Carole Radziwill, Luann de Lesseps and Michael Cohen.Photo:Manny Carabel/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty; zz/Siegfried Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx
Manny Carabel/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty; zz/Siegfried Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx
AReal Housewives of New York Citymystery has been solved.
Fans have been speculating for years about whosent an incriminating photoofLuann de Lesseps' then-fiancéTom D’Agostinokissing another woman at the Regency hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
WhenBethenny Frankelreceived the scandal-breaking image back in a 2016 episode and told her costar she had some bad news to share, de Lesseps — before having any information — famously pleaded, “Please don’t let it be about Tom.”
“It’s about Tom,” Frankel replied grimly.
On Thursday,RHONYalum and former Frankel confidanteCarole Radziwillrevealed that six years later, she has only just learned the identity of the photographer that infamous night.
Tom D' Agostino and Luann de Lesseps in July 2017.Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty
Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty
Radziwill, 59, toldHousewivesaficionadoHeather McDonaldon herJuicy Scooppodcast thatshe was at dinner with a friend recently whenDonald Trump’s former lawyerMichael Cohensat down with them and revealed the connection to Frankel that will forever tie him to de Lesseps and D’Agostino, whosedivorcewas made public seven months after theywedon New Year’s Eve 2016 — and less than a year after the Regency photo was taken.
“We started talking about Tom or the wedding and he’s like, ‘Oh please.’ He goes, ‘Of course, I know Tom, who do you think took the picture?'” said Radziwill, 59, echoing, “He goes, ‘Who do you think took the picture at the Regency?’”
When the episode aired duringRHONYseason 8, viewers suspected production took the photo. So did Radziwill.
“I thought actually production had set something up,” she said. “But I mean, in a million years, I would not have thought that Michael Cohen was going to sit down at dinner and tell this whole story about how he took the picture.”
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“He said that Tom knew, or something, or eventually he knew that, that Michael Cohen had taken the photo that ended up being forwarded to Bethenny and ended up being on the show,” Radziwill continued. “So let me just say ‘allegedly’ because this is just what he was telling me. He wasn’t drinking. He wasn’t drunk. And he came out with it was like it was like, big deal. He’s like, ‘Yeah.'"
Radziwill couldn’t believe the discovery.
“Not that I cared, not that I was looking to find out who took the f—ing picture,” she said. “I didn’t care. But it just literally sat at my table. I was like, ‘This is nuts.'"
In December 2018, Cohenpleaded guilty to crimesincluding tax evasion, lying to Congress about Trump’s prior business dealings with Russia and paying illegal “hush money” to pornstarStormy Danielsand formerPlayboyplaymateKaren McDougalduring the 2016 presidential election. He reported to federal prison for a three-years sentence in May 2019 but wasreleasedin May 2020 due to COVID-19.
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source: people.com
