Bethenny Frankel is a former main cast member on The Real Housewives of New York City. She has also led two-spin offs from The Real Housewives franchise, titled: Bethenny Ever After and Bethenny & Fredrik.
Casting[]
Frankel made up one of the five original main cast members in the first season of The Real Housewives of New York City. She starred as a 'Housewife' until the conclusion of the third season. She decided to leave the show after expressing doubts of continuing on the series prior to the season’s conclusion since she wanted to focus solely on Bethenny Getting Married? (the first spin-off show to the New York City installment) - and not film two shows at once. This spin-off series; which focused on Frankel navigating life and marriage plus tackling motherhood and further business ventures, would end up to run for three seasons as Frankel decided to focus on other business ventures. For its second season and third installments, Frankel’s first spin-off series would be named: Bethenny Ever After.
Frankel ended up returning to the main show after three seasons away in the seventh season as a 'Housewife' and continued in a main capacity until the conclusion of the eleventh season. She exited the show after her second stint of five seasons since she wanted to "move on, focus on my daughter, my philanthropy any my production partnership with Mark Burnett; producing and starring in shows which represent the shift in conversation for women". She later also said that she left since the show was becoming "something that I am not".
In between airing for the ninth and tenth seasons of the main show, Frankel’s second spin-off series, Bethenny & Fredrik, aired which focused on Frankel as a real estate mogul alongside her friend, Fredrik Eklund. The series was not commissioned for a second run as the pair decided to save their friendship over filming for the TV show which had caused issues between them.
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Taglines[]
| "New York City is my playground." | ||
| "New York City is my playground." | ||
| "New York City is my playground." | ||
| "I’m not a Housewife, but I am real." | ||
| "If you can’t handle the truth, you can’t handle me." | ||
| "If you’re gonna take a shot at this B, you better not miss." | ||
| "It's great to be successful. But it's even better to B Strong." | ||
| "When life gives me limes, I make margaritas." | ||
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- Bethenny was the joint-ninth first ever 'Housewife' on The Real Housewives franchise.
- She came after eight 'Housewives' who had starred on the first three seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
- She was an original cast member on the first season of The Real Housewives of New York City (alongside Alex McCord, Jill Zarin, Luann de Lesseps and Ramona Singer); which was the fourth season to air within the franchise.
- This places her among fifty-nine other 'Housewives' who have starred as originals in an installment of the American-side of The Real Housewives franchise.
- She was an original cast member on the first season of The Real Housewives of New York City (alongside Alex McCord, Jill Zarin, Luann de Lesseps and Ramona Singer); which was the fourth season to air within the franchise.
- She came after eight 'Housewives' who had starred on the first three seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
- Frankel was the first 'Housewife' to leave a main role on The Real Housewives of New York City.
- Bethenny and fellow original main cast member, Luann de Lesseps, were the first two 'Housewives' to return to The Real Housewives of New York City; both re-appearing in the seventh season (after three seasons away for Frankel and one season away from a main role for de Lesseps).
- She left the franchise (for the second time) for good in 2019 post the show’s eleventh season.
- Frankel is currently the only 'Housewife' to leave an installment across the entire franchise at the end of its eleventh season; other than The Real Housewives of Orange County’s, Heather Dubrow, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s, Shamari DeVoe.
- DeVoe had only completed one season whereas Dubrow had also joined on Orange County’s seventh season and left after a fifth consecutive season post its eleventh one; but the difference was that this was Dubrow’s first out of second streak on her respective series yet it was Frankel’s second out of second streak.
- Bethenny is the only 'Housewife' who has starred in an installment’s eleventh season having appeared in seven seasons in a full-time capacity prior to the season.
- DeVoe had only completed one season whereas Dubrow had also joined on Orange County’s seventh season and left after a fifth consecutive season post its eleventh one; but the difference was that this was Dubrow’s first out of second streak on her respective series yet it was Frankel’s second out of second streak.
- Frankel is currently the only 'Housewife' to leave an installment across the entire franchise at the end of its eleventh season; other than The Real Housewives of Orange County’s, Heather Dubrow, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s, Shamari DeVoe.
- She left the franchise (for the second time) for good in 2019 post the show’s eleventh season.
- Bethenny and fellow original main cast member, Luann de Lesseps, were the first two 'Housewives' to return to The Real Housewives of New York City; both re-appearing in the seventh season (after three seasons away for Frankel and one season away from a main role for de Lesseps).
- Frankel was also the first 'Housewife' on The Real Housewives of New York City to receive a spin-off series, which was titled: Bethenny Ever After (titled: Bethenny Getting Married? during its inaugural season).
- This spin-off was the second spin-off show of the entire The Real Housewives franchise.
- Bethenny was the third 'Housewife' across The Real Housewives franchise to receive more than one spin-off series; after former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Kandi Burruss, and former The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Caroline Manzo.
- This spin-off series, Bethenny & Fredrik, was the second and penultimate spin-off show of The Real Housewives of New York City (the last to focus on Frankel).
- Bethenny is among eight American 'Housewives' who have starred on eight seasons in a main capacity on any given American installment of The Real Housewives.
- With the joint-twentieth highest number of seasons in a main role, Frankel is joined by The Real Housewives of Orange County star, Heather Dubrow (who has just starred in her eighth run), The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars, Shereé Whitfield and Phaedra Parks (who is set to star in her eighth season), The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Dolores Catania (who recently starred in her eighth edition), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars, Lisa Rinna and Dorit Kemsley (whose eighth season is currently being aired) and The Real Housewives of Potomac star, Robyn Dixon.
- At the time of her departure, Bethenny was the only 'Housewife' (at that point currently) to have starred in eight seasons in an American-produced series of The Real Housewives. Standing in the twelfth position as most-seasoned 'Housewife', she was beaten by The Real Housewives of Orange County stars, Vicki Gunvalson (at thirteen) and Tamra Judge (at eleven), former The Real Housewives of New York City co-stars, Ramona Singer (at eleven), Luann de Lesseps (at ten) and Sonja Morgan (at nine), The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars, Kandi Burruss (at ten), NeNe Leakes (at nine) and Cynthia Bailey (at nine), The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Teresa Giudice (at nine), and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars, Kyle Richards (at nine) and Lisa Vanderpump (at nine).
- Currently, Frankel is the joint-ninth longest-serving former 'Housewife' across The Real Housewives franchise (alongside Dixon, Rinna and Whitfield). They are exceeded by: Gunvalson, Singer, de Lesseps, Morgan, Burruss, Leakes, Bailey and Vanderpump.
- Frankel is the only The Real Housewives of New York City star to have featured in eight seasons as a 'Housewife'.
- This makes her the fourth longest-serving cast member on the show, after: Ramona Singer (at thirteen), Luann de Lesseps (at twelve) and Sonja Morgan (at eleven).
- Frankel is the only The Real Housewives of New York City star to have featured in eight seasons as a 'Housewife'.
- Currently, Frankel is the joint-ninth longest-serving former 'Housewife' across The Real Housewives franchise (alongside Dixon, Rinna and Whitfield). They are exceeded by: Gunvalson, Singer, de Lesseps, Morgan, Burruss, Leakes, Bailey and Vanderpump.
- At the time of her departure, Bethenny was the only 'Housewife' (at that point currently) to have starred in eight seasons in an American-produced series of The Real Housewives. Standing in the twelfth position as most-seasoned 'Housewife', she was beaten by The Real Housewives of Orange County stars, Vicki Gunvalson (at thirteen) and Tamra Judge (at eleven), former The Real Housewives of New York City co-stars, Ramona Singer (at eleven), Luann de Lesseps (at ten) and Sonja Morgan (at nine), The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars, Kandi Burruss (at ten), NeNe Leakes (at nine) and Cynthia Bailey (at nine), The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Teresa Giudice (at nine), and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars, Kyle Richards (at nine) and Lisa Vanderpump (at nine).
- With the joint-twentieth highest number of seasons in a main role, Frankel is joined by The Real Housewives of Orange County star, Heather Dubrow (who has just starred in her eighth run), The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars, Shereé Whitfield and Phaedra Parks (who is set to star in her eighth season), The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Dolores Catania (who recently starred in her eighth edition), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars, Lisa Rinna and Dorit Kemsley (whose eighth season is currently being aired) and The Real Housewives of Potomac star, Robyn Dixon.
- She appeared in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a 'Guest' during its sixth and eighth seasons. Through her friendship with Kyle Richards, she got to know members of the cast and bonded/clashed while doing so.
- These appearances occurred in between her second stint on The Real Housewives of New York City.
Theme Song:[]
- Bethenny did both open and close the theme song of The Real Housewives of New York City. During the show’s seventh and ninth seasons, she opened the intro and during the show’s eighth, she closed the intro.
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- Bethenny sat at the helm of a Reunion Special Sofa (next to Andy Cohen) for six out of eight Reunion specials that she attended. While she wasn’t at the front of a Reunion Sofa during The Real Housewives of New York City’s first and second seasons; she was during the show’s third season and then for all five seasons of her second stint as a 'Housewife' (for the show’s seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh).
Family Facts:[]
- She was married to Jason Hoppy; who fathered her only child, Bryn Hoppy.
- He appeared in a few episodes of the third season of The Real Housewives of New York City and then throughout the entire run of Bethenny Ever After. However, by the time that Frankel returned to The Real Housewives of New York City’s seventh season, she had already separated from Hoppy and therefore, he never re-appeared on camera.
- Bryn Hoppy never appeared on The Real Housewives of New York City but did appear on all three seasons of Bethenny Ever After. She did not appear during Frankel’s first stint since she wasn’t born and during her second stint since Bethenny made the conscious decision not to have Bryn "working with a microphone on her at such a young age".
- Bethenny was married once before to Peter Sussman; he never appeared on-camera.
- Bryn Hoppy never appeared on The Real Housewives of New York City but did appear on all three seasons of Bethenny Ever After. She did not appear during Frankel’s first stint since she wasn’t born and during her second stint since Bethenny made the conscious decision not to have Bryn "working with a microphone on her at such a young age".
- He appeared in a few episodes of the third season of The Real Housewives of New York City and then throughout the entire run of Bethenny Ever After. However, by the time that Frankel returned to The Real Housewives of New York City’s seventh season, she had already separated from Hoppy and therefore, he never re-appeared on camera.
- Bethenny shared the same birthday with her Mother, Bernadette Birk.
- Bethenny’s up-and-down relationship with her parents was documented throughout The Real Housewives of New York City and Bethenny Ever After. They were never seen on-camera but Bethenny’s demons from her childhood were largely discussed and displayed.
Contractual Salaries:[]
- Frankel says that she was paid $7,250 per episode for the first season of The Real Housewives of New York City.
- She was expected to have received $1 million per season by the time that her final season on The Real Housewives of New York City came by.
- Bethenny claims to have been the highest-paid 'Housewife' on The Real Housewives of all time. She is estimated to be worth $80 million.
Post-'Housewives' Life[]
- Bethenny no longer owns the Skinnygirl liquor company since she sold it for an estimated $100-120 million dollars in 2011 (while filming the second season of Bethenny Ever After) yet still retains right to the name.
- Bethenny has also been leading a "Reality TV Reckoning" campaign which has been launched since Frankel advocates for better working conditions for reality TV stars (such as: better payment (addition of residuals), protection for reality TV stars and possibly for a unionization of the career). Additionally, she has publicly criticized how Bravo has recently handled its lawsuits and allegations (which have also been aimed at Frankel’s former friend and boss, Andy Cohen).