Once The Real Housewives of New York City‘s toughest cookie, Bethenny Frankel is succumbing to the stress of her nasty divorce, business woes and return to the show.
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"She's having a breakdown," says a close insider. "She's feeling really bad about her life. It's very sad. She's emotionally stressed, and she needs to chill out before things get worse."
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Her 2010 marriage to Jason Hoppy ended not just in divorce but in a knock-down, drag-out war over real estate, money and custody of their daughter Bryn Hoppy, 5. After having paraded her marriage all over reality TV with the shows Bethenny Getting Married? and Bethenny Ever After, she seemed especially deflated.
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Her talk show, Bethenny, lasted just one season—and though she made a killing with Skinnygirl, reportedly selling the low-cal booze brand for upwards $100 million, she returned to RHONYC a frail mess, as though she were destitute: crying over exorbitant legal fees and an unsettled pattern of hotel-hopping after Jason refused to vacate their Tribeca property.
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Castmate Carole Radziwill puts it, "Bethenny has two speeds: wound tighter than a top and crying. You're never quite sure which one you're going to get."
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Bethenny may be flanked by the type A women, but insiders say she's lacking for true confidantes. "She doesn't have that many friends," says the insider. "The few she has are all on her payroll."
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"She has a wall up," says a source. "She doesn't want anyone involved in her problems."
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Says a friend, "The added pressures of being with the women on the show make it worse. She's around women who thrive on and instigate drama. She's trying to play Superwoman, but inside she feels like a failure, and it's all too much."
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"She's having a breakdown," says a close insider. "She's feeling really bad about her life. It's very sad. She's emotionally stressed, and she needs to chill out before things get worse."
Photo credit: Freddie Baez/startraksphoto.com
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Her 2010 marriage to Jason Hoppy ended not just in divorce but in a knock-down, drag-out war over real estate, money and custody of their daughter Bryn Hoppy, 5. After having paraded her marriage all over reality TV with the shows Bethenny Getting Married? and Bethenny Ever After, she seemed especially deflated.
Photo credit: Jackson Lee _ Splash News
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Her talk show, Bethenny, lasted just one season—and though she made a killing with Skinnygirl, reportedly selling the low-cal booze brand for upwards $100 million, she returned to RHONYC a frail mess, as though she were destitute: crying over exorbitant legal fees and an unsettled pattern of hotel-hopping after Jason refused to vacate their Tribeca property.
Photo credit: Roger Wong/INFphoto.com
carole
Castmate Carole Radziwill puts it, "Bethenny has two speeds: wound tighter than a top and crying. You're never quite sure which one you're going to get."
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Bethenny may be flanked by the type A women, but insiders say she's lacking for true confidantes. "She doesn't have that many friends," says the insider. "The few she has are all on her payroll."
Photo credit: MediaPunch/REX Shutterstock
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"She has a wall up," says a source. "She doesn't want anyone involved in her problems."
Photo credit: Felipe Ramales/Splash News
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Says a friend, "The added pressures of being with the women on the show make it worse. She's around women who thrive on and instigate drama. She's trying to play Superwoman, but inside she feels like a failure, and it's all too much."