On last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City, the ladies escaped the Big Apple to attend Ramona’s “non-bachelorette party”…and boy did they bring the crazy. And by “they” we mean Kelly.
Kelly Bensimon—former model, Playboy Covergirl and ex-wife of legendary fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon—has a knack for theatrics (and let’s be honest—isn’t that why we watch the show?). There’s nary an episode to be found where she doesn’t start some kind of frivolous fight/have a complete breakdown.
But last night, Kelly took delusion to a whole new level. The trip started off surprisingly pleasant—until Kelly opened her mouth. She started off by referring to cast mate Bethenny Frankel as a “cook,” not a “chef,” explaining in order to be considered a chef, you need to work in a restaurant. Um, thanks for clearing that up for us Kelly. Things just escalated from there.
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A pregnant Bethenny, recognizing she was emotional, left the room in tears.
The next day, Bethenny gave the ladies gift bags, which she personalized and stuffed with swag from her Skinny Girl line. Kelly freaked out, saying she was scared and claiming Bethenny was trying to kill her. She called Jill—still in New York—who warns her to stay away from Bethenny. In a subsequent interview, Jill admits she couldn’t understand half of Kelly’s frantic babble during the phone call.
The next morning, the women were in the kitchen, as Kelly came marching in with a note pad, declaring if anyone had a complaint about her they can write it down and put it in a box. The women looked puzzled, as no one had even mentioned Kelly until she walked into the room.
Then Bethenny decides to try and reinstate sanity and cooks dinner for all of the women. It backfires. All hell breaks loose.
In the immortal words of Bethenny herself, “Holy Catfight!”
Kelly chatted on her phone at the table, and when Ramona pointed out it was rude, she left. She returned and questioned if Bethenny was in fact preparing all of the food laid out. Because you know, they’re not in a restaurant, so Bethenny certainly can’t be a chef and actually cook food.
Then we were taken on a series of frighteningly surreal trips where Kelly alternated between telling Alex she’s channeling the devil (but still telling her she’s beautiful) and saying yet again Bethenny is trying to kill her.
The episode ended with Ramona literally stroking Kelly’s hair to try to get her to calm down.
While Kelly’s may seem like a hard act to follow, next week’s preview of Jill crashing Ramona’s vacation with the housewives looks very promising.
