RHONYC Recap: The Excluded and the Uncool

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By BelowSeaLevel | Wednesday, July 4, 2012 | 12:11 pm | 27 Comments
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Carole changes the subject to her late husband, a prince, which makes her a princess.  Ramona is elated when she realizes a princess trumps a countess and just about jumps through the ceiling before bowing to Princess Cool Cat.  The princess is enjoying her visit with Twitchy Bunny, her royal, loyal-to-pinot subject. 

Bunny, did a bottle of wine just fall out of your bra?

 

Before Carole and Ramona arrive at the trendy, gangsta chic boutique, Heather has already started picking out things to wear in London.  The shop owner brings some beautiful shoes to Aviva, but she says she doesn’t like to draw attention to her feet.  Heather tells Aviva to let everyone in the boutique know why, then she blurts out about Avivivivie’s prosthetic leg before she can get a word in.  It’s an awkward situation, but no more so than it will be when Ramona shows up.

Awk-ward.

 

Meanwhile, Princess Carole and her royal loyal subject, Bunny, are discussing Carole’s new book while walking to the boutique.  Carole’s partner is in L.A. shopping a pilot for a television series based on her book.  Once they arrive, Heather asks the owner to create a look for Ramona, a makeover, you know, ’cause Heather isn’t digging the satin strapless and festive blood red eyes thing. 

I wish I knew what happened to my cat.

 

Ramona is not pleased with the shop owner’s initial efforts.  Bring back the strapless satin.  Ramona isn’t digging Heather’s “shit-kicking boots”, either.  The next outfit didn’t look right on Ramona, either.  Heather feels like Ramona’s attitude toward the owner confirms that Ramona would have embarrassed her in London, but the looks really aren’t Ramona’s–not enough cork and green glass accents.

Can’t get these without the broom and pointy hat.

 

 

Hope you don’t mind, Ramona.  I “borrowed” your cat.

 

Throwing Carole’s advice out of the window, they both want to talk about something.  No idea what it will be, but surely it won’t involve London.  Ramona goes balls to the wall and throws Avivivivie right under the bus, mentioning her by name as the one who ratted that Heather was upset with Ramona saying she talks too much.  Aviva sees the couch confab and knows she’s busted.  Heather seems pleased that Aviva is finally getting a little taste of Ramona. nom nom nom! 

So, how ya like Ramona now?

 

The time has finally come for Heather to answer Ramona’s question of why she wasn’t invited.  When she tells her that she invited LuAnn because she connected with her, that’s not exactly what Pinot Queen wants to hear.  Heather also tells Ramona that she didn’t think she liked her, which just opened up the jar of “invited”.  Heather always puts on a big, great-white grin when Ramona goes off like a sprinkler. 

Still schmexcluded.

 

It starts to get intense when Heather and Ramona go back and forth about who is making sense and not making sense.  You decide–if you can.  Let me know if you figure it out.  Before it gets ramped up to screaming, Ramona jumps up and suggests a shopping break.  Good idea, go back and try on some more faux fur shrugs, Ramona. 

While the couch confab was going on, Carole was outside on the phone and discovered her pilot series is a go.  Kudos to Carole having her book picked up to become a television series–one with, ahem, real actors, plot, and writing.  Ramona is out of ear shot trying on more non-satin clothing, so Aviva tries to strong arm Heather into apologizing to Ramona.  Why is Aviva pushing this so hard?  It’s Heather’s trip and Ramona’s heartbreak of being excluded.  This is not Aviva’s business.  Heather refuses to apologize and is dismayed that Aviva is giving Ramona yet another pass.

But I don’t like her.  She smells like a Target snack bar.

 

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27 Comments

  1. 1
    Closet Fan
    Posted July 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Great recap, thank you! I discussed the crazy amount of passes that Crazy Eyes gets in the mini . Ramona cares about Ramona above anyone else. I would be afraid to have her around my business associates as well because of that. No question that she is a business woman but she could careless about Heather and her business.

    I guess time will tell if Ramona is reading Heather before/better than the other’s.

    I love reading the comments as much as the recap. Debates are great.

    BTW, Happy 4th of July!

  2. 2
    Justme
    Posted July 4, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Maybe it’s just me but for someone SO “involved” in the fashion world, isn’t Heather’s dye job a little dated?

  3. 3
    Stacey
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 12:23 am

    Heather is so damn fake…please, lets change her name to Pleather! Great recap as always :)

  4. 4
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 5:48 am

    Heather’s a bitch. Sorry. It’s her choice to exclude but give Ramona the courtesy of telling her and not having to find out that EVERYONE else was invited and she wasn’t.

    But in the name of professionalism how professional is it to invite 5 of your friends on a business trip.

    And you are going to invite Sonja who forgot her pants?!?!!?!?

    Wait why am I so upset about this? Oh yeah because I hate people who try to be hip and use slang that’s 5 years old. HOLLA!!!

  5. 5
    Closet Fan
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 6:11 am

    I confess that I love the chunky highlights. Even though they are outdated I would have them now except the woman who has been working on my hair for 12 years refuses. She’s right… but for whatever reason (lack of good taste?) I love them.

  6. 6
    tvsnarkeling
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 6:37 am

    Love the caption “You have it all? How about an invitation to London?” Too funny.

    It is Heather choice not to invite Ramona and Romona has to deal with it. I don’t think Ramona invited Luanne to Scary Island (it has been a while), and Luanne was okay with it. The first season Ramona excuded Jill from a girls party at her Hampton house. Even after Jill called Ramona she still did not invite her and said she could not invite everyone. Heather mentioning she did not want Ramona around her business associates brings up the scene when Ramona dissed the Kodak company to Jill right before the announcement of her being a spokesperson (and we all know Ramona left with the Kodak goodie bag). Stealing Carole’s glory about the book deal when the entire shopping scene Ramona knew about the Target deal (and maybe in earlier scenes) but only brought it up immediatly after Carole’s annoucement. Inappropiate timely on Ramona’s part.

    Right or wrong, Ramona prides herself of telling everyone her opinion as though she is the true teller. (Remember on the bridge she told Bethany she has no friends and she will mess up her relationship with Jason.. cruel). She must accept some people are not comfortable of people pointing out their character flaws and there do not want to spend much time around her.

    The only person (on the show, and not this site) is Aviva. She is almost begging Heather to take her off her hands. And finally, excuding Ramona makes great drama. Her eyes are going crazy.

  7. 7
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 6:44 am

    Am I the only one who has the impression that Ramona doesn’t really care if she goes to London, she just wants to get to the bottom of Pleather’s dislike? Ramona seems to be a direct person and I think she detects Pleather’s fakeness and blatant attempt to align with the Countess. I understand the “you talk too much” comment in the first episode was rude, especially when you first meet someone. But, like others have mentioned in the mini-cap and in previous postings, Pleather is just being a bitch because she can be and she thinks that she has one-upped Ramona in this case and she is basking in the glory of it all. I am so looking forward to Pleather’s comeuppance and her getting her ass handed to her at the reunion.

  8. 8
    hot cawfee
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 6:51 am

    AWESOME !!!! Cannot wait to watch this episode again.

    I kinda like Heather’s highlights too– and I am lovin’ her pointy-toe boots– they are soooooooo downtown NY. I have a pair of black pumps like that– bought them a few years ago and wear them as much as possible.

    @6 TVSnarky—you are correct about Ramona– she really cannot stand to be ignored or over-looked. If you have a sprained ankle–well then she broke her leg. She has to top whatever you have– we have seen this charming trait alot with her.

  9. 9
    hot cawfee
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 7:02 am

    Hey kids– Just a thought here– Is a bulk if Ramona’s problem with Heather b/c Heather is also a business woman??? Heather is at least 10 years younger that Ramona–that I am sure is a real issue for our “55 year old, with regular periods and great skin who has never had plastic surgery” and dipping 8 toes in the ole menopause pool.

    I am sure a younger woman who is making a lot of success for herself is such a threat to the Big R.

  10. 10
    tvsnarkeling
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 7:24 am

    @Hot-C My answer is yes, Ramona can not handle another successful business woman on the show. I believe she went after Cindy Barshop last year for the same reason. Cindy just could not be a witch to Ramona. My question about Ramona’s jealousy of Cindy even made it into the Reunion show. Maybe Ramona thought she is a guru and could impart her business wisdom on Heather and she now knows Heather would not use her notebook idea.

    I also want to add, periods can still show up after menopause if you are takeing hormone drugs, even OTC. I found this out last year. A bit of a shock, which maybe why Ramona was not ready for hers when she was in Morraco. Just a thought.

  11. 11
    trkaelin
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Ramona………… take a fucking hint. Heather does notwant to invite you to London. If she she did she would have done so by now. Let it go………….. your attempts to get Heather to see how so very wrong she is in not inviting you is very pathetic.

  12. 12
    Terrence
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 9:29 am

    Good for Heather for sticking to her guns. Ramona should just let it go. She can afford to go on her own private trip to London. She doesn’t even like the woman. Althnough I will say that perhaps Heather is getting a little bit of joy out of making Ramona squirm. Who talks too much now?

    Aviva Aviva Aviva. Bless her heart. She is definitely trying too hard. I can relate to being picked last for PE though.

  13. 13
    RomoSheDiNT
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    Yep Pleather and her stupid ass London trip is ruining the entire show. Who cares who she invites, when they go, who gets their own room? Just go on your business trip, do a presentation and bring your ass home.
    Shit

  14. 14
    fancyface
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    @tvsnarkeling #6…Actually Ramona did in fact invite LuMann on her trip. She invited everyone, but the Cuntess was pretending to be a good mom who didn’t want to miss her daughter’s birthday…a lie that Jill called her out on by saying it didn’t matter if it was V’s b-day, it was just an excuse because Jill told her not to she didn’t want to go. Also..re the season 1 Jill exclusion thing. That wasn’t a Bravo sanctioned event where she invited ALL of the housewives except Jill. Lu was the only housewife she actually invited & Bethanney was there to give cooking lessons to her actual friends.

    @Derek#7…You are definitely not alone. I think that’s EXACTLY whats going on. It has nothing to do with the trip really. IMO she just wants to know where all the unwarranted animosity is coming from.

    @Hot Cawfee#9…That theory may have some credence if it weren’t for Bethenney. She is a highly successful, younger woman & Ramona doesn’t have a problem with her so there’s that. And Bethanney is actually more successful than Ramona where Heather is not. I don’t see Ramona being threatened by any other successful business woman because she’s never shown those tendencies. All those things can be said about Carol as well and Ramona has expressed her admiration of her accomplishment so the whole ‘threatened by other successful women’ thing is kind of a wash.

    @tvsnarkeling#10….Um Ramona never had a problem with Cindy. In fact, they were actually friends. Ramona insulted her brother in Cindy’s eyes & it all went down hill from there. Her business sense had nothing to do with why Ramona had a problem with her & actually SHE was the one with the problem with Ramona and not the other way around.

    But that actually does bring up a good case in point. When Ramona found out Cindy had a problem with her she got flustered and wanted to talk to her brother to clear things up at the party but he wouldn’t talk to her. She acted the exact same way with him that she is with Heather which furthers Derek’s point imo. She wants to get to the bottom of why Heather has an issue with her more than she wants a London invite.

    And as I’ve said before, yes Heather has every right not to invite Ramona, but Heather is a bitch period. She knows exactly what she’s doing and she’s getting a kick out of getting to Ramona. She’ll get hers & I can’t wait!

  15. 15
    maryedith
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    This business of counts and princes is ridiculous. Whether a count is higher in rank than a prince depends on the family and the country. Victorian novels are full of princes and princesses who have no clout at all, and counts who are higher in the social rank than some kings. Plus, the title counts for nothing unless you’re born into it, especially if you’re a foreigner, and if you divorce the guy you have no business using it, no matter what these hos’ lawyers tell them.

  16. 16
    Lol
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Love watching the Ramona fans do circles trying to justify Ramona’s absurd reactions/behaviors. Hilarious!!

    Heather’s so not even trying to make this an issue – that’s all Ramona and Aviva, at least it’s obvious to anyone with eyes and ears (and of normal psyche). Love that the other ladies recognize how psycho RaMOANER is. Whiny, shrill, I wouldn’t want that harpy shrew there either (like Londoners need more annoying loud American tourists, particularly drunk shrill women in skimpy plastic dresses). And Heather’s made it pretty clear why Ramona isn’t going, TO RAMONA. There’s no “getting to the bottom” of anything. The dislike is more than justifiable on Heather’s part (particularly considering how rude Ramona has been to her ) and has nothing to do with Heather being “fake”. But love how that’s such a go-to reaction by her fans whenever someone expresses a dislike of Ramona. Like clockwork.

    I really don’t know whose more ridiculous at this point – Icki Vicki or Ramona.

    Oh, and great recap!

  17. 17
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    @Justme: In a word…yes.

    @Stacey: YES! yes.yes.yes. Pleather it MUST be (please?). She is not only fake like pleather, she is also a “lesser” ingredient – read: lesser human being. Oh, and some try to pass off Pleather as the real deal (though it can’t compare to the real thing), and I’m seeing Heather again!

    But I’m sure I would only want people around me that I enjoyed and respected on an overseas adventure. So, point to Pleather for sticking to her guns.

  18. 18
    BelowSeaLevel BelowSeaLevel
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Pleather sounds good to me, too. All in agreement? If not, speak now or forever hold your peace.

  19. 19
    fancyface
    Posted July 5, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    @BSL…Pleather FTW!

    @LOL…Umm…What? Heather is a bitch. She came on the show with an agenda & that was to ‘take down Ramona’ and prove how ‘real’ she is. She’s loving the bs around London because she thinks she has one upped her. She has the power regarding THIS trip but she will get what’s coming to her.

  20. 20
    hot cawfee
    Posted July 6, 2012 at 6:23 am

    @15 Mary Edith– correct–and well hell kids– Lulu and Carole are both American born–we don’t have titles here–well other than Mrs., Mr. Miss Dr. and the like. I will be a real bitch and snark that Carole’s late husband is a blooded prince–his father was a Prince. Lulu’s exhusband’s family had their titled bestowed upon them for doing something– was it completing the Panama Canal???

  21. 21
    hot cawfee
    Posted July 6, 2012 at 6:36 am

    OK GASMI– I GOTS DISH!!!!!!!

    Have my current DansPapers in hand ( Long Island newsy weekly) and our NY Housewives are in it!!!!

    Will start with former Housewife–Crackers Bensimon and I quote ” Kelly Bensimon’s home on Further Lane in East Hampton that was for sale in January for $ 12 million, has been brought down to $6.999 million dollars. The property is 5800 square feet and sits on 1.2 acres”. I have alot of the realestate mags and have not seen a picture of the home. Could be a very private sale she is looking to do.

    You want Aviva Drescher??? Cause I got it for you—-”Aviva Drescher, star of “The Real Housewives of New York City, and ex-husband Harry Dubin reportedly got into a heated scuffle over child support last weekend. The provocation? Sandwiches at the Golden Pear in Southampton.”

    And writer Catlean Demonchy interviewed our own Ramona Singer–its a Q and A and gives a little info like that she graduated from FIT. Its the July 6, 2012 issue–page 84.

    These are all items I pulled from Dans Papers—you can read it all on line at http://www.danshamptons.com No kids– I dont write for them–lol. I knew you’d all love to know this

  22. 22
    maryedith
    Posted July 6, 2012 at 7:56 am

    @cawfee, I was just yesterday reading a biography of the playwright Ibsen. He was on a trip to Egypt to see the opening of the Suez Canal. I was yawning along, but snapped to attention when he was introduced to “De Lesseps, the builder of the canal.” “BASTARD!” was my totally knee-jerk reaction. “Bitch wife! Snob! Cuntess! — Wait, where am I?” So yes, that title only goes back to the mid-nineteenth century. Not kosher at all.

  23. 23
    LAC LAC
    Posted July 6, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Thank for recapping this adult version of “why I do not go back to my high school reunion”. Did the majority of an hour go by on this show focusing on the damn London trip? Really? If you gave 16 year old girls expresso frappachinos, credit cards, and a store to film in, you would have a show.

    Ramona, give it the fuck up, already. You no going to London, Heather doesn’t like you (can’t blame her). Move on.org already or pull a Zarin and show up. I just want this freakin’ trip to happen already.

    Heather – cute kid and that little dose of home life made me continue to like you despite the “Holla!” and that I like your new name “Pleather”.

    Aviva – shit stirring is and Rammona ass kissing is is not a good look on you

    Luann – who are you kidding?

    Caroline – Is there any way that Idris Elba can show up on your new series? Walk on part…shirtless? :)

  24. 24
    Too-Old-To-Care
    Posted July 6, 2012 at 8:38 am

    Here are photos of Crackers Bensimon’s Hampton place.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2089911/Former-Real-Housewives-star-Kelly-Bensimon-puts-12M-Hamptons-mansion-sale.html

  25. 25
    Jason
    Posted July 7, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Man, Heather is one scary-looking drag queen!

    Still love Carole though!

  26. 26
    kthxbai kthxbai
    Posted July 7, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    I’m not jumping on the Carole love train. I learned my lesson with Adrienne Maloof. That went for like 3 seasons without doing 1 trashy thing. To the point where I thought she wasn’t even qualified to be a Real Housewife. But then last season we saw!

    So I’m going to bide my time. Because we all best believe Miss Andy signed Carole up for a reason.

  27. 27
    LAC LAC
    Posted July 9, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Almost forgot about Sonya – I take it that the reason she is doing business in her bedroom is because of repairs to the house or is it just her “Mrs. Havisham” phase and we are a wedding dress away from cray-cray? And what exactly are her “interns” learning?

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