“Real Housewives of New York City” star Jessel Taank spilled the tea on who she’d like to see join the reality show.
“[I] would just like to see a spoiled brat — like an heiress — like Nicky Hilton,” the Bravolebrity shouted during an interview with Page Six’s Evan Real and Danny Murphy at Wednesday’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” live taping at Chelsea Table & Stage in New York City.
“You know what I mean?” she asked, before clarifying that she meant “spoiled brat” in “the best way.”
Taank was then asked by a fan if there was a particular celebrity she “wanted to emulate” when she started on the reality show in 2022.
“Paris Hilton,” the fashion publicist said. “I think I kind of plot along kinda like her without the dollars assigned to me and the heiress title.”
The reality star, 44, then said she and the socialite, 40, were evenly dense as she is “very unaware.”
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“I don’t know how to fill gas,” she quipped.
Taank, who according to Variety has been dubbed the show’s “villain,” never shies away from saying exactly how she feels.
For example, the Bravo newbie referred to “RHONY” alum Bethenny Frankel as the “most overrated” Housewife during an episode of “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen in October.
“I think Bethenny Frankel is going off the rails,” she said, referring to the Skinnygirl founder’s recent harsh remarks about Cohen and her interview with “Vanderpump Rules” star Raquel Leviss on her “Just B” podcast
Frankel, 53, called her once good friend Cohen, 55, “gross” and “problematic” in September.
She also defended Leviss following the former pageant queen’s bombshell affair with Tom Sandoval while he was in a long-term relationship with Ariana Madix.
Frankel later clapped back at Taank’s comments, claiming the reality star was only bashing her to stay relevant.
“If you have someone who’s on the New York ‘Housewives’ now in a post-successful era, they’re gonna wanna squeeze that sponge for any of amount of liquid they can squeeze it for,” she said on her “ReWives” podcast in October.
“And you can never blame them. You cannot blame the talent because they need the relevance, the fame — it’s why they went on the show.”
The podcaster further bashed Taank and her co-stars’ performances on “RHONY” by saying they really “need the press” because the show only gets a “couple hundred thousand” viewers per week.
A production source told Page Six that Frankel’s comments about Taank being “not relevant yet” are false as she has “become a breakout.”
“Jessel, in particular, has recently been on the cover of Vogue India, done interviews with Variety and CNN, has been a guest on ‘Access Hollywood’ and Crooked Media’s ‘Keep It!’ podcast, among several others,” they told us.
Taank even appears to know how popular she is as she joked that she made Tribeca relevant during an interview on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast in October.
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