The Real Housewives of New York City is back and so is the drama as one Housewife is compared to "Satan" in an explosive premiere.
The Real Housewives of New York City may have launched a new season — but it didn’t take long for the ladies to slip back into some old patterns.
Much like the Season 14 finale, the Season 15 premiere ended with an explosive storm-off by one cast member after a fun night out at Chelsea’s swanky The Fleur Room turned into a heated battle where one Housewife was compared to “Satan.”
What did Erin Lichy’s text to Jessel Taank say?
The drama began the night before when real estate guru Erin Lichy sent PR maven Jessel Taank a “cryptic” text that read simply, “So disappointed.”
The text message, sent on April 3, had Jessel on edge before the party even began.
“Um, so, at like 10 p.m. I’m about to pass out and I get a text and it says, 'I’m so disappointed,'” Jessel told Brynn Whitfield.
“I literally am her child and I’m getting spanked, like I don’t know, did you not get anything?” Jessel added of the vague reprimand.
The duo suspected Erin’s comment may have been related to an earlier conversation they had with Jenna Lyons at a furniture store, where Brynn insisted to Jenna that Erin had been making some disparaging remarks about her.
Without any direct confirmation, however, Jessel and Brynn agreed “something’s brewing” amongst the group and left it at that.
Why were Erin Lichy and Sai De Silva upset with Brynn Whitfield?
It didn’t take long for Erin to bring up the “cryptic text” with Jessel — and confirm it had been related to the accusations made about her at the furniture store during a conversation between Brynn, Jessel, and Jenna.
Erin denied ever making any negative remarks about Jenna and insisted she had just been retelling a funny story about a moment Jenna and Erin shared together in the Hamptons.
But ultimately, she placed the blame for the supposed miscommunication about the incident solely on Brynn’s shoulders.
“There’s a manipulator in the group who manipulates things,” Erin told Jessel. “She’s lying about this story. She’s lying.”
In a conversation with producers, Erin described herself as a “very honest straight shooter” and again denied making the remarks.
“The problem with Brynn that I have is that she will take a truth and turn it into a manipulation and an exaggeration and then make you look like a liar,” she said.
Erin wasn’t the only one to have taken issue with Brynn.
