great and i love your review but its not "Eric, the day gay" its "DEREK, the day gay". Hes a fabulous person from NYC and a "Lifestyle GURU" and founder of http://www.dereklovesshopping.com
You're right James, it's DEREK, honey.
He was throwing a gay bash the other day. They made a good point in this. Jill supposedly had a GAY BEST FRIEND! What the hell was all that about!
http://blog.lelaluxe.com/2010/03/real-housewives-of-new-york-city-gbff.html
I can see it now. First we have “Bethenny’s Baby Shower”, followed by “Bethenny’s Bridal Shower”, followed by “Bethenny: The Wedding”, which will be done by the king of tacky, David Tutera. But the fun has just begun. “Bethenny’s Water Breaks”, followed by “Bethenny in Labor sans Drugs”, “Bethenny During Transition”, “Bethenny: The Birth”, “Jason 2.0 Cutting the Cord”, “Bethenny: Here’s My Baby”, and culminating with “The Bris.” I don’t know whether or not she and Jason 2.0 are Jewish or not, but a bris would be more interesting than a mundane christening. Should I pitch this to Bravo? It doesn’t end with the bris either because we’d have to watch her nurse the wee tot, feed him his first bite of tofu, take the tot for walks in a proper English pram, and fight with a nanny.
Why do you call Jill Behar? It's Jill Zarin.
Great post. Thanks