'Real Housewives' Star Bethenny Frankel Calls for Reality TV Union Amid Strikes

Cynthia Bailey and Kenya Moore have re-forged their friendship, and are reflecting on their falling out, and what brought them back together.In this sneak peek from the upcoming episode of, the ladies are together again and revealing exactly what happened that drove a wedge between them back in 2021.«Kenya and I fell out after the ,» Bailey recalls, adding that it took «several, several months» for them to even talk again.«We reconnected after we saw each other at Teresa Giudice's wedding,» Moore says in a solo interview.According to Bailey, it was Moore's genuine interest and consideration for her mother, Barbara's, health that got her to move on from their bad blood.«She asked me about my mother, who at the time had just been diagnosed with breast cancer,» Bailey recalled. «And it just actually felt good to see her.»For Moore, being out of touch with Bailey meant not being there to support her when she was going through her mother's health struggle or her public divorce — which is not something she intends to do again.«I didn't know she was having a hard time in her marriage,» Moore said.

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Porsha Williams thinks Bethenny Frankel's call for a reality TV star strike has some real merit.Williams recently sat down with ET, to dish on her Fox celebrity competition series, and she addressed recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes.«I can respect a lot of what Bethenny had to say, actually. I mean, why would I have any problem with her speaking up for reality stars?» Williams shared.

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Bethenny Frankel's advice to Rachel Leviss -- should Rachel choose to go back to the kind of environment that ultimately landed her in a mental health treatment facility — is don't agree to go back to  until she's hammered out a new deal with Bravo.Speaking to ET's Kevin Frazier after questioning why reality TV stars haven't gone on strike, Frankel says Leviss is the one still getting dragged for her role in creating Scandoval, an affair with Tom Sandoval, whose nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix was torpedoed when news of the affair surfaced earlier this year. While the rest of the gang have all returned to production for the highly anticipated season 11, Leviss has bee noticeably absent. And Frankel, host of the  podcast, encourages Leviss to keep it that way until both sides can come to an agreement.«She had an affair. She's not the first person in the world that's had an affair and, you know, bullying or beating someone down for a tragic error that, yes, everybody has, like,  grabbed and ripped the meat off the carcass.

posted an Instagram rant on Instagram on Wednesday regarding the writers’ and actors’ labor issues, demanding that reality stars get paid residuals.“Why isn’t reality TV on strike?” Frankel, 52, said. “Reality stars should also stop shooting network and streaming content until their free content is taken down.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Bethenny Frankel says reality stars should take a page out of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and unionize. She says she believes reality stars should be earning residual-like payments when their series become hits and are replayed by networks and streamers across multiple platforms. Frankel shot to fame on the original “Real Housewives of New York.” She says she was paid $7,250 for the first season, but has never received any compensation based on the show’s massive success. She has a starred in a variety of reality series since “RHONY,” including “Bethenny Getting Married,” “Bethenny and Frederick” and “Bethenny Every After.”

Bethenny Frankel has one question — «Why isn't reality TV on strike?»The former  star posed the question Wednesday in one of her trademark sound-off posts, in which she shared that, during her first season on the hit Bravo show, she earned a paltry $7,250.«Hollywood is on strike. Entertainers are fighting for residuals, and no one will promote anything. Why isn't reality TV on strike?» she asked.

Bethenny Frankel is claiming Andy Cohen told her to marry ex-husband Jason Hoppy, which she says was the «worst idea in history.»While speaking with Jill Zarin on the latest episode of her Just B podcast, the former Real Housewives of New York City star briefly mentioned her ex.«Andy told me to marry Jason, so, there we go,» Frankel told Zarin. «F**king worst idea in history.»In a 2021 episode of her podcast, the 52-year-old SkinnyGirl founder also touched on why her marriage didn't work out.«I ended up marrying someone who was just a regular person, who seemed like they could handle all of what’s going on with me, and being in reality television,» she explained.

OG “Housewives from RHONY”, Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin, just reunited one-on-one for the first time since 2010.

Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin sent shockwaves through the Bravo universe on Monday when they posted a photo together. The former  stars had a falling out in 2010 and haven’t been friends since, but reunited for an episode of the SkinnyGirl founder’s  podcast — and they left no stone unturned.The women quickly discuss their time on RHONY and how Zarin was a big reason that 52-year-old Frankel got cast for the show. Zarin admitted that she was upset and felt left out after Frankel made over $100 million on her SkinnyGirl cocktail line after appearing on the series. «I wanted to have a real make-up.