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- Kelly Killoren Bensimon
- Good, Bad, or Ugly
- Kelly reflects on her favorite moments this season.
I cannot believe how fast this season has flown by. I have to admit it has been fun blogging and reflecting on all that happened in the past year. It seems so long ago, and what happens in each episode seems so surreal. Any time a camera gets into a moment, the moment changes. Even with our own cameras, don't we all use funny voices to prompt our children to smile or say the right thing? Filming The Real Housewives of New York City was very similar. Someone edits your footage until they feel you're an evocative character, and then poof - there you are on screen. As I said in my Harper's Bazaar interview, no one wants to know how much Tide you use. People want to be entertained.
The final episode really highlights the way Jill ran her charity. We were all at Jill's house, which is in the highest high-rise I had ever been in. I have never seen so many apartments in one building. After Bethenny sat me down to fight about fighting, I honestly wasn't in a very creative state of mind. Ramona joined the meeting and started discussing the 'step and repeat.' The step and repeat is where most of the high-paying donors put signage. So if a photo of a CEO or a celeb is taken, the company can refer to the photos to confirm that they were acknowledged for their donations. Ramona and Jill started fighting about what is more appropriate and sophisticated...I just sat there. I have been to a lot of meetings for charities before, but I've never seen two women engage each other like that. But once the "appropriate police" started in on each other, all we could do is sit and watch. In my opinion, everyone who donates to the charity deserves some kind of recognition. But with the Housewives, they love to have their names all over the place. Bethenny with her bar, Jill with her fabrics, and Ramona with her skincare and her jewelry - it is a nonstop product placement. Instead of focusing on the charity, they spent their time bickering and working about self-promotion.
- 11/12/2009 - 1:53pm
- valeria claudia
Kelly, I'm fron Brazil, and i want to say that you are a very nice person, and i think that, what is bother people is your high steem, your view of life, tell them that the life is going to treat you the same way you treat her. b always nice ...kisses
- 11/12/2009 - 1:39pm
- valeria claudia
Kelly, I'm fron Brazil, and i want to say that you are a very nice person, and i think that, what is bother people is your high steem, your view of life, tell them that the life is going to treat you the same way you treat her. b always nice ...kisses
- 07/22/2009 - 5:18pm
- Elise
Kelly, you seem to get flustered when having to defend yourself verbally, but on this blog I find you to be sharp and very articulate. I think it's one reason you are misunderstood on the show. Good luck with next season.
- 05/28/2009 - 6:00pm
- Sick of You
Your neurosis outweighs anything you might bring to the dynamic of the housewives relationships. It is immediately 'all about you', once you arrive on the scene. Unfortunately, therapy for narcissicism doesn't have much of a success rate. I'm sure you will never leave the show of your own volition. The lime light is your drug of choice. Too bad for everyone else... including the viewers. Are you listening Bravo?? We don't like this woman!!
- 05/26/2009 - 11:44am
- Viewer
Kelly, I know how it feels to be misunderstood by everyone. I too, have been in that place, it's not easy to keep your head up when all you are doing is being who you are. Everyone else is allowed to be who they are, the good, the bad, and the ugly. The only difference is that you get judged more harshly than the rest. Where is the fairness? You and Bethenny got off to a bad start and it just snoballed downhill. Only one suggestion for you listen to what they are saying and see where you were wrong, and make it right. It takes a bigger person to say I was wrong. Anyway I think you have the best intention, it is just taken the wrong way. Hang in there it will all work out in the end. Take care of your girls and yourself. I message probably wont get posted...I don't see too many positive messages on you site.....
- 05/16/2009 - 10:19pm
- P Brown
The II part reunion show just confirms my previous blog that I sent on May 8th that the women on the show are jealous of you! I don't understand why all the womem want to try to put you in a box. Bethenny is absolutely pathetic! She has been on reality shows before and wants so bad to be like you. Bethenny's 'Skinny Girl' product is not even original... isn't there a 'skinny cow' product out there? Kelly, I would not trust any of them...especially Jill! Ancient chinese proverb " to trust no one is to trust everyone". Jill and Bethenney are very close and the only reason Bethenney is close Jill is for social climbing purposes... once Bethenney is really rolling she will throw Jill to the curve... just watch!!! Again, Kelly you are so beautiful!!!!
- 05/14/2009 - 9:04pm
- Lady ray
kelly I think people don't understand the industry youre in. it's a verry vain world.I really believe that u came on the show to try to find what is missing in your life. You were trying to escape,but you have to understand these women didn't really feel your world because you could not be used as a tool for them and you felt that.
LIVE,LOVE,LEARN,LAUGH....REAL LOUD!!!!!!
- 05/14/2009 - 3:35am
- Viewer
you need to get alife i think you are bipolar get some help for the good of your family
- 05/13/2009 - 11:57pm
- Viewer
I loved LuAnne's question on whether you have many girlfriends. Throughout the entire show, I wondered the same thing. I don't think you know how to be a friend to a girl. You seem much more comfortable around men (shocking). I think you are self-absorbed and arrogant and you treated Bethanny horribly! I hope you get some counseling!
- 05/12/2009 - 10:48pm
- janet
Wow! kelly you are really boring... you are all surface and no substance at all. please stop self promoting and self grandizing. i feel sorry for you. your voice is so annoying when you pretend to flirt god that isn't real flirting is it?
- 05/12/2009 - 10:18pm
- zac
Just dont come back next season the show was just fine without your big bag of crazy
- 05/12/2009 - 9:54pm
- joy
Kelly could you be anymore of a a self center witch. The things you say on the show makes me sick. The way you treat Beth is nuts. I hope your kids don't grow up to be like you.
- 05/12/2009 - 9:41pm
- anna leigh
hey kelly i have a question and would really appeceate it if you responded why is it when you have something ot say tho bethany then there is always something to say, but when bethany tries to confront you there is nothing to "say" i really dont like you
- 05/12/2009 - 9:17pm
- Kim
I love this show! But I CAN'T STAND Kelly! Please don't bring her back for another season. She and her life were extremely painful to watch! And she definitely did not fit in with the other ladies. It made me change the channel when she was covered. Please make Kelly leave the show!
- 05/12/2009 - 9:17pm
- california
Hmmm, curious to see if this gets posted.
Many of your "positive" comments in this blog seem to be written by the same person or very similar writing styles.
Kelly, I have watched you and honestly have caught myself thinking you mimic others responses (laughter) in social settings and have so few of your own other than posing.
It is like you know you do not get it so you act like you do, mimic others.
- 05/12/2009 - 9:14pm
- Upstate and confused
what the hell were you crying about Kelly?? No wonder the the reunion took 7 hours.
- 05/12/2009 - 8:25pm
- Viewer
Every woman on the show needs a lesson in communication. Kelly; you and Ramona are the most in need of this. Try to be more respectful and a better listener; no matter what the other person might be saying. Obviously, by getting flustered, angry and constantly defending yourself, you did not make any positive progress with Bethany.
I hope the producers edit the show to make it more dramatic and hostile, because you are portrayed very poorly in the show.
- 05/12/2009 - 8:23pm
- I LOVE BETHANY&JILL
FYI- Bethany is funny.
- 05/12/2009 - 8:15pm
- Hawaiian Viewer
Kelly,
I just saw the Housewives of NYC. The episode was one where you had called Bethenny to the pub to "tell her off." Either the show portrays you in a negative way for publicity sake, or you are a mean-spirited, uneducated, classless, arrogant fool in reality. Bethenny, in the next episode, had attempted to "clear the air" with you; your arrogance and condescending attitude toward Bethenny was very obvious and made you look even more foolish than in the previous episode.
At any rate, because of your antics, I was intrigued to watch subsequent episodes. I laughed...at you! You are attractive, but then again, everyone on that show is attractive...the difference is that the others appear very intelligent. Haha. Exercise your brain a little and go back to school. You can't get your point across in arguments (with Bethenny) because you can't think quickly enough. The show makes you look like an idiot.
Just thought you should know...
- 05/12/2009 - 8:06pm
- Upset Viewer
PLEASE leave.
- 05/12/2009 - 7:55pm
- Viewer
kelly why are you sooo rude to bethany? she lets the past go but you continue to dislike her and hold a grudge. you only hear what you want to hear. you insulted bethany by sayng "im up here and you're down here" and you completely denied it. you need to listen to what others are saying and be respectful.
- 05/12/2009 - 7:31pm
- Annie
Bravo PLEASE!!! We are a crazy bunch of moms who watch Bravo's shows, specially The real NY H W's.
Everytime Kelly is on, we just go to the bathroom, go to the kitchen or go somewhere while she goes AWAY/dissapear from the screen!!!
Why did you have to add another housewive in the NYC team?
PLEASE PLEASE, GET RID OF HER. We want more Jill, Ramona, Betheny, Alex, Luann and even MORE SIMON before more of this boring ,,,,,,, person (Kelly).
- 05/12/2009 - 6:33pm
- Viewer
kelly-omg you are one of the worst reality show stars I have ever seen!!! the way you act as if everyone knows who you are is such a joke. I have never heard of you before this show so your not so great. you should stop talking down to people and acting like your better than them. You were a model not a very great accomplishment.
- 05/12/2009 - 6:27pm
- K~
I'm not anyones 'puppy dog follower" but Bethenny got it right when she called you a Kel-amity....your whiny sing song Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii and whatever else your whining in that annoying little girl voice is like nails on a chalkboard....have you been checked out by a Doctor for your memory loss???...you looked soooooo shocked to be reminded of things you said that were TAPED....duhhhhhh...
I am glad to know from the other bloggers that I am not the only one that never heard your name before.....too bad I can never say that again Kelleeeeeeeeeeeee....you know who I Really feel sorry for???.....meeeeeeeeeeeeee...to have that annoying voice trapped in my brain....
- 05/12/2009 - 6:07pm
- maureen
I am struck by the fact that you say you are a writer, though you seem to have a hard time with it. On the show, your interview skills appeared childish and your blogs narratives are reminicent of that of a highschool paper. Three questions:
1) What writing/journalism education do you have?
2) Do you use ghostwriters/extensive editors?
3) Where can we find some of your published articles?
- 05/12/2009 - 6:04pm
- Viewer
Love ya, Kelly. You're a great part of the show. Take care of yourself while you have some personal time. Wow, that reunion was something else.
- 05/12/2009 - 5:32pm
- Lauren
Kelly,
It's actually painful to watch you on this show. I've never heard a grown women use the word "like" as much as you do. The way you attacked Bethenny telling her that you were up here and she was down there...I mean...who do you think you are? I think you have some serious issues, one of which being how fake you are. You really belong in Los Angeles. I don't think you behaved well in a single scene. You should really be embarrased and think twice before returning to the show. No one cares about you. Get over yourself!! Really!!!
- 05/12/2009 - 5:16pm
- Brittany
Kelly, why did you flip out on Bethenny?
- 05/12/2009 - 5:15pm
- embarassed for you
Kelly,
Please tell me you were mortified by the way you act when you watch the shows back. If you aren't, then you are truly an ugly person, OR so utterly oblivious to life and people around you that you just don't care! If you HAVE realized how obnoxiously arrogant and mindless you are, and have made a concious effort to change, then there is still hope for you to be an enjoyable part of next season.I don't think you're a bad person, i just think you're stuck in a "popular girl in highschool" mindset and you think the world lives and dies for you. You're irrational, immature, and when confronted about your own words, get so flustered all you can do is change the subject and try to take the attention off of how wrong you are by directing it negatively to someone else. Realize it, change it, or don't be on next season.
oh and about "lending your name" - nobody knows who you are and nobody cares. It's not even YOUR name - it's your EX HUSBAND'S sweetie!
About that night at the monkey bar- you got up and walked away from the covo when you got caught up didn't know what to say, then waited for her at the exit and continued to attack her when she was over it, and then walked away again saying she was crazy and you had to go cuz you had a date- did i miss something???? didn't you initiate the meeting?????
P.S. the way you ran up to max and re-called the encounter you just had with Bethenny was SO incredibly inacurrate, and you reminded me of my 16-year old sister when she's talking to her friend about someone at school she doesn't like "Oh my god, i was like....seriously...."
good luck....you need it
- 05/12/2009 - 4:32pm
- Viewer
All you EVER do is say "STOP" and you seem to be a nitwit.
- 05/12/2009 - 4:27pm
- Viewer
You are so full of it. You were upset your name wasn't "called". Integrety? Yeah, right.
Hopefully you won't be on the show next season and hopefully they find someone more interesting. You really are a bore!
- 05/12/2009 - 4:04pm
- Emily
Kelly,
I am 19 years old, and i honestly think that i am more mature then you are. Yes, you are beautiful and have a great body, and you may think you are way higher then all of us, but the truth is you may be the lowest person on television. You dont listen to anything anyone is trying to communicate to you and skirt around every issue instead of solving then. This is not a very attractive characteristic. And being late to everything? Why do you think that is okay? We all have busy lives, and so do you, we understand, but when you set a time you should make an effort to be on time. I would have walked away just like all the girls at the party. You deserved to feel hurt because of what you did.I know, I know, im nothing to you,i am not your friend and i dont really matter to you, but isnt this sad that so many people are saying these horrible things to you? They couldnt find any clips of you where you are being a honest, nice, not manipulative, not talking behind everyones back.. You really need to take a moment and look at the person that you are and fix some things.
You should leave the show. You have brought nothing but drama to the show and i am disgusted every time your face and your attitude is on the screen.
I hope you consider my comment.
- 05/12/2009 - 4:00pm
- Beth
What can I add? Kelly Bensimon - you are a joke! I have never, since middle school, seen such a person as you. You will ridicule everyone you come in contact with unless they have something you immediately need. Then you will wait...and ridicule them later. Grow up!!
If the producers keep you for the next season, I will not watch. You honestly make me sick.
- 05/12/2009 - 3:34pm
- Morgan
I agree one hundred and fifteen percent with maja. who do you think you are kelly? I have never written a post on this ever but you just inspired me to. You are so rude that it's disgusting. You should respect people and thier time. Bethenny made one comment and that gives you the right to verbally beat her up like that? AND next you talk to max...i was laughing the whole time..you try wayyy to hard honey. Also the way you twisted Bethany's words when talking to Max just showed your self worth is nothing. You are rediculous and full of yourself and "we are not friends, and never will be friends!"
- 05/12/2009 - 3:30pm
- Kate
Let me just say that the episode where you confront Bethenny is absolutely ridiculous. What were you thinking? You came off completely crazy. You have to limit your use of repetitive synonyms and journalistic interest words. Or at least give us a break from your use of words that you think make you look well versed. Bethenny may be a lot to handle, but you are so ridiculously fake and off-putting that it makes me hate this show. Petition to remove Kelly from the show? Sign me up.
- 05/12/2009 - 2:31pm
- activityhound
you, like, totally made an impact on me just now.
"Going to parties does not a friend make"
How true is that, girlfriend?! I know, right!!Here's the thing. This year, I am cancelling my wedding reception. Instead, we are going to go for a long walk.
Can you say ACTIVITY! I want people to bond afterall.Secondly, I am in charge of the office holiday party. We are all going to a macrame class instead.
Don't even get me started on what I'm doing for Thanksgiving!
Who needs eating, right? People just sit around at talk. If we ride horses, even if we can't speak, we bond because we might think about, like, the horse hair and how it felt or, like a tree, later.
Well, plus I have an eating disorder. That way I never have to eat in public again.
Cool beans!
(just kidding about the eating disorder. but it is odd for someone to be so dang adament about never eating in front of another, huh? Just sayin)
- 05/12/2009 - 2:21pm
- Viewer2
If you were to arrive at one of my events you would be asked to leave. I wouldn't embarrass my friends nor myself with your presence. Perhaps Luanne or one of the ladies can take you one as a charity to teach you manners, grammer, how to wear a bra!!!!PLEASE!!!!
- 05/12/2009 - 1:47pm
- Janice
Kelly, its ridiculous how so many viewers make you out as some sort of bad person, when it is obvious the average viewer is just jealous. Look at you - you have everything: brains, hot gorgeous looks, you are easygoing, fun, have two beautiful well-behave girls, you are always smiling...but god forbid...imperfect. Jealous people wait for the person they are jealous of to do one little imperfect thing and then they POUNCE. Envy is an ugly thing and all I hear in these blogs is hate, hate, hate. Good for you that you have excellent perspective.
May I add - Bethenny is so obviously jealous of you and so negative. You can see it in her tightly-clenched jaw and face. Her face looks like it is going to split. She has such a need to try to control everything around her (and her boyfriend or ex) and to convince everyone that she IS something, while you just show up being you and you STEAL the stage, without even wanting to.
Bethenny is an unhappy person because she thinks she deserves everything...you, on the other hand, are charmed by the good things that come your way in your life and it shows that you truly appreciate it. But you never act as if you are entitled or bitter. I'm amazed that more viewers cannot recognize how bitter and caustic Bethenny is. She hides it with humor, but her tense face and manner says it ALL.
- 05/12/2009 - 1:29pm
- Viewer
Be the best Mom you can be. Be genuine. Don't steal others' ideas, don't date men too young, don't hit anyone. Don't be mean to Bethenny. Don't run in traffic.
Some fun does have a price.
- 05/12/2009 - 11:20am
- patty anzalone
Kelly,
By now you must realize you're the most hated on the show. In your screwed up mind you most likely convince yourself it's because people are just jealous or envious.NO! You have a dismissive attitude toward anyone you feel is "beneath" you.The way you spoke to Bethany was rude,childish and nasty. Frankly your scenes with Bethany you appear unbalanced.I know you don't see yourself the way others see you. That's so sad. The fact you let the people at Bravo film you running in traffic and you didn't just tell them, "hey, seriously people, very dumb".It was the most stupid thing I have ever seen on a "reality show". That's saying a lot.I hope you leave the show.Please don't come back.You drag the show down and I leave the room when you show up on screen. Please just go away now. Bye.
- 05/12/2009 - 7:39am
- BostonWife
Kelly,
Didn't you claim that you don't like to have your name attached to anything EVER? Didn't you say that you like to work behind the scenes ALWAYS? In this blog, you are so much sour grapes regarding the credit you didn't receive from Jill, when as shown, it was an oversight that was quickly corrected. Weren't you paying attention?
I am surprised that you portend yourself to be private, yet signed on to a Reality show. Did you not understand what that meant?
You claimed that you hate confrontation, yet invited Bethenny to have a drink with your conflict!
You hate to be mocked, mistreated, etc. Yet, you arrived at everything late (including the party you hosted) because you only go with "Kelly Time". Maybe you have a special watch that only responds to your personal schedule.
Finally, you can't even form a cohesive sentence! That is the most startling thing of all from an Ivy School Graduate... ??????
- 05/11/2009 - 5:02pm
- Viewer
I love the show a
- 05/11/2009 - 2:49pm
- Massachusetts viewer,
Kelly,
I was wondering why you are so well versed in hosting charity events? I thought you said to the countess at the beginning of the fashion show some episodes back that you were not involved specifically in charity. I'm so confused with what comes out of you on this show. I only look forward to your arrival in an episode because it's a good time to get a drink.
- 05/11/2009 - 2:47pm
- stasia
"Shoot me - I have a lot of integrity."
Hahahahahahaha
- 05/11/2009 - 2:28pm
- MrsVaritek
Your self-absorbtion, self-importance, selective hearing and ignorance makes me not not want to watch anymore... Kelly... go away.
- 05/11/2009 - 1:20pm
- Not hooked
Ego stroking, promotion & feeding into trite society fashionista foolishness may float your boat. Volunteering and doing charity work can be equally as fulfilling, if you "like" "indulge," and give it a chance. Donating your voluminous chi chi clothing is just a start. Bringing a smile to a chronically ill child by Volunteering can also warm your heart and more enduring than any "Zac" dress, Jewelry, or handbag. So Stop, stop, stop, & "BYE" Flirtfest (Falsetto tone).
- 05/11/2009 - 1:00pm
- Donna
Kelly, you just really need to get over yourself, you are not better than anyone else on the show. I have caught you in quite a few lies, so please don't make anymore comments that are not true. You are not at a higher level than Bethenny as you stated in one of the episodes, So please get off of your high horse, oh thats right you already did once. I love watching the show but I will not be upset if you do not come back next season.
- 05/11/2009 - 12:37pm
- Viewer
I don't understand why you say you got married young. You got married at 29!! You had your first child at 31!! I've got news for you....that is not young!!
- 05/11/2009 - 11:20am
- Yvonne
Kelly,
I think something is seriously wrong with you because you seem to have selective hearing and recall abilities. You went on this show and at first you seemed a cool new edition to the program but then you overeacted to Bethenny's comment. Both those incidents of where you guys had the lil pow wows were embrassing to you and you alone. You women are both adults and you don't run anything. You protrayed yourself on this show as immature, selfish, stuckup, fake, ditzy, and trying to hard to be the center of attention. Myabe you should not return next season cause this show definetly did not work in your favor.
- 05/11/2009 - 10:05am
- Just curious
Wondering if you will be returning next season. You didn't seem to enjoy it.. say that you are very "private" and did not seem to get along with any of the cast. You say that don't lend "you name" to anything, but, have self-promoted your jobs, name, and everything you wear or write, and are selling underwear, tee shirts, etc.. So, what's the "deal"?
- 05/10/2009 - 6:53pm
- marsela
Kelly,
You are so funny to watch! So self-important and self-absorbed. It is so apparent that you're secretly in love with Bethanny. "You are so cute in that Zack dress"... OMG
You got so flustered and red in the face sitting on the bed with her. You with your slim boyish hips and big manly shoulders. Just tell her that you love her and get it over with.
And as far as you not lending you name to anything (Madonna) , here's a tip....no one knows who the hell you are!!!!
- 05/10/2009 - 5:03pm
- Arrested Development
You wrote in your blog:
I have been to a lot of meetings for charities before, but I've never seen two women engage each other like that.
UMMMM...seems like your memory is slipping again. Remember the fashion show where you told Luann that you barely had time for your own charities? When she asked you what charities you supported you were caught...you fessed up to not supporting any charities.You wrote in your blog:
But once the "appropriate police" started in on each other, all we could do is sit and watch.
UMMMM...you needed an appropriate police yourself with the Bethany sit downs, but since you didn't have one, read your blogs to decide who was appropriate.You wrote in your blog:
But with the Housewives, they love to have their names all over the place. Bethenny with her bar, Jill with her fabrics, and Ramona with her skincare and her jewelry - it is a nonstop product placement.
UMMMM...I've read all your blogs...you're the worst at self-promotion. Guess what? Not buying a thing that you endorse.Kelly, the phrase "arrested development" comes to mind when I think of you.
- 05/10/2009 - 4:18pm
- Becky
I love watching this show, but I do take it with a grain of salt. I think in some ways people get set up, a lot of what what we see is not what happened. I hope Kelly is making good money off this. I can't understand why anyone would put up with it. Once she explained that the reason she did not want her name on the charity was because she did not know how it was being run, or who the people were who were running it, that made sense.
- 05/10/2009 - 2:23pm
- Viewer
So Kelley,
I already posted here but needed to tell you this..as I watched the final episode I realized at the end Bethenny claims to spwak French..when she was on her date with Phillipe one comment she made to the cameras was that there was a slight problem due to the language barrier..if she could speak French, really and truly, she would have used it then...it just made me think she is delusional and lies about most things and remember, she went to the same culinary school that I did...you are so real and I just wanted you to know this..her fans are so blind to her bs...stay well, gorgeous and happy as you always are...
- 05/09/2009 - 8:07pm
- spanky
I'd love to know what you really, honestly felt when watching yourself on the show later. I can't imagine you being proud of the way you acted with Bethenny or when snubbing Ramona at the horse show, or when fawning over Max in your little-girl voice.
- 05/09/2009 - 7:49pm
- Viewer
Stop. Stop. Stop. Just stop. Stop.
- 05/09/2009 - 6:16pm
- Viewer
Kelly,
Remember Bethany is used to playing games. She was one of the finalists for The Apprentice. She is a smart, cunning, success-driven person, who is alway looking for opportunities to advance her career. It's unfortunate that you played into her gameplan.
Her ambitions has turned her into a media saavy manipulator. I believe she was out to get you "Wild Up" from the start. Bringing you down to her short-sided level of perception.
I would call it Media Dodge Ball.
Bethany knows how to hurled a big inflated black ball filled with her insecurities at people. And the cable TV public is playing into her hands, by siding with her.
I guess we never really grow out of that "high school mentality".Once again, I wish you a happy and successful future.
The only opinions that should matter are from your family and your closes friends.
- 05/09/2009 - 6:06pm
- Viewer
I think your girls are adorable and so well behaved in the spots they were on.
I can't understand why you were so condescending to ALex at her party. Asking her "where are we? In relation to NY??" Isn't that the same insult luann said to you when she came to visit you at your place? A home is where someone lives and loves, not just a show place. It's like you 'payed it forward" to ALex after Luann insulted you.
I can't get over how nasty you ladies are to each other. SO many cutting remarks and comments!
- 05/09/2009 - 5:48pm
- Kathy
Do us all a favor:
1)Quit interupting everyone when you try to control conversations. Let others speak once in awhile
- 05/09/2009 - 12:42pm
- kk
Kelly,
I think you have been misunderstood and made out to seem like the "bad guy" unfairly. I think it is totally okay that you don't like Bethenny. I think you are a cool gal. A note of caution: if I were you, I wouldn't get too chummy with Jill. Clearly, she is on team Bethenny and she will stab YOU in the back and not her.
- 05/09/2009 - 10:32am
- Park Avenue Lady
Kelly:
I believe you are the only one on the show with integrity. I had never heard of you before but I have since Googled you and I think you have accomplished quite a lot. I almost don't think you needed to be in this reality show. However you have brought a lot of class to the show and you are so interesting. Your style runs heads above the others. I think they put you down because they don't understand you and are threatened. I thought the fact that Jill forgot to thank you at the charity event was tell-tale. It is her loss and only makes her look small.
Anyhow I hope this show has no ill effects on your two girls. I hope the are not kidded about it in school. If so.. I would resign from the show if so. They must always come first.
Anyhow just want to add that you are great and I hope that things work out well and you get away from this wolf pack. Life is to short to be upset by idiots.
PAL
- 05/09/2009 - 4:10am
- Viewer
Kelly was my favorite Housewive of New York! I can't believe the husbands on this show, Ramona's husband acts like a complete idiot! I did not like the show this time around. Too much negativity and too much drama!!! The husbands I believe need to stay out of the women drama. I really enjoyed the balance from the Real Housewives of Atlanta. There was drama but they also weren't all wrapped up in the "ME" factor.
- 05/09/2009 - 1:25am
- From Texas
I am glad you were in the show and I hope you stay. You not wanting your name in the charity tells me a lot about you. The other housewives are so much about themselves, but you were really were about the charity. And that is a true volunteer heart. I don't know how many times I heard "skinny girl", about their brands, or "my book". Sometimes the show looked more as a comercial than a show. It seems so funny to me that the only 2 housewives that I wouldn't mind exchanging lives with are the ones people hate the most. Can we say jealous?
- 05/08/2009 - 11:31pm
- Beaniest
Kelly,
There you go again using the word "integrity" of which you have none. Lack of integrity is an open invitation for the people around you to call you on your actions when they are inconsistent with your words. This season you have delivered every week. Every episode what you said was the opposite of what you did. Hence the feeling of being "policed" by your peers. No one is perfect. Integrity is showing up on time when you give your word to be somewhere at a certain time. Otherwise what you are saying in a passive aggressive way is, "My time is more valuable than yours." Integrity is listening when others are speaking to you instead of interrupting them with your whining "StahhhhhhhhP!" You never know what gift someone might bestow on you with their words. But you will NEVER know, if you think you know everything already. Integrity is taking the high road - which you have claimed to do in a prior blog. But Kelly, let's be honest, you could not find the high road with a map. Namaste
- 05/08/2009 - 11:21pm
- Viewer
Are you kidding?! The step and repeat is not for the donating companies to refer back to photos of "celebs" at the event to ensure their name is up there - It is for all of the public/consumers to see the company's name as advertisement in! DUH. Why do you babble about how you "never lend your name" to anything and then look so disappointed Jill forgot to mention you? You seem like a dual personality case...for all the charity meetings you claim to attend here in your blog, have you forgotten how you are tape saying you don't have time for charities? Lastly, how lame for you to accuse the other housewives of trying to self-promote themselves all the time when you have done just as much IF NOT MORE tooting your own dumb horn more than anyone?! You are truly dillusional.
- 05/08/2009 - 8:47pm
- jess_sayin
I hope ALL the NYC housewives come back next season. It was fun and I'm already looking forward to next season!
- 05/08/2009 - 8:42pm
- P Brown
Kelly, you are absolutely awesome! I only watch the show because of you! Let's cut to the chase.... Bethany, why is she on the show? To my knowledge, no kids, never been married? Not only are you beautiful inside and out but all, I repeat all of the women, especially Bethany, Oh, and I would not count out LuAnn-Countess... give me break, on the show are jealous of you! Stay strong and keep up the great work. Kelly you are the only true success on the show. This show just proves that the more money people have the more insecure they are.
- 05/08/2009 - 7:20pm
- Viewer
I really hope you are off the show next season. The only good thing about you is that you start drama. But other than that you are a waste. You think so highly of yourself and you are nothing. You treat everyone "below" you, especially Bethenney, like crap and from what I saw on the show this season, they are so much better than you. You are really immature and need to get over yourself. I am sure your kids are embarassed by your behavior.
- 05/08/2009 - 3:55pm
- Viewer
Positive is Good...
Wow! You are really digging...how do you know that the Comment "Im up here and your done there" is NOT about Social Standing? Are you Kelly or a friend of Kelly's that was told this????
Why didn't Kelly explain this to Bethenny, the other housewifes or the viewers? Why are you??? Kelly doesn't even remember saying it....Where are your facts???
Sorry...but that's your opinion and of course your entitled to it,(your really giving Kelly the benefit of the doubt and that is sweet of you)but sorry i didn't feel that message from Kelly at all...i felt she was being very mean how she went in their like a mack truck and just plowed Bethenny with her sarcastic, mean, cruel words! Kelly could of did that over the phone...not at a public bar and being 1/2 late!
- 05/08/2009 - 3:22pm
- Viewer
Kelly, you are my favorite on the show. Second is Luanne. I cannot believe Bethanny. She is SO toxic and it was illustrated by her temper tantrum at the auction. She has no class, and how could she, she is basically an orphan. I am not shocked that she is single. She is insecure and toxic. I feel terrible that you got a bad edit with all the drama between you two. I hope you come back next season.
- 05/08/2009 - 3:06pm
- Viewer
You maintain that you are a person with class, but that is not what we see on the show.
Whenever someone tries to talk to you about something you don't want to hear, you interrupt in a loud, harsh voice saying, "STOP!". Learn to listen and you may learn a lot. Consider that the other person may have a valid point. If you would learn to listen, you might be able to grow up.
You have a phony, junior high voice that you use when you enter or leave a group. It is pathetic, and it does not make you look young and hip --- just phony.
You say you wanted a costume that is appropriate for a mother, so you wear a Playboy bunny costume and show up with a guy in underwear. You missed your goal. Not to mention the "outfit" for your letter A photographs.
You expect your little girls to behave well in public, which is great. But, then you engage in a pillow fight in a retail outlet, using merchandise that is for sale.
You take great pride in the "flirt fests" you have with Max. You behavior and appearance is silly and make you look desperate to look younger than you are.
You appeared to be high on something when you met with Bethenny the first time. You were frenetic, you couldn't maintain a train of thought, you were inarticulate, and your were erratic, at the best.
Kelly, you are a train wreck.
- 05/08/2009 - 1:19pm
- Seattle girl
I agree with "positive is good" 100 %. Your statement "you're up here and she is down there" to Bethanny just meant you don't indulge in the cheap thrill one-liners that she does. How people fail to see such a simple thing I don't understand. Had nothing to do with social status-that's Beth's prejudices being made to fit into your words. I am not looking forward to see you being made to feel small at the reunion- the side on the left of Andy is the non-intellectual site (I mean Beth/Jill and Luann). Will Bravo please please post this comment ?
- 05/08/2009 - 1:14pm
- Viewer
Hello!
I think you come off as incredibly sweet and fun on the show. To be honest I think that people see and automatically do want to like you because you are so beautiful and have so much going for you. I think Bethenny was jealous of you from the very beginning which made her hypersensitive to anything that you did or said to her. You are so fun to watch and I am definitely on Team Kelly!
- 05/08/2009 - 12:35pm
- positive is good
Kelly,
The comment of "I'm up here, you're down here" was NOT about social standing!
The comment was in regards to the nasty comments and how Bethenny treated someone she doesn't like, you were simply telling Bethenny she should come up to a more positive level and stop trashing you.
People don't have to be friends, they also don't have to act so nasty and say mean things. You made a valid point and it's a shame how it's been used against you!
If Bethenny said the same thing to someone that was insulting her, she would be told how smart she was to let the person know that their behavior was "down here" and they need to come up to a positive level.
This has been taken out of context in order to make Bethenny look like the injured party. Bethenny started the drama and you responded to her treatment and now you are being attacked.
Why is everyone required to take all of Bethenny's insults and trash talking? Why aren't people allowed to be fed up and tell her to stop being so negative and rude? It's a shame Bethenny is allowed to trash talk about everyone and then act like a victim when other's are insulted and push back. Talk about major double standards.
I guess the fact you are held to a much higher standard than Bethenny is good for you, at least people think YOU can reach a higher standard!
- 05/08/2009 - 12:30pm
- Viewer
Ouch! I cant believe all of these negative comments. I dont agree with everything you say or do, but my life is far from perfect so I will not critize you and tell you your short comeings. You are somebody's mother and somebody's daughter and I'm sure that they would be hurt if they read these nasty comments about you. People can be so hurtful when they are jealous. I hope you dont pay to much attention to these blogs and let them bring you down. Your family's opinion of you is all that matters. Keep your head up and try to stay positive. Negative people are ugly and they need to get a life.
- 05/08/2009 - 12:08pm
- Heather
Oh my where to start!! This woman, Kelly BenWhatever, is such a waste. Okay, that is a little harsh, I am sure she is a great mother (when she isn't hastling her children about always sitting up straight and whatnot,) but other than that, this woman truly sucks at life. I have never seen someone so stuck on themselves, it is almost sickening. To top it off, I have never even heard of her before she came on the show. She just thinks that she is someone that she really isn't. She is not as popular as she believes herself to be, nor is she as wonderful, intelligent, and kind as she likes to think she is. Her argument with Bethenny was just hilarious to me. I mean, she was really trying to go somewhere with it but sadly, she really just made herself look like a complete idiot. She made no sense at all, all I could do was laugh at her.
Hopefully, some day, this woman realizes that life is NOT all about money, clothes, modeling, and fake tans. Those things arent what make life worth while. I hope some day she realizes what it's really all about.
- 05/08/2009 - 10:50am
- Maja
Kelly-I can't believe the way you talked to Bethenny at the pub and in Jill's home!!!! Don't you realize how stupid you looked??? You were so mean to her when you verbally and with your hands showed her how much lower she is than you- and then you didn't even remember that you said those mean words to Bethenny ---I WAS SO ANGRY WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please leave the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 05/08/2009 - 10:33am
- Viewer
You mentioned next season in your blog. You're not seriously going to return next season, are you?
- 05/08/2009 - 9:29am
- Ruthie
You weren't surprised that Jill forgot to thank you?! Of course you were. With your face away from the camera you made a comment to the woman next to you and she clearly said "I know. What about you." So. It bothered you enough to make a comment. At least be honest with yourself!
- 05/08/2009 - 9:24am
- Viewer
"after Bethenny sat me down to fight about fighting"....that comment says it ALL about your ego and your personality. Please resign from the show.
- 05/08/2009 - 7:49am
- Viewer
You lost me when you explained to Bethanny that "You're down here, and I'm up here." No editing misrepresentation there!
- 05/08/2009 - 7:03am
- Viewer
Good, bad or ugly we've got you hooked is the whole problem with these shows now...I stopped watching housewifes of OC because of the tacky fighting and it seems Bravo wants the same from you guys. Well I guess I've seen my last season of NY as well...I've already seen previews of NJ and WILL NOT BE WATCHING!! Just more Drama!!
- 05/07/2009 - 11:03pm
- Jodi
I think in the 'Playland of Kelly' you feel you are one dynamite chick. One could not disagree if one also lived in that fantasy land. However, the one thing that sticks in my mind and plays over and over is the comment "I'm up here and you're down here". Did you really, truly think that Bethanny would not be offended by this comment? If another person said that to you, how would you feel Kelly? Ask yourself this question next time you have a moment for reflection. I wonder if other viewers are stuck on this comment as I am. Yes, Bethanny is not your friend, nor probably ever will be, but it does not give you free reign for distasteful insults. Please learn a lesson here. Take a 'big girl' pill.
- 05/07/2009 - 10:58pm
- Viewer
If you say something, own it. And if someone questions why you said something, answer them. Doing anything else shows that YOU are the child and so insanely insecure. It's ok to be sorry for your actions and words. It's ok to apologize and listen to someone. If you don't agree, than you have serious issues.
- 05/07/2009 - 10:44pm
- Sue
Kelly,
It seems like Bethenny's attack dogs are on the loose! Why can't people like Bethenny without writing such vile and hateful comments?
You don't know how to fight with other women, that is a good thing! I wouldn't want to fight with Bethenny either, she's a pro.
She thinks she is always right, never admits when she is wrong and must have the last word. It seems like Bethenny loves to start drama by trashing people and being rude then acts like she is innocent when people have had enough of her negative attitude.
You are getting a raw deal with all the personal attacks and I feel it's shameful that people can be so incredibly mean and vicious. Your big crime is that you don't like a person that has trashed you and been very rude, seems pretty normal.
Some are taking your comment to Bethenny and twisting your words and leaving out most of the conversation. Since I'm not a rabid attack dog I actually know you told her that you don't like the trash talk and rudeness and that she is on a different level how she behaves with people she doesn't like.
Telling her to come up to your level was not about social standing at all, it was telling her to stop trashing you and being rude. You're not friends but that is no excuse to play so dirty, it was good advice to Bethenny yet look at how it's been used against you.
Some people will hear what they want in order to advance their cause, other's will actually listen and understand what was actually said.
- 05/07/2009 - 8:42pm
- Viewer
Kelly,
I think you were the only one on the show that has it together! I enjoyed watching some charisma to the show!
- 05/07/2009 - 4:22pm
- Gabbie
Kelly, I think that your egotistical personality is your biggest downfall. You are quite the name-dropper, and you do so strictly for the attention. I'm sure that half of the people whose names you have mentioned deny your friendship and hide their faces when in the same vacinity as you. You are down right pathetic. Your personality rests soley on the boosts of confidence you get when people look at you and tell you you are beautiful; they merely kiss your ass and mock you. It's no wonder Gilles ditched you. I'd rather be married to my camera lens than you. And on another note, Bethenny didn't sit you down to "fight about fighting." That was Jill's attempt to get you to stop acting immature and to get over yourself to patch things up with Bethenny.
- 05/07/2009 - 3:46pm
- VAL
Kelly, I actually really enjoyed this blog.....
I'm glad you finally felt comfortable enough to discuss how you felt about some things. If you would do this more often I think people would understand your side of things better and get a sense of who you really are. I really don't understand why someone so private would ever decide to do a reality show, it just doesn't make sense to me.
- 05/07/2009 - 3:27pm
- Eileen from N.J.
I would just like to say how much I enjoy seeing you(Kelly ) on your show. I enjoy the show immenselly, for various reasons. Kelly you are so accomplished, magnetic, not only regally beautifull, and so down to earth, but you help generations of young woman by your example of living life to the fullest. You are a woman who is true to herself and her values. It takes a deep belief in oneself to approach another when you do no want to cause hurt or anger. I believe down the road the tension will lift between you and Bethanny. In the meantime you confronted her and you were willing to speak with her again. You were a lady I respect all of you on the show because you are all individuals, strong beautiful women, who actually organize abd make things happen to help people who are in need. Your vivaciousness and great beauty uplift the spirits of those around you I worked in the fashion industry for years in the late seventies, when Diane VOn Furstenberg started her cotton wrap dresses. I was a buyer and I loved interviewing new designers and writing articles for our office. I applaud you on your journey! Bravo to you Kelly. Thank you for your generous contribution in fashion , charity, and showing us what "a zest for life" is all about. Sincerely, Eileen L.
- 05/07/2009 - 3:14pm
- Viewer
When Jill forgot (for a moment) to call your name for a "thank you" award, I caught a glimpse of something I'd not yet seen on you: humility. It was really and truly like looking at a different person, and for that brief moment I wanted to like you! (Which is tough because you really do come across as narcissistic, arrogant, and condescending, with a little splash of 'crazy' thrown in when faced with a challenging conversation.)
I'm sure you're not as self-obsessed as you were made out to be, but nevertheless, try the humble thing more often. It looks great on you!
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