Jill Zarin Doubts Her Friendship With Bethenny Was Ever Real
Jill Zarin is having serious doubts her long-defunct friendship with former 'Real Housewives of New York City' co-star Bethenny Frankel was ever real and tells me it was just a "TV romance" that went bad.
Real bad.
"The truth is, I don't even remember being friends with her anymore," Jill tells me on my HDNet show. "You know, when I see her picture and when I see her on TV, I don't even remember our relationship. Which kinda says something."
The pair's friendship went down in flames during the third season of the hit show, with numerous on-air blowups leading to a full scale feud between the two. It probably didn't help that Jill accidentally broke the news of the birth of Bethenny's baby last year on Twitter.
But after many attempts to patch things up, it's pretty clear things are kaput for good for these ex-BFF's and Jill tells me she's fine with it because they didn't exactly have long history. "People thought we came into the show with that romance," she said. "We didn't. We fell in love on TV and we got a divorce on TV."
Now a year later, she's not even sure she and the 'Bethenny Ever After' star were chums to begin with! "It was real! Well, I thought the friendship was real. Clearly, it was not."
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THANK YOU!!!! I couldnt have said it any better!
Jill acts like some spoiled little BRAT!!!! I don't know how Bobby or anyone else puts up with her...she wants to be a star so bad but she doesn't have what it takes to be one...she's jealous...she's hateful...she's a snob....that mother of hers...I feel sorry for BOBBY to have to deal with her crap!!!
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Jill get a life ! your to bossy to be a friend to anyone !
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BETHENNY IS F,IN FUGLY SHE WONT AGE WELL JILL IS PRETTY HOT
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Oh Jill give it a rest...your 15 mins are over. You are a mean girl!
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AT LEAST JILL NEVER PISSED IN A BUCKET ON HER WEDDING DAY. DID ANYONE EVER TRY TO HOUSE BREAK BARFENNY-SCARF AND BARF...
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jill is just upset that Bethanny moved on with her life and that when jill said it first that she was done with Bethanny and bad mouthed her to her new BFF's Bethanny did what she said and it was done! Now the show will be nothing to watch they just lost me as a viewer! It happened for Bethanny and i am happy for her she got the man, the baby, and the marriage that her jealous so called friends told her that she would not get so to that note she showed them HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Watched the show a few times; Jill was so nasty that she made Bethany look like an innocent sweet heart; not an easy feat.
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Jill just stop you brought a agruement you had with Bethenny to the streets and now you want the viewer to belive that there was no friendship. We watched your friendship blossom on tv and we watched you destroy it on tv. Bethenny loved you and you loved Bethenny but than you hated bethenny.When Bethenny came to you crying and stating we are family you yelled you scare me with so much hatred in your voice and face. Bethenny realized that you hated her that is when the friendship was over for Bethenny. Lesson learned. Bethenny does not own you anything so stop acting like she does.When ask about your friendship she said there is no freindship do the same.
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I think it's really sad that their friendship ended :(. I think LuAnn got in the way from settling things at Romana's home. I know Bethany cared for Jill, but IT'S LUANN'S FAULT, DAMN IT!!!!
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it's past your bedtime jill and your age.
go to bed and put it to bed already.
it's obvious you and luann are breaking out the box of meaness because your show was put on hold because it has no substance.
meanwhile, bethenney's came first and on the heels of that is the orange county hw.
must be hard to figure out how to get everyone excited about nothing now.
which no one is and why you feel the need to slam to make an entrance which doesn't seem to be happening.
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Jill Zarin doesn't really "remember the relationship"????? I think that's a typical Zarin statement. She's sooooo insanely jealous of Bethenny's success, fortune and rise to the top, she probably can't see beyond her nose!
I NEVER cared for Zarin at all. She turned down repeated apologies from Bethenny, to the point of such humiliation for Bethenny. That was very empowering for Jill, as high and mighty as she'd like to appear. She's the type who not only likes to put the knife in, she's that gal who gets a kick out of twisting it! Seriously, her fan base will dwindle and she knows that NY show isn't going to be what it was. I didn't dislike Luann. I just thought she was instrumental in ruining that relationship. Bethenny has moved on...Zarin, you should do the same. Bethenny, in all likelihood, doesn't miss you or your nonsense anyway!
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you are a lyier not spilling lys you were friend with Bethany get it right
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Jill is a total jerk, she screwed up her relationship w/ Bethenny. she also thought she was better than Bethenny and talked behind her back!! Jill was never Bethenny friend... Jill found out the hard way.
I think it's great that Bethenny doesn't want Jill's name mentioned in any interviews because it's NOT about Jill.
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Jill, just go away. You are riding everyone's coat tails. You are a Five Towner and will always be one. Take that voice with you. It makes the dead roll over.
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Of course Bethenny doesn't want to be asked about you in interviews, Jill. She doesn't want to dredge up all that poison you brought to the last season of Housewives of NY.
Seriously, we ALL saw what went on, Jill. The camera doesn't lie - you cannot blame it on editing - you were HORRIFIC to Bethenny simply because you were jealous of her success. It didn't work.
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Jill...you're pathetic! Go back to that horribly decorated, aluminum wrapped apartment you call "home". Terrible taste...should be shown as something "Not to do when decorating!"
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WHY do they keep Bethenny's name in the press?
If they don't like or miss her, they should not even bother answering or mentioning her name.
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well jill, the public still doesn't like you. you have to be eating your heart out that Bethanny is so successful and you can only brag about success because of your husbands business. Bethanny is so much better of a person than you. you ask her a question she gives you a straight answer. too bad jill you are such a phoney.
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Jill was jealous, that's why they are not friends today.
.....Smhh women
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