Why Bethenny Frankel refuses to join the Housewives show ‘The Golden Life’

Why Bethenny Frankel refuses to join the Housewives show ‘The Golden Life’

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Bethenny Frankel is ‘protecting the peace’ by stepping away from E!’s ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ reboot.

Courage, 55, She explained to her followers on Instagram on Tuesday that joining Golden Life would not be “good for business.”

“It was fine when I was promoting my own work,” she noted, “but now that I work with a lot of other brands and have different types of equity and partner deals, they don’t really look at that as much. They’re kind of like, it’s in the rearview.”

Bethenny Frankel on Tuesday explained why she won’t join E!’s “Real Housewives of New York City” reboot! Bethenny Frankel/Instagram
Frankel (pictured above on February 24) told her Instagram followers that the “golden life” would not be “good for business.” Bethenny Frankel/Instagram

Additionally, Frankel predicted that the other cast members — Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Luann de Lesseps, and Ramona Singer — would end up resenting her.

“Even though some women are asking me if I’ll come back, the amount of money it would take to come back — which E! will supposedly never pay — will make the other Housewives very upset with me, which has happened before,” she claimed.

“I’m really happy for these women and I want them to thrive (and) succeed and I want the show to do well,” Frankel continued while making coffee.

The Bravolebrity said on Tuesday that the people she works with like reality TV are “in the rearview” of her career. Bethenny Frankel/Instagram
The Skinnygirl creator (pictured above in November 2025) also doesn’t want her former “RHONY” co-stars to “resent” her. Getty Images for Amazon

The Skinnygirl creator went on to call the show “a brutal, stunning move from E!” before sharing the final reason she’s staying off the air.

“I love my life now,” the former reality star said. “I like not having to do anything anyone else tells me to do or be anywhere anyone tells me to be.”

She concluded: “Protecting my peace and this stage of life is very important to me.”

Representatives for Medley, Morgan, de Lesseps and Singer did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.

Frankel (pictured above in 2017) claimed other women didn’t want “the amount of money it would take to get back”. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
The project, in particular, will star Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan, and Dorinda Medley (pictured above in 2008). Bravo/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Page Six broke the news in January that E! The show was in the works.

While Jill Zarin was attached to the series at the time, the 62-year-old has become attached to the series ever since Done axe During the halftime show speech at Super Bowl LX.

The businesswoman objected to Bad Bunny Record-breaking performance Last month, he called it “the worst… ever” for being in Spanish and featuring “literally no white people.”

Frankel (pictured above on February 5) wants the show’s cast to “thrive” and “succeed.” Bethenny Frankel/Instagram
The businesswoman (pictured above in September 2025) also wants to “protect her peace”. Getty Images

Zareen She defended herself After being fired from the movie The Golden Life, which will begin filming later this year.

She told InTouch that the network “didn’t give her the chance,” stressing: “I deleted it immediately. People make mistakes. I’m human.”

We later reported that Medley, 61, was as well Set to join.

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