Bethenny Frankel is spilling the tea on which actuality TV reveals she turned down — and why they weren't “the proper match” for her model.
Frankel, 54, revealed by way of an Instagram video on Tuesday, September 9, that Movie star Apprentice was one of many first reveals she stated “no” to as she was getting her footing within the entrepreneurial area.
“Years in the past, at first I used to be requested to do it, and I turned it down as a result of I had been on the Martha Stewart Apprentice,” she defined. “Which was the traditional particular person, not superstar apprentice. And I crushed it.”
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart aired in 2005, following varied contestants as they competed for a job below the approach to life guru Martha Stewart. Dawna Stone gained the season, however Frankel made it to the finale.
Frankel, who created the Skinnygirl brand, stated on Tuesday that as a result of she'd “additionally constructed a enterprise” earlier than being supplied a task on Movie star Apprentice, she didn't need to compete.
“I simply felt it will be unusual to be entering into to compete once I had already confirmed myself within the entrepreneurial area,” she advised her social media followers.
Frankel additionally revealed that Dancing With the Stars has been attempting to recruit her as a contestant “for the reason that very starting of my profession, like, effectively over a decade in the past.”
She claimed that “a number of occasions” she's been requested to compete on the dance sequence. “I simply didn't assume it was the proper match,” Frankel stated.
Whereas the Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum famous that “Housewives began to do it” in time, “It didn't really feel like the proper match for me.”
Frankel added, “Additionally, I didn't need to depart my daughter. It simply wasn't the proper match.” (Frankel shares daughter Bryn, 15, with ex-husband Jason Hoppy.)
Relating to The Masked Singer, Frankel stated the music-based competitors practically lured her in.
“I used to be going to do it as a result of I do prefer to sing,” she recalled. “However I simply didn't assume that me being in a masks for all the competitors, if I went that far, was the proper match for me both.”
Trying again in any respect the reveals she allegedly turned down, Frankel stated she has no regrets.
“I'm very intentional and strategic about each single determination that I make. I take delight in that,” she stated. “I believe that's actually essential in enterprise and in private [decisions] to be very intentional and never simply do one thing as a result of it appears like a good suggestion. It has to truly be a good suggestion.”
Whereas Frankel hasn't stated “sure” to each actuality TV enterprise, she did acquire fame starring on RHONY from 2008 to 2019. She was a part of the unique forged when the sequence debuted in 2008, however took a break from seasons 4 by way of 6. Frankel returned in season 7 and stayed on the sequence till the top of season 11.
Frankel has additionally made cameos on The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills and starred on Bethenny Ever After from 2010 to 2012. She then hosted her personal present, Bethenny, from 2012 to 2014.
