The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel is still broken up over the death of her ex-boyfriend Dennis Shields. The businesswoman sobbed her way through a meeting with a grief counselor during the April 3 episode of the Bravo show. Click through the gallery to watch the moment she breaks down, and to find out how she’s doing now.
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Bethenny, 48, tearfully explained, “Sudden death from overdose is just extremely different than knowing someone is going to die from cancer.” As
Star readers know,
Dennis, 51, died of an overdose in August 2018.
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“It was this whole thing that was hard to extricate myself from,” Bethenny said of their on-again, off-again romance. “I had just said though that week — I haven’t told anybody this — I had just said that Saturday before, ‘I have to exit this dynamic.’”
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“So there was a lot in my mind about him dying right after that. I could not get off the ride. I feel guilty that the only way that I got off the ride is that he’s dead,” she said
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“I hope that I didn’t have anything to do with him dying,” Bethenny admitted, explaining why she’s tempted to blame herself.
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She continued, “Dennis told me that if we didn't work out he was never going to be in a relationship again. He was going to be alone for the rest of his life. It was a tremendous pressure and it kept me in.”
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The Skinny Girl mogul confessed that she’ll always have to live knowing that she’ll never know what happened that night. “I feel better and I feel guilty that I feel better but he would want me to feel better,” she said of her deceased friend.
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Bethenny, 48, tearfully explained, “Sudden death from overdose is just extremely different than knowing someone is going to die from cancer.” As
Star readers know,
Dennis, 51, died of an overdose in August 2018.
“It was this whole thing that was hard to extricate myself from,” Bethenny said of their on-again, off-again romance. “I had just said though that week — I haven’t told anybody this — I had just said that Saturday before, ‘I have to exit this dynamic.’”
“So there was a lot in my mind about him dying right after that. I could not get off the ride. I feel guilty that the only way that I got off the ride is that he’s dead,” she said
“I hope that I didn’t have anything to do with him dying,” Bethenny admitted, explaining why she’s tempted to blame herself.
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She continued, “Dennis told me that if we didn't work out he was never going to be in a relationship again. He was going to be alone for the rest of his life. It was a tremendous pressure and it kept me in.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The Skinny Girl mogul confessed that she’ll always have to live knowing that she’ll never know what happened that night. “I feel better and I feel guilty that I feel better but he would want me to feel better,” she said of her deceased friend.
