#3611 RHONY S16E10 Part One: Bilt Up, Torn Down

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1:43Ronnie Karam: What's What Crappens? Hello and welcome to What's What Crappens? podcast for all the crap we love to talk about on ye old bravs i'm ronnie that's ben over there hello ben hi how's it going good you'll hear some air conditioning coming on and off because ben has just arrived in texas and he's an air conditioner in here you can hear it well i hear something coming on and off going yeah there's like a there's like a

2:15Ben Mandelker: loud rickety vent that's happening over here and i apologize for that you know i've been transported back to the 1990s in this hotel room i'm happy to say um but there's one piece of technology that they have updated which is that um in the an attempt to get a better angle i was like i'm gonna be like ronnie i'm gonna put something under my laptop today let me put something so i didn't want to put a trash can under my thing i was like i just don't want to do that and so i saw that the snacks are in a little tray and i was like oh this tray is like the perfect it's like about four inches tall, four or five inches tall.

2:47Ben Mandelker: I'll put the tray under here. So I take the snacks out and I take the tray to move out under here. And I noticed that it's plugged in. I was like, damn it. This is one of those hotels where if you take the food out, you get charged. I was like, but there was no sign. So then I saw a little menu and the menu says how much everything costs. And then at the very bottom, it says in the fine print, this is what it says for your convenience, anything you remove from the snack tray, you'll be charged for it for my convenience. because nothing is more convenient than me now having to go talk to the front desk and dispute it.

3:20Ben Mandelker: Thanks a lot, Fairmont Hotels. I don't even care that I'm announcing what hotel I'm staying at. I am mad. I am mad that I now have to deal with this bullshit. I've just spent$30 moving a box of gummy bears out of a tray and now back into a tray. I'll tell you one thing. I'm never spending any money on a gummy bear in the first place, let alone accidentally. Thanks a lot, hotel. Thanks a lot.

3:45Ronnie Karam: I hate those stupid weighted things.

3:49Ben Mandelker: It's so stupid.

3:50Ronnie Karam: They even have those in real checkouts now. I went to the Hollywood Bowl a couple weeks ago, and that's how they check you out. You put it on a scale, and it's like, well, this is the exact milligrams of open water water that will be, you know, of course it was at the Hollywood Bowl. So it's like$97.32 for one water. And I was like, that is incredible. And humans don't need that. I don't need to be around scales that are that good. Like you just walk into the bathroom and it's like, you just ate two bowls of ice cream. Get the fuck, you fat bastard. I don't want that. You know? You'll know if I eat the peanut butter sandwiches in the hotel, the peanut butter crackers.

4:30Ronnie Karam: Okay? Exactly. You'll hear me burp. Anyway, the point is, Ben is in Dallas for our show tomorrow. I'm in Austin. I'm going to be driving up to Dallas tomorrow. Kate, you care about our travel plans? That's what they are. And we're doing Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in Dallas on a Thursday night. And Friday, we'll be in Austin doing the final Real Housewives of OC reunion. I say the final because it's this cast. They can't bring this whole cast back again. This cast is not coming back. Yeah, all of these classic voices. Last time for us doing these. God knows what they're going to do next year, okay?

5:13Ronnie Karam: God knows who'll be left.

5:14Ben Mandelker: What happens if there's no more Shannon? This could be our last time being able to do Shannon live. Literally. That's so scary and sad.

5:22Ronnie Karam: It is. And you know what else it is? Life. That's life. That's life. Pain. That's life, guys. Life is pain. So join us to feel some pain this week. Isn't that a good plug? That's great. Then in December, we're going to be in Nashville, Clearwater, and Fort Lauderdale. And then in the new year, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Charleston, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Toronto, Boston. And we end with the Golden Crappies on Broadway in New York City on February 25th. Go get your tickets from WatchWhatCrappens.com. Also, get them only from WatchWhatCrappens.com. Those are official links.

6:03Ronnie Karam: Don't get scammed into a resale that's trying to charge you$9 million. We don't charge$9 million. Okay. that's right we do not okay sorry sorry don't charge like that yes i'm excited i'm excited for

6:19Ben Mandelker: our texas shows they're gonna be great as well as our going back to florida and tennessee fabulous

6:23Ronnie Karam: fabulous times yes all right well let's get into it today we're talking real housewives of new york 16 well actually do you want to tell me about the countess because you just want to see the

6:34Ben Mandelker: countess well i was just gonna save that for the golden life yeah i went i went to countess luann's uh video premiere last night so i'll talk about that in the golden life episode

6:45Ronnie Karam: tell the boys i want before oh man i was just gonna come in just for that i really wanted to

6:53Ben Mandelker: see that and don't know it's happy that's surrounded by gays it would have been a lot it would have been a lot i mean oh maybe i'll sell it tomorrow at the live show that might be a fun space to do it i don't know we'll see well we have a long live show tomorrow i'm sure Anyway, well, I will tell everyone about what it was like. That was a very fun party. But for right now, we're going to go talk about a different fun party, which is a comedy set, a comedy night at an exclusive pizza place, which is where everyone turns to for their best comedy. My experience is –

7:25Ronnie Karam: You know who I want to see do comedy? A billionaire at a pizza shop.

7:30Ben Mandelker: I know. I know. Like that's my dream. I want to go to a non-comedy club and to an event hosted by non-comedy people where a non-comedian is going to do the stand-up. That just sounds like a great way to bring the community together.

7:48Ronnie Karam: Yeah. Nobody needs a billionaire doing stand-up. We just don't. Especially for a show that you've bought and that you put your name on. And you're such a sucker on core. He's like, oh, yeah, I'm doing this comedy show. This is the reason I'm doing this comedy show because I know a comedian and I'm rich. Yeah.

8:04Ben Mandelker: So I'm basically sponsoring this. Yeah, this is that weird thing that people do, which is when they have money, they love to flaunt access to either chefs or comedians. It's like a weird triangle of celebrities, comedians, and chefs. It's annoying.

8:29Ronnie Karam: Well, it's interesting because people who are not billionaires will often brag about their access to someone really rich, right? Like we met someone who's like, I've been at Jeff Bezos' house. And I was like, hmm, that's interesting. But I think it's interesting that billionaires also try to impress people with their access. Yes, she was. But that's like the most recent. You know, it's just natural. Like if you meet someone really rich, you're like, oh, I met this really rich person. But what I think is fascinating is that rich people also do that to poor people because they're always surrounded by – it's like, look, I know a poor.

9:05Ronnie Karam: Look, I know this stand-up comedian who does things for no money.

9:12Ben Mandelker: Because it's like you get street cred. Yeah, I'm one of the people. So the rich people love to pal around with the chefs because they're like, I've got street cred. I'm cool like a chef because chefs are like, yeah, I'm tough, man. I went through the trenches. I went to the CIA, Culinary Institute of America, that is. oh man I got a tattoo of mirepoix I've been through I've seen things and that's like tough and gritty and so then like the rich people it's like all the writers from the bear that's a real thing by the way yeah that's a real thing and I mean I have an ongoing theory that the reason why the bear got made is because like all those Harvard educated writers just wanted to be in the trenches with like chefs and so you have the chefs who are like oh my god I get to be near like wealthy people or celebrities and then you have the wealthy people and the celebrities who are like oh my god i am like i basically i'm a chef now and i look i i just bought a wolf stove and um i've got a tattoo of bacon so i'm i'm i'm not some person who never did any manual labor in my life i've been around chefs that counts as manual labor so like it's like the funny thing that's feeding off of it and i think that's a hundred percent what's going on with anchor here yeah

10:16Ronnie Karam: um everybody i think has been snowed by encore because in his first episode he's so supportive and sweet with his wife and all of that which i kind of got you pointed out that he's kind of like an ai guy last week and i totally see that i just i'm not falling for it and i really didn't like his stand-up and i didn't like that he was like oh my wife has done a reality show while he's using that to kind of publicize his thing on the reality i don't know don't look down on my shit he bugs me i have to say i said it fucking bugs me i don't like it i don't like a stupid comedy show and i don't like his pretending his pizza deserves to be you know that expensive it's

10:59Ben Mandelker: fucking pizza test grab it staying in love here i don't love this like like this comedy show that's supposed to bring the the community together isn't that what she pitched it as last week and yet it's also being held at like an exclusive pizza place that only like certain people can get into i think We've learned that we can't really trust these billionaires. They are up to no good. And we also know that all these guys who seem so sweet on Bravo, they inevitably curdle and turn bad. So with that all being said, I like Encore, guys. I'm sorry. I do. I like him. I think he is sweet and he's adorable.

11:34Ben Mandelker: I like Encore. I'm in an Encore bubble until it pops, okay? You can have your life. If you want to go onto Reddit and say, Ronnie's always right. Ben is so nice. He trusts people. That's fine. I am aware. I am putting myself at the encore bubble because I'm going to enjoy it. I'm on their encore ride until it goes off the rails. Okay, everyone? Accept it. Okay?

11:58Ronnie Karam: You're allowed. You don't have to be defensive about liking some guy. I just think he's a douche. Comes off as a phony douche to me. I don't like it. Yeah, 100%. He's such a douche. I think a lot of it was sitting through this comedy show.

12:14Ben Mandelker: I think that's what really pissed me off. Well, he is totally a douche, and he probably has a Cybertruck. I think he's 100 % a douche. So it's not me being like, Ronnie, you're wrong. I'm never going to say, Ronnie, you're wrong about this. I think everything you're saying is right. I'm just saying that right now I like him. I think he is very adorable.

12:31Ronnie Karam: Well, I'm also a huge hypocrite because I'm saying one of the reasons I really don't like him is because he made us sit through bad comedy. I have made so many people sit through my bad comedy. I mean, on this very show. But, like, I'm an improviser. I've made my friends come to actual improv shows and sit through those. So for me to complain. But as an improviser, you're also very used to sitting through bad comedy. And it becomes resented after a while, you know? After some time, it's like, maybe I should have gone to school or something.

13:05Ben Mandelker: But you're in your lane. That's the thing. You're in your lane and you're not trying to be cool by doing comedy. You're just like doing comedy. We're both trying to be funny. Sometimes we're not funny. Sometimes we flop. Sometimes we mess up. But we're still like ultimately like in our little lane. And like Encore, his lane is something about mortgages and rent payments. And yet he's also going to like dabble in food and comedy in like the most cliche way ever. And so like that's really, really annoying. but I think he's adorable and sweet I'm falling for it and I'm going to enjoy it here's the thing it's not going to last very long because one thing that I'm really enjoying about Erica is the slow unmasking that she is just as cut fitnessy as the rest but she does it with a smile on her face and sort of in a sneaky way and I think it's kind of awesome and I like it so I feel like there's probably something with that with Encore 2

14:05Ronnie Karam: All right. Well, time will tell. I'll tell you. Time's going to tell us. Okay. So they're all gathering for this stupid comedy show. And Daisy's like, oh, my God. Last time I saw a side, you know, we were screaming at each other. And, you know, I don't know. Erica didn't invite me to a birthday party. Like, I thought we were friends. Like, I didn't necessarily want to go to a party. I just wanted to be invited to a party. All right. What do you think about this? Do you think that Erica did not invite Daisy And is just being shady now By pretending that she did invite Daisy?

14:41Ben Mandelker: Luckily I spent today on an airplane Which meant I had a lot of time on social media And apparently what dropped today Aside from some very dark news Running below deck But we'll talk about that in a copy hour What dropped today In like I guess the after show Is that Daisy now admits That Erica invited her but the but the the vibe was did you see this no did you see this no you didn't i can see your face

15:08Ronnie Karam: no but that's fucking ridiculous come on i mean there's lying and then there's just come on well

15:17Ben Mandelker: well this so she said she said oh i was talking to her on the phone and i said happy birthday and she said thank you i'm um i'm doing a birthday party tonight you should come and so daisy is saying that wasn't an invitation like that's like a last minute bcd this thing which i agree with her but then why was she acting so confused like she hadn't even heard about it that's a little confusing to me so like daisy things don't ever line up and i also just want to say this i think daisy is a really entertaining villain i i like that she's like she's just kind of like one of those people in like a friend group that you're like oh god she's here you know and i think that's like a really good space for villainy um because i feel like a lot of the villains on bravo sometimes are like their only villainous if they are being way over the top or being problematic or doing like like i don't know something just really really awful and her she's just sort of spoiled and bratty and she's like annoying in a way that i feel like i really enjoy as in a villain form so i think daisy is a great addition to this show to be honest uh yeah i mean i'm not really

16:24Ronnie Karam: offended by Daisy at all, actually. I mean, she does like little things here. I think the complaining about the island was rude. I mean, I think she can be kind of an asshole, but it doesn't keep me up at night. And you know what? I wouldn't say that that's a compliment from me, because usually I feel like the best and the worst of reality TV, especially Bravo, and especially Real Housewives, are if I'm either obsessed or I'm obsessed with you making me crazy, like you lied about something and I have to get to the bottom of it and then I go read threads about it and Daisy I just don't like I don't care I think that's bad but I kind of like that low wattage

17:03Ben Mandelker: villainy yeah no I think it's like fun to be it's fun to be like oh she sucks in a way where but like isn't it nice to not have to like take a dramatic side about it for once like we don't have to be like like oh she is the worst how could you platform her it's just nice to not have to like engage in that whole argument all over again for the umpteenth time it's just like oh she's that person yeah when you see her at a party and say oh i just went to dinner last night really why didn't you invite me like that annoying person that we all know i kind of like her relatable

17:41Ronnie Karam: villainy relatable i like low wattage villainy i think that's the best way to put it it's like She's really good for the environment. Like, she may not be the best real housewife, but she's good for the planet in a way, you know? She's like a renewable source. So, you know, good for her. Yeah. Okay, so we're still at the very beginning of the show. Encore gets up there to do his set, which, yikes. So he's like, oh, wow. So it's me, Encore, built for your rent and mortgage. Guys, my parents, let me tell you, my parents were super excited and proud when they heard that my wife is going to be on a TV show and I'm going to be a house husband.

18:30Ronnie Karam: Nobody laughed. The housewives didn't laugh at that.

18:33Ben Mandelker: Wow. Wow, that's too bad. Well, it's a shame for the people who came to this company instead of going to block it over to the house. Encore should be a real housewife because I'm literally upset.

18:43Ronnie Karam: And that's all I want to be is upset. So thank you, Encore. You gave me this.

18:49Ben Mandelker: Wow. Wow. Too bad I didn't go to Padma's comedy night. My dear friend. Just in Brooklyn. My dear friend. My dear. Please welcome to my comedy night. My dear friend.

19:12Ben Mandelker: My dear friend, David Brooks, writer for the New York Times and the Atlantic. He does great stand-up. David, come up here and talk about politics.

19:24Ronnie Karam: I concentrate on feeding your soul. But this man concentrates on just eating anything because he's a poor comic. Please welcome to the stage, Comedy Guy.

19:40Ben Mandelker: This stand-up special has nothing to do with comedy I know I couldn't This stand-up special has nothing to do with comedy It's just a special where you have to stand up Because Gail ate all the chairs

19:55Ronnie Karam: Please welcome my dear friend, Lena Waithe Who I don't think even does stand-up But I just wanted to remind you and all the stand-up comedians I know Lena Waithe

20:08Ben Mandelker: and Ali Wong. That's one. So anyway.

20:11Ronnie Karam: Yeah, there we go. It's Ali Wong. That's what we've been looking for. That's what's been like scrambling around the brain. Damn it. It's fucking Ali Wong. It's hard. It's hard. Wow. I'm in a new city. My dear friend, something that Gail ate about five minutes ago and breathed it in my face. Beef.

20:35Ben Mandelker: We did it in my face.

20:40Ben Mandelker: Anyway, we're just, this is what happens. Like getting off a plane, we're just like, you didn't, you have, I'm just, I don't know. And we had this crazy, the air conditioner just went on. I'm on hotel Wi-Fi. I don't know if my connection's any good. So I apologize if I sound crazy. But the point is that we have a comedy show. And then Devin tells us, I love comedy when it's good. Which I think is fair. I mean, I like really anything only in its good form. But yeah, she's right. Only when it's good.

21:11Ronnie Karam: Devin, I don't know Devin from her reality shows. So this is like my first shot of Devin. And I really like her. I thought this was a great episode for her. So now we meet Matt Friend, who is the friend of Ankur. And the whole reason that Ankur is doing comedy, guys. And, of course, these guys just come straight for the typical jokes. It turns out Erica told them to tell about everybody. But he's like, wow, was that Carol Rathwell or Steven Tyler? Am I right? Am I right? That was hilarious.

21:55Ronnie Karam: Yikes. Wow, should I call her? Cy is Cy getting divorced Or shall I call it now Cy divorce Divorce Cy Da Silva or Cy Divorce get the fuck off Get out Get out I only want pizza Honey or Matt Friend

22:17Ben Mandelker: Yeah Matt Friend I mean you may do some nice comedy But like Cy Da Silva More like Cy divorce what are you doing the shout outs for our patreon come on you're a professional at this you'd be better at this we're never gonna divorce us side the silver

22:42Ben Mandelker: but then he goes then he then he makes a joke he goes okay and my notes say don't make a joke about rfk and it cuts to carol and she's like hey wait a minute that one i don't appreciate

22:54Ronnie Karam: because that is trauma. It's generational trauma because it happened generations ago and I'm still traumatized. Now, I don't mind if you say I look like Steven Tyler because at least he's hot.

23:12Ben Mandelker: I was like, well, okay, well, sure. So then another guy.

23:23Ben Mandelker: and uh he's like yeah hey i see abe the babe at the gym and he hits on me and then we have a series of comedians that make like many jokes about daisy's popcorn ceilings which is hilarious because then it turned i told like oh yeah there's someone someone here who has popcorn ceilings so you should

23:47Ben Mandelker: and you know daisy is so mad especially because she knows that this bitch her words not mine and she didn't even say it but you know in her mind she's thinking this bitch didn't even invite me to her birthday party now she has all these comedians making fun of my

24:00Ronnie Karam: ceilings geez yeah but i like it because comedians don't have a lot of money and they're they're used to making popcorn ceiling jokes because that's what we do with each other you know Like anyone with popcorn ceilings makes fun of each other's popcorn ceilings. It's crazy that anybody even gets offended at that. So, obviously, Erica.

24:22Ben Mandelker: I'm not even. I was just going to say, can I say, popcorn ceilings don't even really bother me that much. Is that crazy? But then.

24:34Ben Mandelker: And on House Hunters.

24:36Ronnie Karam: Yeah. Well, they're triggering popcorn ceilings. They're triggering for some people. I mean, I've usually had popcorn ceilings, so I don't really care. I think that just once I saw a world without popcorn ceilings, it was very difficult to go back to a popcorn. It's like once you've exfoliated your skin and then you're like, oh, my God, you go for a couple of weeks. You're like, oh, my God, I've got popcorn skin. You know, I've got a horrible. What happened to my face? It's time for a commercial. It's time for a Crappens commercial.

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26:28Ronnie Karam: I'm sick of things stressing me out. The other day I was running late and nearly ran over an armadillo. I felt so bad.

26:33Ben Mandelker: I'll tell you about stress. Imagine performing a cabaret ten times a week. Or learning a 17th language like French Peruvian.

26:43Ronnie Karam: Bon Gisissimo.

26:44Ben Mandelker: This is why I watch so much TV. And Amazon Prime definitely comes in handy. It's a great way to shift your mood. Yeah, but everyone's always like recommending a million shows. Like you gotta watch this, you gotta watch that. I'm at a point where I don't say what do I have to watch. Now I'm all about how do I want to feel?

27:00Ronnie Karam: Yeah, the feeling I chase is dark and moody. That's why I go towards crime shows.

27:05Ben Mandelker: Oh, I'm a comedy girly. I will rewatch the same comedy over and over again because it's so comforting to me. Or actually, sometimes it's actually sports. There are times where I don't even care about the teams. I just like being part of a live event, especially with some snacks.

27:17Ronnie Karam: Snacks are a part of the feeling. I love a cracker.

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28:26Ronnie Karam: All right, so during this comedy show, they're like, who has plastic surgery? Who has fake boobs? And they ask Carol if she has fake boobs. And I'm just like, no, I don't have fake boobs. I'll show them to you. She's like, show me your boobs, Carol. So she lifts up her shirt. She's like, whoa, whoa, Carol. Don't show me your boobs.

28:45Ben Mandelker: And then they all, and then she's like, look, I'm cool and hip. So then afterwards, the show ends, and then they go outside to eat more pizza. And the girls are just like standing around and they're talking about the birthday party again. I forget what they were saying, but they were just like going, they're talking back and forth. Like, oh my God, that was, that was so crazy. The food last night was so amazing. It's like, yeah, that was so great. We were partying. Like that was so amazing. And then Daisy is like, oh, okay. Well, how was your birthday party last night? And Erica's like, it was so fun.

29:21Ben Mandelker: We missed you there. And she's like, well, I wasn't invited. She was like, I invited you on Monday, though.

29:29Ronnie Karam: She's like, what? On Monday? What do you mean you invited me? She's like, I invited you. Yeah, you and I talked on the phone. And then I invited you. And I mean, I have proof. Like, let me pull out my receipt folder. And she starts swiping. And they're like, wow, she's got receipts. And of course, they're not text receipts. It's just a receipt like we spoke on the phone. um so i don't know what that's receipts for but i mean i guess the point is like we spoke on the phone and there's no way we would have spoken on the phone and i would have told you oh i'm having a birthday party and not invited you like what am i a total monster yeah exactly and erica's like

30:08Ben Mandelker: she was invited to the party and if she forgot like she actually has a problem like she needs to seek help and i will help her meet the right doctor if she needs to

30:24Ronnie Karam: she's like extra slow she's like monday 6 56 p.m we spoke for 22 minutes here she's like no no that's not a receipt a receipt is something in writing what is this what is this not a receipt no it's 22 minutes okay it's 22 minutes 11 seconds like no where's the text a text is a receipt well how's she going to have a text if she told you on the phone? That's not fair. What do we have to start recording all of our conversations?

30:49Ben Mandelker: Yeah. And Daisy goes, you know, it's okay. You didn't want to invite me. It's okay. I get it. Carol's like, I understand why Daisy is upset because Erica invited her at the last minute. And everyone who knows that, you know, knows what those invitations are about. She quote unquote invited her.

31:06Ronnie Karam: And I think that this ultimately, I guess this is what Daisy was saying on the after show. um she didn't really invite her invite her and then we find out just was like wow well i mean there's something called a list and there's something called d list and she's on the d list i mean i got a i got a whole video i got like a whole invite i literally had the singing telegram

31:30Ben Mandelker: from clue just show up at my apartment and was like you're invited to a party that daisy's not invite her to.

31:36Ronnie Karam: She's so rich. I actually had the pantomime from Karen's invite, the pantomime who pissed Karen off seasons ago show up.

31:47Ben Mandelker: She's so rich that Nicole Kidman showed up at my door and was like, we come to this place to receive an invitation. And like, Daisy doesn't.

31:57Ronnie Karam: And Erica's like, but why would I send you text messages? You even told me not to ever put anything writing like don't do that she's like whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa that's different she's and erica's like yeah because you could take a photo and anyone could use it as a receipt like don't put things in writing which is actually very very good housewives advice that's pretty

32:19Ben Mandelker: good advice from a first seasoner yeah exactly and so daisy's like a receipt of like a come to my birthday is not considered a receipt when we're talking shit when we're talking shit about someone that's a receipt and she's right like there's you actually want a receipt in this situation to show they've invited someone like if it's over the phone then you don't get credit for the especially especially if it's a half-hearted invitation so you want like knowing that you don't really care if that you don't even want that person and knowing that they may use it against you you actually do need your receipt then erica like maybe not so great with her receipts

32:54Ronnie Karam: yeah but also daisy's whole argument like she's trying to make erica look even worse by just saying why you didn't invite me at all and now it's coming off as a total lie when she should have just said you invited me at the last second other people got video invites like clearly you didn't want me why didn't you just say that you didn't want me and then erica could have been like how excited should i be when you just spent all this time dissing my island the island that built

33:19Ben Mandelker: comedy built the island where people who go to this pizza parlor can also go to yeah so aaron's like wait wait hold on everyone wait who are you talking shit about i want to get involved and he's like i'm not talking shit about anybody jessel says well you just said when we're talking shit about someone don't have a you and cat don't want to have received no no i'm just

33:46Ronnie Karam: saying like when you're talking shit about you know what don't put words in my mouth that's not even what i said that's not what i said at all like that why are you saying that well why are getting caught at me.

33:55Ben Mandelker: Because I don't like you putting words in my mouth. But you said it. No, you're putting words in my mouth. We all have words in our mouth. It's like a pizza. It's like za made of words that we get from an exclusive pizza parlor that has comedy.

34:12Ronnie Karam: You're twisting it. You're twisting it. This is what you all do. This is what you do, you people. Wait, excuse me. Excuse me. What do you mean? by you people. That is. Ignoring against housewives.

34:27Ben Mandelker: So Erica's like, oh, so it's all of us? It's all of us? And she's like, no, this is just what you do, this. Like, you both, Jaisal and Erica, this is what you guys do. Jaisal's like, you both, this is what we do. They're all learning from Aaron about how to respond to a fight. Cackling hangs.

34:45Ronnie Karam: That sounds like the meanest thing like anyone has ever said to me. So Daisy's like, yeah, you know, I was speaking broadly. I was saying, like, you don't talk shit in a text because then people will have a receipt. I did. Listen, I'm trying to school her. Like, don't talk shit. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying don't talk shit about anybody at all, ever. But especially in the text from there.

35:06Ben Mandelker: I don't think that she needs to be schooled. I mean, she literally has her name on several buildings in many schools. She's very rich.

35:15Ronnie Karam: So Erica's like, I don't know what crawled up Daisy's ass tonight. But, like, she came here looking for a vine. And like normally she'd have to wait in line like two days to even get in this place. So.

35:29Ben Mandelker: I mean, Erica can't also be surprised. She did. At the very worst, she did not invite her. At the very best, she gave a last minute invitation. So it was kind of like a fuck you. And then she told comedians to make fun of Daisy during already bad comedy. And then she's like, I don't know what crawled up her ass. Yeah. Like I'll let Daisy have that one. I feel like Daisy's annoyance makes total sense, and I totally get it. But what Daisy lacks is an understanding of how she contributed to this situation in the first place.

36:00Ronnie Karam: Yeah, also Daisy's just being a liar about it instead of saying, like, you invited me last minute. She's doing the little lies to make somebody look even worse. And I don't know. People can look bad enough on their own without you having to lie. And then – I feel like people look bad enough on their own there.

36:18Ben Mandelker: Yeah, yeah. And then it now moves back over to this dermatologist who really keeps on whipping up all sorts of drama. So Jessel says, oh, you know what's not so nice? You know what's not nice? Because Aaron's like, this isn't nice. It's not nice when you're doing. So Jessel says, you know what's not so nice? Dr. Dan Belkin called me this morning freaking fucking out. Freaking fucking out. Like, oh, my God. You need to know what your friends are saying about you. And so Aaron's like, what? Yeah. he said you guys were telling him about the rumor about parvet this guy is such why would anybody

36:56Ronnie Karam: keep talking to this guy he is the worst and i'm gonna say for the i'm i need to be able to tell my dermatologist shit it's like i don't know i mean i'm not comparing dermatologist to prostitute okay i am i'm saying like it's like a prostitute or a preacher or anybody else who you should have privacy with like that's that should be illegal i mean isn't there like a hippocratic oath yeah there should be like a dermatologist dermat dermatratic dermatrotic dermatratic

37:27Ben Mandelker: i think the hippocratic oath is that you don't share information about like your fellow patient like your patient's you know case with other people and i feel like that includes gossip

37:39Ronnie Karam: i think it should be extended to that that's a very private place you're getting you know i'm coming in there and i'm like oh my god i hate my pores like squeeze them squeeze all the pus out of them and stare at me and let me like kind of look up at your overly long nose hairs while you do like i don't go around telling everybody about your shit you know i thought you were i thought

37:57Ben Mandelker: you were quoting heather debraux there for a second when he said oh my god i hate my pores

38:02Ronnie Karam: i hate my pores that's i hate the pores that's right she wouldn't own she would she wouldn't claim them yeah but anyway this fucking guy so he is spreading gossip again and she's like yeah dr dan belkin called me this one i love the the advertising to you dr dan belkin freaking the fuck out you need to watch with your friends and aaron is doing that whole like what that's like crazy confusing and if dr dan belkin is upset i blame levi it's like really really difficult

38:38Ben Mandelker: having a child and once again aaron blatantly lies on camera i did not bring up the rumor and we get a flashback to the night before and they this now this is a receipt aaron talking to daisy with doc with dr belkin it's like three of them are at some sort of event and maybe it was at the dog event and aaron is like i didn't make this fucking rumor public it's just such a fucking stupid rumor if i found out that abe was with his balls out at equinox i'll be like okay honey let's deal with this like you're gay and it's okay and dr dan is like oh my god and he's laughing along um and

39:18Ronnie Karam: but he's laughing in that way like you guys are fucking terrible what are you doing like there's cameras right there and and in erin's defense she is lying but she's doing it in the erin way where she goes jessel says he got he said that you guys were telling him about the rumor and erin goes I didn't bring up the rumor she didn't say she didn't talk about the rumor she's just she's gonna go to her grave saying I didn't bring up the rumor she's accusing me of bringing up the rumor

39:46Ben Mandelker: and Aaron's like if I found when Aaron says if I found out that A was with his balls out at Equinox be like honey let's deal with this Jessel did the same thing Jessel's like um there's a rumor what do you what's going on Povet he's like nope I'm really straight like Jessel did exactly what erin said she would do but erin's now making it seem like jessel's the one in a gay panic it's

40:07Ronnie Karam: like you're the one in the gay panic jessel cares the least out of anybody i've ever heard i mean even gay guys like she doesn't even gay guys would be more upset hearing i think your husband got a low job in a steam room she's i've never seen anybody not upset at all over hearing rubrics like that she's like he goes to the gym like since when he doesn't go to the gym she she would be

40:33Ben Mandelker: like nothing would make her happier if then if papa were actually gay but finally we can finally talk about fashion finally he can stop pretending like he eats all this food he can finally drop all those carbs god so annoying him being straight yeah oh gosh all right so erin's like i didn't

40:52Ronnie Karam: bring it up i didn't do that and then we see the conversation just kept going to dan to dr dan belkin you know who was so horrified but also laughing and ready to repeat every little thing and she's like i mean dudes are fucking what's going on with that and aaron daisy's like i mean yeah that's what they're fucking she's but like in the steam room just where else are they gonna

41:16Ben Mandelker: to do it the barbell machine well it depends what gym it is and so so aaron's aaron's still like i mean i didn't say anything she's like well how the fuck did he know and everyone's like i don't know i didn't bring it back and they keep on going back to dinner to show how long this went on and again it's like the barbell comment it keeps going back and forth and aaron's like we weren't talking about the rumor like that it wasn't like that but he called me to panic this morning and carol's like who's dr belkin do i need to go to him should i show him my breasts

41:52Ronnie Karam: a dermatologist hayley's here too so aaron's like but that doesn't even make sense i wasn't like that it was not like that then how does he know and daisy's like uh you know what i i don't even remember i don't remember anything yeah i don't even remember either i don't remember anything Now this, this is a good team. Just a flat out, what? Nope, didn't happen. If it did happen, I don't remember how it happened. Sorry.

42:20Ben Mandelker: But then it was you or you. Who was it? They're like, I don't know. I don't know. It's like, this is like going up against the mob all of a sudden. Like, I saw nothing. I saw nothing over there. Nope. All night. I've seen nothing. Commercials. Here comes one right now.

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43:41Ben Mandelker: Jessel's like, how did he know though? And Daisy's like, well, you heard the rumor himself, Jessel. He just heard the fucking rumor. But from who? Which should be from whom, but that's fine. And Daisy goes, New York City. She goes, what do you mean, New York City? New York City? What are you talking about?

44:00Ronnie Karam: Even Carol knows the rumor. Carol's like, what? I didn't tell anybody about the rumor. And Jessel's like, oh, God. geez so devon's like wow the craziest thing here is that they all use the same dermatologist was he even in network like who is this guy i know well jessel i'm so sorry babe to tell you

44:24Ben Mandelker: this but in new york city it's in the pavements like alicia key has almost had a verse in her song that said in new york where pop it is closeted gay in all of the gyms

44:38Ronnie Karam: New York where dermatologists have no cooth and tell all your secrets I'm so mad at the dermatologist you know who else I'm mad at? the gay in the steam room like for Christ's sake you know I mean what the hell can you can we just get a blowjob in peace without you going to blab it I mean you can't do anything anymore

45:01Ben Mandelker: seriously I love Jessel's just saying don't blame it on New York City And Daisy goes, but how does Carol know? What, you think the city told her? But how does Carol know? New York City? Is it in the Post? Like, what are you talking about?

45:17Ronnie Karam: And so I was like, Carol probably knows from Aaron. Now, come on. That's what's going on. And Aaron's like, me? Not a place of me. No, same. I don't know. She said, come on. Give me a break. It's Aaron. It's always Aaron. She's like, oh my God, what is wrong with you? You're talking about the rumor. She's like, I told you which was the biggest mistake of my life. Psy acting all high and mighty as if she's not the one who brought this to national television.

45:40Ben Mandelker: I know that's true, too. So Erin's like, but you decided to make it public. That was your choice. But this is a pattern with you. It's like, but what you did was fucked up, Psy. It was fucked up. It was fucked up. And Erin's like walking away because that's her favorite move is to walk away from conversation by saying, that was fucked up. It's fucked up. And you know it was fucked up.

45:59Ronnie Karam: Well, I'll tell you this. You guys had better stop. Because Dr. Dan Belkin was very upset. And he said you were talking about it last night. And if I hear one more fucking time that you guys are talking shit, I'm... That's it. That's it? What? Like, what does that mean? It's like, you know what? That is it. I will be so... That soul. I mean, are we supposed to be scared of Jethal? Like, what is she even talking about?

46:27Ben Mandelker: Next time you guys bring up a rumor from Dr. Dan Belkin, I swear to God I'll invite Daisy to one of our social experiences oh oh okay well we won't okay we'll our lips are sealed lips are sealed

46:39Ronnie Karam: if you ever do anything like this again I will hand Ankur a mic to do more stand up like oh man okay I relent I relent oh so Daisy's like who doesn't talk about a gay rumor like we're gonna talk about it that's it like I'm sorry like if someone says your husband's gay we're gonna talk about it I mean there's nothing you can do about the rumor Like, put on a strap on, maybe?

47:05Ben Mandelker: So now we go to Hayley and Erica, who are standing up to the side. And Carol's like, why was I dragged into that? I have nothing to say about it. I don't repeat rumors because I'm a boomer. I don't remember them. It's hot, silent summer.

47:22Ronnie Karam: Oh, yeah? Well, you better leave me alone, all of you, with your sticky lip gloss. Mmm. That's right. I just dissed somebody's lip gloss. Take that, New York.

47:39Ben Mandelker: So the party is going on. It's fun. Erica's talking about how she's never been to New Jersey, except once she went to Hope Hogan. And they're like, it's Hoboken. She's like, is that a private island? They're like, no. See, I wasn't there. I don't go to New Jersey. I'll go to Jersey because that's an island. But New Jersey, it's not an island.

48:03Ronnie Karam: For someone who tries to make it sound normal to make their friends go hours and hours and hours to hang out with them, you'd think she'd know what Hoboken is. And Hoboken's just right over the river, too. We still always complained back in the day. Like, how dare you make me go to Hoboken? It was like 15. It was across. But it's really not that far.

48:25Ben Mandelker: And I think that's just trying to be like a flex. Like, I've never been to New Jersey. New Jersey's so trashy. i've never been but like it actually just makes you seem totally sheltered and naive and like limited like i don't care what like new jersey is in your mind if you live in new york city and you've never stepped foot in it except one time in hoboken and you're that wealthy that just shows that you are you you're not you're a curious haven't you even wanted to take your private helicopter to that bridge in trend that says Trenton builds the world takes or whatever it says.

49:00Ronnie Karam: No, this is kind of what bugs me about her and her husband is they want to seem like one of the people. It's like, wow. I, you guys, like, I love Taco Bell so much. It's like my opening line. Guys, I rent my dresses. I'm like so one of the people. But then she's like, ew. Hoboken. I don't even know how to pronounce that. Like, you can't have it both ways. I'd just rather you be an asshole. That's a great point. You know, I like an asshole who's just an asshole i don't like an asshole pretending it's a twizzler

49:32Ben Mandelker: i don't know what i'm getting you yeah that'd be a terrible have you tried to stick your penis in the twizzler but i love i love that her asshole like her inner asshole is really starting to come to the fore because it's coming to the foreigner way that i really really like which is just yeah i get and like it's like sly and just like with a knowing smile and just like seeing daisy get furious each time it's like it's like the road runner versus the coyote and it's it's amazing like i swear to god we're gonna see daisy just like go walking off a cliff and walk about like six feet off of a cliff before she looks down and realizes she's about to fall

50:08uh so uh they're still talking about this botox and stuff and devin's like oh yeah i get botox

50:16Ronnie Karam: Look, I get all of this Botox. Look at me. And Haley's like, yeah, my dad's a plastic surgeon. So, you know, I know Botox. And Carol's like, by the way, I put Botox on the map just so you know. Picture it. The year was 1993. The first story ever done on national television until 2020 about Botox.

50:44Ben Mandelker: My pitch to my boss was this What's something that can make you drool more? And then they said, I don't know, talk to this doctor who's been playing with botulism And there it was

50:58Ronnie Karam: Botulism, it's not just in your soup and nonsense anymore You can put it in your face And then your face won't move Chuck, I wouldn't even do it I mean, that was 1992 I didn't know anything about Botox. And Devin's like, whoa, wait. So you do Botox now, right? It's like, of course I do it now. My face moves so little, I have to put a traffic cone on top of it so it doesn't get a ticket.

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