Bethenny Frankel proved she isn’t bothered by the controversy surrounding her bombshell interview with Vanderpump Rules star Raquel Leviss.
On Wednesday, the reality TV star, 52, took to Instagram to flaunt her incredible bikini body in a colorful two-piece suit.
She captured her physique in her bedroom mirror and posed with her legs crossed and her toned torso shifted to one side.
For the first snap, Bethenny modeled a pair of stylish shades from her sunglasses line but later removed them to show off her makeup-free face.
She completed her swimwear look with a shiny gold bracelet on one of her wrists and a silver chain necklace.
Unbothered: Bethenny Frankel proved she isn’t bothered by the controversy surrounding her bombshell interview with Vanderpump Rules star Raquel Leviss as she appeared in a bikini on Instagram
She had her long, dark-colored hair up in a high bun for the bedroom snaps.
Frankel’s first Instagram story of her donning the colorful and stripped bikini resulted in several of her female followers DM’ing her to ask where she purchased the swimsuit.
Therefore, the Real Housewives of New York City alum shared another saucy bikini selfie that revealed the sexy suit was sold-out but provided a link to her Shop LTK account, where followers could find and/or purchase similar swimsuits from other brands.
‘My exact swimsuit is sold out but I found some similar options 👙,’ Frankel wrote.
In a follow-up post, the brunette beauty rocked a stylish white swimsuit coverup over her bikini and shared where her followers can get ‘similar options.’
Unlike the previous two pictures, Frankel swapped her white framed sunglasses with a pair of aviator shades.
Frankel’s sizzling bikini photos on her Instagram stories come one day after she shared a series of photos on her Instagram account of herself enjoying a beautiful summer day out on a boat with her 12-year-old daughter Bryn and friend Sarah Charlotte.
‘Cute girl summer…coming through…. ☀️⚓️. Mother daughter time.’ the 52-year-old wrote as the caption of her August 22 Instagram post.
Bryn is Frankel’s only child from her second marriage to pharmaceutical sales executive Jason Hoppy, which lasted from 2010 to 2021.
The 52-year-old was previously married to entertainment executive Peter Sussman from 1996 to 1997. The marriage produced no children.
Frankel is currently engaged to film producer Paul Beron.
Though she appears to be enjoying the remainder of the summer season, Bethenny has also had to take on backlash after releasing her candid one-on-one interview with disgraced VPR star Raquel Leviss.
Leviss found herself at the center of controversy after her months-long affair with co-star Tom Sandoval was exposed in March.
Sandoval, 40, was actively in a relationship with Leviss’ close friend and his girlfriend of nine years, Ariana Madix, 38.
Their castmates reamed them for the cheating scandal during the show’s three-part reunion on Bravo and Raquel ended up checking herself into a mental health facility soon after. She was discharged in July.
Wow! In the snaps Bethenny flaunted her incredible bikini body in a colorful two-piece suit
Coverup: In a follow-up post, the brunette beauty rocked a stylish white swimsuit coverup over her bikini and shared where her followers can get ‘similar options’
Day out: Frankel’s (right) sizzling bikini photos on her Instagram stories comes a day after she shared a series of photos on her Instagram account of herself enjoying a beautiful summer day out on a boat with her 12-year-old daughter Bryn (not in photo) and Frankel’s friend Sarah Charlotte (left)
Mother-daughter time: Bryn (right) is the only Frankel’s only child from her second marriage to Jason Hoppy. The marriage between Frankel and Hoppy lasted from 2010 to 2021
While speaking with Bethenny, she downplayed her friendship with Ariana but apologized to ‘the people [she] hurt’ and blamed alcohol for her bad decision making.
The reality star also hinted that the problems in Tom and Ariana’s nearly decade-long relationship had been clear before she began an affair with him.
‘I would not be involved in this affair, secrecy type situation if I thought there was longevity in this relationship between Tom and Ariana,’ she said. ‘The people closest to them can see their relationship has not been what they portray on camera. Tom always told me they’re a brand, they’re an image… They’re business partners.’
She admitted that she was not ‘in love’ with Tom, but felt that the pair did believe they were in love during their affair.
Her co-star Lala Kent called Leviss’ decision to leave VPR a ‘travesty’ and accused Bethenny of ‘exploiting and manipulating’ the star.
She said: ‘It is a travesty that she didn’t end up coming back. She should have come back. I think she would have been very surprised. And instead she went and did this [podcast with Bethenny] and she was manipulated yet again.
Controversy: Though she appears to be enjoying the remainder of the summer season, Bethenny has also had to take on backlash after releasing her candid one-on-one interview with disgraced VPR star Raquel Leviss
Affair: Leviss found herself at the center of controversy after her months-long affair with co-star Tom Sandoval was exposed in March
Sandoval, 40, was actively in a relationship with Leviss’ close friend and his girlfriend of nine years, Ariana Madix, 38 (right)
Firing back: Raquel’s co-star and former friend Lala Kent called the interview a ‘travesty’ and accused Bethenny of ‘exploiting and manipulating’ Raquel
‘There were things that she was then saying that were not perspective. It was a flat out lie and I can’t imagine you believe what you are saying.’
Slamming Leviss for sleeping with Sandoval behind Ariana Madix’s back, she said: ‘I don’t think that reality TV is for everyone. It is a very intense environment. If you are not mentally tough as f**k, it can break you. It definitely can.
‘Now to say that Raquel was a victim of something, I don’t know. What I do know is you made a decision to sleep with your best friend’s partner of 10 years.
‘You didn’t need to do that. No one was forcing you to do it and no one asked you to do that. It felt like Bethenny was really trying to push her in a certain direction.’
