Last season, viewers had to bear witness to Kristen Taekman's marriage on The Real Housewives of New York City. In disgust, they watched her patriarch husband, John, ignore his wife and children and often belittle Kristen.
On the season premiere, Kristen said her marriage is improving--even though John wouldn't run the bath for their kid.
Radar Online has reported that the couple decided to ban cameras from filming their fights this season.
A source said, "Before Kristen signed up for another season, she had long discussions with John because he was unhappy with how he was portrayed on the show. He didn't want the show to negatively impact his business."
There was a lot of added strain in the marriage after the season aired, so Kristen agreed to not allow cameras as much access to them as a couple," the source added.
Their request for privacy is admirable and probably necessary. But it also begs the question, what is John hiding?
The simplest way to not be portrayed as an a**hole is to not act like an a**hole.
If they are requesting for less camera time to hide their fights, then it is hard to believe that John's behavior has changed much. So far this season, there as been very little screen time for Kristen. Maybe she is off camera fighting???
Realistically, someone on the RHONYC is fighting somewhere at any given time.
Bethenny Frankel and Heather Thompson got into when Bethenny failed to invite Kristen to her 44th birthday party.
Heather said, "I spoke to Kristen Taekman the other day, and her feelings were hurt that you didn't invite her to your birthday."
"Oh my God — are you really bringing this up? I just fell asleep. Wake me up when this is over," Bethenny shot back.
This petty fight (and the hundred others to come) are fine with Kristen.
The source explained, "Kristen is more than happy to give Bethenny additional camera time if it means not focusing on her personal life. John and Kristen have been working very hard on their marriage off-camera, and are in a much better place now."
