Bethenny Ever After: Bottling Plant of Slackers

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By Honey Gangsta | Friday, April 15, 2011 | 6:01 am | 28 Comments
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It looks like Bethenny is getting her mind off the extreme trauma that was her birthday party by giving 100% to her brand new ice skating career.

skating backwards.bea.4.11.11“No more presents.”

We join her with her trainer Napoleon Dynamite at the Union Sports Arena in Union, NJ.  She tells us this is no joke.  She’s skating two to three hours a day and it’s been going on for four weeks.  It’s actually quite impressive.  She’s skating around backwards like it’s easy.  She reminds us that it would be one thing if she were 25, but she is 40 with a brand new baby and a brand new husband.  How many times an episode does she need to remind us that she has a brand new baby (that someone else takes care of a lot of the time) and a brand new husband?  I’ve been married not even as long as Bethenny and I don’t think I’ve EVER pointed out to someone, “Well I have a brand new husband,” as if that should make whatever I’m doing more heroic.  But now that I think of it, I’m going to start!  Anyway, Bethenny tells us that part of signing up for Skating with the Stars is that you have to agree to do a “death spiral” before the competition is over.  It looks like this involves kind of falling into a horizontal spin in which Napoleon catches her and twirls her around.  It indeed looks very frightening to perform.

death spiral.bea.4.11.11The trick on The Cutting Edge was way better.

Luckily Bethenny says that Napoleon is very mellow and doesn’t put up with any of her neurotic antics.  He’s always telling her to calm down and just take care of business.  It’s nice that she listens to him. The death spiral progresses!  Watching them practice intrigues me.  I wonder if they’ll show her routine.  While they practice, Al, the guy who owns the rink, walks over and holds up a 10 sign.  Aw, that’s sweet.

Our next scene is Bethenny taking Jason shopping for new expensive jeans because she can’t stand the sight of his old tattered jeans for one more second.  She calls them his Billy Joe Jim Bob at the Red Racoon Lodge jeans.  Jason tells us that marriage is a compromise and if he only has to compromise going jean shopping, that’s not bad.  Uh Jason?  Have you been conscious the last few weeks?  You’re also compromising your career for Skinny Girl, time with your parents, which friends you can bring where, who gets to come to the house… the list goes on.  You are now a walking compromise.  Nice try, though.  Straightaway the salesguy tells Jason the old jeans he’s wearing aren’t flattering.  Bethenny is encouraged and starts sifting through the jeans on display.  Jason starts to realize that the jeans he’s wearing are indeed, quite shabby, but when he gets into the dressing room with a pair of jeans that cost $245 he mumbles that Bethenny is crazy.

jeans shopping.bea.4.11.11“Get back in there and try on the $500 pair!”

While he gets them on Bethenny gossips with the salesguy about what a tightwad Jason is.  You know, this issue of expensive jeans is one I’ve never been able to get behind.  They’re JEANS.  Denim.  Why would one pair of jeans need to cost exponentially more than another?  Do they have solid gold woven into the fabric that somehow makes you look skinnier?  I’m not saying every pair of jeans looks great on every person.  Hardly.  But I AM saying you can find cute flattering jeans at Kohls for $25.  You can, sorry.  You don’t have to pay twelve times that much for the exact same fabric with a different label.  Wow, this jeans debate with myself is really wearing me out – and I have a brand new husband!  At one point Bethenny jumps on Jason, straddling him, and we get a closeup of Bethenny’s plumber crack.  And I bet she paid hundreds of dollars for those jeans to slide right off of her butt.

plumber crack.bea.4.11.11And see how good her butt looks in them?

When they finally leave with one pair of new jeans the salesguy is all put out.  He goes, “After all that?”  Wow, he’s a little bitch. You should go to work at Kohl’s, buddy.  People always buy more than one thing there.  Also? The paparazzi have their noses and lenses pressed right up against the store window.  And Bethenny doesn’t even have a meltdown in the face of all this attention.

paparazzi.bea.4.11.11It’s probably good no one is wishing her a happy birthday.

Back home the Hoppys begin discussing Thanksgiving, and wonder of wonders, Bethenny actually wants to have people over.  She does, however, point out that she has a glass table, which will not do now that she has a brand new baby, so it’s time for a new table.  But what if the new table can’t fit everyone they have over for Thanksgiving?  Jason suggests putting out a folding table.  Bethenny immediately scoffs and tells him he’s always going right back to Hazleton (the town where he grew up).  Julie comes out wondering what they’re talking about and Jason starts telling her they may not have enough room for everyone to sit and Julie goes, “So we’ll borrow a folding table.”  HA!  How tacky, Julie.

folding table discussion.bea.4.11.11“See? Julie is in on the mission to bring you down!”

Next they ask Gina and guess what her suggestion is.  Get a folding table.  Rent one, in fact.  Sorry Bethenny, your condo is going to be the height of unsophistication for Thanksgiving!

Someone lives in the building who obviously doesn’t have a newborn who is about to smash a glass table then crawl around in the shards, and that someone would like to purchase Bethenny’s dangerous table from her, so there’s this huge ordeal of everyone lifting the glass table out into the hall and passing it over to the new owner.  Bethenny is all nervous and flustered the whole time and Jason keeps teasing her about dropping the table and shattering glass and she gets more and more upset and he gets more and more amused.  I like that he can tease her and that he gets a kick out of her neurosis.  It’s a good sign in favor of them as a couple.

Bethenny super annoyed.bea.4.11.11And at least she can laugh a little.

Well it looks like Jason and Bethenny are actually going to Montreal to visit the Skinny Girl bottling plant.  Bryn will be staying behind with Gina and Bethenny is starting to lose it, which comes in the form of her wanting to reorganize the entire kitchen RIGHT NOW.  Somehow the topic of Bethenny’s old donated lingerie comes up and Bethenny assures Gina that none of the things she donated had ever been worn.  That’s actually good to know, I wondered about that.  She says nothing touched her “giney.”  Jason asks if they’re going to teach Bryn that she has a “giney” and Bethenny says no, they’ll call it a “woo woo.”  What?  I can’t tell if she’s kidding, but woo woo?

Ah good, here’s Julie to help Bethenny pack her suitcase for her 2 day trip.  While they talk about what Bethenny should wear, Julie brings up some things that Bethenny’s mother has said about her on the internet that aren’t very nice.  Bethenny says her mom is crazy and she posted Bethenny’s childhood photos on the internet, and what parent sells out their own child?  Uh, pot?  Meet kettle.  Maybe your mother got weary of the world only ever hearing what a crazy irresponsible mother she was.  What a crappy situation.  Bethenny concludes that she will never speak to her mother again as long as she lives.  I would venture to guess that feeling is mutual.

It’s time for “bathies!”  This is where Bethenny gets in the bathtub with Bryn and she says it’s her favorite part of the day.  Will Cookie be joining again?  I can see that this would be a sweet bonding time for a mom and a new baby.  Jason sits on the edge of the tub and sponges Bryn down.  That’s nice.  Kind of personal, but nice.  Bethenny cries telling us how special “bathies” is.

bathies.bea.4.11.11Maybe TMI.

Okay sidebar:  Is it just me, or is it weird that Jason and Bethenny call each other mommy and daddy?  I can see if they were talking to Bryn and referring to one another, but they just call each other that.  I don’t think I’d want my husband calling me mommy.  That would creep me out.  Maybe I’ll feel differently when we have kids, but I never heard my parents call each other mom and dad.  What do you guys think?  Discuss.  End sidebar.

We’re off to Canada! Bethenny and Jason pull up to the Skinny Girl private plane and Bethenny once again marvels at her own success.  I have to admit that flying in a private plane would be freaking sweet!  Bethenny says that Jason is wearing his private plane outfit, something everyone has in their repertoire.  Ha ha ha!  Bethenny is still all agitated about the delays in production and she’s determined to figure out who’s dropping the ball and whip everyone into shape.  Then Jason asks if she’d like to join the mile high club.  Well, why not?  It’s the Skinny Girl private plane!  He asks if she’s already a member of the mile high club and she won’t tell him.  Pretty soon Jason’s annoyed that no one is bringing them cocktails and that they only have one salad to share between them.  Bethenny calls him Daddy Warbucks and threatens to put him right back in coach if he doesn’t simmer down.

private plane.bea.4.11.11“I have to lift my own fork?”

When the plane lands there’s a little red carpet laid out for them – oh brother.  Good enough for you there Jason?

red carpet.bea.4.11.11Bethenny squirted her perfume in his path so he didn’t have to smell jet fuel.

So here we are in Montreal, which looks exactly like Europe, how fun.  Of course the Hoppys are staying in a completely fabulous hotel on this, their trip to crack some skulls.  They take a little stroll around the old town and stop into a souvenir shop to by a commemorative Christmas ornament.  Bethenny says she’s always wanted to collect high end snow globes and what better time than now to start?  Jason gives her no end of torment about wanting to collect snow globes because typically they are junk that you buy at the airport.  She ends up spending about $35 on one, which Jason thinks is outrageous, LOL.  Bethenny reminds him that lots of women shop at Prada and all she wants is a snow globe.  And let’s not forget those $245 jeans you made Jason get, too.  Jason reminds us that Bethenny didn’t have a good childhood, so the least he can do is buy her a snow globe.  Right, right, the bad childhood again.

kissing.bea.4.11.11“Bethenny’s mom yelled at her, so if this $9,000 Birkin bag makes her happy, it’s the least I can do.”

They stop into a pub for a drink and discuss whether they miss being single.  Neither of them does.  Bethenny says that being single is a grind.  That is so true!  I mean, I had lots of fun when I was single, but first dates are miserable.  Not to mention that growing gnawing in my stomach with each birthday that was me wondering if I was destined to die alone.  Women and their biology.  Jason says that for him “after a certain point” he wanted more than just the single life.  Bethenny tells him that women go out to get married, whether they’re 18 or 38.  See what I mean?  It’s built in.

Bright and early the next morning they call Gina so they can say hi to Bryn.  This is all interrupted though, by Jason having a farting fest which nearly chokes Bethenny to death.  How lovely.  They bask for a while in being away from all of the distractions of home and then they have to get ready to go put some heads on the chopping block over at the Skinny Girl Bottling Plant of Slackers.

A lovely girl named Catherine, Head of Quality Assurance and clearly a huge slacker, meets them at the door and begins their tour of the plant.  As they walk through on their way to the CEO Slacker’s office, Bethenny is like a kid in a candy store.  She is so overwhelmed seeing this enormous operation going, all to crank out this drink she thought up.  When they get to CEO David’s office they go over the issues that were holding up production.  One of them was getting glass, which has been resolved, another was getting the logos onto the bottles, which has also been resolved.  So everything is humming along smoothly and they are producing 30,000 cases of margaritas a week.

CEO David.bea.4.11.11“I tried to sabotage the whole operation, but alas we are still producing.”

What’s this?  They’re not sitting around drinking beer and laughing about how bad they’re going screw Bethenny over?  What’s that you say?  These people WANT to make money?  They WANT the product to succeed?  Imagine that! Bethenny mentions to David that she’s invented a new cocktail, by the way.  The mojito-rita, which is a mojito made with tequila.  Truly groundbreaking.  I’m sure NO ONE has EVER thought of that before.

Now Jason and Bethenny get suited up in special green plastic shoes, crossing guard vests, hair nets and goggles to take a tour of the plant floor.  They do their whole Laverne and Shirley routine while they’re at it because really, how often do you visit a bottling plant?  They take lots of silly pictures and eventually Bethenny cries about what a huge accomplishment this is for her.

picture posing.bea.4.11.11Doing it her way.

She says this started as an idea and now it’s so huge they can’t even keep up.  Next time I have a really good idea I’ll have to remember to star in a hit reality show so that someone will pay attention.  Bethenny tells Jason over dinner that when she thinks about it logically, she knows David isn’t at home sleeping instead of producing the margaritas.  Jason’s like, “Duh, that’s what I tried to tell you all along.”  She cries again about realizing the American dream.  She’s a brand now, you know.  They toast to doing whatever you want in life.

Next week!  More discussion about moving to LA and Bethenny and Jason seem to be trespassing on someone’s property checking out a new potential neighborhood.  Bethenny’s in LA to film Skating with the Stars!  Also, Gina may have a medical issue and Julie gets in trouble for something.  See you then!

What did you think of this episode, guys?  I really appreciate the comments you guys leave because it totally validates all of the time and energy I put into writing these recaps – and it’s not like I’m just a single gal with nothing else to do – I have a brand new husband!

Thanks for reading!
-Honey Gangsta

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28 Comments

  1. 1
    featherhead
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 6:22 am

    HG, great recap, I totally appreciate the time taken away from your Brand New Husband to grace us with this recap, lol. B always acts like she is the first one to do anything. All us normal mortals do this stuff everyday, but when B does it it’s stupendous!!! I always liked B, but now I kinda want to punch her in her giney with all the put downs she has concerning Hazelton, and the unwashed masses. Bitch these are your fans!! Who do you think you are? A Countess?? She’s getting a huge head and needs to come back to the normal world with the rest of us toothless unwashed dumb people that use folding tables on holidays. Thanks again Honey G- you rock!!

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    Katie
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Ironic that Bethenny, who has spent the past 4 years complaining about the alcoholics that made her life a living nightmare, has managed to create an alcoholic beverage that will guarantee other little children to endure the same. Sweet!

    They are really annoying me with the Mommy and Daddy babytalk crap. Much as I like Jason, enough of this already! We know she is a mother. She reminds us of that every 5 minutes.

    Getting on my last nerve.

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    Yanksfan24
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 8:30 am

    Thanks for the recap HG!! Maybe it’s because I’m 6 months pregnant with my first baby but my husband and I call each other “mama” and “papa”. Not all the time, mind you, but that’s our quirky thing I guess. I fell off the couch laughing when Jason farted in bed because my husband does that too (which one doesn’t), to the extent that I almost throw up and have several times banished him to the guest room!

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    Heather
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Does anyone else think that Jason looks just like his mother when he put the hair net and glasses on in the bottling plant? It freaked me out a little bit. I think the mommy and daddy thing will fade with time- it’s just their excitement about being new parents, with a brand-new baby and all. Once Bryn starting talking and yelling mommy and daddy at 2 am they prob won’t like it anymore.

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    Katie
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 9:43 am

    I always thought that Jason looked just like his mother. And Bryn looks just like Jason. The conclusion being that Bryn looks just like Jason’s mother. Which may answer the question of why Bethenny has so little love on display for her inlaws.

    Grandma Hoppy may be a nice person but she is not a raving beauty.

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    NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 10:46 am

    So after all the hystronics, they go up to the bottling plant and the CEO says, “oh, we fixed it”??? And Bethanny’s like “OK, then! Somebody take my picture!”

    Way to drop the ball, show.

    Couldn’t there have been a long hair/toothed machinery accident? A minor digit amputation? Have somebody who was quitting anyway pretend to get fired on-air by Squareface Frankle? Something?

    Oh, who thinks Jason shares the same type of personality that they always say people prone to joining cults or being radicalized by Islamic extremists have? Little personality or identity of their own; not a deep thinker, vulnerable to being manipulated by stronger, more charismatic bully-types.

    Oh man. Jason is an al-Qaeda flunkie, and Bethanny is his Bin Ladin!

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    2muchbravo
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Don’t get me wrong I think B and Jason seem like a very loving couple but I don’t see them being together for the long run. I know her background is her crutch but she’s very needy emotionally and even though he clearly loves her at some point Jason’s going to break if it’s all give, give, give to Betheny without the same in return. It may not be conscious on her part. I definitely think she loves him. She’s already proven that she doesn’t need anyone else to be sucessful in business. Might that not transfer over to other parts of her life eventually? She’s already got the baby now and she’s financially set. I just don’t see them lasting.

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    Ollybeau
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Is anyone else reading her new book?
    I gotta tell you…She’s kind of obnoxious in it.
    It’s an advice book and I keep thinking why should I be listening to you? Yes, she created a successful busisness, but she clearly has some emotional issues and anger problems from what we’ve seen on the show.
    Also, she’s only been married a year, and her daughter is just a few months old. So her success as a wife and mother has yet to be proven.
    The whole tone is very self-congratulatory.
    I just wanted to hear more about her background before RHNYC.

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    NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:41 am

    Agreed. She’s too nuts. I give them 3 to 5 years. Including time served.

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    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:58 am

    @Ollybeau: Shh, don’t talk too loud, Bethenny book is being advertised on the front page. Think she’s reading the recaps? I hope so!

    I read a few quotes from her book and in it she advises women to have sex with their husbands, even when they don’t want to. She calls it ‘Coming from a place of yes.’

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    Ollybeau
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    @Sarcasatire- I know! I thought the same thing as I was writing that post. Awkward.
    And that quote is exactly what I’m talking about. Having a year long marriage apparently makes you a relationship expert.

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    sheesh
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Shouldn’t it be “coming from a place of OH GOD…YEEEEEESSSSSSS!’

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    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    @Sheesh, my initial reaction was “Coming from a place of yes? Who’s coming? The wife who’s not in the mood? Probably not.” LOL
    But she did get to say yes, so I guess there’s that.

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    NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    With Bethanny, it’s coming from a place of “There’s a hairline crack in the plaster on the ceiling. Gotta get that fixed. Oh, no! My birthday is in 362 days! And my childhood was terrible. Jason are you finished yet? I think I was supposed to be on the View five minutes ago, and I don’t think the nanny has been paid”.

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    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    30,000 cases a week? I wonder if she has to pay Bravo for the big advertisement that her show is. How many customers will come back for a second bottle after their initial curiosity has been satisfied, especially since mixing up a margarita from scratch is about as difficult as microwaving popcorn.

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    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    LOL @NWMTV!

    @Crankyguy: I don’t even know how this beverage is successful. She’s selling premixed margarita for like $35 a bottle. Um, HELLO! For $35, I am buying a bottle of pure alcohol, thankyouverymuch. Seltzer and lime juice would only set me back $2 extra dollars. A 750ml bottle of Skinny Girl Margarita is only 11.5% alcohol. I can get drunker on Ramona’s wine!

    HG, my mom used to call ‘it’ a tutu. So, woo-woo can’t be much worse. But I tell you one thing my mom did not tolerate, was my dad calling her mommy. She’d freak! And he’d be talking to us. “Go ask Mommy if she’s ready.” “I’M NOT YOUR MOMMY! STOP CALLING ME MOMMY!” lol, my poor dad would look so confused.

    I swear last season, Bethenny had a Birkin in every color. Talk about excess.. or do you think she has a membership to http://www.bagborroworsteal.com?

    I am a bit of a prude (and was raised by one), so i don’t know if I would flash my little girl’s woo-woo to a room full of strangers. Babies deserve respect, too. Bathtime didn’t need to be filmed. But I did smile at Jason’s hiney obsession..I love my baby’s little hiney, I pat it no less than 75 times a day.

    Don’t you think Jason and beth’s trip out of town would’ve been a great time for the grandparents to visit Bryn? As much as Gina may love Bryn, I would never leave the country with my child back at home only in the care of a nanny.
    Funny thing is Bethenny complained about her childhood saying a young teen shouldn’t have gone to Vegas. Her mom said that she took Bethenny with her everywhere because she would never think to leave her in the care of babysitters. So, who’s the better/worst parent?

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    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    If it’s really $35 a bottle, there is gonna be a warehouse full of unsold inventory some time it the near future, I predict, maybe even before Bravo replaces her show with something else. I was thinking I might try it one time only for as much as $15, and even then, I was prepared to let myself feel really stupid about it.

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    jersey4041
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    I tried it and I paid $15 for it, $35 is excessive- I haven’t seen it anywhere for that price. I have to question the ‘skinny’ aspect of it. It’s a very tasty drink. It has that margarita taste but without that heavy taste (that I always get indigestion from) it’s very refreshing–HOWEVER, it’s 100 calories for 4 oz.(think about 1/4 of your average water bottle) I think the average drink size is 8 oz so it’s not necessarily low-cal (but compared to your average margarita which I think runs up to 600 calories-it’s a deal).

    I love your jean rant. I struggle with jeans so much and my bf keeps telling me I might just have to spend the money but I find the more expensive the jean, the faster they wear and tear. I have Kohl’s jeans that have lasted me HELLA long compared to something I’ve spent more money on. I missed that part of the episode but screw you, rich ass on TV demanding your hubby buy a pair of jeans equal to my monthly car payment.

    I do know some people that use the “Momma-Daddy’ thing and I think you’re right-it only lasts for a little bit and usually only when you’re in a good mood. I don’t see that happening in my house though. Think it depends on the couple.

    I’m happy to say my bf doesn’t fart. Like, really. In 4 years I might have experienced it twice. He even jokes that his body is such a machine it uses everything and doesn’t waste it by farting.

    I’m really interested to hear more about her book. I agree with all of you. There is no proven success yet (not that you can really measure that) but she is in no place to be doling out advice). I agree with the poster who said I don’t see them lasting nad I think for the exact reasons you said. She uses people to get what she wants and she can’t handle not focusing completely on herself.

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    JimmyT
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    @featherhead: I’m getting annoyed at all the digs at Hazelton pretty much any person who is not like her. Even though she keeps trying to pass it off as being her supposedly honest, snarky self, I always hear a fairly mean-spirited tone underneath. In episode when she went to Hazelton it felt like it was a way of indirectly taking out on Jason for taking her to such an ordinary place.

    I think that for right now, she is content with aiming those shots at others around them, but if Jason does not shape up into the good little cult follower that he should, you can bet that the digs will be more and more aimed at him and his parents rather than these other proxies she is using now….tic, tic, tic.

    In the mean time, I am digging that Jason is actually actively talking about her craziness during his interviews and is actually messing with her on camera by pushing her buttons. I guess I imagine him to be my proxy.

    You can bet that all that ribbing will escalate from being something fun and harmless to a full retaliation maneuver.

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    jersey4041
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    I agree, I don’t like that she takes digs at where he comes from. That’s what I have a problem with when she complains about her childhood. Like you grew up in Manhattan!? How deprived were you??? I know that’s a common trait of new yorkers, they don’t think there is anything outside of Manhattan but really, she makes all her money off of us. Do you think Manhattan big-wigs are going out and ordering a bottled margarita that was brought into public conciousness by a reality show? Doubt it.

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    ohralphie
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 6:45 am

    Great recap HoneyGangsta!
    Before having kids I also thought parents calling one another mommy and daddy was obnoxious. But once dh and I became parents we started doing it mainly to teach the baby what our names are – Mommy has your bottle, Daddy wants a hug etc…
    Sadly I agree that this marriage has maybe five years tops – unless Bethenny sucks it up and gets a real therapist and not a yes man. So like I said – five years tops.

  22. 22
    Sadezi
    Posted April 16, 2011 at 9:29 am

    So glad you pointed out the Birkin bag! I was amused by the irony of her saying “its not like I shop at Prada” while she has possibly the most expensive bag ever hanging off of her arm.

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    LastCall
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 1:33 am

    I don’t like all the digs at Hazelton either. Even if it actually were a hick town full of country bumpkins, her husband grew up there and her in-laws still live there, so it’s just plain obnoxious to alienate Hazeltonians that way, not to mention alienating her own loved ones. Part of it is probably that superiority thing that often happens with people from NYC or L.A. who tend to think anyone who’s not form either of those places must be a hillbilly or whatever. But mostly I think she does it in an vain effort to be funny. Often she does try WAY too hard to be amusing but sometimes ends up making herself look like an elitist idiot. For the most part, thopugh, I don’t think she is actually an elitist, because when she’s NOT trying to be funny, she often talks about people from places like Hazelton being nice and normal and sane…as opposed to people like herself, who are BSC, emotional wrecks. She dies seem to be self-aware about that.

    And just for the record, I don’t think Bethenny has ever called herself “deprived,” not financially speaking at least. Second, not every person living in Manhattan is wealthy. It may seem that way, but believe me, Manhattan has plenty of poor and middle class residents. And third, Bethenny didn’t grow up in Manhattan anyway. After her father “washed his ands” of her when she was about five, Bethenny lived with her mother in an apartment in Forest Hills, Queens. While her mother was married to John Parisella, they moved seven or eight times, plus she generally lived up in Saratoga during the summers when her stepfather was working at the track. During one several-months period, during which her mother and stepfather were apparently going at it more than ever, Bethenny was sent to live with relatives or family friends in Brooklyn…well, if I’m remembering correctly it was someplace in Brooklyn anyway. So, although in all this moving, it’s possible she may have spent some time in Manhattan as a kid, I wouldn’t say she grew up there.

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    LastCall
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 2:01 am

    lol Sorry, fellow Gasmi, for hitting that submit button before checking my atrocious spelling. This new brand of crystal meth I’m using just isn’t cutting it!

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    hbgchick
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 8:06 am

    I’m from Pennsylvania, and Hazelton is actually a lovely little town with a cool history. Not that Bethanny would be interested in history, but. If nothing else maybe this stupid, stupid show will put Hazelton on the map!

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    jennjenn25
    Posted April 18, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    My husband and I never did the mommy, daddy thing with our children, but now that they have moved out, we do it with the dog! Weird.
    p.s. By do it with the dog, I mean call ourselves mommy and daddy :-)

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    JimmyT
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 9:20 am

    @Last call. Yeah, I see what you mean about her trying to be funny, but tend to thing that the dynamic is in reverse. She is not being condescending only when she is trying to be funny but rather she uses those lame jokes as way of revealing her true feelings without having to own up to them.

    There’s some serious passive aggressive stuff going on there that I think goes beyond just the NYC vs the rest of the world BS.

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    Real Upper East Side Lady
    Posted April 19, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    I guarantee the minute those cameras turn off Jason will flip his sh$t. You can totally tell that Jason is sooo embarrassed by the way he is treated and that’s why he laughs it off, immediately apologizes, and overall tries to be VERY diplomatic. Sorry kids, most men are not like that. He was a single man for many years. He’s good-looking, successful, etc. He will not be taking that garbage for too long. I guarantee as he, his family and friends watch the show each week, their eyes open up. You know what I get embarrassed easily too, like if my hub makes a rude joke in front of people. I laugh it off publicly, then go Krazy later. I think that’s normal ; ) Jason just doesn’t really seem like a meek, pushover to me. I’m sure his parents are like, who the hell did our sweet boy marry.

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