Dorinda Medley Says Heather Thomson ‘Passes Judgment’; Loves Bonding with Carole!

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Dorinda Medley is giving us a lot to think about in her blog this week (which is a lengthy one!). From why she’s still nursing a grudge toward Heather Thomson to her growing love of Carole Radziwill, Dorinda continues to map out the shifting allegiances that this season’s Real Housewives of New York is serving up. 

“So after this week, one thing is clear to me: the sentiment of ‘forgiveness’ is lost on some of us,” begins Dorinda. “To me, it was apparent when I tried to apologize to Heather at Kristen [Taekman’s] Smile Train Denim and Diamonds event.” After praising Kristen’s success in throwing her first ever charity event – “she really presided over the function with the grace and elegance of a queen” – Dorinda launches into why she apologized to Heather in the first place. “I thought it’d be a good time to take Heather aside and try to clear the air, because we were both just getting more and more aggravated by the misunderstandings and clashes we’d had throughout the season and, in those situations, time is NEVER on your side.”

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But the apology, according to Dorinda, “wasn’t exactly met with open arms. I guess even with forgiveness, Heather passes judgment.” Dorinda then goes on to quote Heather’s most quotable tips and quips to the other ladies all season! Uh-oh…game on? Dorinda argues, “I just hope she’s a little less ‘stiff’ with the other girls she preached to all season about the rights and wrongs of their lives: Sonja [Morgan] (‘I will never come to your house again!’) to Bethenny [Frankel] (‘I think you’re a know-it-all,’) to Ramona [Singer] (‘GET UP!’ and ‘Go take a walk…buh-bye Felicia!’) to Luann [de Lesseps] (‘Wouldn’t you be upset?…I guess I have a different set of values and ethics!’). Kristen and Carole got the winning end of that stick, let me tell ya…”

After gushing over Bethenny’s new apartment, Dorinda moves on to the coffee grounds reader. She admits the whole scenario left them “gobsmacked (been wanting to use that word ALL SEASON LONG, gobsmacked). Anthony, Jax, Richard…these are all sensitive subjects and profoundly personal subjects at that! This woman was unbelievable. Of course, aside from being amazed—or gobsmacked—I was really moved. It’s sobering moments like that where one forgets and looks past all the bickering and realizes we’ve all had some pretty serious heartbreaking stuff happen, and maybe that explains our apprehension and short fuses when it comes to some things. We all pretty much suck at expressing ourselves, let’s be honest, but it’s moments like these, these change-your-life moments, that make us view the world and view life in general a little differently. Or maybe more than a little.”

Dorinda specifically appreciates the bond that’s growing between Carole and her, although she is sad she missed meeting Adam at Carole’s dinner party before their London trip. She explains, ” I would’ve gone to Carole’s pre-London dinner, but I had so much anxiety about the London trip, I needed some quiet time at home to try and prepare myself.”

Adding some backstory to her pre-trip apprehension, Dorinda shares, “I lived in London for almost 10 years, and it holds a very special place in my heart. I feel like I did all my real growing up there, does that make sense? I lived there with my first husband, who was a Brit, so it was going to be my home—for good. Hannah was born there, and I developed some of my most treasured friendships while living in London. After I met Richard, we went back regularly, and he became part of my London experience. In a way, London was kind of our little playground. There are endless memories there with him, and I hadn’t been back since he died. It took some preparation for me to really build up the courage and lose the anxiety about boarding the plane.”

“But looking back now,” says Dorinda, “I wish I would’ve gone to Carole’s and met Adam. Dinner looked delicious, that apartment looked fabulously cozy, and everyone had such a great evening. (By the way, doesn’t Adam look like Jesus Christ in those classic Italian paintings? Right?…If I were in an intimate situation with Adam, I’d be such a prude and feel the need to bathe in holy water. I couldn’t say any ‘Hail Marys’ or ‘Our Fathers’ because that would just be really awkward…)” So, Dorinda thinks about Adam in “intimate situations?’ Mmmmmkay, then.

Adam or no Adam, Dorinda says she’s enjoying her time on the trip with Carole so far. She closes her blog by admitting being pleasantly surprised by “how quickly Carole and I developed a connection and quickly grew excited to embark on this experience together. It also gave us the opportunity to finally have one-on-one time. I could sense she was a little on the fence about me, which is fine, but I saw it slowly melt away, and we really had a true bonding moment in that Delta lounge. I think up until that point, we really didn’t know each other. Only what we’d seen across the room or heard from someone else. I learned so many interesting things about Carole, about some sad experiences in her past, and I think that by the time the plane landed in Heathrow, she’d learned the same from me. We talked the whole flight over…except for that 5th hour over the Atlantic, when we took a nap on the Martini Express.”

TELL US: DO YOU THINK HEATHER TRULY DIDN’T ACCEPT DORINDA’S APOLOGY? HOW DO YOU THINK THE LONDON TRIP WILL PLAY OUT FOR DORINDA AND CAROLE? 

Photo Credit: Mathieu Young/Bravo

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