'Queer Eye' Star Bobby Berk Calls Out A 'RHONY' Star for Threatening Him After Stealing From Him
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The interior design expert claims his horrible experience with one of 'Real Housewives of New York City' cast members was the reason why he is picky when it comes to the celebrities he is working with.

AceShowbiz - Bobby Berk has had a distasteful experience with a cast member of "The Real Housewives of New York City". On Thursday, June 18, the "Queer Eye" regular shared details about the horrible experience he had with a star from the Bravo hit reality series, accusing her of threatening him after stealing from him.

Making an appearance on "The Jenny McCarthy Show" on Thursday, June 18, the interior design expert discussed his hesitancy when it comes to working with Hollywood celebrities. "Celebrities can be a pain in the a** sometimes. A lot of times there can be some that expect everything for free," he first pointed out.

"I had a New York Housewife come into my store years ago in New York, and [she] was like, 'Oh, I'm buying this new place.' Turns out, of course, she wasn't buying it," the 38-year-old then recounted his unpleasant run-in with the unnamed star. "She didn't even own the last one she had on the show that she said she owned."

"She's like, 'I want you to come in and design it all. I'm gonna put you on the show.' And I wasn't on TV yet," he continued. "I still kind of liked the Housewives, so I was like, 'Oh, OK, but just so you know, I'm not doing it for free. I don't need to do it for free. I don't necessarily know if the Housewives is really the exposure I want anyways, so I'll do it for you at cost.' And she's like, 'OK, OK, that works.' "

Berk went on to reveal that the Housewife's husband then tried to bully him into doing it for free. "Finally I was like, 'You know what? I'm not only not doing it for free, I'm not doing it anymore. I don't need this,' " he dished further. "She came into my store the next week when I wasn't there and told my staff that I had said she could take anything out of the store that she wanted to design her house for the shoot and here was her credit card and 'If I don't bring anything back, if I like something, you can just charge the credit card.' "

Months after the TV personality's "cleaned the store out," Berk learned about the incident when he inquired about certain things in inventory. "You could tell by the way they paused that they knew they had f**ked up," he said of his employees. "They knew they had been scammed. Because apparently, months went by and they called and they called and they called, and when they could not get any response, they tried to charge the card, and of course, it was declined."

Berk then confronted the "RHONY" star, telling her that she "literally stole from my store." Her response, however, was not expected. He recalled that she told him, "You know what? Then let's go to court. This'll be good TV. It's easier for us just to have our lawyer deal with it than it would be to actually pay you."

While Berk refrained from mentioning the name of the Housewife, Us Weekly speculated that he was referring to Aviva Drescher. Back in September 2014, he branded her a "con-artist" in response to a report about her being accused of extorting $5,000 from an artist. "Oh @AvivaDrescher, UR such a con-artist," he tweeted at the time. "Guess I'm not the only one you F'ed over. So pathetic!"

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Bobby Berk called out Aviva Drescher in response to report of her extorting money from an artist.

During the Thursday intervew, Berk claimed that his encounter with the "RHONY" star taught him to be cautious when working with celebrities. "If you're somebody in this industry, I need to really know you because when I first met this person, I was like, 'Oh, she's great.' But I didn't really know her," he stated. "I'm very picky about the type of clients that we work with now - especially in Hollywood."

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