Flickr photo by david shankboneMy takeaway from The Real Housewives of New York this week: Kelly Bensimon is completely out of touch with reality.
I suspected it before, but tonight's episode confirmed the crazy.
Ramona was partaking in the renew-your-wedding-vows trend and planned an elaborate bachelorette party on board a yacht in St. John's. Bethenny, Kelly, Alex, and new housewife, Sonja Morgan, were along for the ride.
The first hint of Bensimon's instability came from her defense of grapes. When Ramona questioned where the wine was, Bethenny Frankel jokingly offered to stomp on the grapes in the refrigerator.
Totally serious and annoyed, Kelly said, "What? No, I'm eating those. You're not stomping on those."
Then when she was trying to chastise the women for making a bigger deal of one of Jill's missteps than she thought it deserved, she told them they were "making lemonade out of lemons." I think she meant a mountain out of a molehill.
When Bensimon tried to storm off from the table, calling the other women "demented," she couldn't get through the door.
To quote Bethenny: "Kelly came out of the gate like kook-a-doodle-doo ... and wanted to make a grand exit and nearly smashed her face in the glass window, which ... the humor of that is not lost on me."
Me either.
Bethenny described the incident as "a gift from Jesus to make me laugh."
Then, Bethenny and Kelly: Had. It. Out.
Kelly accused Bethenny of "defaming my kids and hurting my family. Nobody cares about you Bethenny, no one. No one cares. You're vindictive and cunning and deceitful, and it's creepy."
Then she randomly threw out, "You're not a chef, you're a cook. It's creepy."
Bensimon was apparently big on "creepy."
Bethenny retorted, "You are the most unintelligent human being I've ever had the pleasure of being around. Adios, lunatic!"
I'll leave it at that.
In other Housewives happenings, there was LuAnn de Lesseps recording her song "Money Can't Buy You Class."
Her voice, while not amazing, isn't that offensive. But the song itself is one of the most annoying I've heard. Ever.
I'm not sure which is worse, this crooning by "The Countess" or "Tardy for the Party" by Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Tossup.
What did you think of The Real Housewives of New York last night?
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That was quite possibly the most jarring thing I've ever seen on a "housewives" show but judging from the previews of next week, it pales in comparison to what we're going to see soon. Wow. I mean, seriously...Kelly needs an intervention or something. You can't edit IN crazy.
Kelly is a total nut job and it's obvious she has NO brain!! Loooved it when she made the "lemons into lemonade" comment! I couldn't stop laughing and it made it even better when she couldn't open the yacht door! I hope Bethenny punches her one day;) They need to lock LuAnne, Jill, and Kelly in a room together and lose the key....FOREVER!
It was just out of left field. To attack Bethenny the way she did over Sonja saying that Bethenny was not a negative person...are you kidding me? But the thing that really struck me was the preview for next week. The fact she continued to call Jill and LuAnn from the boat now makes a little sense. It is now obvious she was having fun ruining a vacation that was paid for by Ramona, not just a vacation a once in the lifetime trip. She was projecting all the things she felt about herself on Bethenny. She wants a family...Bethenny now has one, she wants a baby (just said that last episode) B is pregnant, she wants to be sane, and with the deck stacked against her, looks like she isn't going to get that one.
Drugs. She has to be on drugs.
JJ is right, you can edit out crazy, but you can't edit it IN. Kelly is disturbing and to quote her, creepy. I think she used to me a man. I loved how Ramona kind of grudgingly admitted she was glad Kelly was coming, points for trying to be diplomatic but you could tell she wasn't that jazzed about it. She/he (Kelly) is such a 12 year old going down to call Jill and Countless Ewwann (who are sitting around with nothing better to do than wait for her reports). Those three are beyond pathetic.
Does anyone notice Kelly becomes "crazy" after drinking? And what was she taking to be "normal" again after she left thetable and came back? Something is clearly going on.
Did anyone else think it odd that out of all the women sitting around in bathing suits to eat lunch on the yacht, the supermodel/playboy covergirl had to go in and get her coverup because she said she doesn't like to eat in a bathingsuit??!! I think that was a peek at the real insecurities that she suffers from. I love the kook-a-doodle-doo comment--I may have to adopt that into my vocab :)
My husband said it best (I made him watch)... "When Ramona is the one making the crazy face with the swirling finger at someone, you know someone else is pretty crazy". :)
Two of my favorite lines of Bethenny's last night were, "I went to culinary school you MORON!" and "Adios, lunatic I'm going to the Hooter's boat to be with sane people" or something to that effect.
So next week we get to hear how Bethenny is trying to kill Kelly? Um, ok....
I think Kelly is really in serious denial of how phony she is. What the heck was last night
all about. Something else must be going on inside her head. To comment on things
she has no knowledge about is absurd. She needs real help or keep your mouth shut.
Kelly being crazy is obvious, maybe even taking a little something too. But for her to be so insensitive to Bethenny when they were talking about her father's death! OMG, she should be committed. I cannot even imagine what her kids must be like. Bethany and Alex have become my favorite housewives and the best part of last nights episode....NO JILL at all! She is a crude woman and the Countless makes me a little sick to my stomach. I cannot wait for Bethany to have her own show and I hope that Ramona and Alex are on it.