There were loads of unkind words tossed between Sonja Morgan (above) and Aviva Drescher of “The Real Housewives of New York” on Wednesday.
On Monday’s episode, Aviva’s husband Reid Drescher (brother of actress Fran Drescher) mocked Morgan and pals during a trip to St. Barts, cracking that they were “overweight, old ladies gone wild.”
Morgan was not amused.
“What kind of thoughtless, rude, superficial, unfeeling people are they to say that?” Morgan moaned while on the promotional trail for the upcoming “Fab Over Fifty” event.
“Aviva does lie a lot. She never did philanthropy. If you look online, all of the pictures of her philanthropy are only things she did on the show. She might’ve been lying about her degrees.”
Buzz caught up with Aviva at Us Weekly’s 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers event later that evening and she rebutted: “For her to say my background is phony is as stupid as me saying I have no legs! It’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Does she think I hired an actor for philanthropy scenes? Was she drunk?” The drama might be too much for Drescher, who is on the fence as to whether she’ll return next season.
Mob-speak
Actor Vincent Piazza (inset), who plays gangster Lucky Luciano on “Boardwalk Empire,” sounds a lot different than his character in real life.
“I do an octave lower [on the show],” he told Buzz at Us Weekly’s 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers party. “Lucky had a notoriously husky Mulberry Bend accent. Downtown, they had their own really defining accent. The last guy we know that was public and modern with that accent was John Gotti,” said Piazza, who dates singer Ashlee Simpson.
“He’d say the ‘terlet’ for toilet or ‘I need to get some erl in the car, I’m going to Foist Avenue, soytainly’ and all that stuff,” Piazza explained. “Can you imagine if I went to Starbucks and ordered a coffee with my voice all low like that? They’d look at me like I have three heads!”
Party Crew
Industry insiders were quick to don the freebies at the Proenza Schouler fete Wednesday night — black baseball hats embellished with an embroidered cat.
Everyone except for J.Crew creative director Jenna Lyons, that is. The fashion favorite arrived at Irving Plaza a little after 11 p.m., skipping the hat (and her signature frames), standing hand-in-hand bar-side with her girlfriend, jewelry exec Courtney Crangi. She politely declined to give Buzz an interview: “Oh, I would, but I always get myself in trouble when I do these things,” said a jeans-clad Lyons. “You understand, right?”
Kind of, especially considering Page Six recently gave a play-by-play of Lyons’ enthusiastic lap dancing at the Opening Ceremony party Sunday night.
Egyptian son
A low-profile Swizz Beatz and his young son were spotted at Jeremy Scott’s fashion show at Milk Studios on Wednesday, sans wife/mom Alicia Keys. The rapper gushed to Buzz how he’d like
“all the hats” for his baby boy Egypt — fitting as the collection was titled “Arab Spring 2013.” Looks like Keys’ kid is already on good terms with the designer. “Jeremy actually made these shoes custom for my son to wear to this show,” Beatz explained of the hologram sneakers Egypt wore as he sucked away on a blue pacifier.
Poof and puff
At The Darby for Marchesa’s after-party Wednesday night, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was generous with the hugs — and the praise. “It was an amazing show for Georgina [Chapman],” he said of his wife, who co-designs the line. Chapman’s good taste, though, has its pitfalls. “She always packs too much! Those suitcases are very hard to carry,” said Weinstein. But he was more interested in plugging his latest flick: “Go see ‘The Master!’ ” demanded the man whom Meryl Streep has jokingly referred to as “God.” While Weinstein held court downstairs, upstairs actors Adrien Brody and a puffy-looking Stephen Dorff hung out with a posse of plebes who were sucking away on electronic cigarettes. Dorff opted for an authentic nicotine vessel.
Cinderella fella
Theory designer Olivier Theyskens was enjoying himself at the Proenza Schouler shindig at Irving Plaza — his first bash of the week.
“This is the best one so far,” said the Belgian-born Theyskens, who struggled to make himself heard over the blasting music courtesy of Los Angeles–based recording artist Ariel Pink.
With the Barneys windows slated to be Disney-themed for the holidays, Buzz asked which cartoon character Theyskens would most want to get his pin and thread on.
“Oh, Cinderella, of course!” he said. “Because I always hated Pluto and Mickey Mouse.”
Snow White tops his list too. “These girls were so amazing.”
Alba & hubby love The Post!
Actress Jessica Alba arrived at Wednesday night’s Proenza Schouler after-party and gamely posed for photos with writer Derek Blasberg and fashionista Kelly Sawyer. Meanwhile Alba’s movie producer hubbie Cash Warren gushed, “We love the New York Post. We read it every day!”
Additional reporting by Meg Prossnitz