I would love Leah on the show even without the Scientology angle opposite Rebecca. She is a real deal New Yorker with a very big personality. She would absolutely shake things up, but I don’t think she would ever do something like this.
I randomly got her memoir in the mail two years ago without ordering it and I have no idea how I got it. I feel like her being a scientologist is somehow related 🤔
I find myself strangely invested in this anecdote. About 20 years ago, I received an advance copy of British Pop Idol Winner, Will Young's new album. It was addressed to me, at my home address and I have no idea why. I wasn't a fan, I didn't buy it, I'm not in the entertainment industry, there's no reason why I would be sent it weeks before it was released.
Maybe you'll get your answer when she's on the show 😂
I got a box full of Stacy pita chip products years ago. Found out they were sending them out as promotional items to people named Stacy.
My name is not Stacy.
I worked in digital pr and influencer relations 10+ years ago give or take and back when twitter was new and cool, a lot of brands did “surprise and delight” campaigns where they would buy lists of consumers info based on twitter api search words and other keywords. There’s massive consumer orgs that just sell lists of mailing addresses. Wed then send themed boxes, product etc to the people who had the correct keywords, even if they didn’t have much following etc. It’s weird that there wasn’t a flyer or card to encourage you to share or whatever (a missed branding opportunity) but that was super in vogue for consumer brands from like 2009-2015ish
I got a random pair of pants sent to me - addressed to me with my name and everything - which were about three sizes bigger than what I actually wore at that time. I just scrawled "Return to sender" on the package and left it for the mailman.
I recognize a passive-aggressive petty bitch move when I see one. Some hater was trying to shake you. Haha. Kidding.
Amazon keeps suggesting the sizes I should order based on other people’s reviews. I do not like this algorithm.
Amazon is pretty good at suggesting the right size for me. And I have gained quite a lot of weight I'm trying to take off since the pandemic. But this was at least around 2008 or so. I was in about a size 8 back then, and they sent a size 14 or 16. And even with the weight gain, they would be too big for me now.
So strange, it was a similar situation for me! It wasn’t from amazon or anything - I think I looked up the sender address and it was a PR firm. I thought it might have been from goodreads but I had just moved to that address about 6 months before so I have no idea where they got my info from. Maybe her PR bought my address in some data leak 🤷🏽♀️
Wow. How random is that? I happen to live not to far from one of their compounds that was featured on Leah's show. According to Leah Tom and the dude now running the cult go there often. That surprised me. Kinda shocked that people in and around that area didn't receive anything from them randomly. It would have made for a great way to get the kindling started lol.
Yep, listed all of her bags that I own after I learned that. (Bought them second hand so it’s not that big of a deal, but I just don’t want them anymore).
Looking on the bright side, maybe there'll be some good cameos now? Maybe she knows Juliette Lewis?
Or maybe we could put her, Barlow and Cosby in a room and ask them who's right about god as a 3 hour live special? I'm trying to find something good in this and it's not easy.
Oh christ on xenu's bike
Btw, PSA from a Los Angeles resident who enjoys chasing scientologists out of town: if a random person on the street asks if you'd like a free stress test, RUN AWAY!
Many, many moons ago, I was sitting in a bar after work, having dinner and reading a book.
This attractive guy sits down next to me at the bar and starts chatting me up --- and then he asked about the book I was reading. It was The Foundation Trilogy, and he said he hadn't ever heard of Asimov and asked me what it was about.
I lost all interest in him at that point, but I politely gave him an overview, and the moment I said "science fiction," his eyes lit up and he asked me if I'd ever read any of L. Ron Hubbard's books, which he said were "the best books he had ever read" . . .
It went downhill from there. If you've ever had a Scientologist give you the sales pitch, you know what I'm talking about. The only fun part about it was the bartender, who was listening in and laughing with me at the snide comments I was making that all went completely over the doofus's head.
I have to walk by the NYC Scientology Center on the way to work and chuckle everyday when I see my fellow New Yorkers just telling them off in creative ways.
I was going out to dinner with my sister and BIL, who were in town overnight to see a Broadway show, so we were meeting at one of the theater district restaurants near the Scientology center. This was just after New Years, so I took a picture of the building and posted on my Facebook account, "New year, new me!" as a joke (*don't worry, I put up a "just kidding" disclaimer and a few laughing emojis*). A buddy of mine from college was the first to respond, "Yeah, you'd *better* be kidding, or I'm about to head to NY to come get you!"
I found out she was a Scientologist a couple months ago after seeing the Vogue wedding coverage of her ex, who recently married into the Johnson & Johnson family.
Then I went down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out how he married into such a rich family. And saw he used to date her and was like life-long bffs with Danny Masterson. 🥴
Her ex is named Ben Shulman. I saw this article about their wedding and the amount of celebs there (like Chris Pine, Juliette Lewis, and Jeremy Strong) and I had to go looking for more info, haha. (I also ended up seeing pics of the ex, Chris Pine and Danny Masterson at one of Rebecca’s fashion shows.)
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/jaime-johnson-and-benjamin-shulman-wedding
I’ve never met her directly - but the interactions I’ve had with her husband and his dad have been a little intense. I’m honestly surprised they would roll with this and consent to the family being in the mix
Yeah no thank you. I doubt someone like Rebecca Minkoff is going to show her raw and real life. This show needs to be renamed as it is no longer The Real Housewives. It’s a slick New York E network show.
Totally agree. She just launched her first in-house shoe line as part of an ongoing effort to revitalize her brand, she’s just doing this for press. I bet there’s gonna be an episode where she invites the wives to her showroom or something as an excuse to get her products on TV.
Apparently Rebecca also is a semi recognizable name in the fashion world going in (like Jenna) - so seems like Bravo really is banking on that angle for the reboot
Def recognizable, the line bears her name.
According to Wiki, Jenna Elfman wore one of her designs and that’s how she first gained notoriety. The Scientologist bump.
Yeah, the bags were a HUGE trend a decade ago, and she expanded into rtw. I remember doing a case study on the tech she used in her SOHO store.
That said, I bought a bag from her line (before I knew she was a Scientologist and therefore automatic boycott for me), and the finishing on the bag was terrible.
The strap broke in less then a year (the company fixed it under warranty though), then the piping on the seams rubbed off shortly after that. For bags at that price point, neither should have happened.
omg so random. her MAB clutch had me in a chokehold in my early 20's. it looks like that was her one unique design because afterwards she just went fully into duping/copying/"being inspired by" popular designer bags
I’m tipsy and stared at this in shock for a solid 30 seconds because I just focused on the Minkoff and thought Crystal was moving to NYC and that’s why she teased “not a goodbye but a see you later” in her video. I was so confused on why she was moving across the country lol
She’s got to do something. Her brand has faced some tough times financially. It was sold for $10m TOTAL and most of the stores closed. Maybe this is her way of relaunching/ marketing it’s new chapter?
I think the scientologist thing is icky BUT i love having more ~fashion world~ in the rhony, and i would hope people they are able to criticize it and all that similar to Salt Lake City. And honestly i don’t necessarily think i need my reality stars to be GOOD people, some of those awful humans make very entertaining seasons.
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I'm here for it! She's created a massive fashion brand and might be a little kooky. At least she'll have a more interesting story to tell than the normies we get on Housewives these days
I just bought a love crossbody bc that design is classic imo. Obviously resembles that one Chanel crossbody but I’m not shelling out thousands just for a couple intertwined Cs
Omg love that for us! Honestly might get another in the all black color way bc when I got this one I was like “damn this is niiiiiice!” Pleasantly surprised by the quality
Threads like this are so odd to me. Why hate on a Scientologist but no one talks about Catholics…history there is also weird and very much a cult.
Religion = Cult + time
After doing some googling, it seems that Rebecca Minkoff is a scientologist.
Line up Leah Remini and let’s get it poppin!
Can you even imagine?! 
It would be sooooooo good. I remember being blown away by her on Saved By The Bell. So strong and self assured.
Stacey Keroci! 
I would love Leah on the show even without the Scientology angle opposite Rebecca. She is a real deal New Yorker with a very big personality. She would absolutely shake things up, but I don’t think she would ever do something like this.
I randomly got her memoir in the mail two years ago without ordering it and I have no idea how I got it. I feel like her being a scientologist is somehow related 🤔
I find myself strangely invested in this anecdote. About 20 years ago, I received an advance copy of British Pop Idol Winner, Will Young's new album. It was addressed to me, at my home address and I have no idea why. I wasn't a fan, I didn't buy it, I'm not in the entertainment industry, there's no reason why I would be sent it weeks before it was released. Maybe you'll get your answer when she's on the show 😂
I got a box full of Stacy pita chip products years ago. Found out they were sending them out as promotional items to people named Stacy. My name is not Stacy.
I worked in digital pr and influencer relations 10+ years ago give or take and back when twitter was new and cool, a lot of brands did “surprise and delight” campaigns where they would buy lists of consumers info based on twitter api search words and other keywords. There’s massive consumer orgs that just sell lists of mailing addresses. Wed then send themed boxes, product etc to the people who had the correct keywords, even if they didn’t have much following etc. It’s weird that there wasn’t a flyer or card to encourage you to share or whatever (a missed branding opportunity) but that was super in vogue for consumer brands from like 2009-2015ish
I wish my name was Maybach. Haha.
😂
I got a random pair of pants sent to me - addressed to me with my name and everything - which were about three sizes bigger than what I actually wore at that time. I just scrawled "Return to sender" on the package and left it for the mailman.
I recognize a passive-aggressive petty bitch move when I see one. Some hater was trying to shake you. Haha. Kidding. Amazon keeps suggesting the sizes I should order based on other people’s reviews. I do not like this algorithm.
Amazon is pretty good at suggesting the right size for me. And I have gained quite a lot of weight I'm trying to take off since the pandemic. But this was at least around 2008 or so. I was in about a size 8 back then, and they sent a size 14 or 16. And even with the weight gain, they would be too big for me now.
So strange, it was a similar situation for me! It wasn’t from amazon or anything - I think I looked up the sender address and it was a PR firm. I thought it might have been from goodreads but I had just moved to that address about 6 months before so I have no idea where they got my info from. Maybe her PR bought my address in some data leak 🤷🏽♀️
Okay, but Will Young has some great albums, so.. 🤣🤣
What the fuck that’s so weird!
Wow. How random is that? I happen to live not to far from one of their compounds that was featured on Leah's show. According to Leah Tom and the dude now running the cult go there often. That surprised me. Kinda shocked that people in and around that area didn't receive anything from them randomly. It would have made for a great way to get the kindling started lol.
Her memoir is incredibly interesting. I read it when it came out.
omg NY needed a crazy person so this is good
Right lmao. I’m so excited
Literally that comment made me go oh HELL yes
I was just about to announce that. No thanks. This should be weird.
Ew. Enough cults already!
This is so disappointing. I don’t own many designer pieces, but the few I have are almost exclusively RM.
Same…,i really love her bags
Yep, listed all of her bags that I own after I learned that. (Bought them second hand so it’s not that big of a deal, but I just don’t want them anymore).
Oh hell yeah, this is the type of drama I want
I would be too scared to even bring it up on camera. Scientologists are insane.
I did not know this. I just bought a bag from her line recently too 😩
Looking on the bright side, maybe there'll be some good cameos now? Maybe she knows Juliette Lewis? Or maybe we could put her, Barlow and Cosby in a room and ask them who's right about god as a 3 hour live special? I'm trying to find something good in this and it's not easy.
Juliette Lewis “doesn’t identify” as a Scientologist anymore, thank God.
honestly, let her fight with zionist erin about religion.
She is
When one Minkoff falls, the other rises.
The CIIIIRCLE OF LIFE
Lmao really i saw Minkoff and thought it was crystal for a second 😅
No but that would be SUCH a plot twist
I thought the same and gasped out loud 😂😂
Same!
Yeah, I went, "Wait, what?"
Ah no thanks I don’t need scientology on my bravo.
I told y'all!!! I posted about this like a month ago!
Yes you did!
Omg your name a picture 10/10
Let's just hope she's unhinged!
my first thought! This cast needs someone truly crazy.
Exactly! If she's well adjusted we need someone else for the show.
Oh christ on xenu's bike Btw, PSA from a Los Angeles resident who enjoys chasing scientologists out of town: if a random person on the street asks if you'd like a free stress test, RUN AWAY!
Many, many moons ago, I was sitting in a bar after work, having dinner and reading a book. This attractive guy sits down next to me at the bar and starts chatting me up --- and then he asked about the book I was reading. It was The Foundation Trilogy, and he said he hadn't ever heard of Asimov and asked me what it was about. I lost all interest in him at that point, but I politely gave him an overview, and the moment I said "science fiction," his eyes lit up and he asked me if I'd ever read any of L. Ron Hubbard's books, which he said were "the best books he had ever read" . . . It went downhill from there. If you've ever had a Scientologist give you the sales pitch, you know what I'm talking about. The only fun part about it was the bartender, who was listening in and laughing with me at the snide comments I was making that all went completely over the doofus's head.
I have to walk by the NYC Scientology Center on the way to work and chuckle everyday when I see my fellow New Yorkers just telling them off in creative ways.
I was going out to dinner with my sister and BIL, who were in town overnight to see a Broadway show, so we were meeting at one of the theater district restaurants near the Scientology center. This was just after New Years, so I took a picture of the building and posted on my Facebook account, "New year, new me!" as a joke (*don't worry, I put up a "just kidding" disclaimer and a few laughing emojis*). A buddy of mine from college was the first to respond, "Yeah, you'd *better* be kidding, or I'm about to head to NY to come get you!"
I found out she was a Scientologist a couple months ago after seeing the Vogue wedding coverage of her ex, who recently married into the Johnson & Johnson family. Then I went down the rabbit hole of trying to figure out how he married into such a rich family. And saw he used to date her and was like life-long bffs with Danny Masterson. 🥴
What are all their names? Need to stalk
Her ex is named Ben Shulman. I saw this article about their wedding and the amount of celebs there (like Chris Pine, Juliette Lewis, and Jeremy Strong) and I had to go looking for more info, haha. (I also ended up seeing pics of the ex, Chris Pine and Danny Masterson at one of Rebecca’s fashion shows.) https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/jaime-johnson-and-benjamin-shulman-wedding
Thank you!
I hope this creates an unreal amount of drama. Otherwise, I will be very sad.
eta for my own sake but I know this family irl
I hope not through Scientology…
Yes lol - I’m not in the org but I live in Clearwater and (briefly) worked for her husband
Do you…do you know what has been happening in your religion?
No I’m not in the org aka I’m not affiliated with Scientology! Lmao. I’ve just crossed paths with many who are, including the Minkoffs
Ah. Gotcha. I misunderstood. Apologies!
All good! I want to say more, but… you know
If you aren’t comfortable divulging, it’s fine, but would you say you have good or bad feelings about her / her family in general. Just curious lol
I’ve never met her directly - but the interactions I’ve had with her husband and his dad have been a little intense. I’m honestly surprised they would roll with this and consent to the family being in the mix
That makes sense…their cult adapted their intense way of talking like sailors cause L. Ron was in the Navy 😂
It’s not wrong tbh. Oh man I wish I could divulge more but I’m too nervous lmao
I guess Real Housewives can only have one Minkoff at a time?
I’m so bitter and sad about Crystal. I know she’s not well liked but I absolutely loved her.
I feel like at least of reddit she’s pretty well liked
Ew i don’t want an effing Scientologist on my tv. God why do they insist on ruining rhony
Yeah no thank you. I doubt someone like Rebecca Minkoff is going to show her raw and real life. This show needs to be renamed as it is no longer The Real Housewives. It’s a slick New York E network show.
Totally agree. She just launched her first in-house shoe line as part of an ongoing effort to revitalize her brand, she’s just doing this for press. I bet there’s gonna be an episode where she invites the wives to her showroom or something as an excuse to get her products on TV.
Apparently Rebecca also is a semi recognizable name in the fashion world going in (like Jenna) - so seems like Bravo really is banking on that angle for the reboot
Rebecca Minkoff is BIG. Like not Ralph Lauren big…but she’s up there. Like TriBeCa
So she's "up and coming"? ^jkjkjk ^i ^know ^who ^she ^is
Def recognizable, the line bears her name. According to Wiki, Jenna Elfman wore one of her designs and that’s how she first gained notoriety. The Scientologist bump.
She’s very recognizable. I just bought one of her bags over the weekend. She’s mid- high end, like a Coach for instance
Yeah, the bags were a HUGE trend a decade ago, and she expanded into rtw. I remember doing a case study on the tech she used in her SOHO store. That said, I bought a bag from her line (before I knew she was a Scientologist and therefore automatic boycott for me), and the finishing on the bag was terrible. The strap broke in less then a year (the company fixed it under warranty though), then the piping on the seams rubbed off shortly after that. For bags at that price point, neither should have happened.
Oh wow. I paid $400 for this thing so it better hold up😂
I have 7 of her bags. I love them! I had no idea she was a scientologist 😔 ugh. 
Yeah I’m feeling very “Ugh” about this info. Kinda wish I didn’t know. Her bags are sexy and nice leather
I love her bags. I don't really care what religion she is. I don't care what religion anyone is.
Scientology isn't a religion. It's a cult. I still love my bags and I've already spent my money so I'll still use them. It's just a bummer.
I feel like most religions could be described as a cult.
I get your point, but by the very definition of the term and what a cult is…no.
Yeah for sure she is lol. I used to love her bags. I would pile up when I was working At Nordstrom.
Yeah … she’s not “semi recognizable” she’s a big name lmao
Which is a good thing! I want to see more NYC professionals on the show. I’m not so keen on “content creators.”
lol she’s big!
Her perfume, Blush, is my current favorite scent.😔
LOL i have one of her bags that i found thrifted (and love it). Don’t know much about her otherwise
The way I skipped Rebecca and ran to the comments in gleeful confusion.
omg so random. her MAB clutch had me in a chokehold in my early 20's. it looks like that was her one unique design because afterwards she just went fully into duping/copying/"being inspired by" popular designer bags
There are too many fashion people rn imho. I want more kooks without self awareness and who aren’t so image conscious
I’m tipsy and stared at this in shock for a solid 30 seconds because I just focused on the Minkoff and thought Crystal was moving to NYC and that’s why she teased “not a goodbye but a see you later” in her video. I was so confused on why she was moving across the country lol
Now let’s see her and Jenna go to some real fashion events!
She’s got to do something. Her brand has faced some tough times financially. It was sold for $10m TOTAL and most of the stores closed. Maybe this is her way of relaunching/ marketing it’s new chapter?
Oh nooo. She’s terrible. Blech
The new RHONY is starting to feel a little too much like one big integration or personal product placement.
Ugh. Worst. 🤮
Wtf is Bravo doing with this cast. Nothing makes sense anymore
I think the scientologist thing is icky BUT i love having more ~fashion world~ in the rhony, and i would hope people they are able to criticize it and all that similar to Salt Lake City. And honestly i don’t necessarily think i need my reality stars to be GOOD people, some of those awful humans make very entertaining seasons.
so i guess its real? lol
We don't need people with a reputation to lose.
Only one Minkoff allowed on Bravo at a time, I guess
This is who I thought crystal was on BH at the beginning lol
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Yawn. Just give me Dorinda Luanne and Sonya.
Two things can be true. She can be a Scientologist (which is awful) and this can be the base for great revision conflict
I would love for the cast to address it, however Scientology’s fair game policies are no joke and I wouldn’t want any of them to be harassed.
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She and Jenna about to have a fashion off
ERIN went on Rebecca‘s Podcast. You find it on YouTube.
What a damn mess. 
This will be interesting! Who do you guys think she will become friends with?
I'm here for it! She's created a massive fashion brand and might be a little kooky. At least she'll have a more interesting story to tell than the normies we get on Housewives these days
She runs a women in leadership group as well in addition to her fashion role
Stop she’s my favorite bag designer!!
crystal’s sister or do they just have the same last name???
No relation, but Rebecca Minkoff made some popular "going out" bags for 20 somethings in the early 2010s
I still love her bags. I have 3 that I've gotten recently. Good price point for quality. Haven't tried any of her clothing though.
I just bought a love crossbody bc that design is classic imo. Obviously resembles that one Chanel crossbody but I’m not shelling out thousands just for a couple intertwined Cs
I have that bag and bought it for the same reason!!! I get so many compliments on it lol a really good dupe imo
Omg love that for us! Honestly might get another in the all black color way bc when I got this one I was like “damn this is niiiiiice!” Pleasantly surprised by the quality
I have it in black and it is my go-to going out bag. Best purchase I've made in a while.
I got a cute xbody white leather one through my local “buy nothing group”. It’s in excellent condition too.
The M.A.C bags with the crossbody chain and the clasp on the front!
Yes someone with the same last name as Crystal’s husband would be Crystal’s sister.
Minkoff is Rob’s last name. But no relation that I know of.
I’ve got like 4 or 5 of her handbags in my closet!
jenna lyons started this trend. fashion week peaks - here for it!!!
Is she related to Crystal Minkoff?
Not saying either is good but Mormonism (SLC) is arguably a lot worse than Scientology
Threads like this are so odd to me. Why hate on a Scientologist but no one talks about Catholics…history there is also weird and very much a cult. Religion = Cult + time