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Kelly Bensimon Needs Your Attention, America
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 10, 2009
Modified Apr 10, 2009
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The Real Houswives of New York's Kelly Bensimon proves once again that she's a terrible person. On the heels of allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, she's now lashing out verbally in Harper's Bazaar. Page Six has an excerpt from the interview, where she calls her co-star Bethenny inauthentic, and asks: "Will she ever sit next to Lauren duPont?" Burn? (We don't know who that person is.) She then pats herself on the back for being authentic because she's "the ambassador for wool." What? This is so confusing! You don't need a crazy-talk translator to understand the following, however—when asked why she even agreed to be on the show, she declared, "I wanted to put my name up there. I was like, it's not enough for New York to know me. I wanted the rest of America to know me. I have a great life." America, if you're ready for more, you can get the full interview here.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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