Jill Zarin: "Ramona Knows I'm Not An Alcoholic"

Accusations of alcoholism where thrown all over the place on the Real Housewives of New York City reunion and Jill Zarin has had enough and wants to set the record straight -- in case we had any doubts.

“Ramona knows I’m not an alcoholic. She’s seen me drink and she said it to lash back at me for what I did to her with Mario and two wrongs don’t make a right. She crossed the line,” Jill told OK! Magazine's Linda Santacruz in a recent interview.

Jill admits that her comments regarding Ramona Singer's husband Mario were inappropriate and has since apologized. “I apologized to her though for the Mario comment but she did not apologize in fact she reinforced it that it was okay to do it.”

In turn, she doesn't excpect an apology from Ramona but does feel like she should be more respectful of those who do have an alcohol problem.

“I have been to AA meetings years ago to support a friend and the damage of outing someone… you know one of the reasons people go to AA is the anonymity. The protection. And there are people that won’t go to AA because they’ll are worried they might have a friend like Ramona who will out them,” explains Jill. “It’s not just about me…she did not apologize to the fans because it’s really not me. I don’t care. I know I’m not so it doesn’t really matter.”

Jill Zarin, Ramona Singer Appear On Today Show

This morning on the Today Show, Jill Zarin and Ramona Singer kept the Real Housewives of New York drama going by engaging in a discussion about alcoholism which gets pretty heated (as all conversations do between the two of them these days).

Ramona Singer: I Dont Have a Drinking Problem

Every Real Housewives of New York fan knows Ramona Singer loves Pinot Grigio, but does she have a drinking problem?

"Do I overdrink? No. I drink with responsibility," Ramona told In the Mixx at a recent event for Hamptons Magazine at the Southampton Social Club. "I drink with a beautiful dinner. I would rather have my one or two glasses of Pinot Grigio than dessert which is 700 calories."

Though she admits her name has become synonymous with the white wine, she's using that to her advantage with her own line, Ramona Pinot Grigio.

And besides, the 54-year-old explains, drinking comes with being a Real Housewife.

"All I can say is, we're filmed in social events. If you look at anytime I have a drink in my hand, look what LuAnn [de Lesseps] is drinking. The other people are drinking," Ramona said. "The only person who doesn't drink is Jill [Zarin]. She only drinks Diet Coke – and you wonder why? But anyway, all the other Housewives shows – they're all drinking."

Does it bother her that her costars, like Jill, have said they worry about her drinking? Or that she's portrayed on the show as always wanting a glass of her beloved wine?

"I actually said to Bravo, I called them up I said, 'Wait, is the story line so bad you have to make [my drinking] a story line? Because you know I don't have a drinking problem,' " she said.

She also noted: "I've been on the show for four years. How can I have five businesses, be married 19 years, have a daughter who's a straight-A student? I cannot even be a ... functioning alcoholic if I had all of this stuff going on. It would be impossible. Do you ever see me fall down on TV? Do you ever see me slur my speech? Absolutely not. Do I have a drink or two with dinner? Absolutely."

Credit: PEOPLE (Aaron Parsley)