Mention It All - She Threw A Ravioli (RHONY)

Episode Date: June 5, 2020

Bari and Dylan are back to talk all things RHONY. They jump back in to the disastrous Newport trip, and Ramona has never been more out of line. They share their thoughts on Leah’s sister, and whether the ravioli throw heard ’round the world was justified. Then, it’s on to Dorinda’s tea party, where Ramona acts a fool once again, and Tinsley has to deal with more bullsh*t from Dorinda. Go to betches.co/donate to make a contribution to the Good Influence Fund for Racial Justice. Home Chef: Home Chef is the #1 customer rated meal kit company. Go to HomeChef.com/mention for $30 off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betches Media presents Ha ha laugh funny Mention It All A Bravo by Betches podcast We don't say that but now we said it With Dylan Hafer Who gonna check me boo? And Barry Rosenfeld

I need to start drinking alcohol Now go to sleep week Hey guys welcome back to the Mention at All podcast I'm Dylan Hafer And I'm Barry Rosenfeld's And we just wanted to say Just like we said on yesterday's episode

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And Barry. And we also have a, t-shirt on our website shopbatches.com where 100% of the proceeds from this shirt are going to the ACLU Voting Rights Project. It's a really nice shirt. We've sold a ton. I highly suggest you go to the website and look at it. We also have other stuff that is also being donated. So

yeah, go to shopbetches.com and our shirt says apathy. has left the group chat. So it's powerful, but has our, you know, our spin on it. And the back says hashtag Black Lives Matter. And it's going to a good cause. This has certainly been a week. It has, I got to say it's been weird.

It's been interesting watching Bravo shows this week that obviously were filmed months ago. And it just is funny because, like, it feels like such a strange time to be watching, like Alia and Ramona argue about being drunk in Newport. But at the same time, it's like, this is, it's nice to have like one thing that feels normal. Yeah, exactly.

I was on my computer obviously just now working and you, the Zoom link to record was just sent. And out loud, I go, what is this? I did not know what day it was. I was like, we are recording. That's right. It's Friday. Like, I had no idea.

but yeah it's funny because we've I mean we've done this week at Betches we've really like pivoted all of our content and stuff to be relevant to what's going on in the world right now so this is kind of like the one part of my week where I'm like oh yeah like work I can I can talk about housewives for a hour yeah also like sorry to the listeners where I now realize that every week I say I don't know what diet is like I do but Sometimes I just really don't. That's also the hazard that we record three times a week. So it's like it basically could be any day.

Well, it's crazy because we do know what diet is based on what shows are on. I'll say it once. I'll say it again. Like that's how I know what day it is. Truly. And now, I mean, we're going to be working from home all summer. We've already, Betches has already told us we're working from home through Labor Day. So we have, you know, at least a couple more months.

of this and it's like yeah that is the only thing that keeps me on the schedule every week is that I have these shows going on. So obviously today we're talking about Real Housewives of New York. This episode was interesting. It was interesting. So last week, obviously we had this Newport trip that was just fucking bananas with Leah being drunk off her ass and that whole dinner scene was just ridiculous. And this week is kind of like a, it's kind of like a response episode to that. Right.

And Sarah, Leah's sister has arrived, which like, thankfully, because we can now see the drama of unfold of how the woman feel about that. But I said it a few weeks ago and Ramona keeps referring to her as the sister. And you know what? Let me tell you something.

The sister should be house white. that's how I feel. Ramona running to get her a chair. Oh my God, oh my God. Like none of the women like have ever met another person before. They all don't, they're all being so gracious. And Sonia fucking not even getting up and not even putting her hand out to, hi.

I was like, oh, that's nice. That's really nice. It was, it's so interesting because obviously last week there was all of this back and forth about whether or not Sarah was invited and whether she could come. And then at a certain point it was clear that she was coming no matter what. Ramona said and it's interesting to see this week how they kind of deal with the fact because they're talking about how you know there's a certain code of conduct in this group and they have to behave a certain way and it's like does that not extend to being polite to someone that you're

meeting for the first time that's because even if you're not happy that she's there she's your friend's sister whom you're meeting for the first time but it's always this if Ramona's not the one in charge or if it's not Ramona's friend or if it's not Ramona's dinner, it's a problem. You're right. She said we have a specific, like a demeanor that to hang out with us. What do you mean? Like you go against everything you said. First of all, her behavior has been, has continuously shown us that she's just not a nice person. And last night's episode kind of like disgusted me. I was like, how dare you almost? I, I, I, made it feel like she was offending me. I was like, she's so rude. She puts her back to people.

She's so nasty. And I'm like, it's really starting to come out. Well, it's one thing for Ramona to say that, you know, you were being sloppy and drunk. And that's, I mean, okay, Ramona, she's been drunk on the show before, but has she ever, you know, thrown things and ripped a curtain and whatever? Not really, but for Ramona's out. She threw a glass at Kristen's face. True, true, true. But for Ramona to act like she's not continuously over 12 seasons now, been rude to people and been dismissive to service industry workers. Dismissive is that work.

And things like that. It's like, okay, just because you don't like the way that Leah was a drunk mess last night doesn't mean that all of a sudden you're a little miss perfect because Ramona is, whether you like Ramona as a housewife or not, I think Ramona's great TV. but she is one of the rudest people on the show that you can, that you see from watching it. I agree. I'm not going to lie. I've said it before. I think she does make great TV. However, she's really changing, like almost in front of our eyes. And I'm like,

I don't like it. And I really, really enjoy how all of the other women, including Elise, are coming to Leah's defense because Ramona's not right in this situation. and I can't defend her at all. Like, she's not doing it. She's like putting, blatantly ignoring Tinsley while she's talking to her. She's ignoring, who else did she ignore? She ignored Sarah, her Leah's sister.

I'm like, oh, my goodness. See, the thing is, I still don't, I still don't particularly like Elise, but I was, I appreciated that she, because last episode we saw her bringing up Leah's daughter in a way that was really uncalled for. And I respect the fact that she was called out on that. She acknowledged that it was wrong.

And this episode, we saw her really course correct and stand up for Leah when it was the right thing to do. And, okay, so they were, so they're at this dinner. And I guess Tinsley knows the owners or something. Tinsley knows the owner. Right. Again, it wasn't Ramona's dinner. So she had a problem with it.

So they go in and immediately no one, is sitting at the table besides Tinsley, Leah, and Sarah. A couple of them are in the bathroom. Ramona immediately goes to the bar and starts hitting on a guy who we find out is engaged. That scene was so funny. It was one thing for Ramona to pull her like, oh, I'm going to go to the bar, see who's here, get a drink, whatever, then I'll come to the table. But at least from the way they edited it, it seemed like this went on for a long time.

That Ramona was at the bar and all of a sudden it was Ramona and Sonia. Juan and then Derinda was at the bar and they're talking to these guys. And it's one of those things where I don't I don't really care so much about like etiquette, whatever, but that's fucking rude. If you're going to a group dinner and you won't come sit down at the table, it's like, and they had no reason too. Like why weren't, weren't they going to sit at the table? But it was very funny when Leah saw the women like hounding this guy. So she was like, fuck this. Like me and my sister are hot, like we're going to go over there. And this is so something my friends and I would do.

Like, in their mind, she was like, if this guy takes one look at us, like, he's not gonna. And then he was like, rude to them, rude to Leah and Sarah. And then Leah actually posted something about him. Like, they found out who he was. He's actually like in politics, I think. And like doesn't like women or something. It's interesting.

Great. Sounds like right up Ramona's alley, honestly. Yeah. So anyway, one thing. get to that table, once Leah ordered that ravioli, I was like, oh, it's over for you, bitches. This episode is over. That's all I wanted. I was like, oh, my God, here it comes.

Here it comes. But even at the table, yeah, like, Ramona was so nasty at the table. But she threw the ravioli, most important part of the episode, it's literally splatters. Like I laughed out loud when Elise goes, Ramona, it's all over you. it's all over you. The next, I just don't want to forget to mention this because it was one of my favorite moments ever. The next morning when Luann is filling in Derinda

on what happened because Derinda left early. And then goes, she threw a ravioli. Like, it's the most horrifying thing that Luan has ever encountered. Right. Can we also talk about that Derinda left early because of how drunk she was? Like, why is it? And like no one putting blame on it.

And that's fine. Durinda was allowed to be drunk. But like, she, she was drunk in a restaurant as opposed to Leah being outside. Was she as drunk as Leah? No. But we're not talking about that. That, like, Derinda was also slurring her words to the point where production couldn't figure out what's a put for the captioning.

The amount of times in Darynda's time on the show that they, that they've had to put like a subtitle that just says unintelligible when Darynda's talking is honestly a little alarming. Like, but here's a thing. When Elise said that, it's all over you, did it not go through your head a little bit that you, it looked to me that Elise like kind of wish she was the one that threw the ravioli also. I was, they were probably like, damn, I should have thrown a. ravioli at Ramona. She didn't even flinch. She didn't even move. I think even as horrified as Luann sounded, I think there have been times when she would have liked to throw a ravioli at Ramona singer. It's like a rite of passage. If Ramona hasn't, if you haven't wanted to throw a ravioli at Ramona, you haven't been on housewives long enough. Um, but so I'm muting because my dog's

barking really quickly. It's fine. I mean, like Leah's dog barked, whatever. Right, but I'm not Leah, so... Okay, fine. Girl, winter is so last season. And now Springs got you looking at pictures of tank tops with hungry eyes. Your algorithm is feeding you cutoffs. You're thirsty for the sun on your shoulders. That perfect hang on the patio sundress.

Those sandals you can wear all day and all night. And you've had enough of shopping from your couch. Done hoping it looks anything like the picture when you tear up on that envelope. It's time for a little in-person. spring treat. It's time for a trip to Ross. Work your magic. So the next morning, we have Elise all of a sudden defending Leah to Ramona and Sonia. Sarah is basically complaining to Leah about how the previous night went, which honestly I would too. And it's one of those things where, again, if I were Leah, I probably just

wouldn't have brought my sister there, but I still feel bad. I mean, she didn't, she wasn't. She wasn't responsible for the way it went down. Right. And it's just funny because, again, we were making it seem like she was inviting a random guy to a girl's getaway trip and her sister came to Rhode Island for one night. So, end of story. But you're right. Yeah, she could, it could have won a bunch of different ways. But it's very nice because the next day we see all the girls, you know, doing their own thing.

Luanne's having her meeting about a cabaret show, which I thought was funny that she noted that Luan apparently put cabaret on the map, which I thought was interesting, an interesting point. I was like, wow. I just need to, okay, so Ben, who's Luan's whatever, arranger, producer, whatever, he compares her singing Feil and Giovanni at her concert to Barbara Streisand singing people. He's like, you know, you've got to do your signature songs. It's like when you go to a Barbara Streisand concert, she has to sing people. You have to sing Phelan Javon.

I really hope Barbara Streisand doesn't watch Real Housewives of New York because I would hate to know. Yeah. It's so funny too. They always go. I love seeing where they go to dine. Like, and the restaurants, I always look them up. They go to, like, the fanciest places and not saying you need to, like, have a cocktail, whatever. But they both went to order, like, a Diet Coke because they were, they're not drinking.

but like go to like a diner. Like why do you have to go to like this high end five-star restaurant? Like to have a meeting. You're at some bistro on the Upper East Side like sitting out on the sidewalk just you can order like an iced tea. Yeah, like it was so weird. But then we also see Leah with her parents, Bunny and Brian, which I'm so happy that we saw them in an episode and see her relationship with them

because she talks a lot about her relationship with her mom. So it was nice to see it in front of us and how they felt about the trip with her sister. And also she, her mom claims that Leah is the one that tells them everything. So I was like, oh, my God, spill it. It's nice to see because obviously a few weeks ago, Leah was really in a bad place, especially with her mom after she had started drinking again in the Hamptons. And it's nice to see that now they're at a point where they can have an open conversation about it and her parents can voice their concerns and Leah can respond to that in a way that is actually productive

rather than just, you know, like somebody getting angry and then the conversation ends. So it was nice to see her parents are very cute. I like Leah encouraging her dad to start eating healthy and he's just like, uh-uh, no. Well, I was like dying because they were like ordering and her dad was like, like talking to Leah, just started talking about like his esophagus and stuff and the waiter was like, okay.

I was so cute. I want like a tell-all book that's just waiters that have waited on Real Housewives. I do not. I don't even want it. I would be like repulsed, I feel. But then this,

we go to this tea party, which like, what? Like what? What do you, like, what was that? What was that? going from seeing Leah blacked out tearing things apart in Newport to seeing her at this tea party wearing a giant feathered hat is like such a jarring transition but I mean she looks great but yeah so Durinda says she wants to do the tea party so they have an event where people aren't

drinking so they can actually work through things and I thought Leah did a good job of apologizing to Ramona right away, but also kind of standing her ground about how Ramona was not being good to her either. And Ramona does her textbook. Typical. She goes, oh, it sounds sorry, Leah. Like, I just, she hits a cord in me

and I just can't stay mad. And then next thing you know, she's basically sitting on Leo's lap, hugging her, crying into her about how horrible she feels. And it's like, Ramona, give it a rest. Come on. Right.

But then we go to Ramona's interview where Ramona claims that Leah's apology just isn't what she wanted to hear, which to me, shocking because I would like Ramona to write down on a piece of paper the type of apology she does want because why was that not good enough? Of all apologies, like Leah apologized exactly for what she did. And she said, I'm not going to apologize for who I am. I'm apologizing for what I did, which is like, Duh, that that's what you're apologizing for. So it's so funny because like if you're not accepting the apology, then don't.

Don't like a fake accept it and then go talk shit. Right. Don't, I mean, and not even just accept it, but is, she didn't just say, okay, thank you for your apology. She runs to her as hugging her, crying with her, acting like it's some miracle that they've worked out their friendship. But it's like Ramona. And also, for Ramona Singer to be critiquing someone's apology technique is pretty rich. as we've seen over the last 12 years, Ramona is the first person to issue an apology that really has no meaning behind it. So I think Leah at the very least doesn't want to have

enemies in the group at this point. And so she actually is, you know, willing to move forward. And we'll see. I have a feeling that won't continue on a good path. Wise words, we'll see, we'll see. This episode is brought to you by Prime. obsession is in session and this summer Prime Originals have everything you want steamy romances irresistible love stories

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seen in Niagara with Scott recently. And Dorenda, I don't, I just for the life of me, don't understand why Dorenda keeps inserting herself in Tinsley's personal life. Do you have any, like, I don't get it. The answer is no. I don't know. It's very, unless she's doing it to try her best to be looking out for Tinsley, I can't come up with an answer for you. I don't know. It's kind of exhausting to watch. It's weird.

Well, and it never, the thing is, I agree with you that it would be one thing if she was saying, hey, I just like, I just want you to know this thing is out there. I don't know what's going on, but like, I just want you to know that it. people are talking about it. Right, but that's not her approach. Every time she's brought it up in this way that it's like, Tensley, why are you lying about your personal life? Like I heard about Scott.

What's going on with Scott? Why are you like you're not being honest? And it's like when Tinsley was talking about her kind of like fears of being open because, you know, they've broken up in the past and she doesn't want to get, you know, to look stupid or to get hurt again, I 100% understand that. And it's like, especially if this relationship is new and you're just kind of still figuring things out, why would she want to bring that to the group? It's, it makes total sense to me.

Right. And it was actually sad hearing Tinsley say out loud that she's upset because she wants it to work and she knows that it's not. But it obviously does. Right. It was just sad to hear her say it. So then I, yeah. So there, I mean, Durinda pulls her aside, quote unquote, to talk about it.

But then, of course, it becomes a topic of conversation at the table. And, you know, I don't think most of these women have negative intentions when they are asking about Tinsley's personal life. But it is just kind of frustrating over and over again to see that they just have no respect for her wishes to keep things kind of on the D.L. Right. And Tinsley's doing what the other women don't do, which is they all take turns sleeping with the same man. And so, like, leave Tinsley's relationship out. Just let Tinsley be on and off with Scott in peace. Oh, Lord.

I also, Tinsley had a new interview look this week. I don't know if you were, if you, like, paid attention. She's wearing this white kind of high neck top with, like, cutouts and stuff. And then her hair is in is, like, slicked back. And she's wearing this bejeweled headband that I swear to God is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Why do I have no idea what you're talking about? Oh my God. Wait, just a second.

In her confessional? I'll send you the photo because I took a picture of it. But in her confessional, you're saying? Yeah, we can get your honest reaction. Okay. This could be fun. On air. Hurry up.

Which is shocking because, like, Tinsley is great style for her, you know? Tinsley's style is like very Tinsley, but, um, Okay, I may or may not be able to find it. It's very Kentucky Derby. Oh, God. Yeah. No, her style. Okay.

While we do this, let's say our number one people of the week. Who's your top right now? My top? My Bravo Lab for this week is. I can't keep giving it to Leah, even though she's proving time and time again. Honestly, okay, fine, I won't give it to Leah. I'll give it to Leah's sister, Sarah, because I think her etiquette this weekend from what we saw was fantastic.

And she could have went in on these women, but she knew her place. Okay, check your text. I got it. Wait, say your Bravo Lab. I think mine is, I'm going to go with Tinsley, I think, I think just because I felt for her and I thought I'm just liking her energy and I felt bad for her this episode. Okay, so I just got Dylan's text of Tinsley's picture and I don't, I think she looks absolutely beautiful. I don't think the headband.

I think this look makes her look matronly. Okay. It's not, it's not the worst confessional look I've ever seen. I just think that the top doesn't go with this headband. And also, it's not like a good look for her. Like, it makes her look older. But I think her actual face looks fucking beautiful. Well, yeah, Tinsley is a gorgeous woman.

And I don't think anybody would argue with that. Yeah. So that's that. Anyway, so that's that. Yeah. So thanks for listening, guys. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow us on Instagram at Bravo by Betches and join our Facebook group and have a great weekend.

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