These are photos of Bethenny Frankel in a bikini on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia today. She went alone and left her daughter back with her soon-to-be ex husband. We get the occasional paparazzi photo from Bondi Beach, usually of the much more camera-friendly Hugh Jackman making us bite our palms and stifle screams from our cubicles at work. It’s safe to assume though that Frankel called the paps here, and that she wanted to show off her lithe bikini body, which is her bread and butter if you will. I guess the idea is for us to see how great she looks and go out and buy Skinnygirl margarita mix.
Last month, when Bethenny announced that her foodie friend had lost 66 pounds following her Naturally Thin book, I looked up the reviews for her diet book on Amazon. It got mixed reviews, with one person summing it up as “Eat whatever you want as long as you don’t go over 800 calories a day, drink water, exercise as much as you can.” The gist is that Bethenny doesn’t recommend “depriving” yourself, in that you can have three little bites of anything, but you can’t have a whole cookie for instance, or a whole steak. She also recommends what another reviewer calls “neurotic, eating disordered behaviors” like pulling the bread out of half a bagel or English muffin and just eating the crusts. (Personally I would rather count calories, and anything under 1,200 a day makes me lightheaded.) So that’s how she achieved this enviable figure, and it sounds like a lot of suffering. It obviously works for her.
In terms of Bethenny’s career, she has a new talk show premiering this fall and she’s writing a book about “the struggles and compromises all single moms face.” As if, with all the money, help and fame she has, she has any idea what’s it’s like to struggle and compromise. Her “compromises” involve going to Australia instead of Italy, where paparazzi are harder to come by.
As for her personal life, in the wake of her divorce Bethenny has been staying occasionally in the upper east side home of a billionaire she claims is just a “friend.” That’s extreme luxury, not a struggle. As is a weekend jaunt down under. Must be nice.
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her swimsuit bottoms look too tight around the hips and her top looks too loose. this is all i took away from these photos. her body would be smokin’ with the right swimsuit.
I like her figure, but not her show or stupid margarita line. She looks so much like Valerie Harper to me, it’s like being in a weird time warp!
LOL!! +1
Um-who the hell is she? Seriously-she was on a stupid reality show. Why are we making these people celebrities??? Ugh.
Ugh really? All I see there is surgery and insecurity. That is not the figure of a well toned self confident woman.
+1
ooooh judgy judgy…ya ya sisterhood!!
I don’t know who this woman is, but I don’t see an ‘enviable body’ here. I see a thin body. The two are not the same thing at all.
she has nice muscle tone in her legs. she also has nice hips and a small waist.. what’s not to like? people hate too much i swear.
So not fawning over some z-lister’s ‘enviable body’ now qualifies as ‘hate’?
Why is there a whole in her chest? Is that a shadow or bad implants?
I read somewhere that she had ginormous implants at one point that she had removed and got a lift instead – so maybe that’s leftover skin or something, one assumes the ladies would have had to stretch over the bigger knockers.
I think she looks great. I definitely think she’s totally eating disordered (see: bulimic jaw) but she doesn’t look starved or anything to me.
PS: Hate the suit. Bandeau tops do not flatter ANYONE.
Bethenny has really shitty implants, bulimia jaw (link includes prom photo, which shows a relatively normal jaw as a teen, whereas now she has Homeplate Face), and essentially no conscience for marketing starvation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2159979/I-feel-little-hotter-Bethenny-Frankel-says-breast-implants-gave-confidence-boost-bedroom.html
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Wtf is bulimia jaw??
I just asked this question below! Should have read other comments first 🙂 lol.
Edit: Just checked out that Daily Mail link. Yep, I agree. She has bulimia jaw (so does Selena Gomez, commented on her link about that today). She must still be suffering from bulimia because it is possible that once you stop purging, your swollen glands do go back down to “normal”. Very sad that she has such insecurities. I hope she gets help, because from what I’ve read of her, she’s very high-strung and narcissistic, and this can only affect her young daughter negatively in the long run.
I didn’t even know there was such thing as bullimia jaw. Now I’m going to be looking for it everywhere! What causes it?
Definitely bad implants. Also, there is this condition (Tori Spelling has it) where you have a concave space in your sternum. Big breast implants only enhance the concave space. I heard she had implants and a lift, but she definitely has implants now.
Once again…the bandeau bikini top is never a good diea.
“and she’s writing a book about “the struggles and compromises all single moms face.”
It just cracks me up when fantastically wealthy celebrity women whine about being “single moms” because they are not currently married.
Here’s how I see it — if the child’s father is in the picture, providing support and co-parenting, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT MARRIED or together, you are not a “single parent.” I am especially short on sympathy for people like Bethanny who can afford an army of nannies and the best childcares/preschools/schools money can buy.
Get back to me when you have to work a third job to pay for the childcare during your first two jobs. When you never get to see your child because the dad took off and you’re completely on your own and struggling every day. I’ve been there, and it’s nothing like the life Bethanny leads. STFU.
Not to mention-she’s been a single mom for about 2 months-what “struggles” could she possibly have gone through?
Amen. She doesn’t have a clue to what the word “struggle’ really means either. I hope no one buys her b.s. book. Pathetic.
I thought she was bulimic, not a dieter, per se.
Too bad Skinny Girl is not Attractive Girl. She needs to invent something that works on her face.
Ha ha ha. I’m sure I’ll have some karmic retirbution for this but I agree – butterface! She’s not a good looking woman so better continue to starve that body.
plus 1,000! and why can’t girl just be normal girl?
God, that boob job is an atrocity.
Actually, I don’t even find her figure that sexy, she looks like skin and bones to me. A cute one piece would have been better for her. Don’t want to sound to snarky, but I bet her talk show lasts about one season. I think she has had her 15 minutes of fame already.
Apparently she has her own towel boy?
Does the concave indent going on between her implants happen for all women with implants? Or just really poorly done boob jobs? Tory Spelling has the same weird indent between her boobs. How does that happen? One of my close friends has fake breasts and she doesn’t have this indent. You would never know by looking at them that they are implants, they are so pefect. I guess it pays to see a good doctor for such things!
Littlestar, there is actually a medical name for that concave space that Tori has. Looks like Bethany has it too. Implants don’t cause it, but they certainly emphasize it.
I agree! Fake starved body and skeletor-like face. I cannot stand Bethenny. She gives incredibly messed-up eating advice and isn’t nearly as healthy, enduring or *helpful* as she thinks she is.
Under 800 with any type of movement, especially rigorous exercise is insane!
If you’re dieting you should be getting at least 1200 a day, if you exercise, more than that.
I can’t believe you’re even allowed to publish that type of bs!
I agree, I hate when celebrities give out dieting advice that has no scientific basis and can even be harmful.
And I think this woman is sooo ugly. Lady Gaga puts on her Poker Face, she puts on her Joker Jaws!
I read Naturally Thin, and I don’t know where the under-800 thing came from but it’s not in the book. There’s no mention of calories and recommended intake anywhere. Not saying she’s eating any more than that, but she’s not plugging it in that book.
What is going on in the middle of her boobs?
Implants that were too large for her frame. Tori Spelling would be another example.
OMG – It looks like she has a third eye between her breasts. She is not attractive at all. Skinny does not equal pretty.
agree about her having bulimia jaw/cheeks. so does Selena Gomez, badly. sad.
But hasn’t Selena always had that square jaw? It’s only bulimia jaw if the bulimia has changed your natural jaw line.
Thin body or not, she just strikes me as sad and insecure.
And please, a couple months after separating, she thinks she can speak to being a single mom. She may not even get custody of that kid let alone full-time custody. Her stress as a “single-mom” would probably be a lot less if she played fair with her husband. She has created a bad situation just to profit off of it – what a world this has become.
I guess she had a very mild concave chest, which is what it appears Tori had also. My family member has it (there is a medical term) and had to have a rod put in for two years to push it out when growing and even then it was severe enough that she is still indented in that area, just not as bad. It was beginning to press on her heart as she grew and was tired a lot and they were worried about her health as a young girl. Major operation and done at the one hospital in Virgina that people fly to from all over the world for that operation where they have the specialists.
Even 1200 calories may not be enough for most people. I am trying to lose weight (down 21, within 10 of my goal!) and it’s hard because I hate working out and I love my chocolate. I figured my basal metabolic rate, the rate you burn calories if you lie in bed awake and do nothing but you are still burning calories. It was 1364.
So I aimed for 1300 a day. Weight fell off, but then I started feeling cruddy. Called my old nutritionist who explained that I needed 1800 to maintain my weight if I’m just walking around being normal, and 1500 would make me lose. I adjusted, am losing and feel much better. I guess if walking the dog counts as exercise I get a little. And I take stairs over elevators whenever possible.
Eating 800 calories a day will put your body into starvation mode, mess up your metabolism and you won’t lose weight. I know because I did it, which is how I ended up with a nutritionist in the first place.
Great app for calorie counting: My Fitness Pal.
Sorry this is so long! I don’t want to look like Bethanny; I just want to be healthy.
Awesome job losing the weight! I aim for 1500-1600/day for 6 days of the week, and that has been working for me. I will add that it only works if I write down and calculate the calories — I am really bad at guessing how many calories I am consuming.
Agree- I have never seen anyone with any sort of actual medical knowledge suggest anything less than 1200 a day.
My fitness pal is a great tool.
Bethenny’s personality came off as a bit harsh to me but I ended up liking her b/c she never seemed to gave changed. Love or hate her, she was the same personality on her show as on the housewives. I found that endearing even though initially, I hated her. Then I loved her. Now, I’m considering disliking her again. As someone who was a single mom, I am so completely insulted by the idea of her writing a book on being one herself. I’m sued there are elements that she can or will relate to but I feel it’s more empathetic than actually living it and fully understanding that life. I really hope she decides to humbly decline this next book deal.
Scary.. but she’s not hurting anyone and that’s all that matters.
It’s been in the blinds that she’s purging again and that her bulimia was a factor in her divorce. The Skinny Girl thing, via a bulimic, is creepy and ghoulish.
She sucks for having a line of food-related products called “Skinny Girl”.
Why not call it “Healthy Girl” instead?
I feel like she’s projecting her body image issues on the rest of the female population. Everyone should be like me and boycott any product that uses the word “skinny” as a marketing ploy. Women are smarter than that.
I will go along with your boycott, unless we’re counting my Bliss fatGirlSlim body firming cream. Then I might have to reconsider!
Enviable body? Not. She is really really skinny.
She is the epitome of that harsh abrasive new york attitude people tend to take on to cover up just being a vile person
I like Bethenny. I read Naturally Thin and it’s not an 800-calorie-a-day diet. She says in the book that she’s anti-calorie counting. A lot of the advice she gives is smart. She included three weeks of her own daily eating and it looked perfectly normal to me.
I get that she’s a ‘love or hate’ kind of person, but anyone who comes from what she came from and is a completely self-made person (whether you buy what she’s selling or not) gets kudos from me.
Sorry, but I do not envy her body (although I am no where near her weight) She does not look healthy, her boobs look abnormal, and there is something weird looking about her whole abdomen area. I may be heavier than her, but I own my body, and accept it pooches and all. I tried a few of her skinny wines and cocktails, and much prefer the real thing. Have never watched her on tv, and do not plan to.
That’s where I live! My kids even did surfing lessons with that surf school. I live in an old apartment block over the beach.
The water at this time of year is soooo warm…it’s the best time of year to go swimming.
I can’t believe I used to like this woman. And I’m much happier with my “thick” body than I would be of her stick figure bod anyday. Give me the whole piece of bread! And seconds! 🙂
i always thought RHONY was by far the worst – like, all the RHs are mean on some level, that’s the entertainment i guess, but the NY version was just beyond. cringe-worthy mean, not fun b*tchy. and bethenny has THE MOST grating personality ever. personally, id rather have a figure that might be a bit less slender, but sexier and def w/o the implants that are almost never sexy looking. and a pretty face. salma hayek, for instance. i think a lot of men are more attracted to the old school pinup type than “the media” portrays. and definitely no guy i know finds a woman who obsesses over her body attractive. i mean, great for you if you found her interesting in some way enough to read her book, but i just dont get it myself. what on earth does she have to say that warrants a book?
Payple. This woman is unattractive. Always and forever. The End.
See this is what celebrity paparazzi tipping is all about. Bondi is quite a busy beach and not unless she or her team tip off these photographers, they wouldn’t know who she was from the thousands that are on the beach.
Bondi is a large beach, peak busy during days like that and it’s damned difficult to discern individual people in the water or on the sand.
How desperate for attention is Frankel?
Must be quite desperate.
She definitely tipped off Sydney paparazzi. She is not ‘huge’ in Australia.