Carole Radziwill claimed that Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was the one who took the bombshell picture of Luann de Lesseps’ then-fiancé, Tom D’Agostino, dishonest on her in 2016.
The journalist claimed that she was out to dinner with a good friend round six months in the past when Cohen sat down and claimed that he was at The Regency when D’Agostino kissed one other lady and snapped the pic that Bethenny Frankel ultimately confirmed to De Lesseps on Season 8 of “The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis.”
“We began speaking about Tom or the marriage and he’s like, ‘Oh please, after all, I do know Tom, who do you suppose took the image?’” Radziwill claimed on Heather McDonald’s “Juicy Scoop” podcast Thursday.
The previous “Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” star admitted that she was stunned, however he doubled down and informed her, “Who do you suppose took the image at The Regency?”
Radziwill, 59, alleged that Cohen, 56, was “buddies” with Frankel’s late former fiancé, Dennis Shields — who died in August 2018 — and the previous legal professional despatched the snap to Shields, who then shared it with the “Apprentice: Martha Stewart” alum, 52.
“So he [Cohen] was speaking about Dennis after which he began speaking about Tom, and he mentioned, ‘I took the image,’ and I used to be like, ‘The image that was on [‘RHONY’]?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, I took it,’” she continued.
Radzwill summed up the bombshell revelation, saying, “Michael Cohen had taken the picture that ended up being forwarded to Bethenny and ended up being on the present,” whereas additionally emphasizing that that is all “alleged.”
“It simply actually sat at my desk I used to be like, ‘That is nuts,’” she continued. “I assumed really manufacturing had set one thing up, however in one million years I might not have thought Michael Cohen was going to sit down down at that dinner and inform that complete story.”
Nonetheless, a supply near Frankel informed Web page Six, “Who cares? Carole Radziwill has talked extensively about her journalism profession. Perhaps she ought to name Michael Cohen.”
Radziwill beforehand alleged that Frankel’s claims about her good friend coincidentally being on the swanky resort bar on a weeknight and sending her the bombshell picture have been unfaithful and mentioned the entire thing was a “complete setup.”
“Bethenny knew this lady and came upon that she was involved with Tom. And Bethenny was like, ‘The subsequent time you go see him, textual content me.’ And that’s what occurred,” she mentioned in Dave Quinn’s “Housewives” tell-all ebook, “Not All Diamonds and Rosé,” in 2021, referring to the lady who was seen kissing D’Agostino.
She added, “She actually didn’t simply occur to have a good friend on the Regency at 10 [p.m.] on a Tuesday evening when Tom simply occurred to be there kissing some chick he used to bang.”
Nonetheless, Frankel vehemently denied that she “arrange a photograph of Tom dishonest on Luann.”
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“How may I arrange a photograph? Am I in a film I’m casting? Like, ‘Hey Tom D’Agostino, I’d wish to forged you within the position as cheater on the Regency Lodge?’” she mentioned on an October 2021 podcast of her “Simply B with Bethenny Frankel” podcast.
“So on this case, I’m a casting director that known as Tom D’Agostino — who I don’t f–king know — to say, ‘Pay attention, I do know it sounds bizarre, I simply need you to be in a bar and make out with any person as a result of I’ve a photographer who’s going to be standing by to take an image. Then I’m going to offer it to everybody on the present,’” the Skinnygirl Margarita founder continued.
Frankel’s rep didn’t instantly return Web page Six’s request for remark.
De Lesseps, 58, and D’Agostino, additionally 56, did find yourself tying the knot on New Yr’s Eve 2016, however they divorced seven months later.
In the meantime, Frankel and Radziwill have been beforehand greatest buddies earlier than they’d a tumultuous falling out throughout Season 10 of “RHONY” in 2018. They’ve but to restore their friendship.
