Dorinda Medley has had it with balmy beaches, beautiful blue skies, and warm ocean breezes – oh, and shady co-stars, bitchy drama, and hysterical meltdowns over seemingly small things.
Last week the ladies left Turks and Caicos. Sadly the trip ended on a hysterical note after Heather Thomson saw… A MAN. OK, I get it – who wants someone’s unattended one-night stand wandering around your shared beach house, but the reaction was a tad over-the-top. Heather should have reigned that in with some YummieTummie control-top shapers.
Dorinda believes that some of her Real Housewives Of New York co-stars were way too concerned with the “What Ifs…” instead of letting and letting live for the sake of avoiding drama.
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“It’s quite simple: Was it smart or considerate to let a stranger pass out in an empty guest room? No. Not at all. Thanks, Ramona [Singer]. Is it necessary to go on a ‘What if?’ crusade and cause such a disturbance (for the sake of having a disturbance about the fear of a hypothetical or potential disturbance)? No. (You see? Complex and complicated for NO reason.) And that’s the point that everyone is realizing,” believes Dorinda.
Dorinda continues, “What if my jewelry had been stolen? What if he would’ve watched us while we slept? What if he forgot to flush the toilet? What if… (You get the point?)” Agreed, – sure Heather was well-within grounds to panic … FOR A MINUTE but the extended tirade and the finger-pointing witch hunt about whodunnit (who done it indeed) was unnecessary. Have a coffee and chill out. Have Luann de Lesseps make you some of her infamous eggs, à la Française – I hear they’re quite good!
“Of course, had something awful happened, it would have been absolutely horrible and terrifying, I get that. And THAT point needed to be made,” Dorinda concedes. “But making a point and making an EVENT out of a point are two very different things. Nothing happened. A drunk man slept in an empty room, in an empty bed, and left his clothes on the floor.”
Dorinda reminds us that the mysterious naked disappeared. “Had Naked Man still been in the room, sleeping, naked, mannish, then perhaps a little excitement and anxiety would’ve been in order. But Naked Man—who apparently goes by other names: Smart Man, Civil Man, and Married Man—heard the commotion and bailed out of that burning mansion and onto his pedicab ride of shame back to his little resort.”
“So this should’ve been a normal, civil, emotionally stable conversation between the girls after everyone woke up. But instead, it was hammed up, and Heather and Carole [Radziwill] paraded around the house like it was a drug bust in a jail cell,” points out Dorinda. “Everyone was safe. Period. (And hungover.) Let’s give thanks, hug it out, help me find my contacts, and pack our bags to head home. I mean, am I right?!”
Dorinda also recaps the F-You dinner and admits that this time it was SHE who over-reacted tenfold, and she finally manages to explain why. “I hold myself accountable at all times and even admitted that I drank too much that night. But I also want to be clear about this: I was genuinely hurt and simply didn’t appreciate Heather bringing up my daughter, my boyfriend, my mother, and then almost patronize me to calm me down.”
“Was I wound up? Yes. Do I get a little paranoid if I don’t hear things entirely or very clearly? Yes. Does the Martini Express f— me up sometimes? Yes. Am I a lunatic? No,” writes Dorinda in her Bravo Blog. “And though Bethenny [Frankel] made some reasonably valid points, I think it’s fair for anyone to get defensive if their family and/or loved ones get dragged into a conversation for the sake of making a pointless point. I know Skinny Girl —like The Countess, Princess Carole, Madame Yummie, Lady Morgan, and The RamonaCoaster—doesn’t tolerate when her personal life is judged and her ‘ethics’ and ‘values’ are questioned. So why the double standard?”
Finally, back in NYC the drama did not abate, despite the addition of designer jeans or bedazzling. Dorinda was distracted by pizza, which designer Manny was eating but would not share. How rude! How bizarre. He needs Class With The Countess!
“I was simply NOT going to deal with rehashing and more accusations and pointing, wagging fingers. I knew there were some axes to grind in the group, and I wanted to be on Sonja [Morgan]’s comedy train,” recounts Dorinda. “Luann and Heather try to discuss…AGAIN…the issue, but ultimately, they’re not going to see eye-to-eye, and they’re speaking two different languages anyway.”
“The way I see it is this: To Lu, it was an invasion of her privacy and really not about Naked Man. To Heather, it was about her safety—and Carole’s jewelry—and not about Lu’s privacy,” explains Dorinda. “I just wish they could meet in the middle, but no…that would be normal. Can’t have that.”
As for her own renewed outburst with Heather, she believes Heather was baiting her out of residual frustration from dealing with Luann. “Heather was fired up from that, so she easily started being condescending to me, and I just didn’t want to deal with being upset over it again, so I bailed,” states Dorinda. Uhhhh… still don’t understand why RAMONA isn’t being blamed… Huh, Heather?!
Dorinda closes with an apology: “My mom always said, ‘Sorry goes a long long way. Its simple and covers so much.’ She’s all about forgiveness. So, Heather: I’m sorry. I love you more than this issue. Let’s move on. I’m exhausted by it all, aren’t you?”
Well there you have it – it doesn’t seem as if Heather and Dorinda (or Dorinda and Carole) will re-manage to become friends. Although tonight Dorinda and Carole travel to London for an emotional trip to retrieve Carole’s husband’s ashes.
Before leaving for London, Carole tells Bethenny all about the drama that ensued after she left the bedazzling party. Carole continues to blame Luann, which leaves Bethenny puzzled. Drama continues at Kristen’s charity fete for Diamonds & Denim. Ramona feels her jewelry collection isn’t prominently displayed enough and begins to argue with Heather. Bethenny finally gets some REAL therapy from Dr. Amador, and she doesn’t appreciate it. And Carole and Adam take things next level when she introduces him to her social scene via a dinner party at Kristen’s.
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