The Real Housewives of New York City Reality Check: 'Fashion and Fighting'

FAKE: Bethenny Came Up With That Strange Single White Female Reference Herself

Let's face it. Bethenny Frankel is the RHoNYC purveyor of sound bites. Viewers rely on her for fresh takes on stale controversy ("This thing I told you wasn't that big of a deal is a big deal evidently") and her take-no-prisoners truthiness ("Every model in those magazines is like 'I had broiled salmon and lentils.' And you know, f*ck you. No you didn't").

So when the show opened last night with Bethenny on the couch in full-on "vent" mode with her boyfriend, viewers lingered on her every word, dry-heaved at Jason's suggestion they share "afternoon delight," and then lingered on her every word again. And then -- record scratch -- Bethenny referenced a mid-'90s movie that she had never seen to describe a situation unlike that mid-'90s movie in every way.

Short story: Bethenny trashed LuAnn on a voicemail to Jill. Jill played the incriminating voicemail to LuAnn. Bethenny found out and said this:

"I think it's deceptive. I left that message three months ago. That's like bordering on Single White Female. Like who plays a message that you left them for someone else?"

Bethenny totally heard a 2nd A.D. make that joke a week ago and, having obviously never seen the Jennifer Jason Leigh classic, misinterpreted the context clues to assume that the movie centered on a nasty socialite who saves every mean-spirited voicemail and replays them to burn bridges across town.

That being said, congratulations to Bethenny for making the most intelligent attempt at an outdated reference, and until next week, remember her motto: "If you've got "boyfriends, booze and books, then you don't need bitches."

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