Say whatever you want about Alex McCord - and many viewers of The Real Housewives of New York City certainly have - but the reality TV star at least isn't shy.

She didn't back down from any questions throw her way by Marc Malkin of E! News. Here are excerpts from their recent interview:

One of the hardest things you probably had to deal with last season was the nude photos of you that got out there.
It wasn’t fun. But I’m one of the million people out there who have them. They exist, so what? But because of the show, someone decided that they wanted to throw them out there. Um, I wasn’t thrilled about that.

How do you get along with the new housewife, Kelly Killoron Bensimon?
I did not have any fights with Kelly. [Laughs.] I didn’t actually see her that much. We filmed a few things together. I obviously don’t know what’s going to be shown and what’s not. But I filmed more with the others.

There’s a lot of speculation on the show about your husband’s sexuality. How do you deal with that?
It doesn’t bother me in the least. I know who he is. And it does make me laugh that when someone is different than they are, people feel the need to put a label on that. It’s pretty silly. I can certainly say that he’s the type of guy that if he actually were gay, he’d be out and loud and proud. But it makes me laugh. It really does.

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