Bethenny Frankel is back with a vengeance after Joy Behar claimed her breasts were fake. “There’s nothing real about her…”
Bethenny Frankel Is Back with a Vengeance After Joy Behar Claimed Her Breasts Were Fake: “There’s Nothing Real About Her…”
In true Real Housewives fashion, the drama isn’t limited to wine tosses and dinner parties—it’s now spilling over onto national talk shows. This week, Bethenny Frankel, the ever-outspoken and unapologetically candid former Real Housewives of New York City star, is clapping back hard after Joy Behar made a biting comment on The View, suggesting that Bethenny’s breasts—and perhaps her entire persona—aren’t real.
During a heated roundtable discussion on celebrity plastic surgery, Behar offhandedly remarked, “Bethenny Frankel is the poster child for manufactured reality. There’s nothing real about her—not those breasts, not her face, not that personality.” The moment went viral within hours, with Housewives fans and critics alike taking to social media to either defend or denounce the OG Skinnygirl.
But Bethenny, never one to shy away from a verbal throwdown, has now responded in classic Frankel fashion: with wit, venom, and receipts. Taking to Instagram Live, she launched into a ten-minute, no-holds-barred monologue that blended humor with razor-sharp sarcasm.
“I didn’t know Joy Behar had become a certified plastic surgeon overnight,” Bethenny quipped, holding up a framed photo of herself from her early RHONY days. “These are the same boobs I had when I was poor and yelling at Kelly Bensimon in Scary Island. Joy, if you want to borrow them for a weekend, I’ll see what I can do.”
But the real sting came when Bethenny shifted from defending her body to dismantling what she sees as Behar’s hypocrisy. “Joy Behar has made a career of mocking women under the guise of feminism. She’s had more comebacks than I’ve had reality shows, and trust me, that’s saying something. If she wants to talk about what’s real—try starting with a genuine apology.”
Fans are divided. Some hail Bethenny’s comeback as “iconic” and “vintage Frankel,” applauding her refusal to let an older, mainstream TV figure tear her down. Others accuse both women of indulging in outdated, body-shaming discourse and turning personal critiques into public spectacle.
Still, Bethenny seems undeterred. On her Just B podcast the following day, she doubled down, hinting at a larger issue: “This isn’t just about me. It’s about women being allowed to look however they want—surgically enhanced or not—and still be taken seriously. I’m sick of the double standards. Joy’s entire face has had more lifts than a Manhattan skyscraper, and yet here we are talking about my chest?”
Whether this war of words is a one-time spat or the beginning of an unlikely feud between morning TV and Bravo royalty remains to be seen. But one thing is clear: Bethenny Frankel is back, and she’s not holding back.
“I’m real where it counts,” she ended her Instagram rant with a smirk. “And if Joy can’t handle that, she can go sip some chamomile tea and tune into reruns of The Golden Girls. I’ll be over here building empires.”
Stay tuned, Housewives fans—this tea is far from cold.
