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Bethenny Frankel may have gone too far this time. We’re told the cast — including some of her longtime pals and supporters — and top producers on “The Real Housewives of New York” are furious with their former colleague after she took a cheap shot about the show’s ratings during a TV interview. Frankel quit …
Bethenny Frankel may have gone too far this time.
We’re told the cast — including some of her longtime pals and supporters — and top producers on “The Real Housewives of New York” are furious with their former colleague after she took a cheap shot about the show’s ratings during a TV interview.
Frankel quit the show last August after eight seasons on-and-off as a member of the cast, and she’s now working on a new reality show, “The Big Shot” for the upcoming HBO Max.
But on Tuesday she said on “Extra” of her former show, “The ratings overall in television have never been higher and perhaps the ratings on ‘Real Housewives’ aren’t doing well because it’s sort of not maybe the content that is inspiring people to do what they need to do right now.”
The dig was met with immediate and widespread outrage, even by some of loyal Frankel allies.
“We all can’t believe she’s out there bashing the show when the ratings are good and she’s proclaimed to have moved on when she decided to leave the franchise,” said a source close to the cast. “I know the ladies only wish her more success with her new show than she had with the last one!”
Frankel’s last solo outing, her chat show “Bethenny,” premiered in 2013 and lasted for just one season.
Meanwhile, a production source told us, “As much as Bethenny pretends to be a producer, creator, mogul and even philanthropist she will always be a ‘Real Housewife’ and reality star. She was a no-one before ‘RHONY’ — why would someone be so desperate as to bash the franchise that built her brand? Andy [Cohen] is livid!”
We’re told she took the jab because the cast have taken shots at her in the press. Luann de Lesseps said on Rob Shuter’s “Naughty but Nice” show that this season is the best ever, because Bethenny left the show. “Bethenny who?,” she said.
A rep for Frankel told us, “She wishes everyone at Bravo well.” A Bravo rep didn’t get back to us.
