09 Trashy Breakups: Sultans of Swing | RHONY's Dorinda Medley and 'Sultan of Stains' John Mahdessian
Trashy Divorces
Hemlock Creatives
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Some relationships end up being toxic to entirely different relationships in a person's life, a fact that Real Housewife of New York City Dorinda Medley learned through her association with "dry cleaner to the stars" John Mahdassian. While John operates one of New York City's most exclusive dry cleaning companies, his penchant for making messes of his girlfriend's personal life eventually ended their relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. |
| 0:12.0 | Wednesday's Trashy Divorces, Wednesday's Trashy Breakups Edition. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Alicia. |
| 0:17.2 | My name is Stacey, and I am your Real Housewives correspondent for the week. |
| 0:22.8 | Holy cats. What are you bringing us, Stacy? This is the trashy breakup of Real Housewives of New York's |
| 0:30.0 | Durinda Medley and her ex-boyfriend John Medesian. Oh, goody. Indeed. Thanks to Melissa O for the heavy lift on this one. |
| 0:41.0 | Alicia, there are few relationships in the Real Housewives universe that were as controversial as that of |
| 0:47.2 | Roney's Durinda Medley and her longtime boyfriend, John Medesian. Most people never understood the |
| 0:52.9 | attraction and few were upset to hear about the |
| 0:55.6 | breakup. Although the vast majority of the fans of Real Housewives of New York City were perplexed |
| 1:00.5 | about Durinda's choice of romantic partner, many appreciated some of the dramatic and trashy moments |
| 1:06.8 | he brought to the show. Seems like Durinda was always good for dramatic and trashy. |
| 1:12.6 | That's my take as well. |
| 1:14.5 | Duranda Medley was one of the most popular members of the Real Housewives of New York City for six seasons. |
| 1:20.8 | Her over-the-top personality and iconic catchphrases were a perfect match for reality TV. |
| 1:27.3 | You got to have Sparkle. All right. Durinda had |
| 1:30.9 | long-time friendships with members of the cast prior to being on the show herself. She joined the show in |
| 1:36.2 | 2015 in the show's seventh season. She remained for the next five years. Durenda's behavior was |
| 1:42.8 | noticeably more hostile and aggressive than usual with many of her castmates, |
| 1:47.2 | especially Tensley Mortimer, who we have discussed in the past. |
| 1:49.8 | Oh, we have talked about old Tensley. |
| 1:52.2 | And after that season, she was not asked to return for the 13th season. |
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