Bethenny Frankel is firing back at ageist body shamers who slammed her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show appearance.
Last week the 55-year-old Real Housewives of New York City alum walked the SI Swim Week show for the second time, and she also appeared in this year’s Swimsuit Issue.
Despite Frankel’s triumphant turn on the catwalk with models Alix Earle and Brooks Nader, critics made cruel remarks about her age and her figure on social media.
The reality TV star took to TikTok this week to address the hate comments, defiantly declaring, ‘I’ll do what the f**k I want.’
She specifically lashed out at those who called her backside ‘jello,’ noting, ‘It is jello. I’ve told you f**king 27,000 times I don’t work out.
‘Was I going to do squats for six months? No, because I’m not that vain,’ Frankel added.
Bethenny Frankel is firing back at ageist body shamers who slammed her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show appearance
Last week, the 55-year-old former Real Housewives of New York City star walked the SI Swim Week show for the second time, and she also appeared in this year’s Swimsuit Issue
Frankel said that she was not ‘going to try to be a model’ and that she was focused on being herself and ‘having fun’ on the runway.
The former Bravo star then called out the unfair criticism about her age.
‘Now I know how old I am. I didn’t think about it until last year when everyone made such a big deal about it,’ she explained to her online audience.
Frankel, who is known for her outspoken personality, said she really enjoyed flaunting skimpy bikinis with her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue peers.
‘It is so fun because of the women,’ she said in the TikTok clip, adding, ‘It’s just all shapes, sizes, heights, ages, races, backgrounds…just amazing women.’
Other notable stars who modeled in the show include comedian Tiffany Haddish, Vanderpump Rules alum Stassi Schroeder and pop superstar Lizzo.
‘My best friends were there. They thought I was amazing. They thought I commanded a presence,’ Frankel shared.
She also said her rarely-seen boyfriend, financier Shane Campbell, was also there to support her.
‘He thought I was the Belle of the ball and was like a stage dad right in front.’
Despite Frankel’s triumphant turn on the catwalk with models Alix Earle and Brooks Nader , critics called out both her age and her figure on social media
‘Was I going to do squats for six months? No, because I’m not that vain,’ Frankel told critics, who called her backside ‘jello’
Frankel said that she was not ‘going to try to be a model’ and that she was focused on being herself and ‘having fun’ on the runway
Frankel, who is known for her outspoken personality, said she really enjoyed flaunting skimpy bikinis with her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue peers
Meanwhile, Frankel said her 16-year-old daughter Brynn Hoppy was a fan of one swimsuit in particular.
‘My daughter loved the black, sort of bondage bathing suit the most,’ she revealed.
‘We’re good, I’m happy. People are allowed to be happy,’ Frankel emphasized in her TikTok post.
‘For years people wanted body inclusivity, then people want back to, like, the glamazon aliens and…how about this – do what the f**k you want to do.
‘There are going to be so many haters, and the one comfort that I take is that the haters stay longer. They’re obsessed. They’re just miserable with their own lives; it has nothing to do with me.’
Frankel declared that her critics are ‘obsessed with me and that means I’m doing something right.’
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show starring Frankel and more iconic beauties will begin streaming on Hulu June 9.
