After Bravo gave Jill Zarin the boot from Real Housewives of New York, she remained pretty classy about it.

She said all the right things you’re supposed to say publicly as to not burn any bridges, but now she’s opening up a little more and we’re learning some real feelings!

Jill insists she was never a brat over the salary (although she also says she wasn’t paid what she deserved), and that her firing felt completely random. She also wishes she could get finder’s fees for Bethenny Frankel’s success.

According to her, there would be now Bethenny if it wasn’t for her!! She says she basically cast the show herself:

First off, I like to say I was fired because I’m not embarrassed about it. I didn’t do anything wrong, so I really don’t know why they fired us and kept the other girls. I was upset because I was told to put my life on hold. But I didn’t argue, I wasn’t going to try to sell anyone. I said, ‘OK. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.’ Andy Cohen called shortly after, which I’m sure was a difficult thing to do. He gave me the respect I deserved considering I committed four years of my life to the show. He said they wanted the series to go in a different direction and that last season ended very dark — which I find ironic because they could have controlled that. I filmed many happy scenes that the network canned.

We were finally making a decent amount of money last season. That was never a concern. They’re getting a lot of money now, so that’s another thing I’m disappointed about. I didn’t get to make the money I feel I deserved. I didn’t just help make the show popular; I cast it. I brought in Bethenny, and I don’t get a percentage of anything she spins off. The first, second and third season salary pretty much added up to the fourth season. I worked really hard.

Hmmm, sounds like she’s realizing leaving some embers on that bridge is worth it if means getting some things off her chest!

All right, now it’s time for all the Bethenny fanatics to sound off…. sound away!!!

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Congratulations, Drew Barrymore!!

Will Kopelman put a ring on it during the holidays in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Having dated for a year, Will just knew Drew was the one says an insider.

And Drew, having married twice before, knew exactly what she wanted and that was Will. …and marriage…and babies…

Congrats again, you two!! We can’t wait to see the pics!

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This took some guts! A lot!!

And it’s actually really good too!! The lyrics are clever and the tune is catchy.

If Jason Segel doesn’t answer this girl’s plea, we might pout. And we don’t like that!!

C’mon Jason, at least watch Chelsea Gill sing her dream to you. Pressss plaaaAYY!!

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Such a proud day for Washington state!

Although she has never been clear on her stance before, Governor Chris Gregoire announced yesterday that she not only supports gay and lesbians to marry, but will propose legislation to legalize it!

She explains:

“It’s right here [points to heart] that frees me up to do this. I have not liked where I’ve been for seven years. I have sorted it out in my head and in my heart. I have been on my own journey. I will admit that. It has been a battle for me with my religion. I have always been uncomfortable with the position that I have taken publicly. And then I came to realize the religions can decide what they want to do but it is not OK for the state to discriminate. When someone asks me about my marriage to Mike, I don’t tell them I have a contract with legal rights. I don’t even think about that. What I say is I love my husband. I’m in a 36-year committed relationship. … That’s what marriage really means to human beings. They (gays and lesbians) have to have the same ability to say it’s love, it’s commitment, it’s partnership, it’s responsibility. It’s not a contract. They want to be able to stand in front of their friends and express their love just like Mike and I did 36-plus years ago. To deny that equality is just wrong.”

Such a beautiful, heartfelt, and frankly, sensible explanation on such an important issue – that really sums up exactly why it’s so important for politicians to remember exactly why there’s a separation between church and state!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking a stand!

We couldn’t be more proud and thrilled for Washington!

EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!

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Just look at her! She’s absolutely glowing!

Britney Spears got engaged to her boyfriend, Jason Trawick, last month, and took to Facebook last night to share her happiness – and her new rock – with the world!

Ch-ch-check out the photo (above), which she captioned:

I can’t stop looking at it!!

Awww! Girl!

We really couldn’t be more thrilled for you!

You deserve all the happiness in the world!

Enjoy this time!

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We love Kanye West. So so much.

And last night, he just let it all out. He went on a Twitter tweet craze that lasted three hours!

In over 70 tweets (that’s 9,800 characters), he spoke his mind like Twitter was his diary.

From confirming that his agent wasn’t fired (he just left the agency after she quit) to how the world needs to fix itself (education, education, education), Kanye was flooding Twitter feeds with thoughts like:

More clarity… I have no agency representing me currently… William Morris was fired after Cara lewis quit. I love Cara Lewis.

Good logic tells me smile Kanye… the world likes you again… red or blue pill? … aaaaand Swallow lol

….hmmmmm what to wear… here I go again… Yeezy the trend setter or complete fucking fashion victim … the verdict is still out

What good is fame and prestige if you can’t use it to help people… I want to help by doing what I know how to do best .. create

I have started a new company and I’m so excited about the name…. it’s got the best name ever of all companies of all time!!!…. DONDA!!

This will all take time but I wanted everyones to know what I really care about… I care about people. I care about my fans..

Help education. School systems were designed to turn people into factory workers. Schools should be designed to prep human beings for real life. Math classes should teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, accounting and money management aaaaaand cut!!!

UNLESS YOU’RE A MATH MAJOR!!!! Kids you should be able to take majors starting in grammar school like how it is at performing art schools

Instead of kicking kids out of schools for using there iPhones… why not promote it? Allow kids to use search engines to do tests like the real WORLD!!!

Some kids have better memories than others… what about emotional IQs… what about kids who do bad in school because of how bad there surroundings are.

I know this is not a very rapper thing to say but I haven’t bought a new car or piece of jewelry in about 2 years…

Yes!! YES KANYE!!! Speak!! Encore!! HA!

We need more willingness like this from people to unleash their thoughts and let their creativity storm away!

But maybe not all the time on Twitter… once in a blue moon is good enough for us, LOL!!

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Why hello there, Mr. Jonas!

Check out the newly released first image (above) of Nick Jonas with Anjelica Huston in NBC’s Smash!

Nick’s episode premieres on Feb. 27, and he’ll be guest-starring as Lyle West, a “hot sitcom star who started his career as a child actor on Broadway.”

We’ve been sold on this show for a while now, and we will DEFINITELY be tuning in to see Nick!

P.S. Anjelica looks GREAT here!!!!

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It’s been nearly a year since Mark Harmon was voted America’s favorite TV personality…and he’s still EXTREMELY popular!

The ratings are in, and the NINTH season premiere of NCIS brought in 20 million viewers! WOW!

Not only that, but NCIS: Los Angeles also brought in impressive numbers for CBS, with 17.1 million viewers tuning in!

Hmm…maybe Martha Stewart should start a new show and call it NCIS: Martha. We bet LOTS of people would watch then. Ha!

Did U tune in for the season premiere of NCIS? Why do U think America is SO obsessed???

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Maybe next she can eyebrow dance to Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks! We would LOVE that!

Check out the video (above) of overnight internet sensation Sarah aka Girl with a funny talent performing the most EPIC eyebrow dancing we’ve ever seen!!!!

Should be interesting to see how many people post eyebrow dancing videos now! We’re guessing there will be LOTS…but we doubt any will be able to compete with this!

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out more eyebrow dancing amazingness from Sarah!!!

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It may not be getting serious…but it’s definitely getting steamy!

Last week, we heard new reports that Zoe Saldana had started dating Bradley Cooper, after calling off the engagement to her BF of nearly 11 years back in November!

Now, we’re hearing that the two hooked up at a 1940′s themed NYE party in Bel Air!

Here’s what a source had to say about it:

“They were making out for 20 minutes!”

More from another source:

“They’re dating, but Zoe just left an engagement. She’s just looking to have fun.”

Sounds like a smart move to us! After such an intense break-up, we’d definitely say that Zoe should take things VEEEERRRYYYYY slowly!

What do U think? Do U see a future for Zoe and Bradley? Or do U think this is strictly a rebound fling???

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