“Bookgate” erupted on the Real Housewives of New York City when Carole Radziwill and Aviva Drescher exchanged heated words about writing their memoirs.

What started off as an innocent lunch turned into a catfight when Drescher seemed to imply that Radziwill had used a ghostwriter to pen her own bestselling memoir, What Remains.  

When the two departed, Drescher continued to tell the other housewives that Radziwill had indeed utilized a ghostwriter.

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After the episode aired, Drescher vented about the blowout fight.

“First of all, in the history of all the Real Housewives, everywhere, I officially declare this the STUPIDEST FIGHT EVER,” she wrote on her Bravo blog.

“I was pissed at Carole when she dissed my right to write. See, I don't care if Carole used a ghostwriter, an editor, or room full of monkeys to write her book… I admire Carole for doing her book all by herself; it’s a huge task. It was for me anyway… So here are my final words on ghostwriters and ghostwriting: WHO CARES?”