The Huffington Post Story :A Jill Zarin Ploy?

Under the “we can’t make this stuff up” category, there’s a good chance Jill Zarin had her friend Rob Shuter, Naughty Nice Rob, plant that story about the firings over at Bravo.

Jill, in her take no prisoners style, has been known to plant stories, and as usual, Rob Shuter will not cite his sources.  The plot thickens.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

In what sounds like a bloodbath over at Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York, a report went out on Thursday stating that the network had fired Alex McCord, Jill Zarin, and Kelly Killoren Bensimon. The Hollywood Reporter has exclusive statements from both McCord and Zarin to the contrary.

is still in limbo and I expect to hear within the next week.”

Zarin’s rep, Darren Bettencourt, tells us exclusively that “Jill is still in discussions with Bravo for Season 5 and no final decisions have been made.”

Sources close to the situation tell us that the women, which a source tells us includes Cindy Barshop who wasn’t named by The Huffington Post, did receive a call from Bravo this morning to warn them that the news of their undefined status on the show was breaking today – not to inform them that they had been fired. We’re told there has been no change in their casting status on the show other than the fact that it went public.

Jill has made thinly veiled threats, through Rob Shuter, of a “tell all” book about the inner workings of the production if not rehires.

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