Bethenny Frankel, the natural foods chef and creator of “Skinnygirl” cocktails (less calories, more brawling), formerly of “The Real Housewives of New York”, has fulfilled all of her Chanukah dreams this year. First, she got pregnant, relieving her gay male friend from the show of any promises to impregnate her if she didn’t find a straight man in time. Then the babydaddy and boyfriend of almost one year, Jason Hoppy, proposed with a suitably-large 8-carat diamond engagement ring. And now, her naked tush is 58 feet tall, hovering over Times Square in Manhattan.
"I'd Rather Be Airbrushed Than Wear Fur."
With a billboard now befitting her ego, Bethenny can continue on cooking health food, getting rich women hammered (but not fat!), becoming someone’s Mommy (God help that kid), and, probably, getting married. But first, she will talk as much as anyone will listen about why she joined the ranks of celebrities who have posed au naturel for PETA’s anti-fur campaign. Evidently forgetting that it was for a cause, she said of the picture, “I am especially pleased because it doesn’t look like there’s been any airbrushing, and I was already pregnant when I shot it”.
Yeah, that’s what the real issue is here: whether or not you appear to be airbrushed. As long as you look thin, that’s great. What was the cause again? Some animal thing, right? (She was, incidentally, airbrushed beyond recognition).
It was only for her big mouth and incessant cattiness that people came to love watching Bethenny on the show, despite her constant whining about being single. She always considered herself a celebrity, although her only major exposure prior to “Real Housewives” was as a contestant on the catastrophic spinoff “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart”. Now she’s leaving the “Real Housewives” for a spinoff of her own, although the details are fuzzy. It seems she didn’t have much of a choice, as rumors persist that her friendships with her castmates are tense and drama-filled. Bethenny, apparently, makes the egomaniacal Kelly Bensimon look like a pussycat this season, and will be off the show after several episodes.
In the meantime, she’s naked in Times Square, and couldn’t be happier about how thin she looks.
By posing for PETA, she also gets to be associated with well-known animal rights activists/celebrities like Pamela Anderson, Christy Turlington, Alicia Silverstone, Roselyn Sanchez, Eva Mendes, Christina Applegate, Joaquin Phoenix, Tommy Lee, Anna Nicole Smith, Jenna Jameson and Dita Von Teese.
There are no faster routes to fame than reality television and being naked on film. Bethenny Frankel is making sure all of her bases—if not her backside—are covered.