My favorite “Real Housewives of…” series will always be the Atlanta season. Those women were authentically crazy, and it was the best. The Orange County seasons are like taking a friggin’ sleeping pill they’re so boring, but allegedly, the latest New York season has buckets of drama. Lots of divorce drama, cheating drama, gay drama and money drama, which always makes for good television. And now we cane add one more drama – Martha Stewart drama.
New York “housewife” Bethenny Frankel was once a protege of Martha Stewart, and now Bethenny hates Martha with a passion. I should point out – Bethenny isn’t a housewife. She’s not married, she doesn’t have any kids, and her voice is the worst, most grating, nasal, whining trainwreck ever. Bethenny was once a runner-up on Martha’s now defunct Apprentice spin-off, and Bethenny developed some strong, negative opinions about domestic goddess Martha. Specifically, Bethenny thinks Martha is lonely and pitiful, and “alone with her business”. Yes, I’m sure Martha is weeping into her queen-sized bed made of $100 bills.
Martha Stewart is fed up with her one-time protege – The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel.
Bethenny, who appeared on Martha’s Apprentice show in 2005, has been taking verbal swipes at the domestic diva on her reality series, painting Martha as a lonely and pitiful woman. And when the news got back to Martha, she was livid!
Referring to Martha growing her business empire at the expense of finding true and lasting romance, Bethenny quipped to fellow Housewife Jill Zarin: “Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. I don’t want to end up like Martha Stewart. She’s alone with her business.”
But currently single Bethenny, 38, who has been married once and has no children, is dumping on Martha as payback for not being chosen as the winner on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart four years ago, say sources. Bethenny was runner-up, losing to a contestant who was more pleasant than the sharp-tongued natural-food chef.
“Bethenny is using ‘Housewives’ as a platform to air her grievances about Martha – a dig here and a throwaway line there,” an inside source told The ENQUIRER.
Martha feels that Bethenny is an “ungrateful fool,” says another insider.
“She’s disgusted with Bethenny – especially since it was Martha’s show that helped launch Bethenny to where she is now.”
[From The National Enquirer]
It is disgusting. Team Martha all the way. It’s no secret that Martha had a bitter divorce back in the day, but she and her adult daughter Alexa are still close, and Martha built an incredible empire out of the ashes of her failed marriage. Personally, I doubt Martha is in any way lonely or pitiful. I think she enjoys her life immensely. She has all of those beautiful homes, her animals, a job she loves and an empire to run beautifully. Bethenny should be so lucky to have a life or career anywhere close to Martha’s.
Is this site written by a twelve year old? It’s getting as bad as Perez’s site with the stupid, unfunny remarks on stories that get updated every two days and then they are just cut and paste rip offs of stories other sites posted already. Whoever is running this site has ran it into the ground.
She needs to leave Martha alone.
Martha may be pitiful and lonely, but she’s also a genius, something nobody will ever accuse Bethenny of being.
and by the way, who knows, Bethenny may end up pitiful and lonely, too.
Bethenny is a sore loser and just wishes she had some imagination. Martha Stewart is awesome! She is a great teacher and she founded her business from the ground up. I am tired of looking at Bethenny’s ugly mug, gimme Martha anyday!
and what the hell is she??? except she is younger with a raisin face and barely there chin…
women can never play nice..
Bethanny was on nationwide television starving for a man, that did not want her..and he looked like a petite teen boy. all that crying and whining, when she should have been crying over that shrunken head she carries around everyday.
JMO
Martha is old now, leave her alone, you are two totally different lanes.
Has Bethenny been hanging out with Iman?
I’ve watched this season of NY Housewives, partially because I am a New Yorker myself and I like to compare… Bethenney doesn’t bother me. Also I think the National Enquirer is picking up on a “throwaway line” exactly. Bethenney has also said she admires Martha’s work ethic and ambition. She is a very self-aware girl and she compares herself to Martha because she worries that she will end up alone with her business.
Ummmm. Yeah right.
Team Martha
While Bethenny may be considered popular she should do some self editing, picking a fight with Martha Stewart is akin to poking a pit viper with a stick, basically a very bad plan.
why go there? i mean what, is her intent?
i don’t know why it doesn’t occur to people that some people just aren’t all that suited for romance. martha stewart seems more interested in her hydrangias, horses and linens to care about romance. she just doesn’t look like the swooning type. can you imagine martha having somebody in her bed poking her for sex at night? i think to her it would be more of a nuisance than anything, taking time away from things she REALLY loves to do…
seriously though, why does it never occur to people that someone may just not be interested? it’s so cliche.
@ OX4
Right on! I never understand why successful women feel the need to know other success women down? The cattiness and back stabbing has got to stop.
I too am growing tired of Bethenny’s whining and criticsm of everyone. It’s not Luann who is full of herself, it’s Bethenny.
I honestly don’t get the hate against Martha Stewart. I know she went to jail for insider trading or something, but heck she hasn’t molested a child or killed anyone from drunk driving. Where is all the animosity towards her come from?
martha may be a big ole controlling diva-bitch from hell, but her cookbooks are amazing and for that reason i love her.
Amen Magsy!! I am ready for Bethenny to just go away. She isn’t nearly as clever as she thinks she is. She wasn’t this bad last season. She’s buying into her own hype.
Is it just me or is she’s sporting some bulimia chipmunk cheeks?
I watch all the “Real Housewives”, mostly because I’m at work when it airs.
Bethenny was not trying to say Martha sucks, she didn’t call her pitiful. She was specifically talking about having a great career and now wanting to find a partner to share it with.
Bethenny did imply that Martha is lonely in the man department, but really, when you think of a powerful single woman, you think Martha. Even Oprah has a public boyfriend. We simply don’t hear about Martha’s personal life so the assumption is that she doesn’t have one.
Quite like Bethenny, I don’t want the empire and no one to share it with either.
@Sue: I was thinking the same thing!! Remember when this site was so on top of everything and fun? Now I can’t even think of the last time a story came across the boards here that I hadn’t heard somewhere else…
“alone w/ her empire” hardly translates to pitiful & lonely.
Leave it to Kaiser & the Enquirer to twist a simple quote into fighting words. Known for her sarcasm, the above quote is far from hateful. The description of her grating voice & such just shows how small & hateful those reporting this can be.
As for BF, she’ll never be MS, there’s only one. Then again based on what she said, she’s not trying to be.
WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!
i still like Bethenny……she’s hilarious!
I want to like Bethenny, but leave Martha alone. Mentioning Martha’s relationship status on the show wasn’t even necessary.
Only Alexis Stewart is allowed to take shots at her mom.
Even if you don’t like Martha, she was admirable on The Apprentice. Her decisions were smart and sensible, and not just to create drama like Donald Trump does.
And, didn’t Martha have like HUNDREDS of friends writing character affadavits to the judge during her trial? Most of us should be do lucky.
lolz, is this for real? did Bethenny actually take a look at the show and see how pathetic she was with regards to the other people and basically pimping herself out to the guys, especially the young ones? at least martha remains classy even though she was in prison. team martha!
My husband calls Bethenny “American Dad” because of her ridiculously pronounced jaw.
I like Martha but as for Alexis being the only one allowed to take shots at her, I could not agree less.
What a bitter, spoiled, worthless person nevermind daughter. She & her mindless/annoying sidekick could not be more painful or less entertaining than watching the adhesive from Martha’s glue gun dry. Talk about an ingrate, this bitch w/ no decernable talent has made a career of insulting the woman who made it possible for her to even have a voice in the industry.
Martha must be okay with it since she produces “Whatever, Martha.”
Exactly, talk about taking advantage of your mom’s generousity. Afterall, she’s the type only a mother could love. While I suppose she must have some sort of following, I just find it pathetic she’s made a career out of insulting the coat tails she rides.
some people have to learn the hard way.
team who cares really.
So, Why are you here Sue? If were not up to your standards, go back to Perez. Im sick of all he insults that get slamed at this site, by people who are on the site, if you can do better, post me a link. Other wise, shut the hell up, some of us like it here, regardless of your opinion.
(^^^Thats what I like about this site.)
Sue, Glad you said it and not me!! Seriously though, this site has changed. I’m a long time reader and commenter. I used to love my Celebitcy time because there were unique stories with anecdotal comments without being nasty and mean. Seems like now every other story is a cut and paste job. It particularly irks me when the the postings are spread out by repeating everything twice. Say it once or quote it once…not both!!! I’m hoping this is a phase and that Celebitchy will get back on board full time and run the show.
As for Bethany Frankel…..ugh!!! She is repulsive on the RHNY and is doomed to end up alone because she is in love with herself. There isn’t a person she doesn’t judge or define with her own opinion, so her comments about Martha did not surprise me. She is snitty on the show and takes every opportunity to promote her friggin “brand”. If I hear her talk about her stinking “Skinny Hag Margarita” one more time I will immediately be sick. If I didn’t already know who her father was I would swear it was the cartoon version of Scrooge. Seriously, take a look at that mouth when she is trying to smile! The resemblance is uncanny.
I can’t STAND this Bethany. She is soooo bitter that she was NOT dealt a fair shake when it came to looks and she is going to make everyone pay by her nasty, sarcastic comments.
She had me on her team at first, but how she couldn’t get at what Kelly was trying to say to her in the wrap-up episode, showedme she’s just coming across as ugly because her personality is outshining all. (in RE to Kelly commenting on how she,Bethany, shouldn’t be crying over men….Kelly was trying to make amends, whom BTW, also clearly has self-esteem issues a well.)
And PS……I adore Martha!!!!!! Team Martha all the way.
oh Pluhleeeeze! Bethany is just trying to get some press so she is able to eeek out her miserable career. She’s a nobody who’ll be gone in 2 years. Not soon enough!
Bethenny is spiteful and unfunny.
B. Frankel is ridiculous. Her writing style makes my eyes cross. She dolls herself up to look stylish and just looks like a little girl with an incongruous wizened face. I wouldn’t care about that if she did not have such an ugly personality. I used to be a fan
Bethenny would sell her OWN mother if it would eek her out another 10-second sound bite. She is the most snide, bitchy, catty woman to be on a Bravo show and not a tenth as cute as SHE thinks she is. She is by FAR her own biggest fan. She pokes a stick at situations and then sits back to watch them erupt while taking no ownership or responsibility for her actions.
P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N-!-!-!-!
Bethenny is a completely disgusting mean-spirited hag…she absolutely sucked on Apprentice and lost almost every challenge, and only made it to the end by dodging bullets or throwing other teammates under the bus. I hadn’t previously been a big Martha fan but she won me over on the Apprentice, especially at the end when she told Bethenny that she wouldn’t be winning because she is a showoff…haha! Martha might be tough, but she is a brilliant businesswoman. Bethenny is talentless (her chef skills seem to consist solely of cutting up fruit) and seemingly oblivious to the fact that she has been given far greater opportunities than she deserves. I especially hate how she constantly whines that she was treated badly as a child and “didn’t have parents” (lie)…take some responsibility for your life! Then she turns up at the Kentucky Derby to get another 15 seconds of TV fame because her father was a famous trainer (he just died on Nov. 16)…I felt sorry for him, having such a mean-spirited and hateful daughter. Oh, and her dated and cliched sense of “humor” (oh no you di-n’t!) sucks. Team Martha.
Bethanny is so strong about being skinny, being healthy, not being locked into all the food, etc., I suspect she must be bulimic. Sad – if she would follow her own advice she could be really healthy. I wonder how it is going with baby and being bulimic? Had a friend like that and ended up with the scrawniest baby I ever saw.
Team Martha, all the way. She is class and Bethenny is trash!
BF needs a face transplant. Her chipmunk cheeks are very unattractive, as is her personality, oh wait, she doesn’t have a personality.
Sadly, Bethanny is her own worst enemy. How her husband puts up with her whiney nonsense is unbelievable. He spends his whole life either calming her down or trying to be understanding…good grief! And by the way…she’s hardly a chef. Have a little respect for the real chefs out there who work their butts off to earn that title. Not everyone who steps into a kitchen is a chef.