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'Bethenny Getting Married' Review: Too Much of a Good Thing?

I love Bethenny Frankel, but only in small doses. Bethenny Getting Married premiered on Bravo on Thursday and I just watched the episode on Sunday. It was pretty bad and the main reason why the show sucks is it has no script! Bethenny Getting Married seems like an unscripted reality show and Bethenny's funny enough to carry her own program, but she's also whiny and she's becoming unlikable a bit.

Bethenny Getting Married

We get it, she's pregnant and she's 39 and she has issues, but that's not enough to make me watch her whine about being pregnant, and 39, and having issues. Furthermore, Jason Hoppy is a bit of a snooze fest. He's the soft spoken man who handed Bethenny his balls and signed up for this trainwreck of a show and a b*tch for a partner. Haven't they heard of the reality show curse?

On the show's debut episode, Bethenny didn't want Jason's friends to stay at their house. Not a good look. Your man isn't supposed to be your child and I loathe control freaks. I need the show to give me something more, something fun, but that's doubtful. It's all about Bethenny getting ready to say "I do" and become a mother which in itself isn't that exciting - especially without a gay assistant! Bethenny hired a sweet talking straight guy.

Bethenny is great on the Real Housewives of New York City because she provides a nice contrast between the other women. But on her own show, she may just be too much of a good thing.

Real Housewife Alex McCord: It's Ridiculous To Bother Bethenny Frankel About Her Weight Loss

Real Housewives of NYC star Bethenny Frankel has been receiving criticism for losing 29 of the 35 pounds she gained during her pregnancy, three weeks after she gave birth to her little girl Bryn Hoppy. Critics have even claimed she didn't eat enough during her pregnancy and is setting unrealistic expectations to women.

Bethenny's co-star Alex McCord is standing up for Bethenny's post-baby skinny butt and tells Us magazine people need to STFU about Bethenny's weight loss.

"People who are bugging her about it are reprehensible." McCord told Us it is "absolutely ridiculous to bother her about this. She is a brand-new mommy. I have been through this. I have two children; I gained about 45 lbs. with my first and it was all gone within less than a month. I mean, two weeks after Francois was born I was in free pregnancy chains. There are some people who win the genetic lottery, and it melts off."

Every female's body reacts differently to pregnancy. Not to tell my life story, but I gained 22 lbs when I was prego and lost the weight in about 3 weeks because most of it was water weight. I'm a lot bigger than Bethenny so it also goes to show that some women gain their weight differently. Of course I also gained 10 of it back which I still struggle with, cause my body likes carrying around some extra thickness!

At least that's my excuse as to why it's such a b*tch losing these last few pounds.

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Kelly Bensimon: 'Systematic Bullying Is Never Okay'

The Real Housewives of New York City's most certifiably insane cast member, Kelly Bensimon has made a PSA about systematic bullying. Kelly posted the video after 2.6 million people tuned in for her nervous breakdown.

Kelly has been posting multiple YouTube videos/day recently. Sad. The problem that I have with Kelly's video is EVERYTHING, but specifically, Kelly is defining "systematic bullying" as something that takes place when someone is outnumbered, as though one-on-one bullying is totally fine.

Kelly says, “The most important thing that happened is one thing that I realized, systematic bullying is never okay, four against one is never okay. Whether you’re a 4-year-old or 10-year-old or 40-year-old woman, being bullied or ganged up on is never okay.”

Why isn't Kelly mentioning that she was "bullying" Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord and Ramona?!!! And since Bravo recorded and aired her meltdown, wouldn't she figure out that Bravo's camera crew members are "systematic" bullies cause they didn't intervene sooner - Bravo was so freaked out by Kelly that they bought her a plane ticket to leave a few hours after her breakdown. And why is a 42 year-old woman making a video about "being bullied"? If Kelly has a problem, she should just write it down on her complaint pad "like we all did in the 4th grade."

WHAT SHOULD BRAVO DO WITH KELLY BENSIMON?

Keep her on the show, the crazy is good TV
Kick her off and get her some help
Keep Kelly on Real Housewives ONLY if She Receives Treatment
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Bethenny Frankel is Quitting The Real Housewives of New York City?

At 39 years old, Bethenny Frankel has had plenty of time to want a husband and a family, something she reportedly has mentioned she yearned for several times on the Real Housewives of New York City. Now that she's married to Jason Hoppy and has an adorable daughter, Bryn, the hilarious reality TV star is so over the drama.

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Bethenny Frankel appeared on Access Hollywood yesterday where she had an interview with Billy Bush.

On her future role on RHONYC: “I tend to think it might be the end. I just feel like it might be the end of the party and I don’t like to be at a party too long. Money wouldn’t be able to make up for a mistake like staying on a show too long. That wouldn’t be good. And I don’t know if it would be smart to stay on. And I don’t know if I want to stay on.”

On the Real Housewives reunion show that was taped last week: “There were crazy outbursts. It was a great, great reunion. [But,] I wanted to get home to the baby. And I just had given birth two weeks ago and I just felt like I was in a really different place. And a lot of this didn’t feel all that important to me at that point.”

On whether or not daughter Brynn will have a brother or sister: “I’ll probably have two, probably. There’s probably, I would say, a 73 percent chance I’ll have another baby and it will be with in the next two years.”

Bethenny also lost 29 of the 35 pounds she gained while pregnant, the picture is above. Of course Us magazine features the new mom in a size 4 swimsuit 3 weeks after having her baby. Bethenny claims that she lost the weight via diet and exercise but I still credit the weight loss to the woman having good genes! I refuse to buy into the hype when a celebrity drops weight in the blink of an eye. Diet and exercise are key but, generally speaking, genes determine what our physiques look like, and everything else about how we look and who we are.

Real Housewives of New York City Reunion: Jill Zarin and Bethenny Are Friends Again?

The Real Housewives of New York City reunion taping was last Wednesday and, according to Life & Style magazine, Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel made nice.

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Jill and Bethenny Frankel didn't see each other for nine months and Jill "extended an olive branch to Bethenny."

“Jill seemed very humble and apologized. And she was emotional — of course there were lots of tears. It was a huge turning point for them. Where the relationship goes from here, who knows?”

As far as the rest of the reunion goes, it's reportedly "very dramatic," of course... Just because they made up in front of the cameras doesn't mean Bethenny and Jill will be BFFs again. Furthermore, none of these shows could exist without the female cast members hating each other, so I doubt Bravo wants a reconciliation any time soon.

The RHONYC reunion airs June 10 on Bravo. In the meantime, here are some pics of Bethenny in New York. Her post-baby body looks just like her pre-baby body and her baby Bryn is only a few weeks old. There's no 'secret diet' and workout regimen. It's called good genes. Lookin' good!

WHAT SHOULD BRAVO DO WITH KELLY BENSIMON?

Keep her on the show, the crazy is good TV
Kick her off and get her some help
Keep Kelly on Real Housewives ONLY if She Receives Treatment
View Poll »

Kelly Bensimon Breakdown: Too Crazy and Real For Viewers and Co-stars

Last Thursday's episode of The Real Housewives of New York City is being called "the best" and "the worst" by some fans. Truth is, it was both. After Kelly Bensimon's display of schizophrenia, extreme paranoia, and traces of multiple personality disorder, the unanimous sentiment from commenters on blogs is that this woman is certifiably insane. Here's a short video of most of the drama.

That being said, I don't feel sorry for Kelly Bensimon because she remains useless and confrontational, self-righteous, immature, stupid, and hard to communicate with while speaking the English language. How can a 42 year-old woman function on a 2nd grade level? Perhaps Kelly was taking medications in the past that actually worked for her. Many drugstores are open 24 hours/day. There's no excuse for this kind of behavior.

Episode summary:

  • Bethenny Frankel leaves Kelly and the other girls a gift bag filled with goodies that they can use on their vacation. Each bag has the initials of each woman sewn onto the bag. Kelly gets the bag and calls Jill Zarin to cry about how evil Bethenny is. 
  • Kelly suggests that the woman should write down their complaints on a "complaints pad" like you used to do in the 4th grade.
  • Kelly tells Alex McCord to channel her son Johan so she can pose for sexy bikini pics.
  • Ramona asks Kelly not to talk on her phone in the same room while the women are eating dinner. Kelly tells Ramona that it's not about her and starts yelling.
  • Kelly calls Alex a vampire and says that Bethenny has tried to kill her many times.
  • When Ramona says that she'd like to apologize for making Bethenny cry during a walk on the Brooklyn bridge, Kelly asks “Are you going to sit on her lap? Are you two going to make out with the tongue?"
  • Kelly then tells pretty much everyone at the table to "zip it."
  • Kelly also accuses Bethenny of talking to the press about her friend Gwyneth. When Bethenny says "WHO?!" Kelly goes, " You know, Paltrow!"
  • Kelly also says that Bethenny's dad just passed away and she's "like here. IT'S CREEPY!"
  • Then Bethenny says: “Go to sleep, go to sleep! YOU’RE CRAZY!”

'Crazy' doesn't even begin to scratch the surface when it comes to Kelly.

WHAT SHOULD BRAVO DO WITH KELLY BENSIMON?

Keep her on the show, the crazy is good TV
Kick her off and get her some help
Keep Kelly on Real Housewives ONLY if She Receives Treatment
View Poll »

Bethenny Frankel: Baby Bryn Hoppy Pictures Are Out

It's a rarity when a celebrity mom pimps out her baby and her child stands out, but Bethenny Frankel's daughter Bryn does. She doesn't just look like every other baby, she's cute already! She does have some great genes though. Jason Hoppy's not hard on the eyes and Bethenny isn't either.

Here's Bethenny's appearance on the Today Show yesterday.

If you want to check out cutie Bryn, click HERE.

Kelly Bensimon: 'Bethenny Frankel Exploited Her Father's Death for Ratings'

Last week's episode of the Real Housewives of New York City was the best this season. Ramona takes the girls on a bachelorette party yacht trip because she's renewing her vows.

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When Bethenny Frankel is talking to newcomer Sonja Morgan about her father's passing, Kelly jumps in and says that many parents don't have relationships with their children and that Bethenny's situation isn't uncommon.

Kelly Bensimon attacks Bethenny for speaking to the media about her kids. She also claims that Bethenny isn't a chef even though Bethenny attended culinary school, and Kelly calls Bethenny Frankel a "hoebag" for having one night stands and "sleeping across America." Bethenny fans then launched insults via Kelly's Twitter and Facebook. Here are some of Kelly's tweets:

  • “Anyone that blames me, needs to look at themselves. Would u ever exploit a family member’s death for ratings? Think twice, then tweet.”
  • she[Bethenny] hates me for i wont play her game. i like pioneers/mavericks who empower and explore.”
  • I am emabarrassed that all of you #rhnyc fans are being so rude. Watch snl lawrence welk and laugh a little. You guys need it.”
  • i am not judging i am drawing attention to lies. it is creepy to exploit the death in a family on tv. full stop, vile.”
  • i believe in safe sex and i dont believe in sleeping around america. having sex takes love out of making love

Bethenny wasn't trying to "exploit" tragedy, but whenever anyone has something heavy to say and acknowledges that he or she is living in a reality where you don't mentally float on a cloud 24 hours/day, Kelly freaks out. Kelly is completely useless and that's why Bravo added her to the cast, for comedic relief.

Team Bethenny! I can't wait for her new show. She's a riot.

Bethenny Frankel Fans Upset Over Jill Zarin Facebook Announcement

Jill Zarin had her fair share of fans before this season of the Real Housewives of New York City, but Bethenny Frankel's former friend continues to dig a hole for herself. She loves to gossip and spread negativity, and she aspires to break news. Case in point: when Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy had their first baby together over the weekend.

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Jill, making an absolute fool of herself, posted the following message on her Facebook page: "Heard Bethenny had a baby boy ... so happy for her and son. So happy for them." Just one problem: Bethenny had a GIRL! Jill also allegedly came to the conclusion that Bethenny had a son due to reports that Bethenny's newborn was "wrapped in blue."

"Hundreds and hundreds of people were attacking Jill on Facebook, Twitter - even on her own fan-page - for announcing the birth of Bethenny's baby before she did. They were calling her a 'loudmouth,' and saying B was right - she did need to get a hobby!"

On Saturday, Jill posted the following: "Yesterday [my daughter] read a tweet and blog that Bethenny gave birth. We were excited and congratulated her obviously prematurely. I should have waited until B announced it herself. Sorry."

Sounds like Jill's hobby is doing part-time public relations and marketing.

Bethenny Frankel Has a Baby Girl, Bryn Hoppy!!

Bethenny Frankel of the Real Housewives of New York City and husband Jason Hoppy had their first child this morning.

Bryn Hoppy, 4 lb. 12 oz., entered the world at 8 a.m., according to Bethenny's rep.

"Bethenny and Jason are proud to welcome their new baby girl, Bryn Hoppy, born at 8 a.m. in New York City. She is a healthy baby. Bryn, mom, dad and [their dog] Cookie are all very happy."

Bethenny and Jason Hoppy got married on March 28 and they wanted to keep the baby's sex a secret. Bethenny had many tweets saying that she thinks she's going to have a daughter. She was right! Bethenny's ex-BFF Jill Zarin tweeted that Bethenny had a SON! That's hilarious. Bethenny and Jill are so done and Jill doesn't have a clue.

Congrats to the Hoppy family. Bethenny will have her very first Mother's Day tomorrow. Awwww.

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