#3576 RHONY S16E6 Part One: The Ex Friend Files

Ben Mandelker (0:21)

Hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens, the podcast about all that crap on Bravo we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker and joining me today for what should be a really, really interesting recap of Real Housewives of New York, it's Mr. Ronnie Karam. How are you, Ronnie?

Ronnie Karam (0:36)

Well, hello, BenuneToon. What you doing?

Ben Mandelker (0:41)

Not much. I did receive word that you have appeared in a document, Home Goods Files.

I would like you to explain yourself. Why are you listed in the Home Goods Files so many times?

Ronnie Karam (0:53)

I barely know Home Goods. What are you talking about?

Ben Mandelker (0:56)

I've seen Home Goods.

Ronnie Karam (0:57)

I mean, I've heard of Home Goods. Was that a place you buy home stuff at? What? I don't know anything. It's cause I'm famous. I'm famous, damn it. I know everybody and don't know everybody.

SPEAKER_3 (1:05)

I know everybody and don't know anybody.

Ben Mandelker (1:10)

So, Rhony was a wild one. Don't Google me.

Ronnie Karam (1:13)

Don't Google me.

SPEAKER_3 (1:15)

It's Leigh-Ann Locken in the Epstein files.

Ben Mandelker (1:20)

So, we're gonna dive into a really crazy Rhony episode.

Before we do that, tomorrow, I mean, this weekend, we are going back to the Midwest, going to two of my favorite cities. And I'm not just saying that. I'm not just saying that to get people to come to our shows. I legitimately love Minneapolis and Detroit. And those are where we're going. Minneapolis and Detroit. In Minneapolis, we are recapping tonight's Salt Lake City. And then in Detroit, we're going to recap Orange County. Those are two of the very best premium shows to recap for us. So we really hope you're able to come and join us. I'm looking forward to getting some Detroit pizza. I'm looking forward to, I'm going to play some, I'm actually going to play some board games in Minneapolis. I'm really excited about that, but come join us. The world is crazy right now. Let's like have a moment of release and escape by just talking shit about Bravo, stuff like ours. Well, yeah, come to watchwhatcrappens.com. And then, by the way, don't worry. We're also, our tour is so big. We are most likely coming to your city as well. We also have Philadelphia and DC coming up at the top of November. Those shows are always out of control. Then we have a Texas Bonanza, Dallas, Austin and Houston. And then we go to Nashville. And then we return to Florida for the first time in several years. We're going to Clearwater and Fort Lauderdale. And then in the New Year, we have some of our classics, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver. Going back to Charleston, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Toronto, Boston, and the Golden Crappies in New York City. So watch whatcrappens.com for all of those.

We can't wait to see all of you. And also just a personal shill, which is that on my sub stack, I just posted about all the food I ate in Portugal.

So if you're curious, you wanna live vicariously through my week of putting on many, many calories, or if you're planning a trip to Portugal, check out my recommendations. I put down every single restaurant, every little food thing that I did. So that's at nbdfancy.substack.com.

Ronnie Karam (3:25)

All right, delicious.

SPEAKER_3 (3:27)

Sounds delicious.

Ben Mandelker (3:30)

Come for the tickets, stay for the octopus. That's what I say.

Ronnie Karam (3:36)

All right, well, let's get into it. Today is Real Housewives of New York Season 16 Episode 6, Mosquito Madness.

It's the episode we've all been waiting for. The Epstein Files episode, yeah.

You know, the whole subject matter is disturbing. And it's funny that in the Real Housewives show, I'd left the episode thinking, well, wait a minute, Sai was the one who outed somebody, not Erin. And then I went to bed thinking, well, I can't stand up for fucking Erin. You know, she's terrible too. But Sai is the one who supposedly outed somebody. I mean, what the hell? Who's Sai do you even choose?

Ben Mandelker (4:23)

I know. Well, by the way, Pavit did a video this morning, released a video of him going to Equinox and, you know, like quote unquote outing himself. It was a comedy video. Good old Pavit.

Ronnie Karam (4:36)

Does he really go to Equinox, though? Or was that just a joke?

Ben Mandelker (4:40)

I don't know if he really goes, but he was walking around Equinox and then the person behind the camera was like, hey, want to meet me in the steam room? And Pavit's like, can't go yet. It was hilarious. Pavit doesn't work out.