Bethenny Frankel’s alleged boyfriend Tom Villante tried to date Kelly Bensimon first

Former Real Housewives of New York star Kelly Bensimon attended the live Virtual Reali-tea event in New York City last night, and she dropped some major tea about Bethenny Frankel’s alleged current boyfriend Tom Villante. Bensimon discussed how she was on the dating app Raya, and met a gentleman that was eager to meet up with her in the Hamptons. They kept having missed connections and she had left the Hamptons before having a chance to see him, but did talk on the phone. Bensimon said that two short days later, a friend sent her a Page Six article with the headline stating that Bethenny was dating the same man! Page Six shared a clip of Bensimon telling this story on their Instagram page.

Frankel made her first public outing with Villante back at the Yellowstone premiere on November 8, however paparazzi had spotted them grabbing dinner before that, and she has made mentions of his father on her podcast, as well as made multiple posts about her new beau. Loyal RHONY viewers will recall that there was a notorious Tom that had made his round through multiple ladies on the show back on season eight of the show. The irony is not lost that history is repeating itself again, as Villante also was following Ramona Singer at the time of meeting Frankel. The dating pool in New York City must be very small, or the men just take a certain liking to the ladies of the Real Housewives of New York City. Viewers have been begging Bravo to please return the “OG” women to our screens, and this latest breaking development will only add fuel to that fire. As the saying goes, we need “Andy and a camera” on this one immediately.