by Jessica Blackwell

Our favorite ladies from the Big Apple are back, and there was a bit of a cast shake up. Terrible Aviva has been booted from the show, thank God, and there are two new additions. Well, sort of new. One of the "new ladies" is original cast member Bethany Frankel, who's back to stir up the drama for sure! The other is a friend of Ramona's (god help us all), Dorinda Medley. I think Bethany's return is the best thing that happened to RHONY since Aviva left. LOLz! Here's what's been going on with Ms. Skinny Girl. 

She is in the middle of a very public divorce with husband Jason and currently living and working out of cars and hotels. She jokes and calls herself the "wealthiest homeless person in Manhattan" but she might be right. She sold her Skinny Girl company, but still works for the brand and it's exploding like whoa. Everywhere you go now, you see Skinny Girl snacks, drinks, shakes, etc.  Her talk show recently ended, but she was happy about that because she didn't really enjoy it. She bought herself an apartment, but it has to be renovated and that's why she's jumping from hotel to hotel. It's a very emotional time for her, because although she has money, it wasn't too long ago that she didn't have two dimes to rub together. She worked her butt off to buy and decorate her apartment, and now she can't even live in it. Sigh! It will be interesting to see how she gets along with the other cast members, specifically Ramona, her old frenemy. 

Speaking of Mrs. Singer, she's also going through a really hard time in her life. She finally stopped denying that she and Mario were having marital problems, and that he was cheating, and they are currently separated, considering divorce. She cried openly on the show, and its nice to see her being real about her life, because she tried to keep up appearances for so long. 

The other ladies have major changes going on in life as well, Kristin's marriage has improved and her daughter Kingsley is walking, Sonja's financial situation has gotten better but she's still behaving badly, and LuAnne bought herself a new house! Stay tuned to find out how Ms. Bethany plans to make her return a splash! 

The Real Housewives of New York airs Tuesdays at 9pm on Bravo. 

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