The “Real Housewives of New York City” cast has a lot of drama going on between them but there is far more important stuff that Erin Lichy is dealing with. Her mom has breast cancer so she’s at a wig shop with her to help pick out some pieces.
In solidarity, Erin has also cut her hair to match her mom’s current style. Ubah Hassan walks in and as Erin’s mom tries on wigs, they rehash the blowout at Brynn Whitfield’s party the night before.
Erin is still hurt that Brynn is trying to come between her and Jenna Lyons, particularly because she’s going through a hard time at the moment.
Sai De Silva and Jenna meet up for coffee and they talk about Brynn as well. Sai is upset that Brynn told Jenna she “hates” her and is hurt that she’s a bad friend after making sure she’s okay during the holidays. Brynn will not be able to flirt her way out of this one.
Never tell a New York City native they’re Staten Island
Brynn has apparently moved to a five-story walk-up and Erin huffs and puffs up the stairs only to be greeted with a, “What’s up.” Brynn doesn’t even get up to greet her.
Erin tries to explain why she was upset at Brynn’s party and tells her that she has a lot going on in her life. She again insists she didn’t say Brynn has a sugar daddy on Jeff Lewis’ show but admits that she should have put a stop to it.
“You didn’t do it with Jeff Lewis, didn’t do it with Sai. I don’t need grown-ass women yelling at me in The Fleur Room. I’ve come very far in my life to avoid sh*t like that,” Brynn tells her. “This isn’t like, Staten Island.”
Now, Erin gets upset. “Don’t call me Staten Island, okay? I’m a born and raised city person.” She then apologizes again for the Jeff Lewis comment and Brynn starts crying. “People still ask me about it. It’s f*cking embarrassing.”
“From the bottom of my heart, it hurts me to see you hurt. I don’t like that,” Erin tells her. She confides to Brynn that her mom is going through chemo. “I’m not in a stable place at all. At all,” she cries. The two finally make amends and Brynn offers her wine instead of the tap water she initially gave her.
A Bitcoin betrayal
Erin and her husband Abe Lichy have dinner and “Real Housewives of New York City” fans finally find out why she’s so upset at him. She reveals that he secretly sold their Bitcoin during a time when they needed the money.
“Bitcoin was high and I thought it was a good time to pay off a large chunk of our mortgage. I was just excited to log into my account and see how much it had grown. And then I go and I see that it’s gone,” she says in a confessional. “And he sold it when it was much lower than it is now.”
At the restaurant, she tells Abe, “The worst part was that you had sold it years ago and that’s what was so upsetting.” That’s not all — she reveals that he hid more money stuff from her. She had a handbag line years ago that failed and she thought they were out of debt from that.
Abe explains that he tried to fix their money issues but was just putting a bandaid on their finances. He admits that when they first met, he was intimidated by her because she was getting flown on private jets everywhere. Meanwhile, he came from a humble background and had to work hard to provide her with the lifestyle she wanted.
“Keep working on it, because you need to continue to prove yourself and we’ll be okay,” Erin threatens tells him.
A helicopter to the Hamptons
The rain is raining in New York City so naturally, the “RHONY” ladies are taking a helicopter to the Hamptons. Ubah, Sai, Jenna, and Racquel Chevremont are smart and value their lives, however, and have decided to drive, so it’s just Brynn, Jessel Taank, and Rebecca Minkoff.
Out of nowhere, Brynn asks Rebecca if people ask the cast about her being a Scientologist, what she wants them to say.
“Uh, no comment,” Rebecca answers. Brynn tells her that she’s going to be in the press for it, especially now that she’s on the show. Rebecca replies that the Daily Mail already contacted her about a story they’re running on her.
Brynn says that the “no comment” answer is not going to work and Rebecca gives a roundabout answer without really explaining herself. “The response I’m getting is like I’m talking to ChatGBT,” Brynn tells the cameras.
Jessel points out that at least Scientology has a lot of pretty celebs followers, so there’s that.
