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Once again Bethenny was describing what was in the warehouse. I have never heard reporters covering disaster relief ever ask for tampons. I am quite sure the need for feminine hygiene products is listed on many sites-I have just never heard a reporter or disaster relief person mention their cache of tampons or need. Then again I have never heard a charity representative accuse donors of being misinformed and suggesting they may be donating to the Bernie Madoff of charities when other charities are trying to raise awareness for the plight of the survivors. Simply put Bethenny's interview was not appealing to me nor did it move me to donate to her charity. I have donated to the cause but I guess I did take her suggestion and check out worthy charities that are assisting the people affected by the recent natural disasters. They were suppose to go back to court in May.

You asked what Dorinda had missed and I told you. There were comments about Dorinda having to rest. Bethenny said the Miami dinner was on the daily production schedule. Dorinda said, on Heather's show, "the producers suggest nothing, we practically produce our own show," I now don't doubt Dorinda does whatever she wants. Dorinda is a drunk, she misses filming because she has to lay down and sleep it off. I think it is fairly obvious-the woman talks about her "naps" all the time. I was quoting an article. I don't know that Dorinda was asked about Skinnygirl deli-which certainly doesn't have bologna. I don't believe the jeans are even due for release until fall. Maybe it is just a Dorinda witicism. I don't really recall Dorinda's great success in life-I believe she was in the cashmere business with her ex because when she met Richard she was selling real estate. I tried listening to Dorinda but she is a hot mess. I don't think her witicism are all that witty. All I can say is I think the gloves will be off this summer for the Reunion taping and I don't Dorinda has her ducks in a row. I don;t think she will be able to do the talking out of both sides of her mouth thing she has done up until now. To me, Dorinda is about three steps away from the back seat of a squad car. Are the question requests for the Reunion up yet? I figure they should be filming in about three to four weeks.

I read a synopsis of Dorinda on Heather McDonald and that is what was said-I will give it a listen and verify.

My point is lost. Of all the times people local, national or whatever have been on TV when has anyone ever put out the tampon plea? All I was saying is Bethenny is expounding on what they had in the warehouse and after describing how giant it is she throws tampons in the mix. We all know what people need when they lose their homes. Is anyone surprised when babies need diapers or laundry needs to be done? I have never heard disaster workers being interviewed or journalists slip in the plea for tampons or address tampons. That is all I am saying about Bethenny and tampons. She is a pioneer. The bigger point was lost in I was trying to convey given a mainstream media event-Bethenny slammed other charities and held hers above the others-comparing the others to Bernie Madoff. That is irresponsible on Bethenny's part. Bethenny has the money to pay to get to the people with others' donations, she does not have the ability to rebuild infrastructure. All I am saying is she should be more gracious, less lecturing and in others face. I am not the male guest and most people I know I have feminine hygiene products available to guests, usually in a basket with a lid. More importantly they have a waste disposal out of sight for used products. Male or female sometimes people don't like the visual of used product, applicators or wrappers.

I believe this is described as a dramedy. It will be interested to see if they use a plot device to get rid of Mr. Bonnie. In real life Bonnie's girls would have been working and Bonnie managing them. I am thinking this show is very loosely based on Kathleen Richards. The youngest child did remind me of Kyle Richards though with the whining and complaining. I was pleasantly surprised at the show. I guess they are trying to show what a bad ass Bonnie can be by getting out of her car and confronting thugs. It is interesting enough to look for a second episode. You can also watch it online on the Paramount Channel website.

Last year in Mexico and Vermont she missed dinners sleeping it off. This year Dorinda claims she was unaware of the production schedule where she was suppose to film the dinner in Miami. She missed the dinner where Bethenny and Carole first mixed it up, she missed the marathon-although invited. All I can say if she keeps up the Bethenny only served bologna at the Skinnygirl Jean launch crap, Bethenny will let it be known how Dorinda and her drinking have mixed with filming.

No she did not point anything out because she wasn't in the warehouse. Which would be why I said she was putting out a visual. She did make comments about people having sex because there was little else to do in Puerto Rico. I just find her trying too hard. In all the years I have heard journalist cover stories, people ask for donations they just never seem to take Bethenny's route. I guess I am at a loss why she needs to do it.

That is not really how it works-the abolition was during the French Revolution since then nobility titles are still used. Nobility and hereditary titles were abolished by the Revolutions of 1789 and 1848, but hereditary titles were restored by decree in 1852 and have not been abolished by any subsequent law. However, since 1875 the President of the Republic neither confers nor confirms French titles (specific foreign titles continued to be authorised for use in France by the office of the President as recently as 1961), but the French state still verifies them; civil courts can protect them; and criminal courts can prosecute their abuse. Noel and his wife can be the next Count de lesseps and Countess de lesseps. Thanks for the explanation. Carole loves to play the princess card and what a totally disrespectful thing to do the memory of her husband who refused to use it. Neither Anthony nor Carole had lengthy journalism careers. Anthony's was obviously cut short by illness and death. Anthony was and ABC sports guy initially, and was assigned the Mendez Brothers trial (in 1993) along with Carole-it is how they met, after Anthony moved over from ABC Sports in 1989. The same year he was diagnosed with cancer. He won a Peabody as part of the team that did the story on the neo-nazism in America. He received another one for a story on cancer. Anthony ended up at HBO as a VP of documentary productions in 1997. Not sure how that worked out with his illness. Carole never really rose above associate producer and that was after giving it better than 10 years. It still makes her a journalist. It never made her all knowing over the 2016 elections.

Dorinda misses entire filming events because she is "napping". I have to go with Bethenny that Dorinda tries to show off how smart she is and it backfires. It was better when they had Dorinda and John on together-not nearly enough John this year or last. Mostly Dorinda is around to spread gossip for RH to RH.

It all comes down to one thing--camera time. That is what 90% of the jealousy is over who is getting the most camera time and it is definitely a competitive thing. The top of the ladder is Bethenny, followed by Luann, Dorinda gets a lot of fan requests but watch her do what exactly? I think it is called fame.

They weren't asking for donations of specific items-Bethenny was rattling off the stuff in the warehouse. When you are creating a descriptive narrative of the items in the warehouse of items like solar generators, water, insulin (I question there was a big pallet of insulin), it creates a vision for the listener. Bethenny need not go before the media and request specific items-her latest gig is cash for cash cards. She has partnered with someone that gets down to the specifics.

Well her jokes are stale and I don't think you would get Ramona and Luann to agree what a hoot she was on Seasons 1 & 2 and 3 for Luann. Bethenny has always been mean it is just that people choose to laugh because it is funny. It reminds me of Season 3 when Bethenny was trying to get people not to film with Kelly and Jill was getting people not to film with Bethenny. Same deal different teams. Once again Luann reverts back to singing and stays out of the fray. Her comment about Adam probably won;t be addressed on the show because of her arrest-but she will pay now. Carole getting into slut shaming again is just boring. I think the biggest problem they had this year is they resolved nothing at last year's Reunion, had no real story lines going forward until BAM, Bethenny did the Houston/Puerto Rico stuff. I always remember the show runner for RHOA and NY are now one in the same and he had RHOA cast down in Houston. Imagine how one would feel if they were trying to dredge up a skin care line, running a marathon for someone else's charity, a break up with a guy who doesn't go away, and an annual party in the Berkshires-where the best the hostess can do is self plant her face into a cake and freaking Mother Teresa of disaster relief is on your cast. Worse she has a jeans launch. Bethenny had a lot of bad acting with the nutcracker thing but this show must bring in new blood every year and I think it is time to kick Ramona out. It seems a little too rehearsed and not fresh.

No I am saying she always has to be edgy-she could have said toilet paper or whatever, it really doesn't take a warehouse the size of Costco to store tampons. We get what people need. I am sure diapers were a big need as well. I guess this would a moment to employ a Bethenny and just say, "get off my jock," it was never about euphemisms it was always about shock value. The interviewer doesn't want to talk about tampons. I am not perturbed but I do feel like Bethenny doesn't always use good judgment. They are getting their donations of specific items for corporations and I guarantee you the very charities she eschews have over the years devised a list of what is needed.

Bethenny does not understand she can do things without having to put others down. I understand the cash cards thing and I think it is wonderful, but there are also government agencies, private and semi-private organizations trying to ge the power up, getting clean water running back to homes. The other thing I thought was totally Bethenny is she is listing the items they have in a warehouse the size of Costco and of course she mentions tampons. There are ways to phrase and list things and she had to go there. I also wanted to ask if she was responsible for 50 planes how come only 7 people needing help were brought back to the mainland? Seems she might have needed to coordinate with some of those agencies t help others reach the mainland to get the help they need.

Well she said, variations of me, we, I, us and partnership many times when she was being interviewed by Craig Melvin on MSNBC. https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/bethenny-frankel-talks-disaster-relief-initiatives-in-puerto-rico-1244704323881 It takes a long time for her to mention Michael. We have been there all about five days. Huge discrepancies between $1.3 million and $40-50 million. Once again she has to knock the other charities. It is frustrating. I am sharing this and I hope it helps. I just don;t think Bethenny needs to lecture and her being referred to as a one woman Red Cross is ridiculous.

Carole's grieving friend had endless amount of photographs of Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and other friends as well as Carole. She seemed able to push through and continuing working after her husband sadly passed. Carole went and stayed in California for about two weeks at Christmas and she spent Thanksgiving with her and some time in the early summer. It was nice of Carole to do so and I also remind myself Carole has a home in California and regularly visits. There were also trips to Puerto Rico (pre disaster), Vermont, and Spain. She was in LA for a couple of days in August and September but also the Bahamas It may be a little skewed that she was at her friend's side throughout. It looked more like she visited for a few days at a time between May and September I do think Carole could have taken time to text, e mail or phone Bethenny. I am sure there was time to discuss the Luann arrest with others and production.

I cannot imagine why Sonja would take a 30% loss on the house. Not something often heard about Sonja she is thinking by sitting on it and hoping the market comes up. I think it has gone up to $7.3 million-which still makes Sonja the one with the most expensive city property. Maybe Sonja will follow suit, find herself a nice country house and spend her time travelling, rent when filming-like Luann, and carry on. Even Ramona has her house on the market and said she will rent. I knew there was no way Ramona could carry both the Hamptons house and the city house forever. Isn;t Sonja the one who is "afraid" to leave her neighberhood" except when travelling to Mexico and Thailand?

I think Bethenny was being fake concerned about Carole and was wanting someone to comment that Carole was still angry at Bethenny. In no way would I take Bethenny's comments as back biting. I do believe that s why Bethenny chose her words carefully with Ramona when she called her and Ramona did just a big vomit of accusations. I do think Ramona revels in Bethenny and Carole being on the outs ever since Ramona cemented her fate by bringing up the nude movie scene-another desperate Ramona attempt to be relevant. I feel like Ramona's time is running out on the show. She is desperate for any kind of camera time and bitching about Bethenny is filling the bill. There is just no way Carole, the afraid of aging princess wants to hang with Ramona unless it is for the show. Ramona, Carole and Dorinda have become the agitators. They need to follow Luann and Tinsley lead and enjoy life a little more. As much as Andy loves the OG schtick, Ramona isn't even a particularly good WWHL guest. There is nothing interesting about a skin care line as they have been done to death on the RH franchises. Carole just needs to be smarter than to listen to Dorinda and Ramona-she has been around them for years and knows they are "fake news" for the most part.

Here is what B-Strong has raised: The $50 million number must come in under Michael's charity. This is the problem with everyone wanting a charity with their moniker or a specific donation for their event when they support a charity. I appreciate Bethenny donating time and money to the relief effort. What I can;t abide by is the term "partnership" it should be in "support of" and my distaste goes back to the Dress for Success days. Let the founders have their days and their donors. Camping onto another charity and then calling it yours or you and your partners is distasteful. Sadly Bethenny has stepped in it again by denouncing established charities. For once in her life do good without putting others down. I am not the spokesperson for some of the larger charities but they do have overhead to pay in the form of salaries, supplies, transportation, insurance and overhead. Not everyone gets donated labor and airfare or even gas money. It is also my pet peeve with Carole talking about Bethenny's lack of support of Beth Stern's charity via her running the marathon. Bethenny gives to the charity.

When were Luann and Jill ever on the outs? Even Kelly and Luann have had only a few words. Jill, Luann and Kelly are friends off screen and the others seem to have supported Jill in charity. I do believe Carole might be a little worried about the return of Jill because she is the only without a prior relationship with her. It seems the deadly off season friend is Ramona-she is the one that started all the crap between Luann and Bethenny the year of the take down in the Berkshires. This year she is majorly sucking up to Jill. Ramona knows how to leech on to others troubles for camera time. Interesting I see Ramona doing the same thing all over again-only Bethenny is her target this year. Ramona has a way of rearranging the truth to cause ire in others. For example, Bethenny never said Carole was lonely or depressed-she said she was sad. There was nothing wrong with what Bethenny said-it was her opinion based on Carole being such a sad sack. Carole was also a shit stirrer at the party. Do these people not watch the show and see how manipulative Ramona is? Luann seems to be the only to see how awful Ramona is, who has now befriended Luann's arch enemy Carole.

They film for about four months with another month of pre-production and post production. Then once the show starts airing they are on a PR cycle. The RH schedule is close to a teaching position as far as required days. Finding a 9-5 job is difficult because they lose a lot of filming time-Alex Season 1 was a good example, They all seem to travel when the cameras are down and enjoy their second homes. Dorinda's late husband was wealthy, and he also had two minor children and divorced shortly before meeting Dorinda. Dorinda met and married him in the same calendar year. She has the Berkshires property and I am sure he made sure she was provided for with some sort of life estate in the UES apartment and regular payments maybe from the sale of his business? Although I do believe the business was not sold just closed after Richard's passing. II think Dorinda needs the RH money every as much as everyone except Bethenny.

Sonja bankruptcy has been discharged for years. She paid off the judgment which was nearly $10 million after interest and attorneys',fees she had to take a mortgage on her residence to satisfy the judgment. In order to do so she had to settle her divorce with Morgan. I think Sonja renting is as much of a story line as anything else. My guess is Sonja is afraid of not being able to take care of herself in her golden years and is looking at various ways to generate income-RHONYC being the prime way and it requires a story line. Sonja does something in Thailand every year and I believe that is an income generator.

It is the stupidity of Carole writing things such as, "Bethenny only has one more child than I do," sorry Carole that one child makes her a parent and a mom. It just seems so trite.

Out of curiosity what kind of real job is Sonja qualified for? She is probably bringing in a quarter of a million a year-wanting more is not really something that gets one a job. All she can do is get a renter that covers her mortgage, taxes, insurance and what not and find a suitable place. There must be a fever in NYC-as now Ramona is wanting to sell (and a very inflated price) and rent. Ramona days of being a "maven" are long past. Her RHONY salary has been her main source of income since Season 5.

I believe Bethenny said, "I miss you and I feel like you've been cold," and included a photo of the two of them in better times. What the texts said is most likely a different situation. One thing that turned me off about RHOBH Season 8, is there was so much wasted time, IMO, of the women going back and forth saying how someone should apologize, what they should have said, what they should not have said, it became exhausting. State your piece and stop with the nitpicking. Not everyone is going to answer things exactly how you want. This is not the Real Stepford Wives. It is becoming like the BS between LVP and Kylem with Bethenny butting in and calling it a "thunk you". Problems don't get any better waiting for camera time. The other thing I noticed is Dorinda and Carole are taking a beating on twitter over criticizing Bethenny's -"I am so grateful": This was Carole's response to the tweet-which of course makes no sense. Let's just say I didn't need to go see a performance of the nutcracker last Christmas. #sawitall #rhony @Bravotv Carole, Ramona and of course Dorinda, look foolish going overboard saying Bethenny didn't thank Dorinda. Again my pet peeve on how one relates their feelings. I am so grateful sounds a lot like an acknowledgement to me.