Bethenny Frankel Reveals What Forced Her To Quit RHONY!
Bethenny Frankel Reveals What Forced Her To Quit RHONY!
Bethenny Frankel has revealed that it was a “technicality” in her contract that allowed her to leave The Real Housewives of New York City in the dust.
Bethenny Frankel, 51, spilled the tea in a TikTok video, on Wednesday.
“I used a technicality deal point as my excuse,” the former Bravo star said. “I had just lost someone very close to me [Dennis Shields], and I went to work when the show came back. I didn’t want to. Pros play hurt. I’m a professional. I show up on time. I deliver. That’s my reputation in business.”
Bethenny explained that producers had added a new clause to all “Housewives” contracts, which addressed when various women refused to show up to film because “didn’t like other people” or “were at odds” with cast members.
“They decided not to film, so it affects the quality of the show. So this became something where they had to add this into all contracts,” she said. “This new point said that if you don’t appear in an episode, then you won’t be paid for it.”
The Skinnygirl mogul added that while the clause made sense for other Bravo stars, her situation was different.
“It just doesn’t make sense for me because I already knew that the production company said that, ‘We’d never air an episode without you,’” she claimed. “They told me that directly. I have receipts. And I already knew that I’m a professional and there would just be no situation where I wouldn’t show up for work.”
Bethenny then made the decision to exit the show for good.
“I’m the type of person [where] that one thing will give me an excuse, so I said no,” she recalled. “And then the powers that be said, ‘We would have changed it, et cetera,’ but every little thing matters. And, you know, I don’t bluff, and I just was looking for a reason, and that was a good reason.”
Bethenny called the new contract twist the “catalyst” that pushed her to walk away from the popular reality series.
“That’s a little business-is-personal nugget about the fact that I knew that I had showed up for work every single day when I experienced a tremendous loss, so obviously I’m going to show up for work every day under any circumstance. There can be no more extreme circumstance than that,” she said. “The little tiny minute detail that would have never come to pass. It was the impetus. That was the catalyst that just said boom, I’m not going back.”
The BStrong founder also shut down rumors that alleged that she had surrendered her apple over a salary dispute.
“People thought I left the ‘Housewives’ because of money,” she said. “If I had stayed, it would have been because of the money. I left because I wanted to leave. I was ready to leave.”
Bethenny was an original RHONY cast member, joining the show because she “was broke and didn’t have anything to lose.” She left the show after Season 3 and returned for Season 7. She made her final exit in August 2019.
“It’s time to move on and focus on my daughter, my philanthropy and my production partnership with Mark Burnett, producing and starring in shows which represent a shift in the conversation for women,” Bethenny said in an interview with Variety, at the time.
Bethenny is currently engaged to Paul Bernon, and shares a daughter, Brynn, 12, with ex-husband, Jason Hoppy.
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