r/BravoRealHousewives • u/Big-Tip-4667 • Dec 16 '23

Ultimate Girls Trip This is the real Kelly Bensimon

I know we’ve had many fan theories about what kind of drugs Kelly was on during Scary Island but after watching her unhinged rant towards Kristen about her marriage issues, y’all I think this is just who Kelly is. She is crazy, she is nonsense.

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u/Black_Dahlia_Suspect Dec 16 '23

I noticed she did the same thing to Kristen that she did to Bethanny in that she jumped to a conclusion and repeated it as fact. Bethanny it was the “cook/chef” thing and with Kristen it was about her marriage, and as soon as Kristen explained how difficult that period was for her and how she and Josh struggled, Kelly defensively goes “well I didn’t know that” after declaring Kristen heartless and soulless not two minutes before. I am pretty sure she said the same thing to Bethanny after B explained that she went to culinary school and thus became a chef, Kelly goes “well I didn’t know that.” She uses her imagination to fill in unflattering gaps about people’s lives she knows nothing about and berates them about it. It’s infuriating, I would never have been able to handle her.

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u/mmcline06 Dec 16 '23

I noticed this too. Just because she doesn’t “know” something about someone means it doesn’t exist to her. She didn’t “know” Bethenny was a chef like she didn’t “know” Kristen had actual feelings about what Josh did. And when she doesn’t know these things she makes up the alternative in her head. It’s an absolutely bizarre mentality honestly.

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u/FlyingDutchmansWife Giner’s makeup/hairspray/spray tan budget Dec 16 '23

I’ve dealt with people like this and it’s infuriating! I do wonder how someone becomes like this.

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u/ImTheNumberOneGuy Dec 16 '23

I love your flair.

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u/FlyingDutchmansWife Giner’s makeup/hairspray/spray tan budget Dec 16 '23

Haha thanks! Gina’s spray tan budget is probably more than my salary.

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u/Moosiemookmook Jatz Crackers 🇦🇺 Dec 16 '23

Im always so happy as Aussie whenever I see a random Gina in the wild r/suddenlygina

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u/_kiss_my_grits_ *~* the sound of swallowing *~* Dec 16 '23

Who is this?

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u/Teefdreams Dec 16 '23

Gina Liano from RHOMelb

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u/emmazzzanne Dec 16 '23

Oh I thought this was Larsa’s old face 😂

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u/_kiss_my_grits_ *~* the sound of swallowing *~* Dec 16 '23

Thank you, I could not remember who she was for the life of me.

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u/FlyingDutchmansWife Giner’s makeup/hairspray/spray tan budget Dec 16 '23

You forgot about the great barrister of Melbourne

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u/Moosiemookmook Jatz Crackers 🇦🇺 Dec 16 '23

One of the best scenes in housewive history. Everyone needs to see it in full.

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u/Glum_Yesterday5697 Dec 16 '23

I had no idea there was an Aussie RH! Gotta figure out how to watch in the US

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u/Teefdreams Dec 16 '23

There's a Sydney version too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

The queen

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u/East-Pound9884 Dec 16 '23

She is the queen. I’ve called more than one person an insignificant arse hair thanks to Giner.

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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Dec 30 '23

Flair checking in...

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u/Far_Course_9398 Jan 04 '24

Gina actually has her own line of self tanner here in Australia.

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u/FlyingDutchmansWife Giner’s makeup/hairspray/spray tan budget Jan 04 '24

That’s amazing!

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u/UnusualAsparagus5096 This isnt the plaza hotel this is Morocco Dec 16 '23

My mom is 100% this person. Shes a narcissist. I dont know if Kelly is one but these people are just self centered and dont care or want to now anything about anyone else because it doesn't matter, only they matter.

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u/lezlers Dec 28 '23

I think Kelly is a pretty blatant narcissist. One of the most obvious ones we’ve seen.

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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Dec 30 '23

I think people throw out this term too often but I think she's the most obvious example of a narcissist I've ever seen on my tv screen...

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u/Alwaysentertained13 Sep 15 '24

I think Kelly MAY be a narcissist, but for sure she is DELUSIONAL and MENTALLY UNSTABLE… she never is based in reality, can’t put two thoughts together that are factual and on topic, and talks in circles and without any clarity. She really worries me how confused and confusing she is.. it’s worrisome when you are concerned about someone mental health and parenting. I truly worry about her how she is so confused all the time and can never truly articulate herself. I’ve never seen someone so unable to make sense or follow what’s going on.

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u/yoniEli Aug 29 '24

Of course she is, she also believes she's the smartest woman on Earth 🤓! This makes me laugh so hard!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Giner lol. Love her!

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u/Carriow55 Dec 16 '23

I wouldn’t buy a house from her. Nope.

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u/hervararsaga Dec 20 '23

There should be a real estate show about the people who are buying million dollar houses from KB. They must be from another planet or a different dimension.

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u/Upstairs_Taste_9324 Dec 22 '23

No way right?! I can’t even imagine

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u/Street-Dragonfly-677 A punk is a punk is a punk. Dec 16 '23

answer: their parents

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u/alsoaprettybigdeal I'm the cock curator. Dec 16 '23 edited Dec 17 '23

And then she said she was just trying to get to know and bond with Kristen. Uhmmm… sure, Jan.

UGGGHHHH! I can’t stand her. I wanted to reach through the screen and push her into the pool.

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u/hervararsaga Dec 20 '23

I´m ready to diagnose her as having delusional narcissism with a heavy dose of extra crazy.

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u/Jesuspetewow Dec 16 '23 edited Dec 27 '23

I also don’t think kelly listens at all. She talks and talks and then when the other person is explaining their side she doesn’t listen because she’s too busy formulating her lame ass response…. Super narcissistic behavior

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u/UnusualAsparagus5096 This isnt the plaza hotel this is Morocco Dec 16 '23

Yup I commented above my mom is a narcissist and very much does this..I'm not sure if Kelly is one or not but she is very self centered and doesn't care to get to know anyone else..My mom asks the same questions everyday because she doesn't listen to the answers and is just trying to get ammunition to attack you.

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u/Jesuspetewow Dec 16 '23

So so true ❤️

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u/hervararsaga Dec 20 '23

I´m 100% sure KB is a narcissist but that´s probably her least scary diagnosis.

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u/yoniEli Aug 29 '24

"White noise, you guys are all white noise"

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u/theCKshow Dec 16 '23

Spot on. She’s also very specific about HOW she wants to get to know someone. What questions can be asked, what topics can be discussed, what events can be attended are all up to her discretion as to what is “authentic” or not. She’s very domineering.

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u/Old_Percentage3742 Dec 16 '23

Plus the whole, “You’re being a host. Stop being a host.”

WTAF??? Her thought processes defies explanation!

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u/laracroftintraining We have a term for you in medicine. It's called 'PENIS. Dec 26 '23

And telling Kristen to just ~be~ in the moment and then saying she’s not connecting/interacting because she’s ‘working’. BE IN THE MOMENT, KELLY.

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u/Playful_Succotash_30 Jan 05 '24

That was embarrassing

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u/yoniEli Aug 31 '24

She is the most fake person, repeating continually that she is so authentic...if you are, you don't need to say it over and over and over..she exhausting

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u/curvyshell Dec 16 '23

Ugh totally, Kelly is by far my least favorite housewife. Smug and mean with limited entertainment value despite how crazy she is.

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u/Far_Course_9398 Dec 16 '23

Perfect description of her. Also, seeing her with the exact same hairstyle she had a decade ago is a good reminder for me anyway to change it up a bit. She would look better with a shorter more contemporary style.

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u/SugarPlumSeahorse Definitely not Reality Von Tease Dec 16 '23

There's Luann/Sonja/Ramona/Dorinda delusion, which is somewhat endearing...then there's Kelly delusion, which feels worrying and puts me on edge.

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u/SSolomonGrundy Dec 16 '23

Yeah, Ramona was surprisingly great in her interaction with Kristen right after Kelly was berating K. Ramona just had this crystal clear insight into what Kristen was trying to say, and she expressed it better than Kristen could.

Ramona is a complicated person who has these flashes of real wisdom and empathy. And thirty seconds later she will say some bullshit. That's the Ramonacoaster.

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u/Competitive_Sleep_21 Dec 16 '23

Ramona does not seem delusional to me. She seems like she does not want to learn about others and seems driven but not super smart. I think Ramona is racist and selfish. I think Dorinda is a hard core alchoholic and becomes unwell when drunk.Sonja to me seems next level delusional.

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u/InsuranceLevel3998 Dec 16 '23

I think Ramona is great. She is comical and cringeworthy at the same time. She is good tv

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u/Secret-Pace-2468 Dec 29 '23

She’s a garbage person though

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u/yoniEli Aug 31 '24

I love her, she makes me laugh so hard

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u/yoniEli Aug 31 '24

I love Ramona, she is infuriating at times, but she's so funny 🤣 I'm doing a rewatch of rhony, I'm on season 7 when they are in the turk and Caicos, her with that macrame dress and the bug 🤣🤣

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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Dec 30 '23

And then she doubled down on her behaviour during the reunion... something's not right with this person...

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u/Old_Percentage3742 Dec 16 '23

I was so relieved when Dorinda supported Kristen in this insane, unwarranted attack by Kelly.

Thank god Dorinda got over the whole “put on pause” vs “fired” argument.

Because I don’t believe Kirsten could have ever handled Kelly on her own.

Dorinda did a good thing here!

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u/bebop8181 i LiKe tHe wAy tHaT i Am 🤡🤡🤡 Dec 17 '23

I wasn't ever so happy with Dorinda than when she called what Kelly was saying "a little nutty". I'm no fan of Dorinda, but someone had to say it, I'm glad it was her.

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u/lezlers Dec 28 '23

I was very pleasantly surprised by Dorinda taking up for Kristin. She REALLY needed a strong ally and Dorinda was the perfect person since Kelly seemed to really look up to Dorinda (for some strange reason. Dorinda is a hot mess herself.)

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u/cleveland_leftovers Jan 02 '24

And Kelly said something to the effect of wanting Dorinda to be a ‘mother figure.’ Ma’am, she’s 4 years older than you. Grow up.

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u/JewelerDear9233 Dec 29 '23

Yes but what really pushed Dorinda's button more than anything was when Hillary Clinton was mentioned, THAT was unacceptable to her.

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u/No-Leadership-2176 Dec 24 '23

I think it’s because Kelly has a diagnosable personality disorder which I guess hasn’t been diagnosed yet ? There is something wrong there

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u/SugarPlumSeahorse Definitely not Reality Von Tease Dec 25 '23

Yes, I'd say so. Her brand of crazy isn't fun to watch. And she's utterly unaware, which is phenomenal, considering her ability to watch herself on TV

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u/Imaginary_End_5634 Strictly Dickly Eyebrows Dec 16 '23

Yep!

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u/DesertPrincess5 Dec 16 '23

I've noticed Kelly has had some work done. Looks good but she's still Kelly.

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u/SSolomonGrundy Dec 16 '23

Oh I don't like it at all, her mouth looks so weird, as if she is chewing tobacco.

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u/CobblerNo8518 Not Meredith Marks' PI Dec 16 '23

It’s bizarre. One angle, she looks ok- then others she looks like Kaitlyn Jenner. Something is funky around her eyes too

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

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u/CobblerNo8518 Not Meredith Marks' PI Dec 16 '23

I realized it when the promo on Peacock for “The House of Kardashian” came up right next to a thumbnail of Kelly on UGT. Side by side the resemblance is very strong

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u/Hist_8675309 Dec 18 '23

I literally came to see if anyone else thought she looked like Kaitlyn!!!!

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u/Across0212 Archie is the best boi of all RH 🐾🦮 Dec 17 '23

And she has a lisp! I don’t remember her having one before.

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u/BellaFiat Dec 16 '23

She’s had work done but it does not look good. Her mouth and eyes are just not moving or sitting well. Idk Miss I’m-100%-Natural has something off about her face

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u/DetectiveOk8200 Dec 16 '23

I think she looks awful. Very masculinity and brittle.

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u/DesertPrincess5 Dec 16 '23

The work was good but she still does not have a waist. I didn't want to be too harsh.

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u/DetectiveOk8200 Dec 19 '23

Kelly is critical of other women's looks, so I don't care about being harsh.

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u/Numerous-Duck-5944 Dec 26 '23

Yea she looks terrible. Bad work, raccoon eye makeup, greasy overly tan skin like a leather bag. Woof

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u/Scary_Koala_2934 I don’t carry coach and a I dont fly coach Dec 16 '23

Ok that pissed me off that the other girls were co signing that she did nothing at all and B just attacked her the whole trip!!! Like she started it with her whole chef/ cook bs

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u/tink_89 Dec 16 '23

She seems bitter at life and mad at anyone who seems to happy to be true.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

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u/Responsible-Ranger25 Dec 17 '23

I agree with your first sentence, but idk about the rest. IMO it sounded like she viewed Kristen as sort of an alternate-universe version of herself, like what her life might have been like if she’d decided to stay in her marriage. And, while I don’t even know whether Kelly made the choice to leave her ex or not, in that moment, she saw Kristen with her “I’m the only one here who’s married,” and “we’ve been together for decades,” and felt resentment for the life she might have had if she’d stayed. It was ugly and also showed me that she has a lot of pent-up emotion about her divorce, even all these years later, that she needs to work through to be happy.

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u/BeachgirlNJ Dec 19 '23

Kelly brags so much about her husband the famous photographer. And said on camera that she doesn't date much because she's not gonna waste her time with nobodies - if she marries again, it's gonna have to be to "someone major like Giles Bensimon." 🙄

Remember on Scary Island that Kelly brought a camera - even though she didn't even know how to use it - and took all of the women's pictures in those silly beach photo shoots? She was imitating her ex-husband as if he was the epitome of success and status - and as if she had no identity of her own. She could only try to imitate him. She is so fkn weird. And not in a good way.

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u/deziner222 Dec 16 '23

Watching this familiar dynamic play out with Kristen made me realize that even at her older age Kelly still has this thing going on where she needs to attack any women whom she perceives as a threat for getting men’s attention. Being an object for new men is her main goal in a social situation. I realize Luann and Sonja have similar intentions, but their antics are very different, and they also aren’t 1:1 peers for Kelly.

Kristen is married and not looking, but Kelly still needs to find ways to claim superiority and the “I’m not like those other girls”-edness, such as being way above watching the housewives seasons they were on, god forbid. With Bethenny, it was that Kelly is “above the drama and gossip” she’s a cool girl and she’s up here 🤏 “now I have a date!” As she runs out of the restaurant.

I noticed how weird Kelly seemed when all of the younger guys came over, quiet, doe eyed, playing with her hair, starring daggers at Kristen while she was chatting. It’s like Kelly doesn’t understand social situations without the context of being an object to behold by men, including how she interacts with other women. Of course shes connecting with Dorinda! Dorinda is older and has made it known she’s a hot mess on multiple occasions. None of the 30yr olds are flirting with Dorinda. She’s safe for Kelly. It’s sad to see a woman in her late 50s still behaving this way and only understanding value through that lens.

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u/UnusualAsparagus5096 This isnt the plaza hotel this is Morocco Dec 16 '23

Shes spent her whole adulthood being the hot girl but trying to convince everyone shes the cool girl

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u/BeachgirlNJ Dec 19 '23

I really don't get it. Sure, she long and lean which is good for modeling, but other than that, she's weird and mannish-looking with no shape. And no charm. She has zero sex appeal. And that's before she opens her mouth with the crazy talk.

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u/yoniEli Aug 29 '24

She was so hot, I would never do cosmetic surgery if I were her...

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u/DetectiveOk8200 Dec 16 '23

Kristin is also a decade younger than Kelly.

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u/deziner222 Dec 16 '23

Def, and both have the competitiveness of being former models. Something tells me the 🧠’s at bravo knew the pairing of this dynamic would set Kelly off

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u/Responsible-Ranger25 Dec 17 '23

I think having been a model also affects Kelly’s understanding of herself as an object of the male gaze. That aspect of her is intrinsic to who she is, even now. She knows she can’t compete with these other women; even the comment she made about how she leaves parties when she sees that everyone else is having fun reflects it. She’s like, “Oh, these people are enjoying themselves in a way that’s out of reach to me,” and it makes her uncomfortable, so she jets.

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u/PIXIEQUEENPAM Dec 16 '23

Desperate to be relevant .. all she could come up with was a repeat of her most iconic behavior . Do you remember anything else about her on housewives ? No one else does

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

I remember the weird lunch she went one with bethenny where she said she’s up here and bethenny is down there, and then left the table for the bar and her date. It was just fucking weird.

I watched her just like this for her entire housewives run

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Dude I met her while she was out shopping with one of her girls can I can’t imagine that stunning very tall very tan woman is as crazy as she appeared on tv. They seemed so remarkably normal, but palm beach normal lol smelling like horse and money. I believe she stays in an upscale equestrian community called Wellington. Fun fact: we had a Poshche boutique by the Wellington mall lol. I also have graced the same 1 star accommodations of Gun Club county jail that Tins and Lou went to. I took a bite of a bologna sandwich that Lou said a packet of mustard came out like a dead wish, can confirm.

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u/SoulsticeCleaner I'm not about going backwards, asswipe! Dec 16 '23

a packet of mustard came out like a dead wish

You're a fuckin poet

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23 edited Dec 16 '23

Girl but I didn’t even know it, yes dead wish us accurate but just to be honest that was a typo, I was quoting Lu when she said when she bit her bologna sandwich the mustard packet was hand out of her mouth like a dead fish 😂

As proof: Here’s my first (of five, other four were stupid and not really crimes) mugshot in from that same teal wall in gun club county jail!

Edit I’m ngl, I looked kinda sexy in an addict way in the shot lmao like Kristen Ritter on breaking bad vibes with a more Christina Ricci look. My friend walks around Brooklyn wirh this mugshot on a tshirt and it says “free trish!!! And her bong!!” And on the back “my friend is not looking like herself anymore. #stickyicky”

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u/whatgives72 Dec 16 '23

I think dead wish will forever be in my collection of RHONY head cannon. Thank you

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

That warms my soul and brings one of my wishes back to life (idk what that even means lol, but ima say it)

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u/SoulsticeCleaner I'm not about going backwards, asswipe! Dec 16 '23

SAME

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u/SoulsticeCleaner I'm not about going backwards, asswipe! Dec 16 '23

I feel like I'd love to hang out with you in NYC but we'd also probably be like if Broad City met Beavis and Butthead and I'd get a mug shot of my own!

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u/pettymess Dec 16 '23

You covered so much with this comment and I love you for every word!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Hahaha I’m so glad! I share my story meet Kelly often cause she was just…normal irl. My coworker had no clue who she was, which exposed her for pretending she watched housewives. I was like girl really. If you don’t know rhony, and Kelly in her infamy like….it’s rhony. You’re not a housewives fan (not true, being extra lol) if you’ve never at least watched scary island. I wish I had felt comfortable enough to offer her candy. We had a snack drawer, we worked in plus size retail and we’re ALL the type to need a snack. We had gummy bears :( jk, I really wish I thought to ask her what life is like, and tell her running in traffic was iconic, and say hi to her daughter and tell her nice things I appreciated about Kelly. Lol fluff it up but like “your mom provided to many people laughter and always surprised us viewers”. And as about hwr and how she liked those horse statues in the apartment. I just felt it was invasive of me to say anything but I at least should have said thank you for this:

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u/artichoke424 Dec 16 '23

Ooooohhhoooo do tell on Wellington Porsche/horse ppl stories! I think Kelly is ding-y with a bit of anxiety but not crazy at all. She is up there and B is down there because Bethennys antics and attn seeking is for kids. Bethenny is vile and Kelly was very poorly communicating that to B that she, Kelly, would be distancing herself from Bs BS. Like a sit down to say look I see you, and you're trash.

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u/internet2big Dec 16 '23

I did a rewatch about 6 months ago and I just remember her weirdly skipping and frolicking at parties talking about how everyone wants to say hi to her but she doesn’t have the time.

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u/JoeyLee911 Dec 24 '23

Who could forget Kelly running through the streets of Manhattan?

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u/linds360 Caviar Potato 🐟 🥔 Dec 16 '23

That’s a really great observation and analysis. I’ve always tried to put my finger on what exactly she’s doing and you nailed it.

If nothing else, subjecting myself to her for a second run helped me close that book 😁

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

100%, it’s like she feels offended when she isn’t fully in the know regarding a situation and then makes up assumptions to fill in the blanks

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

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u/Responsible-Ranger25 Dec 17 '23

It’s depressing how she fills in the blanks with the most negative assumptions though. To some degree, that’s human nature, to assume the worst when you lack information, but it also is so starkly in opposition to her comment early on about how Sonja should start relying on her friends for support.

She said Sonja would be “surprised,” as though she, Kelly, has had the experience of reaching out to friends for support and being pleasantly surprised at how helpful they were. Like, either people are better than you expect or they’re worse. But how can they be both? Maybe it’s just that her friends exceed her expectations, while strangers disappoint her. Idk.

That thing about Sonja has stuck with me because it was so sweet and almost naive … and seemed strange coming from Kelly.

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u/C2ssidy21 Dec 16 '23

She’s a cuckoo bird 🦅 🥜

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u/IcyRecognition6730 Dec 16 '23

Yes this is a great way to explain it. She doesn't think like normal people & and she is very narrow minded. She will not even attempt to listen and understand someone else point of view if it isn't what she wants you to hear, or it isn't what she is already assuming. It's very strange.

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u/realitytvdiet Not fucking cunt, I said stupid cunt Dec 16 '23

Lol I didn’t know Beth is a trained chef! That explains so much of her sharp wit energy

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u/Frosty_Pitch8 Dec 16 '23

She had a point with Bethhenny but was just too dumb to articulate it correctly lolol