Bethenny Frankel is getting candid about her “nightmare divorce” from ex-husband Jason Hoppy.
On Tuesday’s episode of the “Real Housewives of New York” alum’s podcast, “Just B,” the 51-year-old admitted she initially didn’t want a prenup. The entrepreneur said the thought of going into a prenuptial agreement before saying “I do” was “embarrassing.”
“I ended up marrying someone who was just a regular person, who seemed like they could handle all of what’s going on with me, and being in reality television,” the star shared. “And I was sort of proud of myself for just marrying someone who had a simple life, and they didn’t come from much, and so they would never want anything from me.”
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“I’m trusting and I just don’t want to deal with this, and it was embarrassing,” said Bethenny Frankel on her podcast.
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“Because this is just not the way that it goes, people who don’t come from a lot just are happy with that sort of small-town life, and that would never really be a whole issue,” she shared.
The Skinny Girl mogul revealed she “had a lawyer that said to me about my prenup, ‘It’s terrible and I wouldn’t let you sign this.'” Frankel also described how she believed “no one’s taking anything from me.”
“I’m trusting and I just don’t want to deal with this and it was embarrassing,” Frankel explained. “The word ‘prenup’ was embarrassing to me. It’s uncomfortable, it’s awkward. A contract when you get married? It’s an uncomfortable, awkward concept.”
Hoppy’s last known attorneys didn’t immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
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Bethenny Frankel and then-husband Jason Hoppy in New York City, circa 2012.
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Frankel and Hoppy, 51, tied the knot in 2010 but separated in 2012. The following year, Frankel filed for divorce. While they reached a financial settlement in 2016, their divorce wasn’t finalized until this year. They share a daughter named Bryn, 11.
In 2016, an attorney for Frankel told People magazine that the former couple did have a prenuptial agreement after the Bravo personality had a court victory that dropped her spousal support by roughly $12,000 a month.
At the time, attorney Allan Mayefsky said they were “pleased the court invalidated the award of interim spousal support to Jason based on his waiver in the prenuptial agreement.”
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Bethenny Frankel has found love again.
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In March, it was revealed that Frankel was engaged to film producer Paul Bernon after three years of dating.
Last week, a rep for Frankel confirmed to the outlet that she no longer has to pay child support to Hoppy.
