\n Kelly Bensimon.<\/span> Joe Schildhorn\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And Just Like That<\/em><\/a> fans are still waiting to find out how Samantha Jones will make her glorious return<\/a>, but there\u2019s currently a bigger question that needs to be answered: Did the latest episode include another Real Housewives<\/em> Easter egg?<\/p>\n During the Thursday, August 10, installment of the Max series<\/a>, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker<\/strong><\/a>) met art dealer Mark Kasabian (Victor Garber<\/strong><\/a>), who runs the gallery where Charlotte (Kristin Davis<\/strong><\/a>) is now working. During their brief conversation<\/a>, Carrie told Mark she\u2019s a writer. As Mark was all too happy to inform her, writing is a profession he knows a little something about.<\/p>\n \u201cMy second wife was a writer as well,\u201d Mark explained. \u201cWrote The Big Book of Bikinis: From Havana to the Hamptons<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n The Big Book of Bikinis<\/em> is, unfortunately, not a real book. It is<\/em> possible, however, to purchase a tome called The Bikini Book<\/em><\/a>, published by Assouline in 2006. Its author? Kelly Killoren Bensimon<\/strong><\/a>, former Real Housewives of New York City<\/em><\/a> cast member and star of the upcoming fourth season of Ultimate Girls Trip<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark didn\u2019t mention any names, of course, but Us<\/em> couldn\u2019t help but wonder \u2014 is his second wife a loosely fictionalized version of Bensimon?<\/p>\n It may sound like a stretch, but there are a couple of reasons this theory bears out. First of all, the timing works. Mark told Carrie he\u2019s in the middle of divorcing his third wife, meaning his second wife likely left the picture a while ago. Perhaps in the early 2010s, after the mid-aughts publication of her bikini book?<\/p>\n Secondly \u2014 and most importantly \u2014 this season of AJLT<\/em> has already included a blatant reference to another RHONY<\/em> veteran: Bethenny Frankel<\/strong><\/a>. Frankel, 52, stayed on RHONY<\/em> longer than Bensimon, 55, but their time as Housewives overlapped, culminating in one of the most famous Bravo feuds<\/a> ever. If there\u2019s really a RHONY<\/em> fan in the AJLT<\/em> writers room, then it seems likely they\u2019ve seen the Scary Island episodes more than once.<\/p>\n The Frankel reference came during the June premiere when Seema (Sarita Choudhury<\/strong><\/a>) proposed sharing a Hamptons rental with Carrie, who said she \u201calmost bought a house in the Hamptons six times but always found a reason not to.\u201d<\/p>\n Seema then quipped, \u201cWas that reason always Bethenny Frankel?\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Was](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Was-That-a-Kelly-Bensimon-Easter-Egg-in-the-New-Episode-of-And-Just-Like-That-264.jpg?w=700&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Sarah Jessica Parker.<\/span> Craig Blankenhorn\/Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n