‘RHONY’ Star Sai De Silva Defends Hot Mic Remark About Rebecca Minkoff

August 16, 2024

“The Real Housewives of New York City” star Sai De Silva defended her hot mic comment about new cast member Rebecca Minkoff on a new episode of “Jeff Lewis Live” on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy (Ch. 102).

The last time Sai was on the show, she was caught saying this about Rebecca, who’s set to make her “RHONY” debut in Season 15: “She’s nice. She’s really, really nice, but kind of boring, to be honest. People are trying to take her down, but she’s unresponsive.”

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“Jeff Lewis Live” airs Monday through Friday at 12pm ET/PT on Radio Andy (Ch. 102), and is available anytime on the SiriusXM app.

Jeff Lewis: Now, the last time you were on, we have to address this right away, it actually, it affected, so you had, there was a hot mic moment here in this studio the last time you were on. Now, I just would love for you, I mean, you can tell us what you, but we did warn you six or seven times, is that correct?

Nicole Ryan: Maybe even eight.

Sai De Silva: I don’t really recall. I just don’t understand. Why are you recording commercials? How am I, when am I supposed to talk shit about people?

Jeff Lewis: So, Jamison, maybe ’cause you know, I did notice how we all tune him out when he’s talking, so it is possible that you just automatically tuned him out the five, six times. He warned you that we were on video, so what happened was, you know, thank god it wasn’t that bad, but, you know, Sai had made a comment about her castmate, and it really wasn’t that bad.

Sai De Silva: It wasn’t bad at all. I said the girl was nice.

Jeff Lewis: She’s too nice. She’s too nice. Too nice to do this. Right? I would love for someone to say I’m too nice.

Shane Douglas: No one’s ever said that.

Jeff Lewis: No one has ever said that.

Sai De Silva: And no one’s ever gonna say that.

Jeff Lewis: And by the way, so Sai, we did warn you like six or seven times that we were recording, so what they do-

Sai De Silva: I really don’t recall.

Jeff Lewis: So, the problem is once this happened-

Jamison Scala: I would like to, I’m sorry.

Jeff Lewis: “In my defense…”

Jamison Scala: In my defense, so I warned, but then I heard, but I didn’t hear exactly what Sai said, so I said, “Oh, hey. Reminder, we are on, we’re being recorded,” and Nicole looks in the camera and says, “It’s fine,” and so then I was like, “Okay. It’s fine.”

Sai De Silva: Oh, so Nicole set me up.

Nicole Ryan: I set you up, I guess.

Sai De Silva: Oh my god.

Nicole Ryan: Or somebody in here, it’s an inside job because somehow it ended up in Page Six.

Sai De Silva: Oh, did it?

Nicole Ryan: So, how did Page Six get it? Oh, yes it did.

Jeff Lewis: Sai, it went everywhere.

Nicole Ryan: Sai De Silva and the mystery woman, it said. Couldn’t even name me.

Sai De Silva: No, I live in a bubble. I really, I have learned how to block out press.

Jeff Lewis: You and I talked about that.

Sai De Silva: For my sanity. I had no idea, and it was actually Rebecca who texted me. I had no idea that it had even gotten out. It was Rebecca because-

Jeff Lewis: Rebecca’s the person you talked shit about.

Sai De Silva: I didn’t talk shit about her. I said the girl was nice and she is a nice person, so she texted me and then she only sent me the clip and then question mark and I was like, “What?” I watched it and I go, “I literally had no idea.” I said, “What? You are very nice,” and doubled down on it.

Jeff Lewis: I honestly think it’s a compliment if you say that, you know, someone is really, really nice and, you know, I don’t know if they can, you know, basically stand up to these bitches. I think it’s a compliment.

Nicole Ryan: It can be looked at as a pushover a little bit too, I think though. Maybe that’s what it is.

Jeff Lewis: It’s how you look at it.

Sai De Silva: I like her. I’ve known Rebecca for a while. We both lived in Dumbo together for a little bit, and I just, she really is a sweet person.



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