Aviva Drescher

Aviva Drescher is an American author, lawyer, and reality TV show star best known for being on The Real Housewives of New York City.

Early life Aviva Drescher was born Aviva Teichner on September 9th, 1970 in Manhattan, New York to parents George and Ingrid Teichner. Her dad was originally from Brooklyn, New York and her mom was originally from Germany before immigrating to America. She was raised in the Upper West Side neighborhood. In 1977, when Drescher was six, she was visiting a friend who lived in Upstate New York. One night, she and her friend snuck up to ride a tractor. There, her foot got caught on a conveyor-belt and churned, which resulted in her left leg being amputated.

When Drescher was 15, her parents took her to India to see a man who they believed was a "avatar of a healing spirit" and could grow her leg back. Her mom struggled with alcoholism and passed away soon after.

Drescher attended The Fieldston School in New York City. After graduating high school, she went to and graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She then went to get her masters degree in French Literature at New York University in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and a Juris Doctor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in Lower Manhattan. Drescher practices law.

Career At age 20, she moved to Paris, France as a dancer. She knew celebrities like Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Sylvester Stallone.

Drescher is co-founder of the charity 'One Step Ahead', which helps amputees, mainly children. She met founder Amy Palmiero-Winters in 2007 and worked together. Drescher helped and spoke to survivors of the Boston Bombing in 2013.

In 2012, Drescher, along with Carole Radziwill and Heather Thomson, joined the Real Housewives of New York City cast in season 5. Drescher was the only Real Housewife on the series to be born and raised in Manhattan, with Thomson being born in Manhattan, but raised in Hudson, New York and Bethenny Frankel, the only other native New Yorker, was born and raised in Forest Hills, Queens. In early 2014, she released a memoir titled 'Leggy Blonde'

In 2015, Drescher appeared on season 2 of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars with her husband, Reid. In the episode "Let Them Eat Cake", Aviva got into a somewhat physical fight with Bad Girls Club star Natalie Nunn with cake.

Season 6 Finale of RHONY On the Season 6 Finale of The Real Housewives of New York City, Drescher and fellow costar Heather Thomson were in a fight at the restaurant Le Cirque. The fight was about Aviva's lack of travel with the other ladies due to a bunch of phobias and fears she has, plus the ladies thinking she didn't have asthma, to which Drescher brought an x-ray and said her doctor lied to her.

During the fight, Drescher said to Thomson. "The only thing that is fake-" to which fellow costar Sonja Morgan replies "Keep it together, Aviva."

Drescher continues her statement, saying "The only thing that is artificial, or fake about me...is this!" in which Drescher slams her prosthetic leg on the table, and later on tossing it to Heather.

The moment was the most viral moment from Season 6, being tweeted about 23,891 times by July 25th, 2014. On RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, contestant Alaska Thunderfuck references Aviva's leg throw at the season 2 reunion, with the clip having a million views on YouTube.

Andy Cohen, one of the Executive Producers for the show and the reunion host, said that Drescher planned the moment out and gave production a leg up to film it, but it still created one of the most infamous moments from the entire series.

Personal life Drescher married Harry Dubin, but divorced in 2005. They had a son, Harrison. In 2006, she married Reid Drescher and had two children, Hudson and Sienna and Drescher became a step mom to Veronica, a child of Harry's from another marriage.

Hudson was originally named Brandon, but the Drescher's changed it to Hudson, the second choice they had.

Reid is cousins with actress Fran Drescher. Aviva also works with Fran's charities, Trash Cancer and Cancer Shmancers.