'Real Housewives' Cast News: Andy Cohen Chooses Bethenny Frankel For Tribute Show Over Jill Zarin
Bravo Network bigwig Andy Cohen has chosen "Real Housewives of New York" star Bethenny Frankel to appear on the show's 100th tribute edition episode over newly bitter rival Jill Zarin.
As might be expected, the decision is not going over well with all of the show's fan base, with one source telling the New York Daily News, "If you're going to do a show revisiting the years of the New York ladies, you need to address the epic Bethenny Frankel/Jill fight (sparked by a feud over appearances on other shows), and you need to get more than just Bethenny's side. It's unfair and Jill is baffled as to why Andy is holding a grudge. She would have been happy to have been interviewed."
But Cohen's mind appears made up, so much so Zarin and reps for her are moving on and seemed to have internalized the decision.
When Zarin was recently spied at a New York Fashion Week event, a rep of hers stopped her from commenting directly on the situation but added she is now focusing on acting and the studio she's working on a movie for has advised her against speaking about "Real Housewives."
In Thursday night's special, Frankel reflects on her breakup with her former pal.
"I was like, 'Whoa. This is one cunning b*tch,'" she tells Cohen. "It was really clear that she wanted people to hate me, and it completely backfired. ... Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered, and that's how it goes."
While acknowledging that Zarin does hold a huge place in the show's history and even helped in the casting of current cast members LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and even Frankel, sources add it comes as no great surprise Cohen has seemingly chosen to side with his SkinnyGirl mogul buddy.
In the special episode, the women, who include Kelly Bensimon, Aviva Drescher, de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Kristen Taekman and Singer, recall 100 episodes worth of favorite moments,.
"Bravo executives have had very little to do with it," a source said. "This is Andy's baby and it features a lot of Andy and Bethenny."
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