Bethenny Frankel stepped out to promote SkinnyGirl candy with new fuchsia hair extensions with black roots. She knew this would get her more publicity than continuing to complain about workers speaking Spanish in stores. By the way, at least one of you mentioned the conspiracy theory that Bethenny was paid for those tweets by Donald Trump to advance his anti-immigrant agenda. It’s very possible, she gets a lot of press, but I think it’s more likely that she’s just a racist a-hole who assumes people can’t speak English when she hears them speaking Spanish. Bethenny has not issued an apology or clarification, and she doubled down on her remarks in a recent statement to US, saying “I would never be one of those celebrities that just wants to please everybody and wants to say exactly what everybody wants to hear and tiptoes around. If you want to hear my opinion, go on Instagram or Twitter and it’s there. You don’t have to agree with me.” Some of you agreed with her however I really question whether she even spoke to the workers because she tweeted that she wasn’t going to try.
Bethenny wore this her hair in this flatironed garish color and it really emphasized her Botox. She looks like a wax figure or like she’s an anime version of Raggedy Ann. The Daily Mail reports that she’s wearing “Pink Couture hair extensions by Tokyo Stylez” and a jumpsuit by Mugler that retails for $2,630. She made an appearance at Dylan’s Candy store in Manhattan yesterday to promote the line. Here’s some of what she told People about the candy:
“I think I saw a void [in the market],” Frankel tells PEOPLE of her latest venture. “Every woman I know has a sweet tooth and most women I know have PMS or they get emotional and they want chocolate […] It’s low calorie and they’re delicious; people are obsessed with them. And I don’t think there’s really anything else out there like that — especially with such quality. There’s a lot of chocolate, but it feels like junk food.”
The new product line includes chocolate truffles, chocolate bars, chocolate-covered almonds, and gummies — each coming in pre-portioned packages at 100 calories each — as well as three flavors of mints (which have zero calories per serving).
“Portion control is huge,” Frankel says. “I don’t believe in fake; I believe in good quality ingredients. I’d rather have less of something really good than a lot of something fake. I think those little portioned packets are just very female.”
In terms of SkinnyGirl “candy,” I don’t see the need for “diet” candy. If you want to eat candy and you’re on a diet, go ahead. Just fit it into your calories for the day. There are no “good” or “bad” candies/calories, just make sure you get your protein and nutrients and leave enough room for snacks. My favorites are the little individually wrapped Ghirardelli chocolate caramel squares at just 70 calories. There are also other individually wrapped mini chocolates available from Dove, Lindt and Ritter. It bugs me that SkinnyGirl also puts out sh*tty wine and mixed drinks when similar products are already available which are much tastier. Just measure it out and it’s a damn diet food. It’s all branding.
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This looks like a wig, you can see the lacefront.
And a very bad one at that. I thought wig because of the front of it.
it IS a full-on wig. and, as swak said, a very bad one. you can see that it’s a wig along the hairline.
Bozo the Clown’s second oldest daughter. He’s so proud of her because her daily consumption of carrot sticks finally turned her hair the color of his….actually he is a little jealous because she looks more like a clown than he does….
Oh, that’s Bozo’s daughter? Damn! I thought Raggedy Anne was looking rough!!!
It’s absolutely a lace-front wig, not extensions.
+1
Fail on every level. I guess she wants people to quickly forget her misguided and blatantly racist twitter rant with a Party City wig she bought at the clearance aisle.
She needs to cool it on the Botox and remember that she’s barely a “celebrity” thanks to RHONY. Girl, bye.
“I think those little portioned packets are just very female.”
Who comes up with this type of bunkum phrase for their client to spout? Jebus.
What is this, Polly Pocket food?
That statement in particular got me. Up until then it was all “blah blah buy my thing, it’s tasty and less calories blah blah blah”. But that little patronizing bit at the end. Ugh. Little portioned packets are very female?? What? Why? Because women are supposed to be dainty and only desire to nibble on discreet portions of food? Or we can’t be trusted with measuring out our own candy because our tiny PMS addled brains will doubtlessly cause us to stuff it all in our face thus making us fat and ugly?
“I saw a void in the market” is the new it phrase for these hussies shilling their crap. Didn’t Reese Witherspoon just say the exact same thing? That Middleton brother who personalizes marshmallows I’m pretty sure said it too. Wow! I can’t believe no one thought to personalize marshmallows yet! I better jump on this amazing business opportunity!
Yeah, I was merely rolling my eyes during most of the piece. Then that line just made me nuts.
Normally I think mention of kids should be off-limits, but Bethenny’s the one who decided to pee on a stick in front of the cameras so here goes: I hope Bryn spends at least every other weekend hanging out with her grandparents in PA eating homemade cookies.
Yes, the grandparents seemed really lovely. I hope they see Bryn a lot.
Didn’t she also pee in a bucket in front of the cameras right before his wedding?
Why Bethanny? Because all women are supposed to subsist on minute proportioned diet food packets? You know what I think is a perfect feminine little package? A taco, a slice of pizza, a doughnut. Because I have self control, Bethanny, and I don’t need your patronizing little bark biscuits to feel good about myself.
It makes my blood boil that diet food is shoved down our throats because, heaven forbid, fat is the worst thing a woman could be.
Jesus, those arms! And with that atrocious hair maybe she should change the name to Scarygirl.
Ha ha good one!
Yes! Her arms were the second thing that got my attention.
The arms got me too. Egads!!!!
She’s over, I think.
Hopefully. She is awful.
I hope so too; she’s really is terrible.
She is just an aweful miserable person. I have followed her from the beginning and nothing she does surprises me anymore. She is mean and justifies it with the annoying, “I am honest” bs. She treats everyone around her terrible and has no relationships which last.
Forget the hair, what about her face? She had serious work done.
Agree with BRIDGET. It’s kindof weird psychologically, like she’s trying to turn into a different person – an anime girl. She’s unrecognizable.
I thought the same thing! that wig emphasizes all that bad work done on her face! Her nose, ew!
Pretty sure the hair is supposed to divert attention away from her recent nose job.
It’s not working.
And face lift.
I hate to say it but she looks better. I still cannot stand her and her Skinnygirl garbage but she looks better.
That is kind of the point of a face lift 🙂
I don’t know much, but I know chocolate, and there is some really delicious, high quality, not too expensive chocolate that, when eaten in moderation, is not bad for you. Personally, I am a Dove girl. I will buy a bar or two of Dove and eat a piece or two each day. It is rich enough to curve my chocolate cravings, so I don’t feel compelled to eat the whole bar. A bar can last me 5 days. But there are certainly other brands that you can buy and not feel like junk food. Even Hershey Special Dark (in my opinion) is smooth, rich, and a little goes a long way.
My dad buys bags of individually wrapped Dove dark chocolate and has 1 (or 2) each day. I love dark chocolate and it doesn’t feel like it’s as “bad” for me as a Snickers bar or chocolate chip cookie would be.
Also, I hate the brand name “Skinnygirl.” Ugh
Me too. I take as a humble brag on her part. Buy SkinnyGirl so you can be like me, ya’ know, skinny…teehee. Take a seat Raggedy Ann. Take a seat.
I agree. And overall the good quality stuff is infinitely more satisfying than any diet-adjusted product that just makes one feel deprived. I’d rather spend my $$ on a good sipping tequila that will last for months than a medicinal-tasting mix that will just cause head & stomach aches.
Little bags of female food being marketed by a woman. Trump trying to bully a woman for doing her job (albeit she works for FOX but I think you get my meaning). I really need to stop reading the internet today.
Bethenny looks like she could be Madonna’s sister in that one photo where she is holding that Skinny Girl prop
God these are some haggard looking people
Can’t stand this woman. So many people fall for the branding of things. Like Skinny Girl popcorn! Really? It’s just packaging people! Don’t make this horrid woman even wealthier!
Did she get those at K-Mart, too?
No, but I’m almost certain that’s where she got that God-awful wig!
I thought I sent this twat back to obscurity two days ago. There should be an island far far away that she can go to and take: Kate Gosselin, all of the “real” housewives, the Kardashians and the like. Surrounded by each other, they would have to witness only each other and take a back seat to the real world and see what it’s like to have to be surrounded by mindless, senseless, fame seeking nobodies. Good day sir…
How can we make this happen? ASAP!
I’m in! I used to want to send all perv, pedos, and rapists to some deserted island to fend for themselves and kill each other off canibal style, but now because of the KKlan and reality horrors, I’ve lowered my standards to wanting to send these people to remote island. As much as they would fight w/each other and cry about the lack of toiletries, I think in the end they would appreciate the experience because they’d all lose a ton of weight and crap their brains out. Priorities ya’ know.
How can you manage to look both ridiculous and haggard with all that money??
She is living proof that money not only cannot buy class but it also cannot buy youth as hard as you try.
I admit I eat diet chocolate- I eat low carb in winter and the Skinny Cow chocolate bar is lowish in carbs and a half a bar is a quick way to sort out the occasional chocolate craving.
I think Bethany was pulling a Trump rather than being paid by Trump. I keep hearing from my older and well-off family members that while they and their friends were initially shocked by Trump, they now see that he’s, “really cutting through the bs.” It’s 2016, but racism still gets you traction.
I thought of Skinny Cow too — right when she said “there was nothing else like this on the market.” Busted wig AND lies.
I really like her Skinny girl bars. The chocolate and banana ones are very good as well as the dark chocolate and coconut or dark chocolate and pretzel. YUMMY! I also like her Skinny girl Pina Colada. I love a Pina Colada but usually they are laden with cream and sugar. It is refreshing and quite tasty. She has made her own way I have a lot of reinforced that.
I really like her Skinny girl bars. The chocolate and banana ones are very good as well as the dark chocolate and coconut or dark chocolate and pretzel. YUMMY! I also like her Skinny girl Pina Colada. I love a Pina Colada but usually they are laden with cream and sugar. It is refreshing and quite tasty. She has made her own way I have a lot of respect for that.
In the thumbnail, I thought she was wearing a fuchsia hoodie!
Same here – I assumed it was some sort of scarf or wrap thrown over her head! Gah!
She looks desiccated.
Well I’m here to tell you all she wore those for nothing, they did not serve their higher purpose as they didn’t detract from her pair of -Cheeto shaped orange gristly arms OR made me forget her nasolabial fold is caving in and coming down like a curtain all heavy with ALLA the Fillers they make
-One that would totally lapse into speaking Spanish only on purpose after seeing her (it’s easy to say the rosary in Spanish and I’d assume i’m being visited by death)
Brazos de cheeto. We must all say this if we’re ever in earshot of her. Brazos de cheeto. Again. Brazos de cheeto.
yes, QQ, you made me use the English to Spanish language converter.
dhjiffwe BRAZOS DE CHEETO!?!?!?! IS THIS A SPELLING OF PROTECTION AGAINST HER?!??!? IM DEAD IM TOO THROUGH
Comment of the day. Brazos de Cheeto will be running through my mind like a victory cry for the rest of the week.
Hundida en el pliegue nasolabial! OMG!
Jennifer: WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?!? im BEREFT here laughing
And for those paying attention —- “La Bota!” I learned THAT from Dora the Explorer! #drops mic#
I used to love the Ghirardelli milk chocolate caramel squares. Then I had the dark chocolate and sea salt caramel squares and now I only want those. I’m not usually a fan of sea salt candy (I feel it’s overdone), but you don’t really taste the salt. It’s more the bitterness of the dark chocolate offsetting the sweetness of the caramel. Good stuff.
I’ve noticed they’ve started advertising this Skinny Girl stuff here in Australia, and didn’t realise until the other day that it’s linked to her. I only learned who she is because of stories on here, though, as I’ve never seen any of the Real Housewives shows, not even our Melbourne version. She sounds like a truly awful woman.
I love the Ghirardelli chocolate squares, too, especially the mint ones. It’s a shame they’re hard to find here, though. Sigh…
As someone who doesn’t know much about any Real Housewives stuff, these woman all come across as so desperate and sad…
When I first saw the header (on my iPhone)I thought that awful hair was a hoodie
Mid-life crisis?
Man, I freakin’ hate chocolate.
I’m sure the wig was to deflect from the current round of plastic surgery. Nice try, lady. Failed. But nice try.
OMFG, what an idiot. For someone who thinks she knows everything about everything, she sure missed this one.
What a joke. What an a-hole.
I was offered Skinny Cow candy @ Costco, is it a similar company? Also, about the hair $6 dollars for L’oreal Hicolor Hilights Red will do the same thing & she could donate the rest. I don’t mind people being creative with their color & it is more interesting than her normal style.
Jesus christ she’s shaved down her jaw. That’s the real story here.