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Rh Of New York Media; Recaps, Gossip, Blogs
Topic Started: Jan 17 2012, 08:51 PM (58,712 Views)
Finestra
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Carole tweeted about it being irksome. I find it irksome that she used the word irksome.
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Sonja in Cannes with boyfriend
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Morgan wines on beau’s dime
Last Updated: 6:28 AM, May 16, 2013
Posted: 1:06 AM, May 16, 2013
“Real Housewife” Sonja Morgan, 49, and her real-estate-developer boy-toy, Benjamin Benalloul, 23, frolicked in Paris and St. Tropez before the Cannes Film Festival, as the bankrupt Bravo star looks to unload a home there and settle a multimillion dollar judgment against her.

But sources tell Page Six that Morgan’s reported relationship with Benalloul is nothing more than a business arrangement.

Despite headlines blaring they’re a couple, behind the scenes, “Benjamin’s been calling Sonja his ‘fake girlfriend,’ ” a source said. Another added, “Sonja desperately needs money. Benjamin’s paying her tab, so she’ll escort him to high-end events and he can meet the ‘right’ people.” But another source said the dashing business scion’s always over at Morgan’s townhouse (also for sale).

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But Benalloul says he splits time between his Upper East Side homes, Great Neck and traveling the world. About paying Morgan’s way, “That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard,” he said. “I come from one of the oldest, well-respected families in New York . . . I’m doing great things, I don’t need any connections. I come from a private family; we stay under the radar.

“Sonja dates men seven days a week. I’m very much enjoying the time we spend together. [But] we do not have a [serious] relationship. She’s an unbelievable woman, we learn things from each other. It’s a meeting of minds. We’re just dating.”

Morgan said: “Ben doesn’t need any fake girlfriends. He has his own townhouses. He doesn’t have to pay anyone to be with him. That’s just ludicrous. And he doesn’t need me to introduce him. There’s no one he doesn’t know that I don’t know. We’re dating, he’s crazy about me.”

Before Morgan, Benalloul dated real estate prodigy Natasha Roberts, sources said. Will he be on “Real Housewives of New York,” which starts filming this week? “I highly doubt it,” he said. I’m not a person in the media.”

Morgan was also in France to try settling a $7 million debt over a planned John Travolta film that fizzled. We hear she offered Hannibal Pictures $3 million but was turned down.
She dates men 7 nights a week? Sounds like Sonja's hooking.

Also, I feel for her regarding the judgment. She was foolish not to have incorporated.
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I'm going to consciously refuse to see any John Travolta movies or projects or anything that "Hannibal" does. Their liability cannot have been seven million dollars -- that's just bad business if you spend that kind of money before shooting anything.
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And Kelly's apartment is for rent. Wonder why?

Kelly ‘Rentsimon’
By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL

Last Updated: 10:25 AM, May 16, 2013

Posted: 12:04 AM, May 16, 2013

The downtown pad that Kelly Bensimon, a former star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City,” has been calling home is on the market. The unit in the famed Police Building at 240 Centre St. is for rent at $20,000 a month. The apartment is owned by Bensimon’s ex-husband, photographer Gilles Bensimon.

The three-bedroom, three-bathroom co-op, on the fourth floor of the Beaux-Arts building, is 2,600 square feet and features 17-foot ceilings and large windows in three exposures.

Listing broker Steven Gold of Douglas Elliman declined to comment.

Bensimon recently sold her East Hampton beach mansion for $5.76 million, down from its original $12 million asking price. She is still on the prowl for a new home to rent or to buy in the city.

Bacon’s for the takin’

Kevin Bacon (pictured) and Kyra Sedgwick were two of Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff’s victims. But the power couple have managed to carry on in style.

Bacon , who is starring in the Fox hit show “The Following,” recently checked out a three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom condo listed for $5.995 million at 101 Warren St. in TriBeCa. The 31st-floor unit is 2,530 square feet. A spy reports that Bacon liked the building’s views of downtown and the Hudson River as well as its parking garage. Bacon and Sedgwick currently live on Central Park West.



Read more: Kelly ‘Rentsimon’ - NYPOST.com http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/residential/kelly_rentsimon_KhzC6HC47WKVcd8dPD79JN#ixzz2TUEwBppj
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Sounds like Gilles cut her off, except for child support. She loved both of those places, she wouldn't have given them up unless the concern was financial.

Sea Louise Bensimon born in 1998 and Thadeus Ann Bensimon born in 2000. So, at most, maybe 5 more years of child support money for Thadeus. Sea's should cut off in 3 years. Maybe she took a cash settlement and has already gone through that, or maybe the apartment was part of that, and the Hamptons house the rest of it.
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Sad for Kelly but more so for her kids. She really did love both those places.
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May 17 2013, 07:36 AM
Sad for Kelly but more so for her kids. She really did love both those places.
Me, too. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that whackadoodle.

I did not know that Giles owned the apartment. I've always thought it was Kelly's.

She'll land on her feet, though. She's got 6 mil from the beach house and if she's careful, she'll be okay. Doesn't her family have money, too? Not Bensimon money but comfortable money? And I have to hope that Giles will always be good to Sea and Ted. But have we ever seen pics of Giles and the girls together?
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Well at least she has enough sense to think ahead and start selling this stuff now.
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I don't think she has that much sense, just good looks that are fading and an aged ex who will take care of his children no matter what.

I wonder if she was forced to sell. I wonder if she wishes she was still on the show and earning that money.
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She is in the Hamptons all the time. I'm not worried about her. And yes, her family is quite comfortable.

I saw a picture of Giles at a photo exhibit of his from a couple of months ago. Kelly was there with both kids. I have never heard her saying anything but the best about him, are you listening Bethenny?

She is always at events with her kids. Posted a confirmation pic a few weeks ago with the older daughter. Never tweets a negative word.






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Giles and Kelly
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If someone was paying my housing in such a gorgeous and generous style, paying for my life, basically, and my children's lives -- I'd never say boo, either.
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Exactly.

Oh, and she has been a bitch on twitter a couple of times, but I agree it's rare, and usually provoked. Mostly she's just a nit wit, posting nonsense that can MAKE YOU HOT! Or photos of "healthy cooking" like brownies from a box that look like the cat threw up on a plate.
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New Housewife!

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2 kids, more at link, husband founded Eboost or something, former model.

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Ladies like to be paid.

There’s been a lot of strife getting Season 6 of The Real Housewives of New York City going (The Wrap has story with some good dirt about the insanity here). The problems have been over money, of course. As of now, the Countess LuAnn de Lesseps still has not signed on, but earlier this week, Bravo announced that Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, and Heather Thomson have. And there’s some confusion over Aviva Drescher’s status: Radar Online is reporting she’s signed on, and she tweeted as much. But Bravo couldn’t actually confirm that! These ladies.

Lost in this mess is the fact that there will also be at least one new cast member: Kristen Taekman. Her name was first reported by The New York Post, and a source close to the production has confirmed it to me. Bravo, however, would not (they never do with casting). The show is starting to film now; I am guessing — like, truly — there would be a fall premiere. Or some other season.

So who is this Kristen Taekman that RHONY fans will be seeing at her absolute worst? And then judging?
This is Kristen Taekman with her husband, Josh.
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