#RHONY Bethenny Frankel Recounts Events That Led to the End of Her Friendship with Jill Zarin
“Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered,” says Bethenny Frankel to Andy Cohen on tonight’s episode of Real Housewives of New York 100th Special celebrating the success of the reality show. The topic – Where did it all go wrong for Bethenny and Jill Zarin? And yes, Bethenny just referred to herself as a pig. I guess her one-liners can’t all be winners.
What was the turning point? According to Bethenny, who is sitting with Andy solo in her bronze-sparkled glory since Jill was dumped in lieu of Bethenny politely declined the invitation to join then, was when Bethenny scored the co-hosting assignment on The Today Show. Bethenny says when she arrived at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the Today show producers informed her that Jill had been calling, demanding to know why she wasn’t co-hosting as well. Bethenny said, Jill “lost her mind” even calling her “one cunning bitch” in this prerecorded interview.
Obviously Bethenny is no shrinking violet, but after all this time the anger still seems very fresh. Do you think Bethenny should discuss “projecting” in her next therapy session? But the question remains, is Jill as “cunning” as Bethenny suggests?
Back at the show, flashbacks are shown of the infamous phone call between Bethenny and Jill, when Jill kept repeating in her nasally voice, “You didn’t call Bawby.” Bethenny made the critical error of sending flowers to Bobby Zarin and this became Jill’s exhausted storyline for season four — Jill’s last season. Bethenny shared with Andy that Jill’s plan to taker her down “backfired in Jill’s face.”
Tune in tonight on Bravo to watch this milestone episode. Who knows, maybe each of the ladies have gained perspective from their high-lights and low-lights. And then again, maybe not.
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