Where RHONY’s Kelly Bensimon is now- ex-reality star lands surprising new career 10 years after she was fired from show
KELLY Bensimon has gone from Real Housewife to selling real houses.
The former Real Housewife of New York star, who joined the show in 2009 as a full-time cast member, was featured on seasons two through four of the reality series.
She famously experienced a controversial onscreen nervous breakdown while on a cast trip to the U.S. Virgin Island of Saint John in 2009.
In 2011, Kelly, along with fellow housewives Alex McCord, Jill Zarin, and Cindy Barshop were all fired from the Real Housewives of New York.
When her mother got sick in 2017, Kelly decided to get her real estate license.
Two years later, she took a job with Douglas Elliman real estate group in Manhattan.
She has also made numerous appearances on Million Dollar Listing New York.
According to the Douglas Elliman website, Kelly is an “American Lifestyle Icon.”
In recent years, her passion for luxury real estate has led to a well-publicized career turn with takes at Warburg Realty and now as a leading realtor with Douglas Elliman, where she sold over $100 million in luxury properties in 2021 alone.
“Her expertise and access have led to exclusive listings in NYC, the Hamptons, South Florida, Aspen, St. Barth, and now, London and Paris.”
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Her impressive ascent in the real estate world earned her a 2022 Ellie Award for Rookie of the Year from Douglas Elliman for excellence in the field.
“Kelly provides an insiders take on where to find the best shopping, dining, drinking, and entertaining in the most exclusive neighborhoods around the globe,” the Douglas Elliman website promises.
Kelly has a special secret to her success, as she told the Real Deal in 2019: “I smile a lot, and I have a lot of energy, and I think that hopefully my enthusiasm will be contagious and people will respond to how much I love New York.”
A ROB FOR A ROD
Late last year, reports broke that the Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, 46, has been texting Kelly.
According to Page Six, an insider close to the matter said Rodriguez had text the former model to hang out.
The source said: “They have a cute and flirty text relationship.
“Alex has asked her out more than once although she has not gone on a date with him.”
Bensimon confirmed with Page Six that she has been in contact with Jennifer Lopez’s ex.
Bensimon’s rep said: “They’ve been having a fun text relationship for the last couple of months.
“She thinks he is charming and a gentleman.
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Rodriguez’s representative was more curt, saying: “She [Bensimon] reached out on a real estate opportunity and that is it.
“There are no flirty texts, there is nothing there. A lot of people reach out to him for business purposes.”
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