What drama on the “Real Housewives of the OC” last night! Who knew a Tupperware party could get so violent. Alexis tells Gretchen’s friend to back off of Jim, her husband. Gretchen’s friend claims she has no intention of flirting with Jim but Alexis isn’t having it.

“He’s married. He’s taken!” she says to the other woman. The other lady says, “Do you want to go outside?” Oooh, those are fightin’ words!

Jim and Alexis quickly took off and left the party before any more Tequilla talking could get them into trouble. My favorite part of the party was after they left and one of the ladies said,

No one was flirting with your husband, he is ugly!

It took 5 episodes until someone finally said it, really?

So what does ugly man Jim to keep Alexis knee-deep in trips to Plano Plastic Surgeons and nannies? He’s officially described as a “self-made entrepreneur.”

According to Newport Beach’s Daily Pilot Jim Bellino “used to own the now-closed Margaritaville restaurant on West Coast Highway. He juggles numerous business endeavors these days, including pawn loans and house flipping.”

There have been numerous reports that Jim owns a pawn shop. There have even been reports Jim was indicted in 2000 by the Feds for counterfeit autographed sports memorabilia.

“A James Carlos Bellino, who owned a business called Forensic Document Services, located at 1115 N. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA, was indicted by the Feds in 2000 (3:00-cr-03071-JM: USA v. Bellino) for conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

The accusations involved sales to federal agents of forged sports memorabilia, specifically, baseballs with forged Babe Ruth signatures. The government subsequently deferred prosecution. a short hand way of letting Bellino off without jail time if he paid restitution of almost $30,000, went on probation for a year, and got out of the sports memorabilia business.”

Before she became one of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” Alexis Bellino was Alexis Barry. She divorced Jeffrey Barry in 2004.

Alexis accused Jeffrey of being “bipolar,” drinking “excessively,” and threatening to hurt her. She said Jeffrey hacked into her computer and impersonated her in emails sent to her new boyfriend….who was also married, by the way.

Jeffrey denied he ever threatened Alexis or impersonated her on the Internet. He did proudly admit, however, that he’d called Alexis a “$2 whore!” It was an opinion that was “likely not to change,” he told the court.

The Barry divorce was finalized June 12, 2004. She later married wealthy businessman Jim Bellino and is living the good life with him in Newport Beach, CA.

According to several sources it wasn’t by chance the Bellino’s got on “The Real Housewives of OC,” they tried very hard to get on the show and eventually it worked out for them.

“Alexis and Jim did everything they could to get on this show. They bought a house from Jeana and befriended her. They bought a car from Simon and befriended him. Alexis joined Gretchen’s gym and befriended her. They watched the show every week since it’s been aired and tried to get as many connections as possible. I do have to say, it worked. Though it was expensive! Fancy houses and luxury cars aren’t cheap. Hope they feel it is worth it.”

Another fun fact, Jim is 15 years older than Alexis.