It is finally over. The final part of the Real Housewives of New York City reunion show aired last night, and we got some resolution to some of the biggest issues of the season.

We start off with a continuation of Kelly Bensimon’s delusions. After spewing out her bullying crap against the women, Kelly decides to do her best Jill impersonation when she decides to storm of the show, like a brat not getting her way. In all honesty, Kelly leaving the stage for those few minutes ended up being my favorite part of the show. At this point, like Ramona, I just couldn’t anymore. I mean this woman was just making up events that never happened. It was extremely frustrating as a viewer to see her take no responsibility for her actions and on top of that, just sit there and lie over and over and over again. This is why I could definitely understand why Ramona, Sonja, and Bethenny felt the need to interrupt her lies.

Bethenny sums it up best when she says, “She just makes up whatever she wants to say. She’s going to tell me she’s an African American Asian woman in a minute. And we’re like okay, no, you’re not.” Alex and Sonja echo what I’ve been saying all along, which is if there was any bullying going on during the trip, it was being done by Kelly, who continually attacked the women, interrupted their conversations, and even called them “demented” to their face because they chose to gossip about Jill.

In the midst of LuAnn snickering like a high school mean girl, we also hear once again that Kelly was sent home by the producers and did not leave the trip on her own accord, as she has claimed. Kelly returns, and I really find myself hoping she had stayed away longer. Kelly once again attacks Bethenny and claims Bethenny, who we all saw cooking numerous times during the trip, did not cook.

Sonja asks Kelly when she bullied her, during which Kelly shares that Sonja was actually a friend to her on the trip and was there for her. In addition to Sonja, I find myself asking when did Alex bully Kelly on this trip? What we saw was Kelly randomly unleash a verbal attack on Alex, telling her she looked like a vampire and was channeling the devil.

It seems when Kelly doesn’t like what the other women are saying ,she attacks them. Kelly accuses Sonja of drinking too much, thus not remembering the systematic bullying she was a part of. She then tells Ramona her blood type is Pinot Grigio. Kelly accuses the women of being hateful and jealous of her, and at this point, I’m all but tired of listening to this insane rambling. Fortunately, we get a commercial break.

Wanted to add the following quote made by a commenter yesterday. MamaSays had the following to say –

“Every time they show a clip of someone addressing how fragile or crazy Kelly is in her presence she is seen nodding or looking a little vulnerable. This tells me that she is accustomed to having people discuss her mental state in front of her and, to me at least. shows that this is something that has occurred at least a few times before.”

Amazing insight by this reader. How many times was Kelly called crazy to her face? How many times did she appear physcially upset or even deny being crazy? I agree that at age 42, there’s about a 100% chance Scary Island wasn’t the first time Kelly had an “episode.”

Next up is Jill, and the topic of Jill getting kicked off Scary Island is brought up. Jill is ready to once again go into victim mode. Sonja speaks out, and unlike Kelly, actually makes sense. Sonja doesn’t believe Jill was sincere in coming on the trip to make up with Bethenny. Why? Well for one, Bethenny only lived a block away from Jill back in NYC. You know, a trip that would only have required 10 minutes of her time, and not 9 hours.

Victim Jill continues, “And by the way Ramona, thanks for asking me or Bobby if we wanted a drink of water or bathroom cause after nine hours of traveling….” said Jill, who earlier claimed she flew via a private jet. Apparently, private jets don’t offer water or bathrooms, and neither do airports. The only victim in this situation is Bawbee, who allowed his wife to drag him into this mess.

Jill, who by this point has watched Kelly’s off the wall behavior in St. John, now informs us she can relate to Kelly because of the way she was also treated by the bullies. Jill’s odd defense for Kelly didn’t end at the reunion show, as weeks later, she did an interview during which she compared Kelly’s bullying plight to that of Phoebe Prince. In case you’re wondering, Phoebe is the teenage girl who took her life this year because she was being bullied her some of her high school peers. Yes, Jill went there. But back to the show, for some reason, Jill decides Alex is to blame for the public backlash against her, the BP oil spill, and of course being kicked off St. John by Ramona. I’m guessing Jill’s four media consultants advised her to attack Alex and defend the crazy woman at all costs.

Kelly accuses Alex of being an actress and faking her anxiety at seeing Jill in St. John, and at this point, I really just want this woman to zip it, so that I can hear the sane people arguing. Jill apologizes to Ramona and Ramona appears to accept, despite Jill’s blog on Monday accusing her co-stars of not forgiving her. Jill takes things up a notch when she breaks out the crocodile tears and decides to proclaim that being kicked of Scary Island was “the most painful thing I ever experienced in my life.” Really Jill? More painful than Bobby’s cancer? And if at this point, anyone is still buying this woman’s act, then well I don’t know what to tell ya…

It’s now LuAnn‘s turn in the hot seat and the first part that stands out is when Andy asks LuAnn if her former husband, Count Alex de Lesseps, does not like jews. This is basically Andy asking LuAnn if the Count is Anti Semitic. One would expect LuAnn’s answer to be a definite NO, but the way LuAnn answers this question is rather interesting. “Umm I would say that umm, it’s not that he disliked Jews, he just umm would be surprised umm if I was with somebody Jewish.” Those, my folks, were the exact words that came out of LuAnn’s mouth. The bizarro look on Andy Cohen’s face says it all, so I will move on.

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Next is the most interesting part of the show, during which LuAnn is asked about her castmates’ repeated accusations regarding her extramarital adventures. LuAnn’s reply? “I don’t owe anybody an explanation about what went on with my marriage, and out of respect for my husband and my family, I prefer not to answer that question,” said LuAnn and umm, did LuAnn just admit to having extramarital affairs while married? It seems so. And I must say I agree with Andy. . Something about this scene was refreshing and it was nice to see LuAnn appear vulnerable and humble. But I ask again, did LuAnn just admit to having extra marital affairs on national television??? That was a shocker.

The next segment is about Kelly’s contradictions. You know, such as she is very very very shy, yet she poses for Playboy, or when she declares her dislike for processed foods only to seconds later profess her fondness for pretzels and gummy bears. Kelly’s reply to being contradictory? “If one day I feel like being one person, and one day, I feel like being somebody else, that’s okay with me.” This is too easy, so I will leave it alone.

At this point, there’s nothing else I can say about Kelly. She’s absolutely not sane, she’s absolutely not playing with a full deck. There’s a lot wrong, so I will attempt to move on to the next topic. What I do notice about Kelly is she LOVES to project. In her clip, she can be seen calling Bethenny crazy, scary, and in need of medication. All things I’m sure she’s heard others say about her, all her life. And Kelly once again projects during the reunion show when she refers to the women as unpredictable and dangerous.

Andy then brings up the hypocrisy involved with the ladies’ reactions to Alex‘s nude photos that leaked 2 years ago, and Kelly’s Playboy photos. As Alex attempts to answer the question, we immediately hear Jill, who was just informing us about being a changed woman in Part 1, butt in saying, “But you can’t compare your pictures to Playboy. You were like spread eagle in the lobby of your husband’s hotel.” And just in case the owners of the hotel Simon Van Kempen manages didn’t hear Jill the first time, she made sure to repeat herself again. “You were spreaaaad eagle in the hallway of your husband’s hotel.”

Now I’m still a bit traumatized from seeing Kim Zolciak’s kaslopis last year, so I did not look for the nude photos of Alex. But if anyone does find a link, you are free to post it in the comments section for those who want to take a gander. According to Alex McCord’s bravo blog this week, she believes this was a deliberate attempt by Jill to try to sabotage Simon’s livelihood/job by mentioning the hotel aspect of the nude photos. Must say this didn’t come to mind last night, but knowing just how crafty Jill Zarin is, I must say I believe Alex. Jill is a very mean, vindictive and manipulative woman. In the words of Alex, she “fights back and fights back dirty,” and below the belt I might add. Nothing about this woman is changed. She is still the same ol Jill. Must say Alex’s blog this week is a nice read. It pretty much sums up Jill as a person.

The final part of the reunion has Andy asking the ladies if they would like to return for another season. And oddly enough, Kelly and Jill, who have both accused Bravo numerous times in the press of editing them negatively, are both open to the idea. Fame must really be one heluva drug. Perhaps its just me, but if a network falsely edited me to be a nutjob or a villain, I would be running, far far away. There would be zero chance I would come back for seconds.

To close the show, Jill decides to tell Bethenny how much she misses her. “I miss you Bethenny, I miss that I can’t be a part of your new spin-off show, I miss that I can’t talk to the press about your baby and your husband, you know being that I have no access to them, I miss that I can’t tag along with you as you make your numerous appearances on the Today Show, I miss that as you become more popular each day, I can’t be a part of that. Oh I miss you Bethenny. Please hug me so that people can like me again. Will you please Bethenny? Please give me a hug so that I can falsely leak out a story to Life&Style magazine a few days from now about us being friends again. Please Bethenny, my four media consultants feel a hug from you is all I need to get people to like me again.” Jill gets her hug from Bethenny and season 3 is now over.

Closing Thoughts – With the exception of Kelly, I would really love to see all the women return. Though Bethenny claims she doesn’t want to come back, I believe if Bravo offers her enough money, she will be back, regardless of how successful her spin off show is. I would also like to see Jennifer Gilbert return, I still believe she’s a great reality TV character waiting to unfold. I think Jill, Bethenny, Ramona and LuAnn are all key parts of the show. I don’t want to see either of them leave.

Jill Zarin – Oh Jill Jill Jill. I don’t hate Jill, I really don’t. I don’t hate any of the housewives. In fact I like practically all of them, even Tamra Barney and Nene Leakes. I would however be lying if I claim to like Jill. Like most of you, I used to be a fan of Jill’s, things started to change for me last season after seeing her mean girl behavior on the reunion show. You can read about that recap here. What I would like to see is Jill spend this off season truly working on being a better person, and coming back for a season 4 being a better Jill. Unfortunately I don’t think that will happen. This woman is her own worst enemy and is truly very vindictive and manipulative. In my opinion, she has zero redeeming qualities. My prediction? Jill will spend this entire summer coming up with new crafty ways to bring down her castmates, while continuing her endless attempts to manipulate fans into liking her once more. Zero of Jill’s time will be spent on self reflection or self improvement. She will come back next season and try really really hard to be someone she thinks the fans want her to be. I truly hope she changes who she is, but I doubt she will.

And for those who say what more do you want from Jill, hasn’t she apologized enough? Do you want blood? I actually agree. She has apologized enough. What Jill needs to do is to stop apologizing, and try no longer being a vile human being. Actions do speak louder than words, and Jill’s words from just a week ago? Well let’s just say it included accusing her fellow castmate Bethenny of hurting her daughter. Now you tell me what Jill’s intentions were with those words…

Kelly Bensimon – Though I come off as harsh to Kelly in my recaps, I do have sympathy for her. My frustration with Kelly comes as a viewer and a fan of the show. I don’t like the lies and the made up events that never happened. I don’t like that she used a very serious bullying issue to try to make herself look better. With that being said, I don’t think she is well and I strongly believe she is a victim of mental illness, whether is be Bipolar or whatever the situation is with her. At age 42, I would take a gander and guess that she has been diagnosed with a form of mental illness at some point in her life. I don’t know what happened in St. John or what caused her episode, but I really do hope and pray she gets help. Judging by her behavior on the reunion show, I would stay she has yet to receive this help. I don’t want Kelly back on the show. I don’t think being on a reality show is good for her in any way, shape, or form.

I don’t think Bravo will let her back on. I don’t think Bravo will exploit a “crazy” person. And quite frankly, I don’t think Bravo is that “network.” The fact that they sent her home early from St. John is a good indication of where they draw the line. People like Kelly want to think and believe that they are “okay” but she is obviously not. It came back to me today that Kelly returned this season to try to repair her tarnished image from last season. Now think about her behavior this season, and realize this is the behavior of someone who badly wanted to use the show to rehabilitate their image. I think that says it all. I hope her family can step in and intervene, because at this point, she continues to do damage to herself, her reputation, and her name. Here’s what I hope for Kelly: I hope she absolutely gets help, and stays aways from reality television. I hope she takes some time to herself and her family, and I hope a few months from now, I will read about her doing great things with her life and being a wonderful role model for her daughters.

That’s all folks! This season has been great and I’m already looking forward to the next. Watch What Happens with Kathy Griffin was sorta funny last night, but not as funny as I was expecting. Perhaps Kathy was holding back. I actually enjoyed Bethenny Getting Married? last night. I thought it was a more interesting episode that the premiere last week. I however cringed during some moments. I really hope Bethenny’s over the top honesty doesn’t backfire on her. For example, I thought her comments about wanting to quickly exit the speaking event was a bit not okay, considering those are her fans, and I’m guessing paid good money to hear her speak. I think I heard her say she had somewhere else to be, but I just cringed a bit watching that moment. There were other cringe-worthy moments for me and I must say, I really hope she doesn’t regret doing this show.

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Tonight marks the finale of the most dramatic season ever of the Real Housewives of New York City.

What can we expect tonight? Well we will get to see a continuation of Kelly Bensimon’s nonsensical explanation for her behavior on the St. John trip. Kelly will continue to blame it all on systematic bullying and we will see a frustrated Sonja Morgan deny Kelly’s claims of bullying. Also in the hot seat tonight will be Countess LuAnn.

Kelly also appeared on E! News yesterday evening and when asked if she would like to return for another season, Kelly was surprisingly open to the idea, saying her 12-year old daughter wants her to return. Interesting answer by Kelly, who has blamed Bravo for editing her to appear crazy during the trip. Evidently in Kelly lala cartwheel land, when a network falsely edits you out to be a lunatic, it only makes sense to want to come back for more.

Below is a preview clip of tonight’s show, during which we get to see Kelly admit that Sonja was a friend to her on the trip. “I have to apologize because you were the only one that I was hanging out with, and throughout the whole thing, you were actually the only one that was fun,”Kelly says to Sonja.

Does this mean Sonja wasn’t part of the four who systematically bullied her? Well Kelly doesn’t stop there. The gentle defenseless bullying victim somehow found the courage to unleash some verbal attacks against her co-stars.

“Your blood type is Pinot Grigio,” says Kelly to Ramona . And when Sonja denied Kelly was bullied on the trip, Kelly had the following reply: “Sonja… Sonja, you were drinking a lot. The entire time, too.”

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On to part 2 of the Real Housewives of New York City. The drama raged on for the housewives as we get a continuation of the ladies rehashing what went down this season.

We start of with Jill, who stormed off the set in Part 1, returning and apologizing. The verbal smackdown on Jill continues, and Alex states the obvious that she believes the sole reason Jill wanted to make up with Bethenny is because of the public backlash. Jill makes a point, an excellent one at that, when she says she wanted to make up with Bethenny while the show was still filming, before the public backlash began. Bethenny however had her own rebuttal saying Jill did not want to appear as being mean to the girl who just got engaged and pregnant. Oddly enough, Jill says Bethenny is right.

Bethenny is then asked a good question, which is why didn’t she make up with Jill when Jill was ready? Bethenny shares that it was a very stressful time in her life, and reveals she had a complicated pregnancy, suffering a blood clot while pregnant (something the audience, I included, was not aware of.) Bethenny says she just didn’t want to deal with the Jill drama at that point in her life.

The question of the day comes when Andy tells Jill that Simon and some of her castmates think she gets jealous when others do well. Jill denies this, and Ramona reveals Jill did indeed call up her when Bethenny got her spin-off show, telling her not to film with Bethenny. Jill goes on an angry rampage and accuses Ramona of being a liar. “Are you kidding me?” laments Jill. “You are such a liar,” she says to Ramona. Literally seconds later, Jill admits to what Ramona accuses her of and even apologizes. We can now add liar to Jill’s long list of bad behavior.

Kelly then brings up an actual good point when she says Bethenny at one point told Jill not to film with her. Bethenny owns up to this right away, saying ‘Yeah, I didn’t know you at the time, and I didn’t like you.’ Upon first seeing this scene, I thought this made Bethenny a huge hypocrite, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought the two situations, though similar are not exactly the same. How many times have you told your friend or BFF to stay away from someone who you deem isn’t a good person, or try to warn them about hanging out with someone in general? Bethenny and Kelly were not friends, but Jill and Bethenny had a history. I’ll let you decide on whether or not this makes Bethenny a hypocrite.

The conversation moves along and Jill is once again caught in another lie when she tries to deny being aware of the ailing health of Bethenny’s father. Jill attempts to blame editing for telling the world Bethenny was a bad friend for not being there for her during Bobby’s cancer, when in actuality she never told Bethenny that Bobby had cancer. Jill continues to get viewer questions about her behavior, and at this point, I’m actually starting to feel a bit bad for her, that is until she decides to go into victim mode again and attempts another walk off the set. Sighs, yes it must be tough having to sit there and hear about your bad behavior, but so what? She did it and she should own it. She is absolutely not a victim at all, and should stop acting like one. Yes it must have been hard, but Jill should have Toughened up, Owned it, Explained it, and then Moved on. And how ironic is it that the person who keeps notes has no desire to hear others’ notes about her. There was no need for the crocodile tears and bratty walk offs. Oddly enough, Bethenny came to Jill’s defense at this point.

Next up is Sonja Morgan, who’s tape footage from the season actually earned her an applause from her castmates, a first in Bravo reunion history I think. We get the obligatory sex talk from Samantha Sonja, who is later on asked a good viewer question: Why isn’t her 9-year-old daughter on the show? Sonja, who was actually offered a slot on the show in its 1st season, reveals she was hesitant about joining the show and simply wasn’t sure putting her daughter on there would be a good idea.

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We get to see some footage of the ladies all making snarky comments about each other. Jill immediately apologizes to Ramona for calling her an idiot saying, “I was trying to be funny, I was trying to be like Bethenny. It’s not working for me.” No Jillian, it’s not. We then move on to LuAnn and Bethenny. Bethenny is accused of being a bully, which I have to disagree with. An obnoxious snarky mean loud mouth? Yes. A bully? No. None of the ladies on this show are fragile little numbers. Bravo knows to cast women who are NOT afraid of confrontation, Alex included. Even Kelly, who pretends to be a little fragile fly, showed her true aggressive colors on the St. John trip. And I’m sure her ex-boyfriend can also allude to this fact. LuAnn says all is well and that she’s past all the snarky comments. It dawned on me that this is a great quality LuAnn seems to possess. She doesn’t hold grudges and truly seems to let things go, albeit usually after receiving or demanding an apology.

We finally get to the climax of the night when it’s time to discuss Kelly‘s breakdown and just all around bizarro behavior on the show. We start with the footage, mostly from Kelly’s St. John trip, where she is pretty much shown attacking and antagonizing her castmates. Kelly can be seen laughing while watching some of the footage, while the other ladies keep a serious face. Yes it might just be a nervous laughter, but with Kelly, you never know.

The footage stops airing and it’s now time for Kelly to be interrogated by Andy. Right off the bat, almost sounding like a battery robot, Kelly starts rambling about systematic bullying, refusing to take ANY responsibility for her actions on the trip or even on the show. Ramona butts in right away, telling Kelly to seriously stop saying she was bullied. Andy tells Ramona to give Kelly a chance to talk, but even I can understand Ramona’s frustration, as she interrupted Kelly quite a few more times. The viewer in me was getting very impatient, and did not want to listen to Kelly’s lies and very distorted version of the events that actually took place.

Kelly, who sounded very rehearsed, continues on her rambling about systematic bullying. Bethenny wants to know if “systematic bullying is a medical term” and Ramona says “she can’t anymore.” Kelly claims she is being bullied at the moment, saying, “its happening right now,” because Ramona and Bethenny interrupted her. Hasn’t every single one of the ladies been interrupted while trying to explain something or give their side of a story during this reunion show? Evidently it’s only bullying when it’s done to Kelly, who herself butted into the Jill/Bethenny argument earlier on in the show.

Kelly continues to spew her BS and says, “I don’t like being scared by four women.” Kelly claims the ladies had to have an intervention with Bethenny on the trip telling her to lay off Kelly, to which Bethenny immediately chimes in, “You are delusional. You need help.” Judging from Bethenny’s reaction and comments, I’m going to add the “intervention” to the list of events that while not having taken place in real life, took place in Kelly’s head. Remember Bethenny’s father had just died, and she was experiencing pregnancy complications. Are we really supposed to believe the ladies pulled Bethenny to the side to warn her about Kelly in spite of what she was going through at the time? I’m not buying it plus Bethenny was very mellow on the trip compared to her typical behavior. What we did see was that Kelly began to unravel almost immediately, after arriving on the trip.

Another one of Kelly’s made up events? Claiming Bravo forced her to go on the trip. Andy Cohen denied this three times, but Kelly stuck to her version of events, saying, “Andy, it is true though, but thank you, I appreciate that.”

LuAnn adds her two cents and makes some very sensible comments, even telling Kelly she “instigated a lot of what went on,” then asking Kelly was there a lot we the audience didn’t see? Immediately, both Kelly, Bethenny and Ramona answer yes! But for different reasons. Bethenny and Ramona say what was not shown was 10x worse that what actually happened, while Kelly believes the ladies’ mistreatment of her was also worse that what was shown, except no mistreatment of Kelly was shown, other than the ladies defending themselves from her insane and asinine attacks.

“Kelly you have psychological and emotional problems, and we’re all taking to you like we’re going to make some sense out of you and it’s crazy,” yells a frustrated Bethenny. Kelly, who likely shares the same incompetent media consultants as Jill, took a page out of Jill’s handbook and walked off the set. And end scene…

But the worst is yet to come. On the last part of the reunion show, we will actually hear Kelly admit that Sonja was really nice to her on the trip and that Sonja was a good friend to her. This is extremely crucial information, considering Kelly had claimed on multiple occasions, in countless media interviews, and even in her looney Anti-bullying PSA that she was bullied by all four women on the trip. So Kelly will basically admit to being a liar Thursday night, without even realizing it I’m sure.

I will share my final thoughts on Kelly and the rest of the ladies when I do the final reunion recap this Friday.

Watch What Happens – WWH was great last night. It was a pretty funny episode with both Ramona and Dina Manzo as guests. The best or worst part of the show came when Bravo wanted viewers to choose who needed therapy the most. Our options? Kelly, Danielle, Dina, and Ramona. I thought it was cruel and unusual punishment to try to force us to choose between Kelly and Danielle, who are both in dire need of immense help. I will add though, in my very unprofessional opinion, that while Danielle is in need of an intense drawn out 25 year therapy session, Kelly is likely more in need of meds. And in case you’re wondering, Kelly beat out Danielle by 2%.

The final part of the reunion show airs this Thursday at 9PM Eastern time.

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What’s a network to do when the most dramatic season of their hit show is coming to an end? Well if you’re Bravo, you stretch out the reunion show to three hours. The goods news? With a cast such as that of the Real Housewives of New York City, there’s an excellent chance the third hour was needed.

Tonight, we finally get to see Sonja Morgan, who is quickly becoming a fan favorite, on stage with the rest of the ladies. Sonja will be asked about her sex life, and will likely give us a few TMI details. Ramona will also get into it tonight with Jill, who is labeled as being jealous by her castmates.

Some NYC fans have also commented that Jill Zarin posted the wrong viewing date for Part 2 of the reunion. A quick look at Jill’s website does indeed show a post with an air date for Tuesday rather than Monday. The post was done last Friday and according to fans of the show, they have contacted Jill by facebook and twitter to inform her of the right date since. Some feel this might be intentional by Jill as a way to deter viewers from watching tonight because there might be something airing that Jill doesn’t want people/fans to see. Another speculation is that this might just be a subtle FU to Bravo, as Jill feels she was edited unfairly this season.

In an attempt to be fair and balanced, and not to appear as bashing Jill, who ironically enough spent last Thursday night bashing her co-stars on her blog, I will add that there’s also a good chance this might just be an honest mistake by crafty Jill. Guess we will all find out tonight!

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In other news, some very good news for Bethenny Frankel and Bravo, as Bethenny Getting Married? marked the highest rated series premiere in the network’s history.

With over 2.1 million viewers tuning in on Thursday night, it seems Bravo has another hit on their hands. The question now is will BGM be able to retain those viewers. Only time will tell. A new episode of Bethenny Getting Married? airs Thursday night.

Part one of the Real Housewives of New York City reunion brought us drama, denials, and memory relapses. This is a rather long recap as it involves events from the entire season, so let’s get right to it.

First we see the ladies seated on opposite sides, according to the “teams” they started and ended with this season. Ramona, Bethenny, and Alex are on one couch, with Jill, Kelly, and LuAnn on the other. We start off the show with Alex McCord, who’s tape footage is mostly about her feud with Jill. Asked about being a “different” Alex this season, Alex tells us she’s not really different, but instead chose to “let it out.” Alex’s only regret this season? Not calling the Countess out on her hypocrisy. This is in reference to LuAnn accusing Alex of choosing sides, when she had in fact become Jill’s lapdog. LuAnn lies through her teeth and claims she never chose sides or teams. Must say self awareness is not a strong point for these women.

This brings us to Jill vs Alex, and Jill, who appears to be channeling an 80s porn star with her overly teased hair, immediately goes into victim mode and once again says she is puzzled by Alex’s behavior this season. Jill calls Alex a coward, perhaps rightfully so, for using Bethenny’s message to get out her aggression against her. Alex tries to explain herself and crazy Kelly blurts out “cross your legs.”  We see Jill shoot Kelly an odd look, you know, the type of look a mother gives a child who is acting crazy in public. Alex continues and explains she has tried “over and over” to work things out with Jill. Jill’s defense is she and Alex are not friends, and as we all know, anyone who is not Team Jill gets the wrath of Jill.

Alex also explains what I’ve been blogging along all season, which is that her resentment of Jill comes from three years worth of build up. Anyone who has watched the first and second seasons of the show can attest to this. Alex then goes on to give the best quote ever, summing up Jill with these 60 words -

” Every time you feel threatened whether it is by me, or by anyone else, anytime we have something or get something that you want, or you feel wronged by us, you fight back and you fight back dirty. You go to the gossip columns, you plant stories, you back stab, you try to get people not to film with other people.”

We hear Bethenny agree with Alex when she mentioned Jill asking people not to film with others, but oh, we get to hear more of this later!

Jill then tells the biggest lie of all saying she doesn’t “plant anything about anyone.” In these past few months alone, there have been at least three negative stories in the press regarding her castmates that appear to have been planted by Jill. We see Jill try to project deflect by then accusing Alex of trying to plant a story about her and a charity to the press. Jill claims to have “proof.” Let’s all hope she leaks this “proof” to the media soon because I’m simply not buying it, not one bit at all. I highly highly doubt Alex, who has a job and two young kids to take care of, is spending her free time trying to plant negative stories in the press about Jill. That’s all Jill’s MO.

Next up is Ramona, and we get to see the highlights of the ramonacoaster. Ramona gets an interesting viewer question when a viewer wants to know if she is proud of the way she acted on the yacht, you know when she drunkenly kissed a stranger on the lips. Ramona attempts to defend herself saying she told her husband Mario what had happened, and that it was just an innocent kiss. Kelly butts in and actually makes a valid point, when she says she is surprised Mario was “fine” with Ramona kissing another man, to which LuAnn makes a very catty interesting comment – “Why do you think they’ve been married for so long?”

I find LuAnn’s comment interesting because I’ve always suspected Ramona and Mario might have some sort of agreement or open marriage. No proof of this at all and there’s a great chance I’m wrong. I am however just going by my instincts, based on their behaviors going back to season one of the show. If you recall, Ramona also kissed one of her female friends, who happened to be a former Playmate, on the lips back in season one. Anyhoo, Ramona shares that she doesn’t consider a kiss an indiscretion, so we move on.

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Next in the hot seat is Bethenny, and we immediately see Jill overly congratulating Bethenny and overly complimenting her. “It’s not fair, people in America are going to hate you for this,” says Jill as she compliments Bethenny for her post baby body. But the compliments are not over. “She has good genes,” continues Jill, ending the compliment fest with “you look great.”

Bethenny is then accused of being a media whore and she defends herself saying she’s in the press a lot because of her brand. Kelly’s accusation of Bethenny putting her family in the press in then brought up. (By the way, as a blogger who has covered the past 2 seasons of this show, I can say with 100% certainty that Bethenny has never mentioned a word of Kelly’s family to the press. And I can even attest with 200% certainty that absolutely nothing negative about Kelly’s kids or family has been in the press since she joined the show. Kelly is 100% insane and out of touch with reality. NOTHING negative about her kids or family has been in the press. And I searched again last night.)

Now that I’ve gotten that out the way, Bethenny asks Kelly in what way did she put Kelly and her family in the press and we get to hear an interesting exchange between Bethenny and the Kellamity.

Kelly - What are you doing right now? (asks Kelly who perhaps doesn’t realize where she’s at the point of a reunion show)

Bethenny - ( Appearing puzzled) I’m doing… I’m responding to something that you said, you can’t just say things about people and have them not response… you moron! (okay I admit I added the moron part in there.)

The smart Alex then butts in, saying she never heard anything about Kelly’s family in the press. Bethenny agrees saying “I haven’t either.” We then see a mini confrontation with Alex and Kelly, and something about the tone Kelly used towards Alex stood out to me. It seemed like a rather vicious tone considering Alex and Kelly never had any major disagreements or arguments during the season. Something tells me Jill might have something to do with Kelly’s newly found angst against Alex.

A viewer asks Bethenny a valid question, which is where does she draw the line with the cameras? This was in reference with the TMI scene showing Bethenny sitting on a toilet during the season. Must say I agree with the viewer, it was too much and Bethenny should have closed that door. Countess LuAnn agrees with the viewer as well and proudly lets us know, in her ever condescending tone, that her bathroom is off limits to the cameras. This brings us to another great Kelly moment when she makes the following statement -

“If you’re going to pee on a stick on camera, you should actually have the door open and be peeing on a stick.”

Yeah, I’m not sure what she meant by that either so I will move along. The second best part of the night (the best is yet to come) is when a viewer asks Bethenny why does she feel the need to bring the heavy artillery when dealing with Kelly. “It’s like using an AK-47 to kill a fly,” says the viewer. The real message behind the question completely goes over Kelly’s head who then responds with “Thank you, I am a fly.”

Kelly fails to understand what was really meant by the viewer’s comment. The viewer is pretty much saying Bethenny you are sane, so why even bother with Kelly, who is obviously not sane and unstable. And I must say I actually disagree with this viewer, I thought Bethenny and the other ladies treated Kelly well, especially during the St. John trip. Kelly has spent this entire season being confrontational and antagonistic. While I had some sympathy for Kelly last season and thought she was mistreated by Bethenny a bit, I must say this season has been much different as evident by the events that took place on the trip.

LuAnn briefly brings up the trip and Kelly’s immediate reaction was very interesting. She immediately looks down and appears uncomfortable. Perhaps she realizes her behavior on the trip is a non laughing matter? One can only hope.

It’s now time for the big smackdown showdown and we get to re-live the Jill vs. Bethenny feud once more. Before the footage stops rolling, victim Jill, who had 4 media consultants sleep over her house the night before to coach her for the reunion show, immediately turns on the waterworks saying she doesn’t want to re-live the events anymore. Translation – I don’t want to be held accountable for my actions anymore.

Must say watching the footage of how Jill treated Bethenny brings it all together again. But what really bothers me the most about Jill isn’t even her behavior on the show, but rather her vile behavior off the show. This woman will stop at nothing to get what she wants. She’s a very vindictive and manipulative human being. Her off the show behavior makes the TV Jill look like a saint.

Jill continues with the tears and the excuses. After giving us about a million excuses, she ironically says “there are no excuses.” She tells Bethenny, “I love you.” Be sure to keep that “I love you” in mind when you later read what Jill had to say about her loved one Bethenny on twitter last night. Also keep in mind that this reunion show was just filmed two weeks ago.

Jill finishes rambling and Bethenny is ready to tell it like it is, and boy o boy did she tell it! Bethenny said things that even I as a blogger, who covers the show, did not know. “I’m going to give it to you straight,” says Bethenny.

“This show and this fame thing took you over. The glam, the hair, the make up. You used to be like a nice girl from Long Island.” Ouch! And I must say I disagree with Bethenny, I don’t believe Jill was ever a “nice girl.” I believe this mean girl we’re seeing is the real Jill, and has always been. Bethenny then accuses Jill of not being happy for her when good things happened in her life. Jill’s excuse is that she wasn’t happy for Bethenny because she wanted to do those things with her. Which must explain why Jill called up the Today Show the day Bethenny was set to host it, asking why she wasn’t asked to host instead.

Another point that I’ve wanted to touch on all season is Jill’s claims that she housed Bethenny or put a roof over Bethenny’s head, wanting viewers to think Bethenny was homeless at some point. Nothing but pure BS. Jill simply allowed Bethenny to stay at her Hampton home during one summer and that was it. Another BS claim by Jill was that she “”put” Bethenny on the show. Did Jill recommend Bethenny to the show producers? Yes, but the people involved with the show ultimately had to decide who got on the show, and Bethenny was not an exception. When the producers want to start a housewives franchise, it is common practice that they find one or two women and then ask them to recommend other housewives. For example, Nene Leakes was the one who recommended Kim Zolciak for the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Another rumor is that Jill and her hubby are responsible for getting Bethenny on the Today show. Absolutely false as well.

Earlier this season, I was going to say that Jill’s redeeming quality is that she liked to help others, but then I thought that couldn’t possibly be a redeeming quality if she keeps count of what she does and expects payback for it. Jill is definitely one of those people that will always hold something over your head.

Now back to the show. “It’s just a fact, it’s not like I wanted credit for it,” claimed Jill when Bethenny told her she exaggerated the whole “housing” Bethenny comments. And yes Jill, you do want credit for it, otherwise you wouldn’t mention it over and over and over and over….

“The cameras went up and it was let me slay this girl. You told people not to film with me…” said a fired up Bethenny. Alex and Ramona immediately chime in and agree with Bethenny, and both confirm that Jill did indeed tell them not to film with Bethenny. Jill’s response was simply that she did not remember. What a convenient memory lapse. LuAnn attempts to stick up for her master Jill, but Alex makes it clear that Jill did indeed call her and tell her not to film with Bethenny in an attempt to sabotage her spin-off show. Funny how life works as Bethenny’s show premiered 11 minutes later, with a cameo appearance from Alex to boot.

Bethenny then echoes what most of us suspected, which is that Jill is only sorry because of the backlash. “When sh*t hit the fan for you and your plan didn’t work for you. That’s when you started to be really sympathetic,” said Bethenny.

Jill then brings up the fact that the reason she didn’t want to make up with Bethenny was because she did not want to do it on camera. Can someone please inform Jill that she is on a reality show? Jill accuses Bethenny of denying this when she appeared on Watch What Happens, and I’m 97.898% certain Bethenny did indeed admit on the show that Jill wanted to make up with her off camera. Perhaps someone can find a transcript or footage of this.

Bethenny then makes an excellent point when she says Jill is okay with putting her husband’s cancer and her daughter gong to “fat camp” on television but not okay with making up with a friend. This statement by Bethenny caused victim Jill to then take to her twitter last night and accuse Bethenny of “hurting” her daughter. Here’s what Jill tweeted -

1. RT @Bethenny is crossing the line right now… don’t take blows at @JillZarin’s husband and daughter.

2. B admitted I wanted to talk off camera to make up. Don’t you get it. I wanted to TALK TO MY FRIEND. It was real.

3. Now B doesn’t remember? She told @bravoandy I never said I wanted to talk off camera? She is deflecting. And now hurting my ally?

Wow, so according to Jill, Bethenny is now attacking her husband and daughter? Just when you think this woman has hit her rock bottom, she proves us wrong and hits a new low. Trying to accuse Bethenny of “hurting” your teenage daughter Jill? So not cool. And what Bethenny was referring to was the first season of the show, when Jill spent an entire episode talking about her daughter’s weight, sending her daughter off to a wellness/detox camp of some sort for the sole purpose of weight loss. Jill also bragged about her daughter’s weight loss when she returned home from the camp. So why is Jill now accusing Bethenny of hurting her daughter when she was the one who told millions of people about Ally’s personal weight issues?

Jill’s manipulation seemed to work and some fans tweeted last night that Bethenny did indeed attack Ally. Now remember just two weeks ago, Jill was telling Bethenny how much she loved her. Must say I am terrified to see how Jill treats the people she doesn’t “love.”

After beating the crap out of Jill, deservedly so, with words. Bethenny then realizes using an AK 47 on a fly isn’t a fair fight, and decides the never ending argument is getting catty. Jill claims she is now a “changed” woman, but Bethenny isn’t so certain. Bethenny tells Jill she wishes her the best but isn’t quite sure she has a place for Jill in her life.

And then the slamdunk of the night came when Bethenny tells Jill even sweet and nice Jason doesn’t like her. The crybaby turns on the waterworks and runs away, stomping her feet, perhaps following the advice of one of her four media consultants. Kelly makes some asinine comments and Ramona’s makes the final comment of the night, “She can dish it out, but she can’t take it.” And with that great quote, the first part is over.

Watch What Happens – It was okay with Bethenny last night. Bethenny got a lot of Jill questions and took the high road on pretty much all of them saying Jill had been beat up enough in the press. Ah, if only Bethenny could have seen Jill’s tweets from the previous hour.

Bethenny’s Getting Married? – I watched and I must say I’m not a fan. It was a good show but not for me. I was under the assumption it would be a 30 minute series and not an hour. I realized last night that I don’t want to watch Bethenny without the other NYC housewives, and I don’t want to watch the NYC housewives without Bethenny. So here’s to hoping Bethenny will return for a fourth season. My guess is she will be back.

TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RECAP AND REUNION? DOES JILL DESERVE A BREAK?

Good news for Real Housewives of New York City fans as tonight is the long awaited part 1 of the reunion show. Even better news? Andy Cohen announced today that the two-part reunion show will now be a three-part show! “We’re leaving very little of the reunion on the edit room floor,” said Andy.

So part 1 will air today, part 2 will air Monday night, and the final part will air next Thursday. Another change to Bravo’s schedule is the move of the hit show Watch What Happens to Monday night, starting this coming Monday with guests Ramona Singer and Dina Manzo. This is perhaps a hint that Dina is the New Jersey housewife leaving the show.

Back to the reunion news, the ladies will of course hash things out tonight and a preview clip of Alex vs. Jill is below.

In other NYC news, it seems Jill Zarin continues to be in panic mode as she realizes with only one week left of the NYC Housewives, she is still highly hated disliked by the show fans. First Jill tried to repair her image by attempting to befriend Bethenny again, that failed, then she tried attacking Alex, that failed as well, and as we reported last week, she tried playing the victim card by revealing to her fans via facebook/twitter that she was being threatened by two families, and of course that failed as well. And by family, does Jill mean Nana and the baby are threatening her too? Well let’s all hope Jill will clear this up for wondering fans.

The latest act by Jill, who was revealed as having hired 4 media consultants in last week’s UsWeekly issue, is to try to save defend the non too sane Kelly Bensimon, while also playing the victim role once more.

In a new interview with PEOPLE magazine, Jill, who continues to do more damage everytime she opens her mouth, claims Kelly was indeed picked on by the four other housewives on the infamous St. John trip. And it doesn’t end there, as Jill also says she can relate to Kelly because she, just like Kelly, was also picked on by the four women (Bethenny, Ramona, Alex and Sonja).

Excerpts from Jill’s interview below -

What’s your take on what happened there with Kelly?
I wasn’t there but I spoke to Kelly on the phone and she was definitely having a hard time. She felt that the girls were fighting with her and picking on her. She’s not a fighter. She can’t express herself in that negative way; she just can’t defend herself.

Do you really think they were bullying her?
You know, I wasn’t there but I can tell you that what I saw on TV looks like four against one. It’s bad. It was bad because they did it to me when I got there. As a firsthand witness, when I walked in and I felt that energy of hate on me, and that only lasted about 10 minutes, if Kelly was experiencing that for four days, systematic bullying, no matter what you call it, is not okay.

So according to Jill’s distorted view, it was four against one and Kelly, who was shown being antagonistic to all the women, was the victim. Also in last week’s issue of UsWeekly was a rather odd picture of Jill holding hands with Kelly while walking the NYC streets. The mag reported the picture was taken just days after the filming of the reunion show.

Must say it’s time for Jill to fire her 4 media consultants if their big plan for her redemption is advising her to align herself with Kelly, whom is considered pretty much insane by most fans of the show. What’s even worse than Jill’s odd attempt to defend Kelly is the fact that it’s likely not genuine and likely just another bad ploy to get the public to like her once again.

And since we’re on the topic of Kelly Bensimon, who continues to remain out of touch with reality, the latest comes in a new interview during which she brags about her highly ridiculed anti-bullying PSA video. “My bullying video has gotten over 80,000 hits [Note: 69,399, but close enough],” she says. “I’ve realized I have a voice I didn’t know I had. Mock it or love it, I’m making an impact.”

Priceless that the interviewer points out her video had gotten 10,000 less hits than what she claimed. Kelly also sees the upside in appearing like a lunatic on national television. She proudly proclaims that Episode 11—her meltdown episode—is the most downloaded iTunes show “and that’s awesome.”

Moving right along. Below is a preview clip of what is to come tonight as Alex and Jill can be seen getting into it.

TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CLIP AND PART 1 OF THE REUNION SHOW?

While some housewives seasons seemed to linger on too long (think the Real Housewives of Orange County) and some should have just been scrapped all together and replaced with a new cast (think Real Housewives of New Jersey), it seems the third season of the Real Housewives of New York City ended way too soon.

Just like that, the most amazing season ever in Bravo housewives history is over. Last night marked the 14th and final episode of the NYC season. The recap is below.

We saw Jill call Bethenny up last week to ask her out to lunch, thus bringing us to a somewhat awkward lunch meeting between the former BFFs. Seems Jill, who spent the first half of the season trying to rally up the troops her co-stars against Bethenny and failing badly at it, is now ready to make amends. Apparently, becoming BFFs with the Cuntess and a nutjob wasn’t all she thought it would be. Enters Bethenny, and Jill begins to complement the heck out of her. Jill begins to open up, and judging from Bethenny’s facial expressions, it’s pretty obvious Bethenny is O.V.E.R.I.T. Jill calls the demise of their friendship a separation, while Bethenny describes it as a divorce. Interesting choice of words there.

Bethenny makes an excellent point when she says in her interview, “I think that the tides turning on Jill is the reason that we’re sitting here having this conversation.” Bethenny then proceeds to explain to Jill why she’s in the position she is in with some of the housewives. “You create arguments and drama, and pick fights with people and count things, then you have to deal with the residual damage,” says an emotional Bethenny. And the best line of this scene is Jill saying she wants to get toxic people out of her life and then calling Alex a toxic person to which Bethenny asks, “Alex is a toxic person?” before reminding Jill that once upon a time, she also referred to her as a toxic person as well. Lunch is over and Jill asks Bethenny if she would like to get together again. We never get Bethenny’s reply, but judging from her facial expressions, the answer is pretty clear.

Next up, we see the ladies sans BRA, meet up to celebrate LuAnn’s new song, ‘Money Can’t Buy You Class.’ LuAnn finally introduces her very adorable boyfriend, Jacques Azoulay, to the housewives, and I must admit it was cute to see LuAnn act giddy and happy about her new man. According to reports, the two are still together. It was however interesting to hear LuAnn express her disappointment at Bethenny, Ramona and Alex(BRA) not showing up, when she made it a point not to show up for Ramona’s trip. LuAnn proceeds to lip-sync her song and I’m pretty certain her lips weren’t even moving at one point during the performance. And how cute was it when the cameras panned to Jacques, who was shown really grooving to the crappy performance. Ahh! To be in love.

Finally, it’s the day of the renewal and we see Ramona getting ready for her big day. Jill pays Ramona a visit, and tries to mend their toxic friendship. Interesting because Jill mentioned to Bethenny earlier that she did not want toxic people in her life. If her friendship with Ramona isn’t toxic, then I don’t know what is. The frenemies once again make up and I realize that’s all these two do. They hurt each other badly, apologize and make up. On a toxic friendship of 1 – 10, these two are about a 12. They make up once again and we can look forward to 15 more years of this frenemieship.

The guests arrive to the event and we find out Kelly did not RSVP. She however decided to be the “bigger person” again and show up to the event, even bringing gifts! I don’t speak lunatic, but I’m guessing the other time she’s referring to being the “bigger person” was during the St. John trip. Nough said.

Next we see Jill, minutes after just making up with her good friend Ramona, proceed to then bash Ramona’s event to others. Jill complains about not having any h’orderves to munch on. It’s a wonder Jill even eats, you know being that she’s a size 1 and all. We then see the “two teams” sitting on opposite sides of the room and Alex reminds us the ladies are ending the season the same way they started. In the first episode, Alex & Bethenny attended Ramona’s party on the boat/yatch, while LuAnn and Kelly skipped the event in favor of gossiping about it with Jill. Good observation by Alex.

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Ramona and Mario renew their vows and it was a bit sad to see LuAnn’s face during that. It’s nice to see a couple make it 17 years, especially in a world where divorces are so rampant, so more power to Ramona and Mario. I do agree with Kelly though (did I just type that?) that 17 is a bit of a random number. An emotional Bethenny proceeds to thank Alex and Ramona for being great friends to her during the biggest “roller coaster” of her life. The ladies then hug it out.

The show ends and we see brief updates on the ladies. Kelly’s update was priceless. “Kelly remains committed to a life full of lollipops, unicorns and rainbows,” highlariously said Bravo. Interesting use of the word “committed” there. Coincidence? I think not, bravo Bravo! In her closing interview, Kelly tells us she has an amazing life and lives in an amazing world, which reminds me of a great comment I saw on twitter last night. A viewer of the show said Kelly has to keep saying she has an amazing life to herself so that she can convince herself she really does. Something along those lines, and must say the viewer might be onto something.

Watch What Happens with Kelly Ripa was great last night. The highlight of the night came when a viewer called in to ask Andy Cohen if Bravo did indeed force “the clinically insane Kelly” (the caller’s words) to go on the St. John trip, as claimed by Kelly. Andy’s answer was a clear NO, which led Kelly to post the following on her twitter in reply to Andy: “i wish andy and all of his opinions well. i was forced to go. if i didn’t go, the trip wouldn’t have been worth the money.” Uh Kelly? You wish Andy and all of his opinions well? Are his opinions like people?

Kelly then proceeded to post some more creepy nonsensical rants on her twitter, which she does on a daily basis by the way. Must say Kelly’s off the wall behavior is starting to remind of that of Britney Spears, you know before her father stepped in with the conservatorship and meds. This woman acts more and more out of control everyday. It almost seems like someone needs to step into her life to guide her , while telling her what not to do and say. She is really in need of some dire and serious help. Her actions only seem to get worse daily. She seems extremely out of touch with reality. And oh yeah, Kelly deleted most of her crazy tweets from last night.

Jennifer Gilbert - Jennifer, who was actually cast to be a full time castmember was unfortunately hardly shown this season. She was never even added to the beginning credits of the show much to Jennifer’s dismay. And though there are rumors that Jennifer has been cut from the show, Andy Cohen reveals the rumors are false and that no decisions have been made regarding the cast next year. I might be in the minority here but I would take Jennifer over Sonja Morgan any day. Yes Sonja is likable and a bit entertaining, but is more of a one trick pony. And when you really think about it, Sonja makes sure to stay out of the drama and seems like a really nice person, which while great in real life, is bad for reality TV. On the other hand, the little that was shown of Jennifer showed a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind ( telling Jill to get “the f*ck out” of her pantry during an earlier episode) and is rather inappropriate at times (saying LuAnn’s date looked “gay” with his hair). My guess is both women will be back, especially if Bethenny leaves the show. However my instincts tell me Jennifer would make a much better fit for the show than Sonja.

Below is a behind the scenes clip from the reunion show, and Jill can be seen kissing up to Bethenny. It’s quite pathetic to be frank. “Bethenny, you look beautiful,” said Jill only proceeding seconds later to add, ” Bethenny you look gorgeous.”

Warning, the ass kissing in the clip below might induce vomit. You’ve been warned.

Perhaps someone should tell Jill that mending things with Bethenny will not repair her tarnished image with the public. She really seems very obsessed with being friends with Bethenny again, and unfortunately her narcissism and delusions are not allowing her to see that people don’t dislike her solely because of Bethenny. They do because of her own actions and behavior on the show. Her obsession with wanting to befriend Bethenny again is nothing short of her self serving purpose to be liked again by the public as proven by the story she leaked to Life&Style this week proclaiming she and Bethenny are friends again. Something Bethenny has now publicly denied. It’s time for Jill to move on and realize the viewers are smart, and Bethenny’s actions will not change their opinion of her.

I’ve always made mention of the NYC Housewives series being my favorite out of the Bravo franchises and I must say the season is ending all too soon. It was truly a great season, and I’m already looking forward to season four.

TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RECAP AND THIS SEASON IN GENERAL?

It seems time has flown fast when it comes to the unprecedented dramatic third season of the Real Housewives of New York City.

Tonight is the finale and here’s what we can expect. As Ramona prepares for the special day of her wedding renewal, she gets a last minute visit from Jill, who wants to re-hash all that went down during her surprise visit in St. John. And while Bethenny Frankel prepares for her new life by moving downtown with her fiancé Jason, she must face her past when she and Jill finally meet for lunch to discuss their broken friendship. A video preview is below.

We also reported this week that a “source” told Life&Style magazine that Jill and Bethenny are working to mending their friendship. Well according to Ramona, the story is false and Bethenny and Jill “are not friends again.”

As for the anticipated reunion, Ramona reveals it “got hectic” and that “Two people walked off. One person got up and stomped her foot!” And when it comes to Kelly’s mental well being since the her infamous breakdown in St John, Ramona says Kelly “is absolutely not” doing better. “She goes in and out,” says Ramona.

And since we’re on the topic of Kelly Bensimon, who continues to take a downward spiral into crazyville, especially after releasing her home-made anti-bullying PSA video (screen shot above). Must say using an important issue such as bullying to selfishly serve her own agenda is a bit disgusting. Even more disgusting considering this woman was arrested just a year ago for punching her boyfriend in the face. Seems like Kelly knows a lot about bullying.

In a new interview with Access Hollywood, the 42-year-old moron mother of two, is now claiming Bravo forced her to go on the St. John trip. “I was asked by Bravo to go, I didn’t want to go,” she told AH on Wednesday. “These women are not for me. Clearly, Ramona does not like me …I went against my will and the minute I got there, it was everything I hate.”

“They’re playing a game. We’re playing two different games. I’m playing basketball and they’re playing hockey,” continued Kelly. “And they want blood.”

In other housewives news, Jill Zarin did a new interview with TV Guide, and she is now blaming Alex McCord for being turned away in St. John. Below are excepts from Jill’s interview -

“I think had Alex not cared whether I stayed or left, I could have gotten past it. But for whatever influence Alex has over Ramona right now worked… Alex wants to make herself more important on the show, and I totally respect that. And this was her way of doing it. This was her way of creating a place for herself to stay on the show. Without the drama of what she’s been doing, she really doesn’t have a place on the show. In the finale, you’ll see there’s a moment with Alex where she wants to talk to me. I just remove myself from it. I have nothing against her, I’m just not going to give her another shot at me since her history with me is to attack me unprovoked. I’ve done nothing to her. In the first two seasons I was the only one who supported her, and now all of a sudden she found this voice and wants to attack me.”

So according to delusional Jill, Alex is controlling Ramona, and that was the reason she got kicked off crazy Island. Delusional Jill also can’t fathom why Alex could possibly dislike her, despite the fact that she has spent the past two seasons of the show constantly taking digs at Alex and her family.

The preview clip of Bethenny and Jill’s meet up is below –

TELL US- WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TONIGHT’S EPISODE OF THE NYC HOUSEWIVES?

The bad news for the Real Housewives of New York City’s producers? There was no way in heck they could top the insanity drama of last week’s episode. The good news? Even without topping last week’s drama, last night’s show was still pretty darn great.

Now on to this week’s recap. It’s the night after the storm, and we find out Kelly has departed early after her “nervous breakthrough.” The ladies seem both tired and very relieved that Hurricane Kelly has passed through. Ramona shares that one of Kelly’s personalities Kelly left her a sweet note.

What we didn’t see on TV was that the night before (the same night Kelly went bat sh*t crazy that is) Ramona placed a call to Jill letting her know what had happened with Kelly, and asked Jill, who she believed was good friends with Kelly, to try to meet Kelly at the airport in NYC and be there for her. Bethenny also reveals in her Bravo blog that she talked to Jill that night out of concern for Kelly. According to both Bethenny and Ramona, Jill showed very little concern for Kelly. Apparently she was more preoccupied with making her own dramatic surprise entrance. Here’s what Bethenny wrote in her blog about Jill last week -

“Jill came to St. John because she wanted a grand entrance and to ensure that she wasn’t absent in three episodes. Her excuse that she came to see me was laughable. St. John is very difficult to get to and I literally lived a block away from her. Stopping by my building would have been infinitely easier. You all know the real story there.”

Ramona also chimes in this week that Jill literally lives minutes away from Bethenny, so we can scratch out wanting to make up with Bethenny from Jill’s reasons for showing up unannounced. And how interesting is it that Jill has said on more than one occasion that her reason for not wanting to make up with Bethenny was because she did not want to do it on camera. Guess she forgot the camera crews tagged along to St. Johns. Plus didn’t Jill also proclaim in an earlier episode, when Ramona tried to set up a meeting between she and Bethenny, that she hated being ambushed? So why ambush Bethenny and Alex on their trip? Hmm, things that make you wonder.

Back to the episode. The ladies are getting manis and pedis and Jill shows up. “Hiiiiiiiii,” says Jill, doing her best Kelly impersonation. The ladies are not happy and can’t even hide their displeasure at Jill’s arrival. We have some very awkward silences and a shaky Alex. I must say, I thought Alex’s and the other housewives’ reaction was a bit dramatic, but then again, you have to put it all into context. They are still recovering from Hurricane Kelly, and according to all the ladies on the trip, what we saw on TV was a very tame edited version of what really took place with Kelly. Still, must say I was a bit surprised they actually kicked Jill out. I really did not expect them to completely shut her down.

Jill is hurt, and even accuses Ramona of choosing Alex over her. Jill tweeted last night, “I could never describe what it felt like. Ramona did not even offer us a glass of water or bathroom after 9 hours to get there. My intentions were for peace. In hindsight I should not have gone.” Ramona gives us a great quote about Jill, “Sometimes she’s not based in reality. I think she’s been hanging out with Kelly too much.” I think Ramona might be onto something.

Jill leaves, and TEAM BRAS (Team Bethenny, Ramona, Alex & Sonja) continue their relaxing vacation. Got the Team BRAS acronym from Simon’s twitter, and yes I’m aware it’s quite corny. But back to the housewives, according to Ramona, the camera interviews from this episode were done a few weeks into the airing of this season. Keep that in mind when you later hear Jill’s comments about wanting to mend her friendship with Bethenny.

Alex and Sonja plan a surprise bridal shower for Bethenny and Ramona. The ladies spring out some sex toys and we find out Ramona and Alex are a bit shy when it comes to the sex toy topic.

Jill, Lulu, and Jennifer decide to meet up with Kelly to discuss the events that took place in St. Johns. I noticed something during this scene, LuAnn seemed very knowledgeable on what really happened during the trip. My guess is Jill filled her in, considering Ramona and Bethenny both acknowledged calling Jill about the events out of concern for Kelly. Hurricane Kelly arrives and begans to tell her own distorted version of the events that took place.

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Kelly says about the trip, “It was everything that I hate, talking badly about people, you know gossiping about people… And I just don’t like to gossip, I don’t”

Low and behold, in a new interview with OK magazine, just published this morning, OK magazines asks Kelly when was the last time she was her imaginary best friend, and well I’ll let you read the Q & A for yourself -

OK Magazine – Last time you saw your best friend?
Kelly – “I had lunch with my best friend last week. We ate sushi and caught up on gossip.“

Must say Kelly needs to choose a personality and stick with it. Loved LuAnn’s comment about Kelly’s alleged dislike of not wanting to gossip being the reason she doesn’t have many girlfriends. Well that and her insanity. Kelly continues to tell her lies and once again accuses Bethenny of lying about being a cook/chef, only to have LuAnn and Jennifer inform her that they know several people who have hired Bethenny. And how interesting was it to have LuAnn and Jill makes jokes about Kelly in the third person, you know like Kelly wasn’t there. “She’s 12, she’s 12,” joked LuAnn about Kelly bringing out the jelly beans. This seems to go over Kelly’s head, just like Sonja calling her crazy to her face during the St. Johns dinner from hell seemed to go over her head as well. Very interesting. Jennifer gives a great quote when she says there are three sides to every story: yours, mine and the truth.

We move on to Sonja’s event/party and Countess LuAnn, who apparently LOVES gossip, immediately tries to get details on the St. Johns trip. The ladies take the convo upstairs and the ladies fill her in on what really happened. Bethenny gives a great quote about Kelly, “She sees things exactly the opposite of how they actually happened.”

Now onto Jill’s skating event, planned by Jennifer, who gives another great quote, “You know Jill, she’s all about the swag.” Jennifer must know Jill really well. Jill goes on and on about how much she misses Bethenny in her camera interview and as I wrote earlier, Jill’s interview in this episode was done weeks into the airing of this season, meaning after she had began to receive a backlash for shutting Bethenny down. Jill sits down with her sister and shares that she wants to meet up with Bethenny, not to rehash the past, but instead move forward. Interesting considering Jill didn’t want to have a sit down with Bethenny in an earlier episode because she didn’t have her “notes.” Jill calls, and Bethenny agrees to meet up. Jill goes on to skate before sharing, “I’m the only idiot in a skating dress right now.” Yes Jill, yes you are.

Ramona and her ponytail arrive, and is immediately confronted by Hurricane Kelly. Ramona doesn’t want to talk about the trip but Kelly refuses to take no for an answer and demands an apology from Ramona. Kelly once again projects her insanity unto Bethenny when she refers to Bethenny as “crazy.” In her camera interview, Ramona echoes something Bethenny said earlier by saying, “I don’t remember [the trip] that way, was she at the same event I was at?” Ramona realizes arguing with a crazy person is a waste of time and issues Kelly an apology.

Ramona is then confronted by Jill and does an encore when she also apologizes to Jill, and they both decide to keep their very toxic friendship of 15 years going. Must say, on a toxic friendship scale of 1 – 10, these two are at about a 12, and should really consider ending their “friendship.” They both seem to get off on hurting each other. It’s a really sick and unhealthy friendship in my opinion.

And just like that this episode is over and we find out next week’s episode is the finale. As reported earlier, the reunion show was filmed this week and is scheduled to air June 10th. Everyone involved says it will be very dramatic.

Jerry Seinfeld was the guest on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens last night and he made some rather funny digs at the expense of the NYC housewives. “I hate these people” and “Why do people put their heads in this toilet?” are just some of Jerry’s highlights. Here’s to hoping the housewives never decide to take their heads out of the Bravo toilets.

TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RECAP & LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE? DO YOU THINK JILL WAS SINCERE IN HER REASON FOR SHOWING UP?

Tonight marks the 13th episode of the Real Housewives of New York City. While the Jersey franchise continues to drag at a boring slow pace, the NYC franchise is moving along rather quickly.

While the past two weeks has focused on the Kellamity known Kelly Bensimon, in tonight’s episode, Jill Zarin appears eager and ready to snatch the spotlight back from Kelly!

After Kelly’s bizarre “nervous breakthrough” (her words) last week, she decides to leave the vacation early much to the joy of the other housewives, who are likely relieved they no longer have to sleep with one eye open.

Now relaxed, Alex and Sonja throw Ramona and Bethenny a surprise bridal shower where much hilarity ensues! But back in NYC, Kelly decides to fill Jill, LuAnn and Jennifer Gilbert in on her emotional trip – will they see her side?

And finally, Jill decides to follow through with her self serving plan to steal the spotlight surprise the group on the trip, how will each of the ladies react? We’ll find out tonight at 10/9c on Bravo.

In the meantime, below is a preview clip of Kelly telling her distorted version of what happened on the trip to Jill, LuAnn and Jennifer -