Bethenny Frankel: Reality TV Is "Not Good" for Kelly's Health
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On part two of The Real Housewives of New York reunion Monday, Kelly Bensimon lashed out at her castmates, claiming that she was a victim of "systematic bullying" on the show's third season.
Bethenny Frankel, who visited Us Weekly's New York office last week, says Bensimon, 42, is just trying to come up with excuses to justify her loopy onscreen antics.
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"I really feel badly that she's trying to claw her way out of it with this 'bullying' thing," Frankel, 39, tells Us. "I honestly don't think this is the right place for her to be on television. I think she can't resist being on the show, but it's really not healthy for her. Frankly, if I'm not on the show again, that’ll make it better for her because me being on the show again is certainly not good for her health. But I've never seen anything like it -- and I really did grow up in a crazy town."
Frankel suspects Bensimon "wants to be infamous, rather than thinking about what actually is going on with her."
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Adds Frankel: "I mean, it gives her a lot of attention, but I would never want that kind of attention. I don't think it's healthy."
Benismon has told Us her job is to create "great TV."
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116I'm sorry, but Bethenny IS IN FACT, a Bully! She's very nasty to people, and I'm tired of her hiding behind that "I tell it like it is" crap. No, you tell it the way you see it, and most of the time, it's NOT even true.
Bensimon is just downright crazy! She is mentally ill and needs to seriously get help and quit blaming the show or the other housewives for her illness. She enjoys getting pity from viewer and anybody that will give it to her. I like Bethenny and she is just being honest on tellling Bensimon to get help. Bensimon you need to get mental help for you for your daughters. When you lash out or go through these mental episodes, it appears you are Bipolar and you need to see a doctor because I think it can be hereditary. I you care so much about your daughters, which I'm sure you do you would get professional mental help. You need to get off the show unless of course you need it for income! You probably do! Congratulations Bethenny on your marriage and baby. Your the best on the show and congrats on your show too! I love it!
Bethany is not at all a bully. If anything she is a very kind and compassionate person. My God! When she realized that Kelly had issues, she backed off and said it was not a fair fight. I think that there might be pills involved as far as Kelly goes. Something is wrong, thats for sure! Kelly is the meangirl and bully. She can't even handle being around other women, she is very histeronic and very, hard to watch. Kelly needs help, and for the sake of herself and daughters, its very sad she doesn't see this. If LuAnn and Jill are such great friends, they would be trying to get Kelly help. If for any reason, for her daughters.
Kelly needs help I grew up in a household with a Bi Polar parent.Watching her interact with fellow cast mates reminded me of my childhood. She really needs help.
Bethenny is not the end all authority on anyone but herself. But the world has now seen what kind of a woman she is thru the show and this last reunion show. Wow. Bethenny is a bully and quite mean. I hope she is nicer to her husband and her child than she is to other women. Bethenny treats other women like they are competition and must be walked over. So sad. Sorry Bethenny fans, but you are barking up the wrong tree. Ever notice that Bethenny name has henny in it? Like a chicken, hen pecked...perfect! Cause that is how she acts around other women, she hen pecks them till they are nuts.
Kelly and Jill were the bullies this season.Kelly went out of her way to pick fights with Bethenny on crazy island...it's obvious that she is jealous of Bethenny's success, husband and baby. All the things she wants and will neve have because she is train wreck! Jill is really the alpha mean girl of the bunch. she can't stand it when one of the other women gets something going for themselves and goes out of her to be petty and mean. She and Kelly deserve each other.
Can we PLEASE get an interview with Gilles Bensimon? I don't think Kelly's children are in physical danger, but hello.... if we saw other children being raised with a mother with pschyological problems, SRS would be involved. Why hasn't there been an investigation done on this family?
Love Bethenny and her little family; forget about kelly, she's just a whackadoo, and not in a good way!
Anyone else think Kelly looks like a former man who was rode hard and put away wet?
Wow you folks are making me think I was watching a different program than you. Betheny a Bully? You have to be kidding. Kelly has a problem, like shaking hands with an empty glove. Duh, like.....
Wow that was even more crazy to see the reunion yesterday and see Kelly loose it one more time. Intervention with Bethenny and when she said that BRAVO had made her go on this trip. I LOVED THAT Bethenny and Andy called her out on it. The woman needs to be on Dr Drew reality show on a rehab show. LOCA!!!! Coo COO!!! Nut JOB!!!
Les, exactly. And she lacks a sense of humor, irony, guile or even a command of the English language. How many 40+ year old women sit around saying, "Like, like..." all the time? She is a babbling idiot who hasn't progressed emotionally past the age of 14. Going back to Season 2, Bethenny has never bullied her--she only reacts to Kelly in self-defense. (Like the whole, "Bethenny, like, I'm UP HERE and you're DOWN HERE" conversation.) Also, Kelly must be extremely jealous of Bethenny to always be harping on the chef vs. cook thing. WTF? On "Crazy Island" she was clearly the only one provoking things in a passive-aggressive manner and clearly it was worse than we saw if she had to be escorted off by a Bravo producer!
Kelly has borderline personality disorder, IMHO. Or an unresolved severe psychological trauma that is affecting her behavior. I also think that the possibility of her being on steroids or Adderol, which can affect behaviors, might not be too far off. She has a boyish physique and acts like she's on medication of some kind. I don't feel sorry for her in the least because she is beyond annoying and has no sense of personal accountability. Classic narcissist if anything. I also think she just can't be with other women: she's a man's woman, I suspect. Either way, she needs help.
Kelly has little intellectual capacity -- she doesn't even understand that words that come out of her own mouth. She continually contradicts herself and cannot string together more than 3 words in a coherent argument. A random word generator makes more sense than Kelly Bensimon
HONESTLY!!! as Kelly always says....
No one bullied Kelly. She is a lost soul. She was passive aggressive in St John. I will continue to say that I think she is jealous of Bethenny Frankel. I am convinced. She cannot seem to leave Bethenny alone, not even for a reunion show. Come on, the whole chef comment!!!! Get a life Kelly, you need one.
Bethenny never bullied Kelly. Kelly is just completely nuts.
Bethenny now realizes that the public sees the bully she is. No more hiding behind "I'm snarky/that's just who I am/I tell it like it is" - no, she is a mean girl who isn't happy with herself. Now that she is married, she wants to be seen differently, but she doesn't want to own up to the past.
My comment got deleted, try again. Popping back in to say I agree with Jean Chris's point of view that Bethenny acts like a lead-bully. At the very least she acts like the quintessential highschool mean girl. She's cunning about it so that leads me to believe she has a lot of practice. This doesn't mean I like Kelly, just that I like Bethenny a lot less. My instincts say someting is very off about Bethenny. She seems to eventually bring out the worst in almost every woman she's around - unless of course they can do something for her.
Popping back in to say I agree with Jean Chris's point of view that Bethenny acts like a lead-bully. At the very least she acts like the quintessential highschool mean girl. She's cunning about it so that leads me to believe she has a lot of practice. This doesn't mean I like Kelly ... just that I like Bethenny a lot less. My instincts say someting is very off about Bethenny. She seems to eventually bring out the worst in almost every woman she's around - unless of course they can do something for her.