Observing the Unobservable!
We already covered observation report #1, in which I decided that the Countess must have had a temporary memory lapse when she forgot the "classy" way to talk to kids. Now on to something I am sure the Countess would also disapprove of...her new found friend's fight with Bethenny. (P.S. Don't we all just love Bethenny because we share a name?! I know I do!)Kelly, who also seems to think she knows what the right thing is all the time already made a slight fool out of herself when she referred to Ali's arthritis as "cute" and then went into a rant about not lending her name to anything. Now, I get it, she wants to make sure that she has time to actually put into a charity before putting her name on it, and to be honest I think it is pretty great that she only wants to be involved when she is actually involved. She seems to be the type of person who likes to get her hands dirty when becoming involved in something instead of just throwing money at the problem, and that I respect, but the way it came off on TV, not so much. However, that's not even what I am concerned about, her behavior when she confronted Bethenny about the "Madonna" comment was nothing short of erratic. The "sit down" was too Tony Soprano for me. It was never meant to solve anything or to clear the air, instead it was meant to intimidate and tell Bethenny off. (Only the later seemed to come through at the end of the day, albeit, not very well though. I am not sure anyone could intimidate Bethenny.) The only thing that stopped this from being a mafia hit was the actual mafia hit, but everything else was there.
First there was the reminder of status, all good mafia men need to make sure that they show their enemies and disciples who is boss, which Kelly did by telling Bethenny that she was here (hand really high) and that Bethenny was here (hand really low). But what did she mean by that? Social status? Moral status? Or was it just a simple statement about their height differences?
Next there was the "clearing of the air". This is when the mob boss lets his people know where they now stand and what they did wrong. "We will never be
friends!" Um, I think Bethenny knew that already, and to be quite honest, I think she was also pretty okay with that she just had enough decency not to have a sit down to spell it out. The writing was already there, Kelly didn't really need to read it to her.Let's talk about Bethenny's response to this for a second, now in real mob world, there would be no answer, but that's not how Bethenny rolls, she is just too strong for that, instead, she gives a confused look saying with her eyes "and your point is?" See she already knew this, again, NO NEED FOR THE READ ALOUD Kelly!!
Then there was the warning, this was when she told her not only were they not friends, but that they wouldn't be and that she would just like it better if Bethenny had nothing to do with her. Really Kelly? I am sure that Bethenny is a-okay with that, and something tells me she was on that path anyways, Kelly just made sure that she put up some unnecessary road signs on the way.
Then we get to the breakdown, which hardly ever happens to the mob boss in public, especially not in front of those that he has just given a warning too (Even Tony Soprano only saved that behavior for his shrink), but maybe this comes because Kelly didn't get to follow through with her "hit" on Bethenny, that crazy aggression needed to get out somehow. So she proceeds to tell a very calm Bethany, who has already moved on to more important things like checking her Blackberry, because she has a job (not a housewife, and not a wife, but entertaining nevertheless) to calm down...while visibly shaking...honey, I think you need to calm down, but alas she will go on a date to calm her down....a date in which she will complain about her girl problems and talk a million miles a minute both qualities that ANY guy would just love. (Read: no guys would like this, they would refer to this as "crazy" behavior, which most women are already in the eyes of men, so thank you Kelly for proving them right while the rest of us desperately try to disprove that stigma).
So conclusion:
Kelly Bensimone Observation Report
Behavior: Unsatisfactory
Tact: Unsatisfactory
Class: Unsatisfactory
Argument: Lost
Bethany Frankel Observation Report
Behavior: Confused, but understandably so
Keeping Cool: In tact
Argument: Won: Clearly Kelly DID know who Bethenny was and clearly did harbor some bad feelings towards her, just like she suspected.
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