Diane L Cohen
Karen Gravano got on a roll at the âMob Wivesâ party.
Managers at Frames Bowling Lounge are lucky not to be sleeping with the fishes after a party they hosted for the season-three premiere of âMob Wivesâ got cast member Karen Gravano yelling âMamma mia!â
According to Gravano, the daughter of former John Gotti hit man Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, gatekeepers at the upscale Ninth Ave. bowling center were fine with hosting a party for Mafioso spouses and their offspring. But she claims they imposed an arbitrary dress code on black and Hispanic partygoers on the guest lists and required a $ 5 coat check from minority members who were let inside.
A Frames rep said the coat check applied to all guests, not just minorities, and claimed to have receipts proving the point.
She also denied the dress code had anything to do with the party guestsâ race. âIt wasnât a race thing. They werenât getting their way and someone decided to play the race card. I guess with these Mob Wives, theyâre always on the offensive.â
Gravano felt otherwise.
âIt was supposed to be a joyous event for our third season,â says Gravano. âThe way my guests were treated was outrageously offensive.â
In emails sent to party organizers, a Frames rep stated no ârappersâ would be admitted and asked, âPlease make sure there is no press leaked to any website or outlets that cover urban or hip-hop events.â
They also declined organizersâ requests to play hip-hop music.
The Frames spokeswoman acknowledges, âI didnât want hip-hop artists there because it requires more security â" in my experience they come with entourages our security staff wasnât equipped to handle.â
She also says everyone was held to the same dress code and no one was refused admission, including one man who threatened to âFâ" me upâ because she insisted he remove his baseball cap. The spokeswoman also points out that the venue is hosting a BET party next month.
For Gravano, who tells us sheâs usually âclassy,â the incident not only threatened her showâs press coverage, but also hit close to home.
âMy boyfriend is Hispanic â" he was dressed very trendy, very nice, and they wouldnât let him in!â Gravano insists. âI had to go to the door and trip out.â
In one of Gravanoâs exchanges with Frames security, she was overheard saying, âYou better fâ"g let my guests in and I donât give a fâ" about your dress code. This is a fâ"g bowling alley and they have on jeans. That is appropriate attire to bowl, you racist aâ"holes. Donât let me come back downstairs again, because Iâll take my party elsewhere!â
The Frames spokeswoman says her lounge comped what wouldâve been an $ 8,000 tab, hoping to generate good press for the venue, and said sheâd be surprised if total tips from the group exceeded $ 100.
âIn hindsight I shouldâve let them go,â says the spokeswoman â" as in, go away.
COOPERâS TRIP TO THE MAUL
We know Bradley Cooper is gorgeous and all, but we didnât know he was capable of inciting Beatles-type riots. The âSilver Linings Playbookâ star was âmauledâ by guests at the after-party for the Palm Springs Film Festival Saturday, where he had to run for cover inside the nearby Parker Hotel after hordes of female fans went berserk over him, an eyewitness tells Confidenti@l.
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