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Kelly Killoren Bensimon

The New Charity

Kelly talks A-List, her date with Max, the Saks campaign, and more!

April 7, 2009

While the press is having a field day with "Kelly was fired," I was in Los Angeles for the Bravo A-List Awards, and to work on my new jewelry line, which will be in stores soon.

First to clear the media air, models aren't on staff so they don't get fired, it's not a 9-5 job and we are not on Celebrity Apprentice. When the press is writing about me like that, they are clearly searching for content. I am flattered that they write about me, and a close friend who also works in the media said that I had really made it, because the media is crazy to find anything to write: good, bad, or ugly. So, in the spirit of media, keep the press coming - it makes my brand and all that I am doing stronger and more recognizable. The good news is that America knows II was the name and face of Saks Fifth Avenue's new brand, called WEAR. The line is really hot for it sold out within weeks, and they held an amazing luncheon for me at the Saks store on 5th Avenue in New York, which is featured on my television show, Behind the Hedges on www.plumtv.com. So, out of something bad came something great. Being the name and the face of Saks was so much fun, I got to style, model, and talk about what women need in their wardrobe. I had a great time modeling and working for Saks. Retail is just like working in a magazine, except they create their own product too in addition to selling other lines. I was so impressed at how the Saks team forecasts future fashion so distinctly. My first fashion show as a model was for Saks in Chicago, so I have a strong affection for them. More importantly, I am happy that the collection did so well. It is a strong testament to who they are as a major department store.

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176 Comments

Nice

I really want to thank the author of this blog for a good article you wrote. Thanks.

Kelly, I am shocked at the amount of bashing you receive from viewers and even cast members. You are a gal who is simply above jumping in the mud wrestling ring. You work and set the RIGHT example for your children for social etiquette and are raising ladies just like yourself. Yes, you have the silver spoon thing going, but anyone who cannot appreciate your stand on charity is clueless. Your "hands on" networking speaks much louder about the true CHARITABLE SPIRIT and than organizing and churning out the same auction parties with corporate support for the other women's self acclaimed causes. They don't understand that their are thousands of small community non-profits who help others without the audience, just as you prefer. I work 60 hours a week, sometimes earning less than $100 to help a few women owned small businesses at a time stay afloat in our community. Every dress and beauty item contributed by suburban housewives is sold by The Little Shop of Hoarders as unassuming women join a circle of giving I call "saving grace for shopaholics.". I would find the same thing you do about these gals' social affairs to be horribly boring. I meet one great gal after another with no strings attached and completely see what you mean about just celebrating every individual for their great spirit, not their big name.
Please stay the way you are.
Rosy

Why do you keep giving us your resume?? And every other sentence you mention about how much carity work you do!! Pathetic! Stop overcompensating because you sounded like a careless b***h on the show.....you even told Luann that you weren't envolved in any charities!!! She looked at you shocked and told you that you could be apart of some of hers! Everyone remembers that!!!!

Kelly, how could you possibly say "oh, that's so cute" when you learned that Jill's daughter has arthritis? It's not like she got it on purpose to accesorize her outfit! Get with it girl. You looked like a totally self absorbed idiot!

Has anyone found out the brand of Kelly's gold watch?

Kelly,
How much do you pay *Max Max* to appear with you on the show??

I just watched the april 28 episode where kelly and bethenny is talking about again. kelly is like lost and doesnt remember everything nasty that she has said to bethenny before "look, you are here and i am here" etc.. honestly is kelly taking something?? she is like loooosst... she has this little world that only her revolves in it. and she cannot take all the thinking it seems like she is not used to using her brain too much. i mean honestly, yes, she looks like a model but brain-wise she really has a little of it. bethenny is trying to clear the air and kelly is telling her to stop, stop stop.. what's wrong with her?? she is so into herself, that she doesn't really care what she tells other people and forgets about it. and even the way she talks is kind of weird she has this wide mouth but there is really nothing interesting that's coming out of it. i am sorry but that is just my opinion she is really irritating, kind of in the level of the egoistic ramona and her husband mr. ramona.

PLEASE take Kelly off the show. I can't watch her anymore, she is so irritating!

So many of these ladies have already said most of what I want(ed) to say; but I'll add my few cents worth anyway. I began to become irritated with you from the moment you showed up HALF AN HOUR late to the gathering of the committee for Jill's Arthritis Charity (in honor of her daughter).

Then, you had the audacity to call it "Cute"? What was cute about it? The fact that Jill's daughter has arthritis or the fact that a mother loves her daughter enough to stage a charity event to raise funds to find a cure for a debilitating disease?

You made it a point to say "No" and then went on, ad nauseum, about how you couldn't stay. UGH! YOU need to take some lessons in manners, NOT etiquette!

You hold NO interest for me whatsoever! I find you totally BORINGLY UNCUTE! *Yawn*

Unfortunately for you, you have come across as a very self absorbed and immature woman this season.I'm all for giving a person a second chance, so if you're on next season I hope we will see a kinder ,nicer Kelly.Sometimes I get the impression that even though you are a model you are uncomfortable in a group and in front of the T.V. camera.Am I correct?Also, that hiiiiiii, Hiiii really comes across as phony. And self conscious.

Wooow so u admit that u only want to be on the show to promote urself and ur stuff that is soo sad I feel bad for u u are so selfish this is not the right way to promote urself woman it takes hard work and networking the right way all u do is try and flatter ppl and it's really insincere you are really unprofessional and u need to work on ur grammer cuz u do not have good ppl skills at all the fact that u do not do charity work is really heartbreaking and in ur priveliged position I think u should really consider it Bethanney was right about you and I hope u are not on the next season...

YOU GOT A LOT OF NERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU WAS BEING A WITCH( A THAT'S BEING NICE).. YOU SHOULD HAVE NOT TOOK YOURSELF TO THAT MEETING IF U WAS NOT GOING TO "GIVE YOUR NAME"... THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU "GIVE YOUR NAME" TO SOME LOW BUDGET PARTY...OMG!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SO DAMN FAKE. GET OVER YOUR SELF SWEETIE AND FAST!

Team Bethanny all the way!

When Bethenny said Kelly flirted with her old boyfriend. I laughed out loud. I was like how can she be holding on to that and it was so long ago. LOL! That was being a NO person... No I will not let this go. I will hate Kelly for flirting with my ex-boyfriend for life. lol

I like Bethenny and Kelly. But, I see where Kelly got annoyed with Bethenny. First off Bethenny sounds like one of those children that didn't get enough attention from the popular kids in school and now that they're adults Bethenny still just can't get over it. Bethenny sounds childish when she says... I am not famous enough for her to pay attention to. You all are not friends. You met a few times but that's it and Kelly has most likely met plenty of people more than a few times but no one else gets that offended when she's speaks but doesn’t stand around for hours gossiping. What does Bethenny want; Kelly’s first born? Bethenny to me is just bitter and jealous. I like Bethenny. But, right is right and wrong is wrong!

Kelly, I like you and Bethenny. I saw that you had a legitimate reason for the sit down with Bethenny. (Going back to this old story; I apologize). Bethenny was rude and childish by calling you out your name. Not everyone finds her jokes funny. Some may find them annoying. Bethenny and Kelly are not friends for Bethenny to make a joke about Kelly and expect for Kelly not to get offened. Just because Kelly doesn't lend her name; that's Kelly perogative who is Bethenny to say anything. Bottom line Kelly doesn't have to do anything. She has that choice. Just because Kelly doesn't operate the way Bethenny by being a yes person does that make Kelly a bad person NO!

Kelly. Your owl jewelry looks like really ugly crap that my grandma bought from Sarah Coventry back in the 1960s and can now be found for fifty cents at garage sales. So ugly you'll have to pay people to wear it. You are an arrogant and odious human being but the one saving grace I thought you had was style. My bad.

If people are dumb enough to buy your jewelry line after watching your immature, condescending behavior, then I should be able to sell 12 oz steaks to vegetarians. I hope Americans are not so stupid to bankroll vapid people like this!!!

Kelly
If Bethany makes "no impact on your life at all" why did you feel the need to tell everyone you were within 10 feet of your side of the story?

Kelly
It was clear to me that the only reason that you donated so much to Jill's charity is because you made such a fool of yourself. You are very transparent with how insecure you must be. You also made a fool of yourself when you met with Max after you "talk" with Bethany. Stop acting like a smitten teenager and have some "class." If you aren't sure of the meaning, ask Bethany because she oozes class. I think that you are a 40+ women who is acting like she is 21, and not doing a very good job of it.
By the way, and I do have very good taste, and do spend several hundred thousand dollars a year on jewelry, I don't like it at all. I hope that is just that I don't like the jewelry and isn't because you have shown yourself to be such an ugly soul that it reflects in your line.

Shocked got it all wrong above.

Kelly's head is big, Bethany's is not.
Bethany is a superstar cause she is a worker and she has built herself.
Kelly just married someone who thought she was model material. or maybe she was amodel of sorts and then the old man she married built her. Blah. Then she quickly had kids for a free ride.
Kelly looks like she is desperate to go to all parties and be seen.
Bethany doesnt care about doing that.
Also if Bethany doesnt like you she wont be fake and nasily say HI to everyone and do a big fake grin. Bethany will just walk right past you.
Why? Bethany is secure. Kelly is not. Kelly is SOOO insecure. Which agian is why she has to dangle a young model guy on her arm for attention. Seems lately she cant go anywhere without that young hot security blanket hanging form her arm.
Bethany doesnt need to do that.

Please take Kelly off the show!

Thanks Jill Marie - You stated everything perfectly - Kelly definitely did not listen, her mission was to control the entire conversation wihtout listening. To me Bethenney has way more class than Kelly.
Kelly needs to take a chill pill and be a lot more respectful to others and stop being so self centered. Kelly, you definitely need to re-watch the episodes to see the true you, which isn't very nice and learn from that. I hope your daughters aren't being affected by your actions. Use this as a lessons learned in life. You seem like you have a lot of anger.

Wow, your arrogance is enough to knock us off our feet. You felt you had to conduct a meeting just so you could tell Bethanney you dont like her. it was so very funny, because your obnoxious behavior, your over the top arrogance, made so many people disgusted with you. I cant believe how you TRIED to treat her. was never one of Bethanny's biggest fans, but I am now. I admire the tact she had with you, even though you were so childish and unattractive. I hope you watch this and actually learn something from it. otherwise, after putting yourself on national tv, and acting this way? I feel very sorry for your kids.

Wow, your arrogance is enough to knock us off our feet. You felt you had to conduct a meeting just so you could tell Bethanney you dont like her. it was so very funny, because your obnoxious behavior, your over the top arrogance, made so many people disgusted with you. I cant believe how you TRIED to treat her. was never one of Bethanny's biggest fans, but I am now. I admire the tact she had with you, even though you were so childish and unattractive. I hope you watch this and actually learn something from it. otherwise, after putting yourself on national tv, and acting this way? I feel very sorry for your kids.

Kelly, I hope you and Bethenny will make nice and start talking again - it's painful to watch when you have to be in the same room together!

More importantly, when and where will your jewelry be available for purchase. Love it!

All I have to say is that you totally made my day with that staged "run!" That was hilarious!!! What the f*** was that? A Kelly advertisement for that skanky-looking jewelry? I don't care what name is on it because it looks like something that my boxer threw up. . . NO TRUE RUNNER runs with her hair down, flowing in the wind. . . please. That was entertainment! Thanks.

Kelly

I absolutely love you. You are awesome! I love how you are just yourself. You make no apologies for everything you have achieved in life. People just hate on you because you are who you are and you have what you have. You are wonderful. Hoping for continued success for you and your cute children.

Kelly,
Really lets be serious why would you run around town in CAR lanes? Thats just crazy, plus you could get ran over. And really why would you run with your hair, real people don't dress up to go running. Gym shorts+tshirt+ponytail=how a runner should look.

Kelly, I just watched you run through the streets in New York and I must say you looked amazingly, amazingly stupid! Maybe breathing that fabulous carbon monoxide while dodging taxis will inspire your creativity for your awesome jewelry line!

Use your normal voice. Not your high pitched, annoying, I'm so sweet, phony voice.
You irritate me.

Kelly the name dropper.

Kelly-just wanted to let you know that you are the reason I keep watching the show...and not because I like or respect you, but because I keep hoping that one of these episodes you will grow up and get over yourself. Do you really think you're that hot? Come on! It must be really hard on you to hang around such low life people-like Bethenny-who aren't of your social status. It's a good thing Bravo let you tag onto the show...children always help with ratings.

NEWS FLASH...You are NOT "amazing!"

Am watching this week's show, and still think you are the most obnoxious woman on the planet! Do you honestly think a good looking man is going to make YOU look any better? No way sweetie! Your insecurities are SO obvious! How much younger than you is your boy toy anyway? Guess you couldn't interest an AMERICAN man! Can't say as I blame them!

GO BETHENNY! GO BETHENNY! You go girl! Kelly is just a self absorbed wanna be, who is on Xanex because she is so high and mighty on herself, i.e. NOTHING!

Kelly - I would expect a woman of your age and supposed social status to possess more class and maturity than you do on the show. I think your attempt at giving Bethenny a "time out" was very poor and I hope that you learned that Bethenny is a much tougher and stronger individual than you could ever be. Just because you are famous (although I have never heard of you) doesn't make you a better person than Bethenny or anyone else. Your higher than thou attitude just shows that you are a fake and weak individual. Bethenny may not be an ex-model and be wealthy, but she has more class and beauty than you do in your teeny tiny little brain. If you are so dumbfounded as to why people in the media have such negative things to say about you - perhaps you should grow up and try thinking before you open your mouth. You are so scatter brained and sporadic that it is really embarrassing.

Your comments in closing this week's blog are a bit condescending. "If I can run a marathon to support these children, you can buy a pair of panties for 10 dollars to make a child smile."

Honey, your viewers are out running their own marathons, mentoring at-risk children, coordinating silent auctions--organizing their own charitable contributions. It is admirable that you are working with the folks at Sloan Kettering, but folks around the country (and world) are working boots on the ground to help their communities in their own individual ways. It may serve you well to look outside of yourself and your own world.

I can't believe I watch this stuff

Kelly, Hopefully this whole situation with Bethenny is resolved by now. I believe it could have been worked out when you met at the bar, but you were so hot headed and irrational that you weren't open to really "talk with" or "listen to" Bethenny. You were on your soap box slinging your anger without considering anything else but yourself and your own feelings. Bethenny tried to tell you where it all started, that she met you several times and you treated her like she was invisible making her feel that she wasn't important enough for you to talk to because she wasn't famous. When she came to your house with her boyfriend/photographer, you treated her as if she were invisible, and you were very friendly with her boyfriend, which Bethenny interpreted as "flirting." She felt your actions were inappropriate, even if YOU felt there was no harm done. Bethenny in turn, at the fashion show, treated YOU the way she felt you had treated HER in the past. Now you are on her turf, a newbie on a television show that she was already a part of.

If you can forgive each other and listen to each other, I think you can at least have an amicable relationship, not necessarily "friends." Bethenny was trying to apologize to you about the Madonna statement, but you were not interested in resolving anything with her, you were only interested in telling her off because YOUR feelings were hurt. Realize that this all started a long time ago when you mistreated Bethenny. Even though you didn't do it on purpose, it still happened, and its a lesson to be learned in how to treat others.

Kelly,

I'm shocked you are being trashed because you don't possess the ability to tear someone apart verbally like Bethenny. Maybe you're just nicer than Bethenny and haven't made it a mission in your life to rip other women apart.

It seems clear you aren't used to dealing with such a negative woman and aren't well versed in attacking other people. That is a good trait.

She rips women apart like it's her sport of choice, that is not the behavior of a happy person and she will try to drag you down to her level.

It seems ignoring her is what really bothers her the most, she seems desperate for you to treat her like she's a superstar. I hope you continue to ignore her, her head is so big that it's about to implode.

Kelly ~

Glad you showed for the tennis match. The little people had to group together to form strength...reminds me of high school. Didn't like it then and still don't today - even after college, marriage and children.

You stand tall alone.

Keep running. Keep smiling.

My favorite saying is "When people show you who they are, believe them". Boy, you sure showed your true colors with that ridiculously juvenile confrontation you orchestrated. Can't you see that you will never be in the same class as Bethanny? You have serious issues and you made a complete fool of yourself!

Kelly you are so beautiful! I'm a fan of both you and Bethenney, but I have to say that I think the way you are being treated is terrible and unflattering to those making such ugly comments.

It was very easy to see in the fight clip, that you are a Shy Girl, that maybe doesn't have the vicious tongue needed in order to spar with Bethenney.

In your defense, Bethenney has done nothing and did nothing but whine and complain about you, make comments about you, and in general try and make you look bad since you came on the show...and then when you'd finally had enough and decide to stand up for yourself, you end up looking like the bad person.

Please know that there are women out in Bravo TV Land, that think you are wonderful and really do not enjoy seeing you humilated just because you stood up for yourself.

You are beautiful! Charming! And I LOVED the green dress with the Pink Boots. ADORABLE!

Dont let the Haters get you down. :) Take Care!

This is a quote from you in Harper's Bazaar:

"Honestly, if being inauthentic means graduating from Columbia University, writing three books, starting two magazines, bearing two children [daughters Sea, 10, and Teddy, 8], being the ambassador for wool, running a marathon for charity — if that's inauthentic? Tell me what authentic is."

You DID NOT GRADUATE FROM COLUMBIA. You might want to clarify that on your blog at some point, as well as stop telling people you earned a degree there. It's incredibly easy to find this sort of thing out.

Congrats on the kids and the books and kudos to you for running a marathon. What year(s) did you run? I know they keep stuff like that online for a very long time and oddly enough, I'm unable to find your name as a finisher.

Good luck with that Ambassador of Wool thing. That sounds AWESOME. Really. It does.

Pllleeeaaase get over yourself!! You're definitely not representing the strong, smart, sophisticated, and independent women of NYC!!

Kelly,

I would like to know why Bethenny is able to be so mean to you and constantly trash you but the second you respond to her horrible treatment you are trashed.

Bethennny started the drama and negative energy between you and her, she should be the one to make the situation better. She seems so negative and catty this season and it obviously hurt and upset you, as it would most any person with feelings.

I'm really tired of Bethenny's attitude towards single women, it's not very attractive. She seems to think it's okay to rip other women apart like it's a sport and not receive any backlash.

"Kristin
Be nice to Bethenny and people will stop writing all these mean things about you. It's like you have to build yourself up to try and compare to her...it's kind of sad. Don't eff with our favorite sassy chick on the show - just some advice..."

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, Kristen. Bethenney is certainly not the favorite on the show...and after reading her Blog for this week, I could care less if I ever watch her again.

The Van Kempens are slowly but surely proving to everyone that they are the kindest and most real part of that show.

TEAM SILEX!!

Kelly, I think you are adorable. If cameras were following me around, I'm sure they would catch me acting in ways that seem crazy on at least one occasion. Obviously the way Bethenny treated you hurt you and you were reacting to it. Anyway, with regard to the donations not materializing, didn't they say on that last episode that they already had the bag from Coach? Keep taking the high road and ignore all the negative comments.

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