'Housewife' Sonja Morgan Wants to Be Like Bethenny
Finding herself having to file for bankruptcy, 'Real Housewife' Sonja Morgan is looking to ex-housewife Bethenny Frankel for business advice.
"I'll be like Bethenny. I'll do the deals first, then the baby, then get married," Sonja told me when she sat down with me on the set of my HDNet talk show 'Naughty But Nice.' "Bethenny is funny as hell. I enjoyed my time with her. I'm going to be on E! Hollywood Story for Bethenny. She's one smart cookie, and I'm following right behind her."
Sonja has already started her own cookbook, just like Bethenny, except focusing on toaster ovens rather than being Skinny. "I have my toaster oven deal coming up, and my toaster oven accessories, and my aprons and my mitts," Sonja tells me. No joke.
"That's the reason to go on one of these shows, it's to show your tips and secrets, and to share your experiences that you have. I feel like I have lots of lifestyle tips to give, lots of beauty tips to give, lots of family secrets to share, and that's the reason to be on a show. NOT to bicker and fight. People want to learn how to grow a garden, how to pick up a man, how to cook, how to make great green juice, how to make your skin beautiful. Where to get a good pinot grigio."
Sonja divorced wealthy businessman John Adams Morgan, great-great grandson of the American Gilded Age financier John Pierpont Morgan (aka J.P. on the street) and described her marriage as a merger. "I had all the friends and family to bring to the picture, and my husband had all the yachts and the private islands. It was perfect."
"I woke up one morning, and decided I was going to be a movie producer. I put a slate of 5 movies together, and I started Sonja Productions. I spent a bunch of my money on it," Sonja revealed to me. "I said I'd put some pictures together, and it was going well. I had a movie come out with Forrest Whittaker and Gabrielle Anwar, and we got two awards, and it was on a roll. And then one of my movie deals, it was one big misunderstanding, and then they sued me, and I wasn't adequately represented, and I lost. That's ok I'm a survivor. I'll be fine. I'll take care of Sonja. What goes around comes around, and the universe always gives back. And I'm such a giver."
Now the giver has to find $7 million dollars or lose her Manhattan town house. Let's hope some of Bethenny's business magic does rub off. Because $7 million is a lot of toaster ovens.
For my complete interview with Sonja, tune into 'Naughty But Nice' exclusively on HDNet at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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You want to be like Bethenny? Get on all fours, say "oink", stick your curly tail out, and charge 50 bucks for the pleasure.
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no, that would be your sister.
I wouldn't be taking ANY ADVISE from this woman, period. Being bankrupt isn't anything to aspire to.......lmao
This THING wishes to be like Bethenny, not happening anytime soon.
lol@toaster oven cookbook!
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you are sooooooooooo right!! its hilarious that these housewives think they all sing good or cook good.bethanny is the only one who seems to be showing any success at all.i think its because bethanny left the housewife show just in the knick of time.the other females who are trying to branch out with new business ideas are still on the show acting a fool and that my friend will keep them in a negative light to the public and a negative view to their product.i'm just saying.
Bethenny is a ripoff and Morgan is a fraud. She's a nobody who thinks she's a somebody.
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Sounding pretty nasty so early in the day.
As long as she doesn't think she should have her own show.
She is a drag and a fake. Looks like a drag queen.
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Sorry Sonya but you are & never will be like Bethanny. You're wore out & hulled out. Good Luck to Ya...you're gonna need it. P.S. Stop showing the crack of your a** at so-called costume parties.
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Man you people are CRUEL Sonia is a human being who has feelings
Would you like someone to spew that hate on you?
I have written about people before but never with that much hatred
You people really have to lighten up..It's a TV SHOW
She's even more delusional thatn I thought if she really believes she'll ever be as popular or successul as Betthany...
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I don't agree with certain lifestyles, but differences make the world go round. Beneath all the glitz and crazy, I believe Sonja has a good heart. Believe it or not (dare I say it), I'm waiting for the toaster oven cookbook - I'll buy it!
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Hi Sonya:)!
"I woke up one morning......" So typical "Housewife". No thought given to- I have no experience in this area, I know absolutely nothing about anything, but hey, let me write a check and call my self a producer and sleep with everything that moves. (or doesn't) I don't even have the brains to have a legal team working for me to protect everything I took from my husband in order to protect my child.
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what a person does for a living does not necessarily tell us who that person really is. u say most people like him, they like what he does and have no clue what he is like to live with. and, if he can date younger women, what is your problem with her dating a younger man, sound a tad bias to me, also, he said, she said, who can tell who is telling all the truth, i suspect the truth lies in the middle and dodnt know who is to blame, so just leave it alone and wish them all well, because i doudt if either of their relationships will last.
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I WOULD NEVER BUT DEALS AHEAD OF KIDS OR MARRIAGE.....BUT, THEN AGAIN THATS WHY BETHENNY IS NOW SO RICH
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THE FACT IS BETTEBBT GOT KNOCKED UP THEN MARRIED
dont tell jill you admire Bethenny. jill is so green with jealousy she can't stand to even hear her name. Bethenny is the wealthiest of all housewifes and jill just can't stand it. i think it is hillarous that luann is the poorest of all the housewife shows. until sonja gets her finances in tack i guess you are right now but you won't be for long. i love luann being the poorest.
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Anyone who would listen to her about anything would crazy...she get's botox,is a "snob", she's old and sleazy...seriuosly people.
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Another thing, why would I spend my hard earned money to help her payback a debt? She really is delusional.
TOASTER OVEN DEAL???? REALLY!?
At least get a fragrance deal!
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