- Previously on the "Real Housewives
of New York City"...
- I know you went on a date,
like, this week, right? - Yes.
I have had three serious engagements,
but I don't wanna date anymore.
I'm tired.
- Okay, let's go in.
Oh, my God. She did such a good job.
- Do you have kids? - Two kids. Oh, we have twins.
- Continue, continue, cont-- - Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- No? - Two and done.
- I have seven embryos.
My girl is in there.
Pavit thinks he's two and done? No, no, no, no, no.
Are we making moves?
- I'm single, so I'm making moves.
- Wait, what? What happened?
- Life happened.
- Jenna's finally opening up.
Now I feel like she can lean on me.
- Once you're ready to get a divorce, I'm single.
[both laugh] And we're just gonna do a swap.
- You can't take her anywhere.
- Bitches are hungry over here.
There's no food here.
I don't eat piggies in a blanket.
- Did Sai leave?
- Yeah, she was so hungry. - No, we don't know
what happened to her. - Wow.
I am so pissed.
[upbeat music]
- The secret ingredient?
Darling, it's me.
- My lashes may be fake,
but I definitely keep it real.
- I'm a true New Yorker.
The only bull I'll take is by the horns.
- I always bring the flavor.
It's not my fault you don't have any taste.
- In New York, there's a lot of bad apples,
but I'm the baddest of the bunch.
- I love to laugh, but make me mad,
and I'll date your dad.
- * All day and all night *
* All day and all night, all day and all night *
* All day and all night, you are queen *
- We're gonna have the models walk in.
They're gonna get checked in, sit.
- So then we're gonna move over to here--
- Move over here. We're gonna bop them over
to Karina to pick out a lash.
Last but not least,
Heather's gonna be shooting them in real time.
- Okay. All right. I think we're about ready.
We may as well go ahead and get started.
- * I always sleep all day *
* And stay awake at night *
- [coughing]
I need to eat.
Oh, my God. Oh, sh--.
Oh, sh--.
Five-second rule.
[light pop music]
- [moaning]
- Why? What's that? - [laughs]
- What, are you havin' sex? - [laughs]
- What are you doing? - Ah.
- And last one, come on. - Ah!
[both laugh]
- She's extra. She is extra.
* *
- Start bringing people in? - Do it.
- You look so cute. - Yay. Thank you.
both: Hi.
- Do you know what we're doing today?
- Casting for the lashes. - Yeah? Okay.
- Yes, I've been following you, so--
- Aww, I love that. We wanted to put a lash on you.
And if you're feeling nervous,
I'll come over and make you laugh, and it'll be fine.
It's gonna be perfection.
We are casting for LoveSeen.
We have new lashes that are launching in Target,
and we need to take images, and we also wanna
refresh our website.
Do you wear makeup yourself?
- Yeah, every day. [both laugh]
- What I am looking for
is that light behind the eyes and someone who,
after you put the lash on, they're like... [gasps]
"I love these," like, because
that then will come through on the cameras.
How did you find out about this?
- You, on TikTok.
- You're on TikTok? - I am on TikTok,
and I talk about my dating, how ugly it was.
- You're not dating now, or you are dating now?
- I am finally in a relationship,
but I was, like, divorced. - Hi. How are you?
- Sai, this is Selena. Selena, this is Sai.
- Nice to meet you.
- I invited Sai for a couple of reasons.
I am an older white woman, and when someone comes in
for a casting, I think it's so critical to see someone
that looks like them, so that they know
that the person who's looking at them sees them.
That girl better have eaten, 'cause I'm not feeding her.
- So how did you meet your boo?
- Walking outside of (BLEEP).
- Stop. [laughter]
- I need to give Brynn a call and tell her where she needs
to meet her next man.
- I photograph natural hair.
That's something I struggled with growing up.
- Same, sis. Same. - Things that people have
told me is ugly and then photographing it
in a powerful way.
- That's amazing. - You're cute.
- I know. - All right.
Let's put a lash on her. Come on.
- Look. She's like, "I'm done."
Have you ever done any modeling before?
- No. - Really?
- [laughs] - Are you nervous?
- Maybe a little bit. - It's okay.
- [laughs] - You're doing great.
Did you have a nickname when you were growing up?
- Yes, it was given by my brother,
'cause he couldn't say my name.
He called me Marny. - That's so sweet.
- That's cute. - And so that stuck with me.
My mom still calls me that.
- My name is not my real name.
I'll tell you a really weird story
that'll probably make you laugh.
So my name was Judith when I was growing up,
and I never felt like a Judith.
My brother used to tease me.
And so the first day of college,
our teacher said, "If you have a nickname,
like, tell me now. Today's the day."
So I was like, "Okay," but I had to pick something,
and the only thing that could come to mind
was my brother used to call me Jenna, Jenna, Jenna-talia,
Jenna, Jenna, Jenna-talia. - Oh, my God. No. Oh, my God.
I'm gonna call you Jenna-talia from now on.
That's all I'm gonna call you. - Great.
- Watching Jenna bringing out this vulnerability in herself
to calm someone else's nerves
I thought was the sweetest and most admirable thing.
I have to scream it. - Yeah, yeah.
Cool, thanks, Sai. Okay, I love you so much.
- Gonna get you a nameplate now.
But at the same time, like,
you are telling your secrets to a complete stranger,
but you cannot tell your friends?
[laughs] Everybody needs to know.
- I think we need to take a break.
Okay. I'll show you around.
- Actually, let's look at the photos
that you already have.
- Well, here, you can come and look
and see how it's going.
Oh, my God. I love her.
- I'm obsessed with her.
- I have a genetic disorder. I have no eyelashes,
so that's why I decided to make a brand of eyelashes
that were what I wanted to wear,
and so LoveSeen was born.
Oh, my God. It's so cheeky. Love it.
Thank you, Heather, for taking pictures--
- Thanks for that. - All right.
- This was very nice casting.
It's very nice to watch, like,
some of the things that you do behind the scenes.
- Thanks, I do really appreciate you coming.
- Well, thank you for having me.
- Thank you. - Also, how are you feeling?
I know that you and your girlfriend broke up.
- Thanks. You're sweet. I mean, it's so funny.
Thank you. Yeah.
- Probably don't wanna talk about it, but--
- Breakups are difficult. Yeah, it's hard.
I'm okay being alone.
I just distract myself.
I exercise. I read.
I eat a lot of ice cream. [laughs]
Usually, I do things that I find I don't do as much
when I'm in a relationship.
No, it's just a weird--I--
just the holidays and stuff, and I'm like, "Cool."
- I know. You're gonna make me cry.
You know I don't like that.
- I don't want to cry either.
- Make me feel-- - Make you feel wiggly?
- Make me feel, like, emotional.
I don't like it.
- I mean, do we need to revisit last night?
Um, oh, can we talk about the fact that you left her...
[laughs] And just walked out? - That Irish goodbye?
- I think Erin's gonna be pissed at you for leaving,
just so you know. - I honestly,
between you and I, don't give a (BLEEP).
- [laughs] I wish I had that in me.
- I was hungry.
- Well, she thought it was rude that you left.
- I'll deal with it. - I'm sure you will.
[chill percussive music]
* *
- I have to, like, make dinner.
- I think you need a glass of wine.
You want ice?
- Sure. Thank you.
[curious music]
Um-- - I'm so tired.
[sighs]
It was such a good party.
- Everybody... - Said it was amazing?
- Texted that it was insane.
- Everybody's been blowing up my phone.
"Oh, my God. It was so amazing.
The food was so good. It was such a fun party."
Blah, blah, blah. Although I have reservations
on, like, you know, my girlfriends.
Like-- - What do you mean?
- I just feel like the way they behave--I don't know--
like, it just rubbed me the wrong way.
- How do they behave?
- Kelley told me, apparently they were talking
during our vows. - That was them?
- I just wanted to tell you, it's a little rude.
Can you, like-- we're at her engagement.
- You're right. You're tota-- - And you guys are arguing.
- Are you gonna go around and tell
each one of the people too?
Everybody is talking.
- Like, first of all, Sai didn't even say bye.
I mean, that's just so beyond rude.
- Coupled with the fact that they're talking
during the vows-- - Yeah, it was like--
- It's disrespectful, honestly. - Yeah.
Frankly, they just should have known better.
Like, just shut your mouth.
And also, if someone comes up to you and says,
"You're being rude and loud,"
just be like, "Oh, my God, I'm sorry."
Party etiquette.
- You know how the vows, like, were delayed?
- Yeah. - So I think it was Jessel--
"It's, like, so cute you guys are renewing your vows."
'Cause I told 'em how we didn't do our vows before.
- Right. - So then Brynn is like,
"Oh, so technically you can get out of the marriage."
- So wait, if you didn't say vows,
then technically you're not married.
- No, there's a contract.
- Someone knows how to get out of contracts, Abe.
- Are you kidding? - So whatever. Like--
- "You can get out of the marriage"?
- Yeah. - Did you laugh?
- I laughed. - Oh, thanks.
That's really nice. - But I thought it was weird...
[tense music]
Given the setting and-- it was just weird.
- First of all, (BLEEP) off.
Like, our kids were right there.
Like, what if they had heard? I'm just saying.
- That's true. - That's not acceptable to me.
I'm sorry, it's really not.
- [fussing] - Listen.
- Is that a child? - It's a child.
- [sighs] - Just ignore him.
- No, I'm not gonna ignore him. I'm gonna go get him.
- It doesn't sound like a serious--
- I'll be right back. I'm not gonna ignore him.
It really pisses me off.
She came in. She started some sh--.
She said rude things to my husband.
She wore her sunglasses the whole time,
and then she walked out.
Sometimes, she doesn't have tact,
and it really pissed me off.
- It was kind of funny at the time, and I even said to--
- I don't know why you're laughing.
I'm, like, disgusted. - It was funny.
- How is that funny that she's joking about
that you should be ----ing around?
- I hear you. In retrospect, it was...
- Like, classless? - Not the time and place.
- I'm, like, sick to my stomach.
I just don't even know how I'm supposed
to be in the same room as her.
You know I can't be fake.
- Oh, I know. - I don't know how.
- Coming up...
- To bring up divorce
with my husband at my ten-year anniversary party--
- And if you accuse me of flirting with a married man,
[upbeat music]
* *
- It's a really cool little area.
- This area? - Yeah.
- Welcome.
- We have a reservation under Jessel.
- Right this way. - Thank you.
- Enjoy. Your server will be right over.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
It feels good to be out. - I know.
It's been such a crazy week.
Oh, my God. I'm so tired.
I think I'm gonna do an espresso martini.
- Okay. - It goes with my dress.
Every time I drink, I get major anxiety
because we have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning.
I thought my mom would be like--
she wakes up early in England,
but here she's waking up at 8:00 a.m. It's crazy.
- I don't see her till at least 8:30.
- I thought she would be doing more.
When you see fingerprints on tables and stuff,
can you just clean it up?
'Cause, like, it just-- it accumulates.
- Every time we see something, we clean, Jessel.
- Then how come nothing looks clean?
- It's still good to have her here, though.
Think about what it's gonna be like
when she actually does leave.
We have the nanny, yes, but-- - I know.
And the thing is, is I'm gonna get really, really busy
because I've been out of the game for so long.
And to be honest, like,
I'm missing out on a lot of things.
I've always worn several hats,
but now I feel like I'm wearing 100 hats.
I have to pick the twins' clothes.
I have to pick Pavit's clothes.
I have to figure out what they want for breakfast.
Do we need to buy another diaper size?
And then there's work stuff.
I have to answer emails. I have to go on Zoom calls.
I have to make sure I look amazing for the Zoom calls.
You know, it's just nonstop.
I need an espresso martini.
- Classic espresso martini? - Yeah, I think that's good.
- Beautiful. - Old fashioned.
- The hardest thing is having
two babies at the same time.
Like, God bless all you twin moms
and triplet moms and I don't even know.
Octomom? How the (BLEEP) did Octomom survive?
I need to get the kids more clothes.
I'm trying really hard not to, like,
buy a lot of stuff for them,
but they eat like you,
they sh-- like you, and it's insane.
Like, they just-- - My kids?
And you gotta buy two of everything as well, so--
- I can't wait to start buying girl clothes.
- That is not happening.
- [laughs] Do you know, ever since I was a kid,
my lucky number has always been three?
- Ever since I've been a kid,
two has been just a great number for me.
- I am dead serious.
It took so many years,
hundreds of thousands of dollars
to get these frozen embryos,
and I think that the castle deserves a little princess,
so we're definitely going for it,
whether you like it or not.
My dad keeps asking me when we're gonna have a baby girl.
Like, he really wants us to have a third kid.
- Okay, your parents don't even know you've done IVF so far.
I mean, how are they so confident
that you're gonna have a girl?
They might--in their world, it could be another boy.
- I do have to talk about it to my mom.
I feel really bad. Like, I feel like I'm--
I'm, like, lying to her.
In Indian culture, if you can't have children,
it's such a taboo.
I just wanted to keep it to myself.
- Your mom doesn't know you did IVF?
- No. I know it's not--
- I told you since you were pregnant
with the first kids, "You need to tell your mom."
I mean, it has to be brought up now because of the fact
that you are considering having a third child.
- I know, and I don't think you understand,
like, how traumatizing those two years, like, were.
Like, to want something so bad and to have everyone ask you,
like, "When are you gonna get pregnant?
when are you gonna get pregnant?"
and it's not working.
Like, I couldn't talk about it to people.
- But she's still your mother,
and she deserves to know the truth.
- I know.
- And she should know the truth.
I think sharing IVF is very important
for Jessel's sanity to talk about things with someone,
but also, from the worrying perspective of her mother,
I don't want her mom finding out through someone else.
We had our kids' first birthday party in London,
and the entire time,
the entire England family thinks these are natural--
- They are natural. - They are natural.
- I'll figure it out. I need to, like, spin my PR,
like, you know, narrative.
I'll tell my mom in due time.
[lively pop music]
* *
- It's an extraordinary car
because it has all of these differences.
- Oh, goodness gracious me. - But it does have the engine--
- Sorry, he knows--he knows nothing about cars.
I'm the collector. [laughs] - She's trouble.
- She looks like it. - [laughs]
Oh, yeah. It's definite. - [chuckles]
- Have you come to make sure that I get into trouble here?
- Yes! Yes.
Gideon and I were together
a total of five years.
When Gideon proposed,
we were actually broken up
for about a couple months, and I was seeing someone else.
Outside at the Ritz-Carlton,
all the speakers at sunset--
everything starts playing this really beautiful rendition
of "If I Could Walk 500 Miles."
And then all of a sudden, I see Gideon
come around the corner with my dog and flowers.
The worst thing you'll ever have to do
is call your boyfriend and tell him
that you're engaged to someone else.
- Take a look at this car.
That is a 1965 Bentley S3
"Flying Spur" Continental.
Take a look.
Only 18 of these were ever made.
Yeah, sit, and see what happens to you as you sit in it.
- It's so nice.
- Isn't there something special about that?
- It has the B crest on the front of it.
- Didn't I have a thing for a while
that I wanted a Bentley 'cause of the B?
And I said, " think it's meant to be."
- Yes. For my birthday, how about this?
- Pfft. [laughs] - Come on.
I've never said no to you in my life.
- I know, but-- - Just once.
- When we met, one of the reasons why we hit it off
is because I love classic cars.
He's literally a Prince Charming.
I didn't open a door for five years.
I didn't pick up one tab.
I can't even stand up at a dinner table
without him jumping up.
- I just got this about a month ago.
I've been after it for three years.
- Really? - Yeah.
- He's a Disney prince.
Half my friends and some of my family chose him.
- I've gotta make a phone call. - Okay.
- So I'm gonna let you sit here and think about it.
- We won't drive away. both: Okay.
- Do you think he's playing kind of a long game?
- [laughs]
I don't--oh, God. I hope not. I don't know.
- Fancy meeting you here of all places. Blah.
- That wasn't the first line that you used
when we met on Tinder. - No, but I seem to recall--
- No, it was, actually. - Was it?
- You know, I was just thinking this the other day.
Tinder was on, like, beta, and some guy on there,
basically, he asked if I wanted a dick pic.
And I was like, "This is gross, This is why I don't
do online dating, et cetera."
And so I'm going through, and I'm deleting.
- You meant to delete me. - And I go to yours.
And there's this paragraph and it's like,
"Top of the morning to you.
"Hope you're having a lovely day.
"Thank you so much for swiping right on me.
"I would love to perhaps take you out for a cup
of tea one day," and "Yours truly, Gideon."
And I remember reading it and being like,
"This is a good guy," and I remember being like,
"Sure, I'll get a cup of tea with you."
- My recollection is that you were the most beautiful person
I'd ever seen in my life. - [clicks tongue] Okay.
Why don't you sell my engagement ring,
and then you can buy this car?
[quirky music]
Okay, so do you have it or not?
- You know I have it.
- [laughs, gags] I feel carsick.
I remember specifically, I was walking on 57th Street,
and I saw my reflection in a mirror,
and I saw the ring, and it was massive,
like, four or five carats, stupid beautiful.
And then I realized that I was going to be someone's wife.
And I remember just panicking,
'cause I see myself as little Brynn with the little afro.
Like, I didn't see myself as someone's wife.
But yeah, I wasn't ready.
Crazy enough, I went to a psychic.
You know I love psychics. - You know, I gotta admit,
actually, that I have been toying
with the idea of going to one myself.
- Stop it. You made fun of me for years.
- I know. - Bullsh--
This psychic told me everything's
all good under the hood.
And I'll probably have a kid at 40,
and it's gonna be a boy, which is good
'cause I want boys.
The world doesn't need anoth-- - Another of you.
- Could you imagine? - No, I think that's a rather
delightful idea, frankly.
- I don't know. I might go and talk to them
about the egg-freezing thing. I don't know.
With inflation, eggs are just--
the cost of eggs have just gone up.
- Oh, indeed? - [laughs]
- And pints of milk as well. - Yeah.
I've been thinking about
freezing my eggs for a few years.
Creating a family for myself is the only thing in my life
right now that I want the most and I don't have.
I would love to be able to do it right,
but it's like, ticktock.
I don't have, like, forever.
Like, I might look 25, but I'm not,
so I need to get my sh-- together.
You think I should go to the egg-freezing place
in a chicken costume and just go in
and be like, "Ba-bawk, ba-bawk"?
- I don't know that they'd take you too seriously.
Come on then. Make a decision on this thing.
I need an answer. - Elliot?
We'll take it. [both laugh]
- Coming up...
Okay, so there are some things
that, like, I've been wanting to tell you.
[moody jazz music]
* *
- You okay? - Uh, yeah, I'm okay.
I wish it was sunny here. - [laughs] Right?
But I love how we're both wearing our sunglasses.
- Right this way. - Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Enjoy. - Hi.
- Ladies, would you like to start with a drink?
- Yes. Do you want sparkling water?
- Of course. - Let's do spicy margarita.
- And then can we also just get the classic Greek salad?
- Thank you. - My pleasure.
- What?
- Your hair is fine. - It's fine?
- Yes. - Okay. As long as you--well--
[laughs] When are you gonna grow your hair?
You need to grow it. - Grow my hair?
- Yeah. - But once it grows,
it goes so flat.
- Yeah. - And I hate it.
- You could always add layers.
- No, I can't do that. I-- - No?
- I don't have time. This is it.
- Mom, it is you and Dad by yourself in the house.
You have so much time. - You are like... [yammering]
- That's how I am, like a chihuahua?
- Yes. - Okay.
And you're perfect, right? - Yeah. Yeah.
- What do you mean, "Yeah"? - Yeah, I am.
- [laughs] My mom is my best friend.
We're super close.
Believe me, as an Indian girl growing up,
I kept many secrets from my mother.
- Margaritas, ladies. - Thank you.
- Ooh. - You're welcome.
- You know, Mom, it's literally 12:00.
I mean-- - Why not?
- You know, I would sneak a whole slutty outfit
in my backpack. "I'm going to my girlfriend's house
for a sleepover," and off I am to a nightclub.
Cheers, Mumsy. - Cheers, baby.
- IVF is probably the most serious secret,
and it's something that lives with me,
and I need to get it off my chest.
I can't believe... - So--
Dad has literally dropped Kai
on his head, like, five times already.
- Well, I'm very scared when the kids are with him.
- Yesterday, you were mad at me
'cause you said I called him... - Yeah, well, no. That's--
- A sh--head. - Respect.
- I do respect him. I'm very respectful.
You call Dad sh--head too sometimes.
- 'Cause he is a sh--head sometimes, yeah.
[both laugh] - So then what?
You have to practice what you preach.
- My mom and dad were, like, very, very strict.
I didn't want that for you guys.
- You were strict. - I wasn't that strict.
- Mom, you were very strict. - Come on. I worry!
- Yeah, of course you worry. - And I wish I can be
with you and support you and be there.
- Yes, okay.
So that being said,
there are some things that, like,
I've been wanting to tell you.
- Mm-hmm.
- It took me a really long time to get pregnant.
I started naturally, and, um, it wasn't working,
so you know, my doctor suggested IVF.
[uneasy music]
I was not crazy about the idea,
but what was I gonna do?
I was 36 at this point.
It was my only option.
I did one round, and it didn't work.
And then we basically ended up doing a second round.
- Mm-hmm. - It didn't work.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- So at that point, I was like, "(BLEEP)."
Like, this is-- now we're 50 grand in,
still no baby,
and this is also, like, six months
of, like, injections and hormones.
- Mm-hmm. - And the hormones are awful.
You know, you have to, like, inject yourself
in your stomach, like, every night for two weeks.
- Oh, my God.
- So imagine me telling you all this stuff, and, like, you're--
- I would have taken the next flight.
- I know you would have. - [laughs]
You know me. - I know you would have.
When I get a cold, my mom doesn't sleep.
She, like, calls me first thing in the morning.
"Oh, my God. How are you feeling? Oh, my God."
She internalizes it-- sleepless nights, doesn't eat.
I don't want her to go through that
just because I'm going through what I'm going through.
- It would have been nice if you had spoken to me
and said to me, "Hey, Mom."
- I--I--I know, and it's not like--
I'm gonna cry. It's just--
I didn't wanna worry you. That's all.
You really internalize everything, you know?
You do.
Don't cry. You're making me-- - I don't know what to say.
- No, but--it's like--
Mom, it's not like--look.
At the end of the day, yes, it was, like, not ideal.
- Had I known, I would have been--
[somber piano music]
- No, I know, I know. I know you would have.
You would have been amazing. - Yeah.
- But the thing is, is like, it was very tough
to talk about this stuff because
in our culture, for some reason,
if I had made it public knowledge,
what do you think the response would have been?
- Gossip. - Right.
- A lot of gossip. - A lot of gossip.
- That's how it is.
- A lot of, like, "Oh, my God. Did you hear?
So-and-so can't get pregnant." - No, so it's best to--
- Do you know how many times, like, I've heard that?
- I know. To keep it-- - And it's ----ed up.
Like, I don't like it. - Yeah, I agree with you.
- I knew it was gonna be fine.
I knew it was gonna be fine.
And it was.
And I got two for the price of one.
Like, hello. - [laughs]
- This is, like, the biggest bargain
you could ever get, you know?
- No, I understand, Jessel.
I know how you felt, and it's fine.
This all happened for the good, okay?
- It's been really hard
to not talk about it with her,
and I needed to get it off my chest.
And especially now, since we're thinking about--
well, I'm thinking about-- baby number three,
I would really love for her to be by my side
as I go through the next stage of my journey.
- I'm glad you opened up.
I'm glad you've said this to me.
- Well, so I wanna have number three.
- Hang on a minute.
- Three is my number.
That is not gonna go away.
- But you can't even manage the two.
- Mom.
[both laugh]
- Coming up...
- Is this your same brother
that has called you Jenna-talia?
[dramatic musical sting]
[upbeat music]
* *
[car horn honks]
* *
- Happy holidays. - Hi.
- Hello.
both: How are you? - Long time no see.
Thank you so much for doing this.
- No, thank you. - I had such a fun time.
- I'm so glad. - It was so silly.
It's not the same venue. It's not the Arts Club.
But you gotta make-- - It's, um, way more decorated.
- It's more decorated, and we gotta get a bar
'cause we gotta loosen 'em up.
The holidays are such a lovely and beautiful time.
And for some people, I'm including myself,
there's parts of it that can be rough,
So I like to direct all my energy
into the happy, nice things, which include decorating,
and specifically with close friends.
- Well, it's always good for being creative
is to be a little inebriated.
- Yes, there you go. I love it.
* *
- Hi! - Oh, here comes Messy Jesse.
Yay. - Oh, my God.
Look at this place. - Happy holidays!
- Do I fit? - Oh, my God.
She's on it. She's on it. Okay.
- Look how festive. - Hi. I'm Jessel.
- I'm Elise. - When you're around Jessel,
you feel loved, and when she's happy
to see you, she's truly happy to see you.
I love the energy. I love-- - [squeals] Oh.
- And she doesn't take herself seriously.
She's just--she's lighthearted
and funny and a space cadet.
- You said "Ho, ho, ho." - Yes.
- I mean, it's not-- I'm covered, but you know.
* *
- Cheers. - Chin-chin.
Happy holidays. - Happy holidays to you.
- Thanks for coming. - Of course this is the type
of place that you pick. - Just a little (BLEEP) it.
- So cute. Oh, my God.
Who is that? - What is going on?
What is this? Don't let them in.
I don't know who that is, off the street.
- This is a private party. - Could you help her?
- I totally need help. - Oh, my God.
- I didn't quite take into consideration
that I might need help.
- Are you carrying Jenna Lyons merchandise?
Did she bring her own décor?
Maybe Jenna's a secret, like, intense crafter or something.
Did she bring her own supplies?
'Cause she's rollin' deep with some baggage here.
- Okay. - Jenna Lyons.
- [sighs] - Is that it?
- [laughs] Oh, that's it. - Oh, my goodness.
- This is the last time I'm gonna get to see everyone
before the holidays, so this is, like, a bag.
It's sort of a culmination of some of my favorite things,
like products that I love,
and all female and small businesses.
So here's my--my Santa pack.
Hi, baby. - You're giving me static.
- You rolled up, Santa Claus. - I know. I'm totally--
- What did you bring?
- I just--I had been collecting
all these presents for you guys.
- You're collecting presents?
* *
- "Rhapsody in White's" here. - Oh, hello.
- Ho, ho, ho.
- Oh, my God. - I almost did a winter white.
- I love someone who overdresses.
[laughs] It makes me happy.
Like, if everyone was perfect and normal all the time,
it would be boring.
- How are you? - Good. How are you feeling?
- You do smell good. I'm good. - I know.
- There's some food from Bubby's.
- Um, is there oatmeal?
You know what I want? - What?
- Brown avocado? This is not my vibe.
I have my standards, okay?
I'm not gonna eat fried food for breakfast.
There's not that many healthy options, I see.
- I mean-- - [laughs] It's Brynn.
- Oh, sorry, Brynn.
- I guess the food wasn't up to Sai's standards,
but Sai always complains about food.
- So is this a table mat? What is this?
- It's your place mat.
- Sai is bitching and complaining.
I mean, it's what New Yorkers do best.
- What's up, bitches?
Oh, yeah, Ubah's not feeling good, right?
- Still not feeling good. - Still? I'm over it.
all: What? - Being sick?
- Being sick. - Yeah, I know.
- I haven't seen her--like, I literally have not seen her
in, what, three weeks? - I know.
- Wait, Jenna, how's your brother?
Did he--has he touched down?
- Oh, my God, speaking-- is this your same brother
that has called you Jenna-talia?
[dramatic musical sting]
- [laughing] Jenna-talia?
- I was bonding with Jenna. - [unconvincingly] Mm.
Yeah, clearly that bonding was very intimate.
- So I am with Jenna.
Thank you for having me, by the way.
- I'm so happy you came, actually.
- It was amazing having you. - It was really nice.
It was a casting for LoveSeen.
- I'm sorry, are you cold? - I'm cold.
- But anyway, there was this one girl.
She was super nervous.
And to break the ice, she said something personal
about herself, which I thought was really nice.
- Thanks, Sai. - And she brought up the fact
that her name is actually Judith.
- Judith?
Judith, to me, lives on the Upper East Side.
She wears pink wool and shops at Bergdorf.
That's not Jenna Lyons. Who are you, Judith?
- Her name is not Jenna at all.
And when she went to college, her professor was like,
"Does anyone have a nickname that they would like to go by?"
And the only thing she can think of
was a name that her brother would call her,
Jenna, Jenna, Jenna Talia.
[both laugh]
So she raised her hand, and she said,
"Jenna! My name's Jenna." - Jenna, genius.
- You know, it's crazy when you think you know someone,
and then you realize that
that's not even their real name.
I'm like, "What the"-- you know?
And I don't go around checking people's ID, you know?
I go through people's wallets, don't get me wrong,
but I don't look at the name on the ID.
- Judith, what's your middle name?
My middle name was Agar. - Agar?
- Judith Agar? - (BLEEP) yeah, this is great.
- This is, like, a "Game of Thrones" name.
- I love this sh--. - Agar.
- I changed it when I got married
to Jenna Lyons Mazeau,
and then when I got divorced, I dropped Mazeau,
and so now I don't have a middle name.
- You don't need to have a name, though.
You could just be, like, J. - Here's the only issue
is that I have all my shirts monogrammed,
which I know sounds super obn-- - I love a monogram.
- But-- - You like three initials?
- I like the three initials. - Yeah, same.
- And I don't have three anymore.
- JFL. - I have all these old--
- You have JFL. I coined that-- - You know what?
I actually might do that.
I'm Jenna ----ing Lyons.
So great. I'll take it, JFL.
[tense music]
- Hi. - Darth Vader's here.
- Oh, look at the sparkle. - Hi.
- Darth Vader, hello. - Hi.
- Hello.
- Hi. - Welcome to the party.
- Are you all right? - I'm okay.
- You don't seem okay.
- The energy that's coming in is not very merry
or jolly or bright.
- You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.
both: Hi. - You okay?
- Yeah.
- What's wrong? - Hi. Nothing.
- Why's everybody low-energy today?
- I know. - I don't know.
I've been up at-- since 5:30.
I decided to go to this wreath making
because I'm pissed off.
I want to ruin her party,
just like she ruined mine.
- Okay, let's do it. - Okay, now what do we do?
- Now I'm gonna show you all the characters.
The wreath is your container,
and you don't have to fill the whole thing.
Everything doesn't have to be even
'cause asymmetry is your friend.
- Not for my boobs. That's why I got them done.
[both laugh] - Fair.
- $17,000 later. - That's fair.
Okay, let the games begin.
- Okay.
- So how are we supposed to get it in here?
- I don't know. - I have to cut it
and stick it in.
- So many sexual innuendos going on.
- This is gonna take hours.
- I'm very focused right now.
- This is harder than it looks.
- I do arts and crafts with my two-year-olds.
I don't do it for fun.
- These girls, I think they failed pre-K
because they can't even glue.
- We're just trying to make wreaths.
It's not that big of a deal.
- And I don't know what I'm doing, to be fair.
I'm just, like, throwing sh-- at a wall
and hoping it sticks or it intertwines.
- What's everybody doing for the holidays?
- The Taanks are in town from London.
- [Brittish accent] The Taanks are in town from London.
- I'm goin' to the Dominican Republic.
- You are? - Ay!
- (BLEEP) yeah. - You're going to DR?
- Can I come with you? - Like, four different families
with a bunch of kids, so it's-- - That's amazing.
- Are you guys getting a villa, or, like,
what--like, what's the deal? - We have a house.
We have a huge, huge house
with, like, our closest cousins.
Actually, if you had stuck around at my event,
you would have seen the speech from our cousin,
who we're very close with. - There were so many people
giving speeches at your event,
I couldn't hear a thing to be honest with you.
- You left, and you didn't say goodbye.
- I was hungry. There was, like, no--
- That's not a reason to leave somebody's event
and not say goodbye.
I think it's incredibly rude,
and I think you have bad manners.
- I don't care.
- It's so rude. - I tried to say goodbye--
- Everybody else waited. Ever-- - You literally
were taking forever to change your clothes.
- They all waited. Nobody else cared.
- I was hungry. - I mean, it's--
- Everybody knows how I get when I'm hungry.
- It's bad manners. - I go from 0 to 100
when I'm hungry, so... - I know.
- Before I would go off on-- - There was tons of food--
- No, there wasn't. - Yes, there was.
And every single person... - I am--
- After the event said the food was incredible.
- I do not eat meat. There was, like,
piggies in a blanket. - So then have a bite before.
- Sorry if that offended you. - You don't even care.
- I don't. I don't care. - You don't even think
it's rude.
- I'm getting so annoyed with Sai's hungry excuse.
Like, maybe you should get that checked out.
It seems like you have, like, a worm in your--
like, there's something wrong.
- Do you have food?
What do you got to eat?
I thought you were cooking.
I don't smell anything.
Do you mind if we stop at Provisions?
- Oh, my God. - A girl's gotta eat.
- My kids get in bad moods when they're hungry.
You're 40-something. Eat.
- I came, I saw, and I left.
- Yep. Thank you for that. - And that's it.
- Wait, she gets a thank you? - Not an actual thank you.
- But I had to go. - And you're not getting
any sort of thank you or anything nice from me
because what you did was horrendous.
- Oh, here it comes. Here it comes. What did I do?
What did I do in comparison to everyone else?
- Because she didn't go up to Abe and say,
"Hey, when you get divorced, please let me know,"
at my anniversary party.
* *
Do you think it's normal to do that?
- You don't know what you're talking about right now.
- I don't know what I'm talking about? You said...
- What did I say? - "Wow, so you're not
"actually married because
at your first wedding you didn't actually say vows."
- Is that what I said? - Yes, that's what you said.
- So wait, if you didn't say vows,
then technically you're not married.
- And then you said, "Whenever you're ready
to get divorced, please let me know."
- Once you're ready to get a divorce, I'm single.
And should we make the announcement here?
- You don't say that at someb-- - Dude!
Oh, my God. - You don't do that.
- Erin, give me a break. - Erin, I was there.
She was doing it in Brynn, like, style.
Like, it was a joke. - Maybe then tell him
to stop laughing at my jokes. - Abe was laughing.
- Whatever you do, don't mess up
and say "I, Abe, take you, Brynn."
[both laugh]
It was just a reference to "Friends,"
you know, Ross and Rachel.
It was ----ing funny. I was doing a bit.
I'm making jokes, and Abe's like--
he can take it, and he's giving it back too.
- It was a joke. Everyone was laughing.
I was laughing. - I don't care if it's a joke
to bring up divorce with my husband
at my 10-year anniversary party.
- I didn't bring up divorce.
- She definitely didn't bring up the D-word.
- I didn't say "divorce," dude. - You did.
- You weren't even there. What are you talking about?
- She definitely didn't bring up the D-word.
- Divorce. Divorce? Trial separation.
Yeah, I call him "Abe the Babe."
Why--how are you mad about this,
but when I wake up in your bed
and I joke about Plan B-- - 'Cause I'm there.
All right, I'm going to make coffee before I do anything.
I need it desperately. - All right.
I need a Plan B.
[both laugh]
- What kind of Christmas holiday?
I'm like, sitting across from a bunch of Grinches.
It's not a big deal.
We all know Brynn loves to flirt.
That's what she does.
Does she really want your husband? No.
- I know women that are out to get your husband.
This was not that moment.
- I'm sorry that you weren't there and you heard
a version of the story and, for whatever reason...
- It's one thing after another. - It upset you.
But no, no, but I'm--it's not one thing after another.
And if you accuse me of flirting with a married man,
it's gonna really get real.
- Accuse you? - Don't, don't, don't, don't.
- You weren't flirting with him?
What were you doing?
This is the difference between Brynn and most of my friends.
Brynn digs her heels.
She doesn't take ownership.
She can't apologize and move on.
Making like it was comedy hour? - It was a ----ing joke.
Don't flatter yourself. Yes.
Yes, it is. - Oh, really?
- 'Cause the party was ----ing boring.
- Okay, I don't wanna be here anymore.
I'm, like, not enjoying myself. - Wait, are you serious?
- Yeah, I just can't. - Why are you leaving?
- No, don't leave. - I am.
- Erin. Come on. - Oh, Erin!
- Bah humbug, Erin. Come sit down.
- I'm not in the mood. I'm not in the mood. I'm done.
You guys have fun. I'll take my sick wreath.
- Brynn, she flirts while ordering steak.
It's just the way she operates.
I personally think Erin maybe took it a little seriously.
It doesn't need to be a big thing.
It's become a big thing.
- It's beautiful. - 'Cause I'm really good
at ----ing designing and you guys all suck.
Bye. - Merry Christmas.
- Okay, I don't wanna be here anymore.
- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.
- Happy New Year.
[tense music]
- Are we just letting her go? - Yes!
- Really? - It's Christmas.
Like, if she's cranky, let her go.
- Yeah. - I think it was a bit
dramatic, but I guess she was having a bad day.
Maybe it was the brown avocado.
I get it. You need a moment.
- I don't want someone to feel bad.
- Feel bad about what? - She can't seriously think
I was flirting with Abe. - You never said...
- I nicknamed him Abe the Babe. - The D-word.
- I trademarked Abe the Babe. - You never said the D-word.
- Why are you apologizing about something
you didn't do-- - It's funny.
- I think she's just sensitive. - And I want to acknowledge
what she's going through, but I would like
to actually have a sane conversation
on why do you feel this way,
because she knows me, and that's absurd.
[line trilling] - Kel?
- What's up? - I just, like,
freaked out on Brynn. I'm, like, shaking right now.
I just, like, walked out of the whole thing.
- Are you serious? - Yeah, I just, like--
I don't know, like, I just feel like she doesn't stop.
She's just, like, weird.
I don't know what her problem is.
- I told you she's ----ing rude.
- She was rude, right?
Like, she was telling me that I'm making it up.
- Such a bitch, and then she wore sunglasses
as if it was, like, sunny. Like, honey,
you're not a celebrity, relax.
- I know, I know.
All right, I'm gonna, like-- I'm gonna go to work.
I'll call you when I get to the office.
- Okay, love you. - Love you, bye.
- [gasping] both: Wow.
- It's just a genuine box of gifts--
- Oh, my God. - All right, this one's
for you. - Okay.
- Oh, my God. I love! - Aww. Thank you, Jenna.
- And then this bag is for you. - Jenna, this is awesome.
- The whole bag? - I--oh, my God, Jenna!
I love gifts. I love receiving gifts.
I specifically love expensive gifts from men.
I love gifts.
But when it comes in bulk,
it's kind of a little weird.
I--I don't understand it.
- Um--oh, my God. - [laughs]
- This is actually my favorite travel bag.
- Oh, that's awesome. - Same. It's the best.
- I love. - It it really is,
'cause you can hang it on the back of the door.
Wipes. - Oh, you need the wipes, girl.
- Wipes... - Wipe your ass.
- For your booty hole? - What is this?
- That's a all-natural beauty thing.
- Oh, my God. Look at this packaging.
Jenna, you're so thoughtful always.
- I think she's hyperaware
of our past experience together.
- I'm a ----ing Christmas tree.
I would never wear this.
I absolutely hate this.
I'm on a thank-you tour now.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
This is a great regift bag. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
It's amazing. Great. Thank you.
Can we just get cash value for this bag?
- I will say, your sponsored gifts are really nice.
- Well, that's not a sponsored gift.
I actually made it. - No, I know that.
I'm just saying anything with your name on it...
- Oh, thanks. Okay-- - I like to call it sponsored.
- Fair, fair, but it's not-- - This is very pretty.
- Thank you. - I like this.
- I'm glad you like it.
- Jenna's great with the gifts.
I love the gifts, but at this point,
I think there's some sort of ulterior motive,
considering every gift has her name or a collab on it.
You lie! - Oh, I forgot.
- "Sponsored by Jenna Lyons," everyone.
That's what I truly, truly feel,
like, no matter how much she's like, "No, I love you,
"kind, hearts, rainbows, unicorns.
Here's a bracelet."
Today's swag bag is sponsored by Jenna Lyons.
- Jenna, are these all your brand partnerships--
- We're done. We're done. - #Ad.
- I don't think Jenna has an expectation
that we're all gonna share on social.
I think she has an assumption or a hope that we all will.
- Oh, my God. - Hi.
- What is this? They're all gorge.
- No, they're not. - I'm sorry, this is--
- Stop being so down on yourself.
- Brynn, that looks like sh--. - But before--wait, wait.
Come on. Hold yours up. - I don't want to.
- Aw, Brynn. - I'm holding it up for you.
- I don't want to. Just get it out of my face.
[both laugh]
Happy holidays, kids. - I'm sorry.
- You look like the Grinch!
- I hate everybody.
- I think you're done.
- Well, we survived. - I mean, I was done.
I'm overcooked, but-- - Thank you.
- Have a great holiday. - It was really fun.
That was great. Thank you so-- both: Thank you.
- Should we FaceTime Ubah?
- Yeah. - Oh, yeah. Let's FaceTime her.
You look so cute in the trucker hat.
- I love a good trucker hat. - Oh.
- Hi! - Ho, ho, ho!
- Oh, baby. - Aww.
You look so cute with your pigtails.
- We miss you. - Oh, my God, Ubah!
- We're over this, you being sick.
It's like, yeah, we were talk--
- First of all, you're missing all of this.
- [coughs] I miss you guys very much too.
- I know. It's really not fun.
- By the way, the most important question:
is there food there today?
- She wants to know if you have food here today.
- Just put the phone by the food and let her just--
- Do you want to--yeah, just let her marinate on that.
- You sit over there with your food, boo-boo.
- All you can eat. You do your thing.
- [laughs] - We'll be over here!
- Girl, I saw the food.
I'm actually happy I was not there.
- We'll call you soon! Enjoy the food!
- Bye, love. - Happy holidays!
- Still to come this season
on the "Real Housewives of New York City"...
- Oh, God. [dramatic beats]
This is probably why I'm not married.
[cheering]
- Aah! Ew!
If your wife did not have sex with you
for a year and a half, what would happen?
- I would (BLEEP) other women. - [laughs]
- Abe. Oh, my God.
- And voilà. Free shots!
- Whoa! [cheering]
- Jenna says, "I'm not flying down with you guys
because I don't fly coach."
- Do you actually believe that I didn't come with you
because I didn't want to fly in coach?
- I do.
- Actions have consequences, Jenna.
- Good morning. Why are you mad at me?
- I literally put myself on a control cruise.
- Cruise control, babe. - Whatever the (BLEEP) it is.
- This, my friend, is dessert.
- I think I'm just need more champagne.
- Did you know her husband is going
to Vietnam?
What's in Vietnam? - I know--
I know some things that are in Viet--
- Erin's, like, now in her ear or sitting on her shoulder
or whatever the (BLEEP) parrots do.
- This is my pet parrot. - I'm a pet parrot!
- Can you-- - Shh, don't talk to her!
Don't talk to my pet parrot!
- Shut up! - No!
- Shut your ----ing mouth! - It's true. It's the truth.
- You're such a bitch. - You--
no, no, you are a bitch!
- Bipolar bitch has turned
from normal to crazy.
- And she didn't tell me. Sai told me.
- That is ----ed up.
- She said it on camera.
- It was not on ----ing camera!
- This is, like, jewelry for your butt.
- Butt stuff I'm saving for my husband.
- And that's understandable.