Guests at a fancy New York Halloween party got a fright when they saw a nasty exchange between designer Tory Burch and ‘Odd Mom Out’ creator Jill Kargman.
The war of words at Saturday’s French Revolution-themed party started when Burch unexpectedly ran into the Bravo celebrity, Kargman, at the societal bash in the West Village, according to the New York Post.
Burch went on the attack at Kargman for a dig on her Bravo show that aired in July where Abby Elliott’s fashion-designer character is interviewed by Vanity Fair’s Derek Blasberg, who says ‘I heard Tory Burch started a charity to empower gold diggers to stand up to their oppressors and divorce their husbands. It’s called Melania’s Tower.’
Tory Burch got into the verbal altercation with Jill Kargman Saturday night over a now deleted scene about Burch on Bravo’s Odd Mom Out
A furious Burch allegedly spat at Kargman at the party ‘What you did was incredibly rude to women who are trying hard to make ends meet. They are not gold diggers, my foundation is to help women entrepreneurs.’
Another source told the Post Burch added, over the loud music, ‘The line you said about me on your show was pathetic.’
However before the episode aired, the Tory Burch Foundation demanded that Bravo edit the line out, which the Post says, they did. But that wasn’t enough for the designer, who was already in attack mode.
Kargman responded, ‘It was a joke in a comedy show,’ adding that Burch didn’t have a sense of humor and ‘Your behavior is crazy!’
The designer hit back — believing Kargman had called her ‘bat- -t crazy’ — by saying, ‘I am not bats – – t crazy. What you did isn’t funny.’ Burch added, ‘You should take a good look in the mirror, because you won’t like what you see on the inside,’ as Kargman left.
Kargman here on her Bravo show Odd Mom Out had some words for Burch Monday saying the joke was only playing homage to the designer
Costumed party-goers included Cynthia Rowley, Eric Schmidt, Stefano Tonchi and Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, were left stunned.
Burch said in a statement Monday to the Post: ‘Especially in these times it’s so important that we support and amplify efforts to empower women, not ridicule them. I don’t think there’s anything funny about the wage gap or the obstacles women in business continue to face.’
Meanwhile Kargman added, ‘It is sad that what we considered an homage was taken as offensive. It wasn’t mean-spirited, the lead character in my show wants to emulate Tory Burch.’