Bethenny Frankel railed against a “f–ked up” scene of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” that included Rachel Zoe speaking to her children about divorcing their father.
“There is a scene from the ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ with Rachel Zoe and her children that I just saw on this app,” the former “Real Housewives of New York City” alum said on TikTok Tuesday.
“It so crystallizes the potential damage that reality television can do and the price that you pay and the selling of your soul to the devil that it was so jarring,” she explained.
Frankel — who shares daughter Bryn, 15, with ex-husband Jason Hoppy — said she went through a “very public divorce” and “was sort of Easter egging, breadcumbing on the show” to prove that she was living “in misery.”
“My daughter was not on the show and watching Rachel and her kids with a scene that was certainly provoked by producers like, ‘Talk to your kids about what it feels like to be going through this divorce,'” she said, referring to the fashion designer’s candid scene with Skyler Morrison, 14, and Kaius Jagger, 12, about her estranged husband, Rodger Berman.
The former “Apprentice: Martha Stewart” star, 55, claimed producers would make her bring up topics with her exes on the show to create content for the show.
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“That was the price and the cost of being on the show … it wasn’t great. [These are] children that are not fully formed human beings, adolescents, teens, that a parent is saying, ‘How does it feel?'” Frankel added.
“Having that discussion which is — why at an age and a stage? Unless you must do this for the paycheck or the fame or the promotion to some business, the price is great,” she added.
“The price of having to put your children on television and ask them about a divorce is so gargantuan and made me actually uncomfortable.”
Frankel clarified that her opinion about the scene was “not a slight or a dig at anyone,” but since she knows how reality TV works, she said it is “f–ked up.”
“It made me deeply uncomfortable,” she concluded.
Page Six has reached out to Zoe and Bravo for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
During last week’s “RHOBH” episode, Zoe told her sons that she officially filed for divorce from their dad, Berman.
The celebrity stylist even told them that she was no longer in love with Berman after Kaius asked.
Zoe told her boys that it was “important” to her that they had an “open forum” when discussing personal topics.
The mom of two filed for divorce from Berman in July 2025 after 27 years of marriage.
The “Living In Style” author is a new cast member of “RHOBH,” joining Season 15 of the reality show.

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