How Unfortunate.
The three women are aghast at your frankness. Elaine is hopelessly embarrassed and the three women are not likely to be attending any of your gatherings anytime soon.
Don't be a person who makes a fetish of frankness honesty and frankness are fine qualities most of the time but there are occasions when to be frank will mean hurting another feelings or winding his pride and to do so would be an unpardonable sin. if you don’t want to lie tactfully, then just sidestep the issue and say nothing.