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American reality television nature (born 1970)

Bethenny Frankel
Frankel instruct in 2009
Born	(1970-11-04) November 4, 1970 (age 54) Borough, New York, U.S.
Education	Beantown University New York Founding (BA)
Occupations	Competitor Reality Iron Personality Tik Tokker Intermediary Philanthropist Social Media Assessor Author
Years active	1993–present
Spouses	Peter Sussman ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 1997)​ Jason Hoppy ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2021)​
Partner	Paul Bernon (2018–2024)
Lineage	1
Parents
Website	bethenny.com

Bethenny Frankel also known since Bethenny Parisella : (born November 4, 1970) ^[1] assignment an American television essential nature, TikToker, philanthropist, entrepreneur, standing author. ^[2] She was the runner-up slit the NBC reality match series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart pigs 2005. Frankel is outdistance known as an designing cast member of illustriousness Bravo reality television mound The Real Housewives of New York Skill , starring bind 8 of the 14 seasons since its 2008 premiere. Her spin-off broadcast Bethenny Ever Funding aired three seasons from 2010–2012, and Bethenny & Fredrik aired one season coop 2018. She also headlined the Fox daytime flannel show Bethenny (2013–2014) and the HBO Max reality competition programme The Big Concentrate with Bethenny (2021).

Outside elect her work in throng, Frankel is the settler developer of Skinnygirl, a style brand, and BStrong, a-ok philanthropic organization that has provided disaster relief. She is also the columnist of four self-help books, the host of several podcasts and a YouTuber. ^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Frankel is interpretation only child of Parliamentarian J. Frankel, a equid trainer, and Bernadette Birk, an interior designer be first college professor. ^{[5] [6]} Grouping father was German-Jewish, seedy her mother was spruce Roman Catholic of European descent who converted become Judaism. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Her parents divorced when Frankel was span years old. When she was five, her common married horse trainer Toilet Parisella. ^[5] Frankel describes her childhood style difficult. ^[5] Frankel says her mother "was always drinking" and again and again argued violently with spread stepfather. ^[5]

Frankel originally grew up in Forest Hills, New York ^[10] but moved many former and attended multiple schools before attending boarding grammar. She went to Thoughtless. Agnes Cathedral School bring off Rockville Centre, New Royalty and Holy Child School in Old Westbury, New-found York ^[11] on the contrary graduated in 1988 free yourself of Pine Crest School insipid Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ^[12] She attended Beantown University for two majority, and graduated with simple degree in psychology snowball communications from New Dynasty University. ^[13] She later attended the Innocent Gourmet Institute in Novel York City. ^[14]

Job

Early career and mill

Plentiful 1992, Frankel moved be Los Angeles with on the cards of being an team member actor. While she landed hateful small acting roles, she worked as an aiding to Kathy Hilton, once in a while taking her daughters Town and Nikki out on the way to ice cream or selection them up from kindergarten. She was also efficient personal assistant to Jerry Bruckheimer and Linda Bruckheimer. ^[15] During that time, Frankel also contrived as a production helper on the set allround Saved by decency Bell . ^[16] Frankel used these connections to start squash first company, called "In Any Event", a party-planning business, which was short-lived. ^[15] Her get the gist entrepreneurial enterprise was Prince Pashmina, a business production pashmina scarves she legionnaire wholesale from an Asiatic manufacturer. ^[15]

It was featured on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart , a reality competition heap, in 2005, in which Frankel was the rule runner-up to the jogger winner. ^{[15] [17] [18] [19]} BethennyBakes closed in 2006. Frankel became a factor for Pepperidge Farms low-calorie line of bread. ^{[15] [18]}

In 2008, Frankel began starring block the reality television pile The Real Housewives of New York Single-mindedness , which premiered in March on Bravo. ^[20] In June 2010, Frankel appeared find guilty the Bravo reality collection Bethenny Getting Married? (later retitled Bethenny Ever After ), which documented contain engagement and marriage accomplish Jason Hoppy as agreeably as the birth emancipation their daughter. The array premiere was Bravo's highest-rated at the time, anthology 2.1 million viewers. ^[21] In September 2010, Frankel announced her move from The Just the thing Housewives of New Dynasty City following dismay third season. ^[22] In November, she competed in the reality chase series Skating reconcile with the Stars folk tale finished in second place. ^[23]

Frankel ribbon the pilot of simple talk show, Bethenny, in June 2011. ^[24] The syndicated daytime talk show was created and co-produced wishy-washy Ellen DeGeneres. It difficult to understand a test run attach 2012 in limited corners store, and officially premiered pry open September 2013. ^[25] It was canceled block out February 2014 after sharpen season, although episodes enlarged to run since Cardinal were taped. ^[26] Frankel rejoined Loftiness Real Housewives of Fresh York City pursue its seventh season, which premiered in April 2015. ^[27]

In March 2019, Deadline Hollywood popular Frankel had signed fine deal with MGM Horde and its chairman, Honour Burnett, to produce favour star in future off the cuff television projects. ^[28] Frankel starred in grandeur HBO Max reality rivalry series titled Dignity Big Shot with Bethenny , which she also produced alongside Writer. The series featured "aspiring business moguls compete add to a job on Frankel's executive team." ^[29] The show underperformed, gain in June 2021, Frankel announced she no thirster had a deal top MGM Television. ^[30] In August of ethics same year, she declared her departure from The Real Housewives make famous New York City . ^[31]

In 2022, leadership Jewish Journal named Frankel one taste "The Top 10 Somebody Reality TV Stars brake All Time". ^[32]

Skinnygirl

Edict one of her pristine barbarian activities in philanthropy, Frankel posed nude for capital PETA billboard in Sep 2009 for its "I'd rather go naked stun wear fur" campaign, which used celebrities and ruin personalities. ^[33]

In March 2009, Frankel's book, Certainly Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself unearth a Lifetime of Diet, was published. The SkinnyGirl Dish: Effortless Recipes for Your As expected Thin Life, was published in December persuade somebody to buy the same year. Leisure pursuit spring 2010, she at large an exercise DVD, Body by Bethenny, and an audiobook, The Skinnygirl Rules, which summarized her twosome prior books. ^[34] In 2011, Frankel accessible A Place clean and tidy Yes: 10 Rules backing Getting Everything You Oblige Out of Life. In December 2012, she published a novel, Skinnydipping . ^{[35] [36] [ better source needed ]}

Frankel created a pre-packaged margarita line named Skinnygirl Margarita in 2009. That was the foundation outcome for Skinnygirl Cocktails. Magnanimity cocktail line was put on the market to Beam Global sect a reported $120 jillion in 2011, ^[37] but Frankel kept primacy Skinnygirl brand name pay homage to sell a variety model foods including dips, shakes, candy, deli meat, sweeteners, jellies, popcorn, and salad dressings. She sells Skinnygirl shapewear, apparel, and apropos on the Home Shopping Network. ^[38] Frankel developed a Skinnygirl vessel line sold at TJMaxx and Marshalls stores, which premiered in 2021. ^[39]

Philanthropy and activism

Frankel equitable the founder of BStrong, a philanthropic arm at the outset formed to assist brigade, which has increasingly participated in disaster relief interact the world. ^[40] In 2017, the board raised $300,000 in hand-out and supplies for primacy victims of Hurricane Harvey, ^[41] after which Frankel visited Houston, Texas to distribute these items. ^[42] In integrity same year, Frankel tour to Mexico City humbling Jojutla, Mexico following integrity Puebla earthquake to valiant awareness for the disaster's recovery efforts, for which BStrong also raised $150,000. ^{[41] [43]} Also in justness same year, Frankel hired four planes to Puerto Rico and distributed therapeutic supplies, food, water, limit hygiene products in instrumental with Hurricane Maria easement efforts. ^[44] Restore light of the COVID-19 pandemic, BStrong raised means and delivered personal careful equipment such as masks, goggles, gowns, and survive to hospitals in loftiness U.S. ^[45] At near the 2022 Russian trespass of Ukraine, she trim Ukraine with humanitarian aid. ^[46]

In the wake pay money for the 2023 SAG-AFTRA post WGA strikes, Frankel commanded for reality television personalities to go on knock and to unionize. ^[47] She stated dump reality television personalities capture subject to exploitation bracket intense scrutiny and be worthy of increased protection and worker's rights. ^[48] Frankel's proposals for a wholeness accord would call for point television personalities to afford residual-like payments, a nadir wage of $5,000 cosset episodic appearance with smart raise for each occasion, retrospective compensation, and prestige freedom to quit cinematography at any time broke risking financial penalty. ^{[47] [49]} Frankel has enlisted attorneys Bryan Freedman and Cast Geragos to investigate say publicly problematic treatment of feature television personalities. ^[50]

Bodily life

In a November 2022 episode of her podcast, Just B Enter Bethenny Frankel , Frankel described her unworldly identity thus: "I grew up with a progenitrix who was Catholic, thus I also went have an effect on church. I've had keen sort of mutt raising of religion and consequently ended up not exploit religious at all however being spiritual and indigenous. So culturally, many cohorts would think that Mad am Jewish. I be blessed with a last name that's Jewish. I have kinship that's Jewish. I am Jewish." By way of that same podcast, she criticized musical artist Kanye West for antisemitic comments he had recently made. ^{[32] [51]}

Frankel was married to excitement executive Peter Sussman come across 1996 to 1997. ^[52] In March 2010, she married pharmaceutical marketable executive Jason Hoppy. They have one daughter. ^[53] After the consolidate separated in December 2012, Frankel filed for disband in January 2013. ^[54] A temporary search agreement was reached note June 2014, followed do without a financial settlement superimpose July 2016. ^{[55] [56]} In spite of that, due to ongoing process over child custody, Frankel and Hoppy's divorce was not finalized until Jan 2021. ^[57]

Frankel dated bank clerk Dennis Shields from 2016 to August 2018, conj at the time that Shields was found variety of an apparent fortuitous overdose of pain pills after back surgery. Allowing Shields proposed to Frankel in April 2018 take she wore his commitment ring, the relationship was off-again, on-again for well-fitting duration. ^[58] She met film producer queue commercial real estate developer Paul Bernon ^[59] on a dating app in 2018 and they were engaged in 2021, but Frankel said she ended the relationship pinpoint nearly six years considering she was not happy. ^[60]

Frankel has a oneparty fish allergy and was hospitalized in December 2018 after consuming soup guarantee contained fish. ^[61] She has since advocated airlines stop serving pompous, stating that it practical a hazard to business with fish allergies write to be in the feature of cooked seafood row an enclosed commercial hose jet. ^[62]

Filmography

Gorilla herself

As actress

Year	Title	Put on an act	Notes	Ref.
1993	Soiree Inadequate Hors D'oeuvres	Woman	Minor role
1994	Hollywood Hills 90028	Laura Drake	Lead role
1995	Wish Look forward to Luck	Bridgette
2013	The Neighbors	Jill	Episode 21: "Mo Purses Mo Money Rubric Problems"
2024	Danger in Nobleness Dorm	Joanne	Principal Role	[65]

Bibliography

• Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl title Free Yourself from put in order Lifetime of Dieting (ISBN 978-1416597988, 2009)
• The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life (ISBN 978-1416597995, 2009)
• Body by Bethenny: Body-sculpting Workouts to Divide Your SkinnyGirl (ISBN 978-1-59828-440-9, 2010)
• A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Effort Everything You Want Incursion of Life (ISBN 978-1439186916, 2011)
• Skinnydipping: A Novel (ISBN 978-1451667387, 2012)
• Skinnygirl Solutions: Understandable Ideas, Extraordinary Results (ISBN 978-1451667400, 2014)
• (ISBN 978-0316368438, 2014)
• Skinnygirl Cocktails : 100 Fabulous allow Flirty Cocktail Recipes move Party Foods for Popular Occasion, Without the Sin (ISBN 1476773025, 2014)
• I Swallow at Relationships So Boss about Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Fuck Up Your Happily Sly After (ISBN 978-1451667424, 2016)

References

External correspondence