Bethenny Frankel slammed by comic Jessica Kirson after ex RHONY star mocked Meghan Markle before Oprah interview
BETHENNY Frankel was slammed as a “total b***h” by comedian Jessica Kirson after the ex Real Housewives Of New York star mocked Meghan Markle before the big Oprah Winfrey interview.
The 50-year-old ripped into the former Suits star calling her an “unknown actress in a palace” and said “cry me a river.”
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Bethenny, 50, is getting a tongue lashing from all sides following her remarks about Meghan and her interview with Oprah.
Another star to blast the ex-Real Housewives’ comment is the standup comic, 51, calling her a “total b***h.”
In response to Bethenny’s original tweet, which read: “Cry me a river…the plight of being a game show host, fairly unknown actress, to suffering in a palace, w tiaras & 7 figure weddings for TWO WHOLE YEARS to being a household name w @Oprah on speed dial, fetching 7 m for interviews, hundreds of millions in media deals.”
Jessica replied: “I was the warm up comic on your failed morning talk show and you were a total b***h to me.
“For months you never said hello and you ordered me around like a dog. One day I walked off set because I had enough of your sh*t. Have a great day!”
Fans joined in the slamming of Bethenny, with many recalling instances when they had met her.
One wrote: “I was her server at a fancy Tribeca restaurant and she was such a b***h. There were no substitutions allowed and she gave me the ‘do you know who I am?’”
“She’s always been like this, she came into a bin store in West village and was loud, opinionated, and entitled then too (10 yrs ago),” remembered another.
While a third referred to a comment her former RHONY co-star had made: “As Ramona once said Bethany doesn’t support other women.. wow Bethany wow”
Following the backlash, Bethenny retracted her original statements against Meghan with a new tweet apologizing.
She said: “I watched M & H sit down. Emotional distress & racism must feel suffocating & powerless.
“I’m a polarizing, unfiltered (often to a fault) flawed person [with] a voice. When I heard of the interview, during a pandemic, it felt like a surprising choice.”
She concluded with: “I’m sorry if it hurt or offended you.”
Following her apology, Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause slammed Bethenny once more and called her out on her “privilege.”
The newly single Dancing With The Stars winner tweeted: “The privilege here is you never questioned using your voice.
“And yet you used it on your huge platform to let it be known Meghan should be silenced.
“When I woke up to your asinine comparison, during a pandemic, it felt like a surprising choice.”
Chrishell wasn’t the only one who defended the Duchess as her friend, Serena Williams, and plenty of other celebs also defended her on social media.
Bethenny took to Twitter on Sunday to slam Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 39, as her interview with Oprah was set to air that evening.
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She started: “Not since Monica Lewinsky interview, have people been obsessed with a young female interview like this #MARRY interview. Remember the famous lip gloss?”
The mom of one then tweeted as she shared several article clips on how the duchess was perceived by staffers.
She continued in another tweet: “I [100 percent] give Harry a break. This isn’t the way to generate less press & cannot be filed under the guise of wanting privacy to prevent a repeat of previous events.”