Reality star Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York City and Bethenny Ever After fame is coming out with a new novel and talk show as well. That’s on top of her Skinny Girl margarita line and everything else tied in with her extensive brand. When does she have time for cheating on Jason Hoppy ? We’re kidding, mostly. But this skinny girl is a busy girl. What kind of weight loss advice does she dispense to women on the go in this lightning-fast age? Recently, Frankel talked about dieting and how she maintains her figure (and sanity). Some of her tips on how to get the body, love and shoes you deserve: Eat good stuff. “I used to starve, then binge, and was 25 pounds heavier. I tried every diet from Beverly Hills to South Beach,” she says. Don’t do that. Realize there is no perfect. “I know there is no ‘right’ way of doing things … The more you see your own ideas work, the stronger you’ll feel.” Cry if you want to. “Martha Stewart told me that women in business don’t cry. I say crying’s fine as long as you’re doing your job.” Network. “I’ve always been someone who hustles. I got on The Real Housewives by going to a polo match in the Hamptons, where I met the producers. I’d rather be shot than go to one now, but I cherish the RH experience.” Don’t go into debt. “I was anxious about money but still spent too much on dumb things. At one point, I owed like $20,000. It was suffocating.” Be authentic. “Power is not how bold you are or how much you say. It’s about being true to yourself. Be the person you believe you are.” Have your makeup done right. “Before I could afford a pro, I’d go to the department store counter. It only cost $50 and was worth it!” Look hot for less. “If you’re fit, you don’t need to buy expensive clothes. But don’t skimp on the essentials, like a really good bag and shoes.” Do the plank pose. “It’s the best for getting flat abs. I do yoga two or three days a week for myself and for my state of mind.” Find your sex sweet spot. “Like Nike says, Just Do It!” [Photo: WENN.com]
They’re no strangers to drama, but the war of words that erupted between Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Barney on The Real Housewives of Orange County season finale this week was extreme even by their standards. What’s more, it apparently continues on the upcoming reunion show. “Vicki insinuated that I cheated on my ex-husband, Simon, with [my current fianc
Last week, The Real Housewives of Orange County got together to play Bunco and Terry, Eddie, and Shady Slade crashed the party. This week we’re picking up right where we left off. Let’s document the drama with our THG +/- recap! In walk the men. Terry and Eddie are rocking skintight zebra pants that show off any ASSets they may have at their ages. Slade’s rocking a mullet a la Billy Ray Cyrus. Gretchen says in the one-on-one that he looks like “such a douchebag.” Ouch, Gretchen! Plus 5 . Gretchen fills Slade in on the drama that was brewing between her and Tamra’s friend Ricky. Slade responds “Let’s start sh*t.” Oh, Slade. Minus 10 . This isn’t your party OR Gretchen’s and you’re doing no favors by bringing the drama. Slade asks Ricky if he has a problem with Slade’s stand-up. Ricky replies he wasn’t even there. Vicki asks Slade when he became a comedian. Slade’s response? “When I decided to go do it.” Not an answer, Slade. Or at least not a good one. Minus 10 . Vicki calls Slade a piece of sh*t repeatedly and leaves saying she’s going to see her daughter, who actually matters. Gretchen makes a valid point to the rest of the people in the room that none of them knows what she and Slade have discussed post-Improv and Vicki comes back in to speak her mind to Slade. First, she tells him she’s sorry she doesn’t fit the Orange County mold of what he thinks she should look like, but her mom and dad think she’s pretty, so that’s all that matters. (Sidenote: Her parents have got to be, what, in their 80s now? Can they even still see her?) Slade says he never said she didn’t look the way HE thinks she should look and that he only commented on things other people had said. Vicki says it was mean and hurtful and she’s never talked about how he looked. That comment lights a fire under Gretchen. She chimes in asking how what Slade’s done is any different than Vicki calling Slade a deadbeat dad for failure to pay his child support. Vicki tells her, basically, that she has no room to speak because she doesn’t have kids of her own. Gretchen tells Vicki she’s smoking crack and calls her out for dating Brooks since Brooks also fits the definition of “dead beat dad.” They continued to shriek like banshees and I’m pretty sure someone said something about babies and vaginas while Heather, Alexis, and Tamra just looked on in horror. Plus 15 to Gretchen for defending her man and standing up to Vicki, even if Vicki says she can’t stand up for what she doesn’t know. Tamra says she wouldn’t have invited Slade if she knew he’d make Vicki that upset. And then the camera goes back to Gretchen who has gone from drunk and fired up to crying in her skinny margarita because of Vicki’s constant belittling of Slade. Tamra’s outside consoling Vicki and talking about how removed she is from the situation. Gretchen’s crying some more and talking about Vicki’s double standards and how it’s always okay for Vicki to talk about everyone else but it’s never okay for anyone to talk about Vicki. Minus 10 for the high-school drama. I mean, like Vicki said, aren’t they adults? Vicki finally leaves the party and says she’s done with Gretchen because her behavior has been inexcusable. Heather’s shocked and horrified by what’s going on and it’s a school night, after all. Tamra tells Gretchen that Vicki’s close to a nervous breakdown, but Gretchen says that’s not really an excuse. I sense trouble brewing in Gretchen-Tamra reunion land over Vicki-gate. Then Tamra says the magic phrase. “I think I need to eat some carbs.” Plus 10 Tamra. Carbs are good for you. Finally, things seem to be settling down at Bunco night. There’s food and chatting and questions of plastic surgery recovery time with Terry which prompts Gretchen to offer the gossip morsel that Alexis is going in for surgery the following week. Tamra’s first question? “Oh, is she getting her boobs bigger??” Plus 5 . Gretchen says Alexis has bad sinuses and Tamra’s not buying it. Terry offers up a little free consultation to Heather, Gretchen and Tamra. Alexis overhears their entire exchange and says she’s having her nose job at the same time as her sinus surgery because she’ll be under. And that she’ll “hock a loogie” if the ladies want her to. Minus 10 for gross. Terry says it makes total sense, but says he didn’t even know they were talking about her. Alexis gets super defensive. SUPER defensive. But Tamra DID say Alexis has a big nose and should totally get her nose done. Minus 5 Tamra. Alexis privately calls Gretchen out for not defending her. Gretchen says in a one-on-one that Alexis really needs to just move on from this. Minus 10 to Gretchen for not defending her friend and for starting the whole thing in the first place. Out in the parking lot, Alexis continues to defend her necessary nose job and says that Gretchen should have defended her. Inside, Heather calls Alexis stupid and asks Terry if a brain lift is an actual procedure. Terry says Heather should give her friends an IQ test and Heather says she’ll be sure not to use any big words. Minus 5 because I’m bored with this nose job news already. Finally, FINALLY, Bunco night ends. Finally. Briana’s in her kitchen cracking open a beer and Donn, Vicki’s sort-of ex-husband, stops in for a visit. Briana says she doesn’t really know where her place is in the middle of the divorce. Donn says he’s staying busy and living the bachelor life. Briana lets us know Donn has finally moved out of Vicki’s house and she’s glad that the two of them are able to develop an adult friendship instead of a parent-child relationship. I’m getting a slightly Woody Allen-Soon-yi vibe which kind of creeps me out. Minus 10 . Briana tells Donn about her upcoming surgery and says it’s nice to have his support because he doesn’t freak out like her mom does. Gretchen’s got a sore throat from all the screaming she did the night before and hates that she got so in the middle of everything instead of just letting Slade fight his own battle. But the fireworks continued even after they’d all gone home. Gretchen says Vicki kept texting her after she got home last night saying that she wouldn’t tolerate people talking about her boyfriend not paying child support. That she wouldn’t tolerate a man who didn’t pay his child support. Uhhh, Vicki? Hello?? Seriously? Minus 20 . Vicki and Tamra are having coffee in Vicki’s office. Tamra says she was just in the area and thought she’d stop by. Plus 5 for the coffee peace offering. Tamra says she’s just stuck between two friends. Vicki, in the one-on-one, says she’s not a hypocrite for being with Brooks because Brooks is all caught up now and works a job while Slade doesn’t. Tamra says in her one-on-one that Gretchen’s got a point – Vicki’s dating a guy who went to jail for not paying child support. Plus 10 Tamra. Then Vicki says that she’s upset that no one stood up for her and told Gretchen to shut up. Tamra says it was all white noise and impossible to follow. Vicki says she hopes to get to a point where she and Gretchen can talk and she can apologize to Gretchen, but Gretchen also needs to apologize to her. Don’t hold your breath, Vicki. Especially since Slade’s the one you really need to have the conversation with. Alexis shows up for her necessary nose job and this time, Jim actually goes with her. How nice of him, right? Alexis says her doctor is the best in the area and is “really known for his breasts.” Plus 5 for making me laugh. Alexis is a crying mess. If they don’t get her to sleep soon, this surgery’s going to be off the books because she can’t stop crying. Vicki is with Briana preparing to take Briana to the hospital for her thyroidectomy. Vicki says she feels like her world is falling apart and says, again, that the prognosis for Briana isn’t good. That she might have cancer. As they drive to the hospital, Vicki says “I feel like I’m driving into Heaven” and that she might throw up and that she doesn’t feel like she can get through this. Minus 20 to Vicki for being insane right now. Briana, in a one-on-one, says “Nothing is ever about me, or about anyone else, when it comes to [her] mom. It always ends up being about [Vicki].” Truer words have never been spoken, Briana. Except Gretchen’s said them before, too. During this episode even. Plus 10 for honesty. EPISODE TOTAL: -50! SEASON TOTAL: -30! Next week, Alexis and Briana go under the knife and Tamra gets a consult to have a little surgery of her own.
On last week’s episode , we watched Tamra and Eddie patch up their relationship after a wayward boob grab in Catalina. We also saw Vicki and Alexis awkwardly learn of the newfound friendship Gretchen and Tamra are rekindling at Heather’s painting party. Tonight, we’ve got comedy, and, of course, drama. What else went down tonight? Find out with in THG’s Real Housewives of Orange County +/- recap below! We start off the night with Vicki and Tamra at Vicki’s house that she still shares with Don. Her not-yet-ex-husband. Tamra is upset that Vicki didn’t say goodbye to her after Heather’s party. And Vicki is being all kinds of passive-aggressive about Tamra’s newfound friendship with Gretchen. Vicki is pretty butthurt over the whole thing, so she starts playing the one-up game and claims that she and Alexis are BFFs now. Tamra knows better. Tamra breaks out a book called 52 Weeks of Great Sex that she bought with Gretchen and Vicki is immediately turned off. “It’s not Biblical,” says Vicki. Tamra fires back, “Oh God, you have been hanging out with Alexis!” Minus 10 to Vicki for acting like a scorned 14 year old girl. And a prude. Plus 10 to Tamra for playing dirty with Vicki. Alexis and Heather are getting together for sushi and sake. Alexis claims she’s doing news anchoring – and, of course, she’s just doing some booty-lifting guest spots on the local news channel. Heather is in disbelief, asking if she’s more like Jillian Barberie or Katie Couric. “I would be more like Jillian Bar-beer-ee” says Alexis. Minus 5 , you ditz.
It’s a new week on The Real Housewives of OC and we’re picking up right where we left off during last week’s season premiere – the party at Vicki’s house. Actually, we’re backtracking a wee bit and seeing the arrivals of all the women again. And the awkward. Alexis looks downright unhappy being in the same place as Peggy. And Peggy looks like a man. So there’s that. The two of them swap some war stories about broken bones and Alexis attempts to one-up Peggy’s three year old daughter. Minus 10 , Alexis. But Plus 5 to Peggy for walking away. Vicki says she’s having seller’s remorse and will be sad to leave the house. Then she sort of dodges questions about Don’s current relationships. You know, since they’re still living in the same house and all. I mean, seeing your nearly-ex-husband’s hookups doing the walk-of-shame out of your own house can’t be awkward AT ALL, right?? Ahhh, finally. Time for the appetizer course. Oysters. Minus 10 for gross. Gretchen shows Tamra how to eat oysters and Tamra makes a face that says she does not enjoy swallowing. Oysters, I mean. (Sheesh, people!) Plus 15 for trying those slimy little bottom-feeders because that’s more than I would do. Vicki watches this entire exchange and suddenly realizes that something’s up with Gretchen and Tamra, but before she can form a coherent thought about what she’s just seen, new housewife throws her two cents into the pot when another party-goer says her fianc
Life insurance mogul Vicki Gunvalson married shipping executive Donn in 1994. Although they have no kids, Vicki#39;s children from a previous marriage, Michael, 23, and Briana, 22, lived with the couple in their O.C. home. Vicki Gunvalson#39;s love tank is apparently close to empty. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson, 48, filed for divorce from husband Donn Gunvalson on Monday, TMZ reports, citing documents filed in Orange County Superior Court. Bing even more: The du
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According to Vicki Gunvalson, the reports that say she cheated on her husband last month are as manufactured as the drama that plays out on The Real Housewives of Orange County each week. Days after Star magazine published a photo of the 47-year-old married mother partying with University of Manitoba student Mike Pullin in Mexico, Vicki has addressed the Internet controversy. “He… told me it was his birthday and wanted a birthday kiss,” she told People , explaining the much ballyhooed smooch. “He seemed nice, but very star struck!” Well, sure. Who wouldn’t be star struck in the presence of Vicki Gunvalson?!? The reality star says she gave the young stud a kiss, but “I never made out with him, as he stated. I never let him touch me inappropriately – ever.” Pullin seems to agree. His side of the story? “Honestly, we all hung out for a couple hours that night, her friends and mine. We drank together, danced a bit, took lots of photos, and we kissed! The pics are real, but it wasn’t as bad as Star made it out be.” Do you believe him? Or is Vicki Gunvalson the Tiger Woods of spoiled reality TV stars?
Has Vicki Gunvalson cheated on her husband? Do you even know who Vicki Gunvalson is? She’s a star on The Real Housewives of Orange County who’s been married for 15 years to a dude named Donn. However, as Star Magazine makes clear , Donn wasn’t the guy by her side when Vicki was partying in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. That honor, to use the term very loosely, belonged to University of Manitoba student Mike Pullin, seen below on the evening in question. “Vicki was extremely outgoing and having a great time, like a sorority girl,” Pullin told the tabloid about his night with Gunvalson. “We clicked immediately and danced to rock ‘n’ roll by Bon Jovi and Journey. She was living it up. She kept talking to me. She was a big flirt.” Witnesses say Mike bought his group a round of tequila shots and Vicki showed her appreciation by kissing him the lips. What started out as a friendly peck soon qualified for definite first base territory. While it might not generate the same level of interest as Brangelina break-up rumors , we’ll keep readers apprised of Donn and Vicki’s status as a result of this bombshell.
