Bethenny Frankel addresses ‘stupid’ rumors she joined ‘RHUGT: RHONY’ cast

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Bethenny Frankel is debunking fan theories that she filmed “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy” with her former co-stars.

“I am not in St. Barts. I did not go to St. Barts,” the former reality star revealed on Wednesday’s episode of her iHeart podcast, “ReWives.”

The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum explained that she was “so flattered” to still be “part of this conversation” despite having left the franchise in 2019.

“I have to thank you all and people that write this stuff that really want me to be there, I’m just actually genuinely flattered, like, thank you,” she continued.

“I love that I’m someone that people really just think of as part of it.”

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Bethenny Frankel addressed speculation that she filmed the “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy.”
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“I am not in St. Barts, I did not go to St. Barts,” Frankel explained.
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Frankel, 52, addressed the speculation after fans were convinced they spotted her in a video Ramona Singer – who was on the “RHUGT” trip – shared on her Instagram Story.

The clip gave a glimpse of a mystery woman — which many thought was the Skinnygirl founder — wearing a hat and sunglasses.

“I do often wear a hat and glasses, so everyone started saying that I was there, that I was going to St. Barts, and I didn’t correct immediately, because I was watching what was happening, because I wanted to see how far this stupid thing could go,” Frankel added on her podcast.

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Frankel admitted that she “didn’t correct [people] immediately,” because she found the whole ordeal “funny.”
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The former Bravolebrity teased that it’d be a “great story” if she came to “surprise everybody” like her former friend Jill Zarin, who infamously shocked her castmates on a Season 3 trip of “RHONY.”

“She was probably loving it but, in fairness to Jill, I was loving it, too. I thought it was really funny to be reading about this,” Frankel said.

The “Big Shot With Bethenny” alum said she even saw a fan zoom in on a fork featured in a photo from St. Barts to try and spot her “reflection” in the utensil.

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Fans speculated that Frankel was caught in a video Ramona Singer posted from the trip.
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“I wanted to see how far this stupid thing could go,” the Skinnygirl founder admitted.
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“I think that horse has left the farm, but I love being a part of the conversation,” Frankel concluded. “I am not in St. Barts.”

The “RHUGT: RHONY Legacy” cast recently wrapped filming for Peacock’s fifth installment of the spinoff.


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Aside from Singer, Sonja Morgan, Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley and Kristen Taekman all flew down to film the highly anticipated series.

Peacock has not released a premiere date for the new show but, in the meantime, fans can see Morgan and de Lesseps own spinoff, “Crappie Lake.”

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Sonja Morgan, Kelly Bensimon, Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley and Kristen Taekman filmed the spinoff.
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Peacock has not revealed when the highly anticipated series will air.
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“Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake” debuts with back-to-back half-hour episodes July 9, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. 

Meanwhile, the new “Real Housewives of New York City” franchise will star Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Dana Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield.

Season 14 of the revamped “RHONY” premieres July 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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