Jill Zarinhad one of the most notorious feuds in Housewives history with herReal Housewives of New York CitycostarRamona Singer. And apparently, that ill-will carried over to Ramona’s husband at the time, Mario Singer.
During an appearance on Thursday’sJeff LewisLive, Jill recalled an argument she and Mario got into back in June 2011 — one that she claims got physical when he allegedly pushed her, and one that reps for the Singers have denied to PEOPLE happened.
“I thought about calling the police,” Jill, 55, said. “He literally put his hands on me and pushed me!”
“He was abusive,” she claimed of Mario, 64. “I think he had a very bad temper, I’ve seen it!”
Rumors of the alleged altercationhad made headlines at the time.
When it supposedly happened,RHONY‘s fourth season was airing on Bravo and Mario apparently wasn’t too happy with the way Jill had been discussing Ramona in the press. So when the two ended up together at a party in the Hamptons, he allegedly confronted her.
“Mario comes over to me and he puts his hands on me and he pushes me and goes, ‘I don’t like the way you talk about Ramona,’ ” Jill claimed on href=”/” title=”Jeff Lewis”>Jeff Lewis’ SiriusXM show.
“He came over to me in an aggressive way,” Jill claimed, alleging later, “He probably had something to drink.”
Mario Singer and Jill Zarin.Myles Aronowitz/NBC
Jill Zarin and Mario Singer.Giovanni Rufino/NBC
“I assume he said something ’cause Mario left me alone after that,” theSecrets of a Jewish Motherauthor said.
To back her case, Jill claimed to Lewis that she had witnesses including “really important” producers from theOprahshow. “They all witnessed it,” Jill said. “They were there.”
Jill went on to clarify that she didn’t know whether Mario had been abusive with Ramona while they were married (the two wed in 1992 and split in 2015, after she caught him cheating).
“I don’t know if he’s ever did anything with Ramona, but I know he was definitely verbally abusive,” Jill alleged.
Ramona Singer and ex husband Mario Singer.Simon Russell/Getty
Reached for comment, a rep for the Singers tells PEOPLE, “This is ridiculous. Mario was not abusive.”
“He and Ramona have a great relationship right now. And Jill and Ramona are friends now,” the rep continues. “Anything that happened was all in the past.”
For what it’s worth, Jill and Ramona, 62, do seem to have put their problems in the past — even spending Labor Day weekend together with their daughters, Avery Singer, 24, and Allyson Shapiro, 26.
As for Mario, Jill said onJeff LewisLive, ‘I’ve seen him since and I’ve been nice.”
Jeff LewisLiveairs weekdays (12 p.m. ET) on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy (Ch. 102).
source: people.com
