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Real Housewives of New York: Wildest fights in RHONY history – from Aviva tossing prosthetic leg to ‘Scary Island’ meltdown
The Real Housewives of New York ladies recently returned for another series of drama, fights, luxury trips and pinot grigio – and we’ve seriously missed them on our screens.
Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan and Leah McSweeney all came back to the cast for season 13, joined by new Housewife, Eboni Williams.
The newcomer has already proved very popular with Bravo viewers, who quickly labelled her as the ‘best Housewife’ moments into her debut.
But, with new instalments on our screens, and dropping on HayU every Wednesday, we’ve decided to take a trip down memory lane and recall some of the wildest fights in RHONY history, proving just why it’s our favourite franchise.
To quote Bethenny Frankel, we’re about to ‘mention it all’.
Aviva Drescher throwing leg across table
We can’t discuss wild rows without mentioning the infamous Aviva Drescher. While she was only on the show for two seasons, there’s no denying she has gone down in Housewives history for a row she had with her co-stars over her illnesses in season five.
Things went haywire the second she stepped into a swanky event, armed with X-rays to prove she wasn’t lying about having asthma – and it quickly escalated to the point that she whipped off her prosthetic leg and threw it on the table.
‘The only thing that is artificial or fake about me is this,’ she fumed while slamming it down in front of shocked onlookers.
Iconic.
Leah McSweeney takes Newport
Leah McSweeney joined the Housewives in season 12, but proved that she could match her seasoned co-stars in the drama stakes almost instantly.
The newbie joined her new pals for a cast trip down to Newport, organised by Ramona – but decided to mix things up when she asked if her sister could join them on the getaway, while they were on their way to a luxury hotel.
Ramona flipflopped on the decision for a few hours, before eventually approaching a very drunk Leah at dinner, and informing her that she didn’t want her sibling there after all, sending her into an almighty meltdown.
In a flash, she was tearing down the marquee decorations, hacking at flowers and lying on the floor screaming, before Ramona was forced to change her mind once more and allow her sister to join them the following day.
Shout-out to Luann for trying to at least keep the flowers in order.
Bethenny v Luann in the Bezerkshires
Dorinda Medley’s Berkshires mansion, Blue Stone Manor, has seen a lot of drama over the years, so much so that it has been lovingly dubbed the Bezerkshires by fans – and Bethenny definitely didn’t do anything to change that nickname when she came face-to-face with Luann in season eight.
‘You are a hypocrite. You f**k everyone and you pretend you don’t,’ she yelled, calling the Countess out for ‘pretending to be someone you’re not’.
‘I’m calling you out on your bulls**t because no one besides me has the balls to do it.
‘You are a s**t and a liar and a hypocrite and a snake. That’s the truth.’
This was just the tip of the iceberg, with the row between them – which stemmed from a new haircut – lasting (what felt like) many, many more episodes.
Bethenny begs Ramona to ‘mention it all’
Skinnygirl boss Bethenny also let rip at Ramona in another infamous Berkshires row, coining the now iconic phrase, ‘mention it all’ in the ninth season.
Things had already been tense between the OGs after Ramona mentioned a topless scene Bethenny had filmed for an old movie, and questioned what her daughter – then still a young child – thought about it.
But tensions came to ahead inside the walls of Blue Stone Manor when they had it out for real, as Ramona accused her on-off friend of sleeping with men to achieve success, and taking jabs at her business skills.
How did Bethenny react? By swinging her legs up, pointing her vagina at Ramona and screaming at her to ‘mention it all’.
Wow, Bethenny, wow.
Ramona and Kristen recreate Watergrate
If Bethenny really wanted to get under Ramona’s skin, she should have just flicked some water in her direction like Kristen Taekman in season six.
The cast were on yet another chaotic trip and enjoyed a dip in a lake, when Kristen playfully splashed Ramona as she sat in a canoe. However her co-star didn’t see the funny side of it and lobbed her wine glass in the model’s direction, splitting her lip.
The pair had a screaming match at dinner, with Ramona refusing to back down and apologise for physically hurting Kristen, screaming: ‘Who are you to get me wet? Did I ask you to get me wet?’
Note to self: Never get Ramona Singer wet…
Bethenny and Luann row in Miami
Bethenny and Luann have possibly the most rollercoaster relationship of all the RHONY Housewives, and we’re never sure exactly where they stand with each other.
After an entire season of appearing to be friends – which started with Bethenny getting Luann into rehab for a second time – cracks appeared towards the end of season 11 when the businesswoman blew up in spectacular fashion over dinner in Miami.
‘My fiancé died of an overdose and you haven’t checked in on me,’ she said while becoming increasingly erratic. ‘I did your intervention while my guy died of a drug overdose.
‘Every day it’s about you, every f**king day it’s about you, every f**king second it’s about you.’
Scary Island
As wild as the cast trips get, nothing has and will ever live up to the infamous season three trip to St John – aka ‘Scary Island’.
What started as a calm getaway between a pregnant Bethenny, Ramona, Alex McCord, Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Sonja Morgan, to celebrate Ramona’s vow renewal with former husband Mario, erupted into Kelly suddenly assuming that Bethenny was out to kill her.
It escalated to an almighty meltdown at dinner – before Kelly briefly left the table and returned with jelly beans – branding her co-star ‘creepy’.
‘I feel like you’re trying to kill me every night and I threw up the night before I came, because I don’t want to be a part of it,’ the model said while munching on sweets.
‘Go to sleep, GO TO SLEEP! You’re crazy! Go to sleep,’ Bethenny yelled back, as Sonja attempted to keep the peace.
‘This is us picking on a woman who needs our help,’ she told the cameras, while adding that they needed to ‘protect’ her.
The chaos, the confusion, the jelly beans, and Jill Zarin turning up the next morning to get shunned by her castmates – nothing will ever match it…
All episodes of Real Housewives of New York are available to steam on HayU now.
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