Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin’s ‘RHONY’ Podcast Reunion Is as Chaotic as Ever: Biggest Takeaways

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After more than a decade, Real Housewives of New York City fans can finally rest easy knowing that peace has been brokered between two legends: Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin.The duo reunited over the weekend for a special episode of Bethenny’s “ReWives” podcast, which debuted on Tuesday, July 18. “We’re mentioning it all,” Bethenny, 52, told listeners. “We both need to get a hobby and we’re mentioning it all.”As Bravo viewers know, Bethenny and Jill, 59, were BFFs during the early days of RHONY, but their relationship fell apart in season 3 after Bethenny accused Jill of being jealous of her success.

Jill, meanwhile, slammed Bethenny for not being present as her late husband, Bobby Zarin, battled cancer.The pair’s podcast reunion marked the first time in 13 years that the former costars had been alone together.

According to Bethenny, the détente was first proposed by her fiancé, Paul Bernon, who suggested that the duo watch the RHONY reboot together and discuss it.“I was surprised, but I wasn’t gonna be impulsive,” Jill said of getting the request to appear on the podcast. “Maybe because I’m medicated now and I wasn’t 13 years ago — in a good way.

I have anxiety. I definitely had an anxiety disorder when you knew me, for sure.”Jill went on to say that she was initially hesitant to say yes, but her daughter, Ally, encouraged her to do it. “And that’s it,” Jill recalled. “That’s all it took.”Keep scrolling for the biggest takeaways from Bethenny and Jill’s reunion: The twosome’s original feud began because Bethenny felt Jill was jealous of her success after she built Skinnygirl into a major brand and landed her own spinoff, Bethenny Getting Married (later titled Bethenny Ever After).