Dorinda Medley We made sure you got all the details about her shocking reunion with her ex-boyfriend. The Real Housewives of New York Performers Louanne de Lesseps and Bethany Frankl.
On SiriusXM’s Reality Checked show on Tuesday, July 9, Dorinda, 59, spoke with LuAnn, 59, about her recent run-in with Bethenny, 53.
“We were talking about the fact that I met Bethenny this weekend and how that came about,” Dorinda said of her reaction. “I was making lasagna in the Berkshires and I peed and it came out.”
Luann said the conversation with Bethenny took place through her talent agent. Jason Weinberg‘s party in the Hamptons on Saturday, July 6. Bethenny’s 14-year-old daughter Bryn (who lives with her ex-husband) Jason Hopi —This was the beginning of the interaction.
“She sent her daughter to bridge the gap between us. Of course I’ll be nice to her. She’s lovely. She’s such a sweet girl. And I was so happy to see her,” LuAnn joked. “And then of course she took a picture. And there’s Emma Roberts in there. Poor girl, she’s innocent.”
Luann asked Bethenny to send her the photos, but she posted them on social media first.
“These pictures were going around, and I was like, ‘Bedeni, can you send me the pictures?’ I was like, ‘It was really great meeting you,'” she continued. “Of course she doesn’t share them with me. Of course not. She had to post them first and let everyone know. And then she blocked me on Instagram. I was like, ‘What the hell?'”
Meanwhile, Dorinda praised Luann for promoting her cabaret show. Mary F. Kill!, “When he said life is a cabaret with tickets down, I thought, ‘That’s my girl! ‘”
“She admitted to me, ‘I guess you were right. Life is a cabaret,’” Luann said, recalling something Bethenny had said in a previous season about her early performing career. Ronnie. “(Besseni) after all this shit she gave me for cabaret, what do you think? I rose from the ashes and got this cabaret stage.”
Luann, Bethenny, and Dorinda all starred in OG. Ronnie On the show, Luann and Bethenny were originally cast members, and the three women overlapped in various later seasons. Over the years, Luann and Bethenny had feuds, especially before resolving their issues in 2019. Their feud was rekindled in 2023, which is why Bravo viewers were so surprised that they crossed paths and recorded it.
Bethany gave more insight into their meeting via TikTok on Sunday, July 7, saying, “So I see Luann (at the event) and Bryn is totally sneaky. My friend Mark is like, ‘Just say something.’ Why not, right? And it was also a good example for Bryn. We have to be good examples.”
According to Bethany, she and Luann had a good relationship.
“Luanne hugged Bryn. She had to do it on social media because if it didn’t happen there, it didn’t happen anywhere,” she continued. “It was nice and neat. She texted me and said, ‘We’re like a chaotic family.’ So it was fun and funny.”
But Luann wasn’t too happy with Bethenny’s social media behavior, especially when she was blocked from seeing it.
“After seeing Bedeni’s video and still being blocked on social media, I realized she was using my daughter to target me,” LuAnn told EXCLUSIVELY. Our Week On Monday, July 8, she posted that there had been no “real reunion” with Bethany. “I was upset after watching the video.”