Bethenny Frankel Wants Her Own Talk Show

By Jane Levere Posted Feb 10th 2011 05:00PM

Bethenny Frankel is quite the businesswoman. She's a natural-food chef, New York Times best-selling author and reality TV star -- just to name a few -- with a mile-long resume to prove she's not messing around when it comes to success.

Although she's found a home in the reality TV circuit as a former 'Housewives' and 'Apprentice' star, she's looking to bring her brand to daytime television.

"I would like a daytime talk show because my conversation with my fans right now is through social networking, and my TV show communicates what I'm doing, but it isn't really a dialogue or a conversation," she told PopEater at the British Airways Face To Face event in New York. And she's pretty hopeful it will happen. "Most of my business wishes come true."

Congrats on the second season of your Bravo show. Any juicy details?
'Bethenny Ever After' starts Feb. 28. It's about the texture of marriage and bringing together Venus and Mars, which is what my husband and I are. We're from two different planets. And he's religious, and I practice yoga. He wants to be around his parents all the time, and I like to be alone and just a lot of crazy things. It's really probably the only real reality show. It's a reality sitcom.

And you're also doing a Skinnygirl tour as well?
Yeah. It's me on a huge Skinnygirl tour bus, and my entire family comes with me. I speak for two hours, to primarily women, about everything from body image issues, weight issues and my first book, 'Naturally Thin.' I discuss those things, gossip a little bit and then do a Q&A, and then I do it all over again the next day. It is exhausting and draining, but I would say it is the most gratifying of everything I do.

Why is this the most gratifying thing you've done?
Because you get to speak to women. You're talking to college girls who are developing their identity, whether they want to be wives for a living, whether they want to be businesswomen, who they want to be, how they want to proceed and move on into the world. You're talking to women who have lost their husbands and want to talk about it to other women, people who are obsessed with dieting, people who have eating disorders. You're just talking to women about everything from breastfeeding to dieting to dating to gossip.

You also have a new book coming out. Can you tell me about it?
My new book is coming out March 22. 'A Place of Yes' is about how I got to where I am in my life now, in career and in family and the 10 rules to getting there.

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Thursday 10 February

By Crystal

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Please! No show for her! Make her go away!

By taxiof2

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OMG! I am sooooooooooooo sick of this skinny b__Tch! She gets on my nerves like Kate Gosselin. She was cute at first but enough already. This woman is in love with herself. How much do you need, you have a handsome husband, a beautiful child, book deals, etc. Why do you need to be on tv all they time. This is going to destroy your marriage, it always does! GO AWAY WE HAVE SEEN YOU ENOUGH!

Sunday 13 February

By Mary

OMG !!! She could do an hour talk show in 15 min. Have you EVER heard anyone talk that fast?
Also: would it be possible for her to talk to anyone without crying? She seems to not be able to finish a thought without tears.

By barbg

OMG Her own talk show, with that mouth and voice and ugly face. Please someone take this biotch away from TV.

By sue

i must admit i watch the housewife show just for the car wreck. but, i like bethanny, she is funny and speaks her mind. and, jill was wrong for the way it all played out. good luck to bethanny and her family

By CALI2

Yuck! She is so annoying! I make a sincere plea to God that she doesn't get a TV show.

By Ashley

So tired of her. She looks really old in this picture, too. Not to be rude, but she does.

By TAXIOF2

She looks like she has an eating disorder. Big ugly fake boobs with this skinny bottom. She is disgusting to look at!

By john boy

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fugly typical princess that people have no need for and if the media was not under jewish control she would be history.

By mamachern

She is too thin. She should take care of herself before trying to help other women.

Or in this case, herstory!

By fern

She wants her own show? People in hell want ice water.

By puleeze

Wow, Bethenny enlightening all those women out there!
Do you think she'll throw in stories of her laxative abuse and how it
can help them fit into that size zero dress?
She's such a hypocrite. I hate Bravo for giving her her own show.

By cj

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OverExposed

Narcissistic

Anorexic

Have I said enough...

By Bingo

Very well said, you hit the nail on the head....

By Mark

She's excellent and would probably succeed at it! Talk shows fizzle right and left so I am sure she has a formula that will work. I don't see her as much of a risk taker.

By Ann from Pompano

She will be great; she has a great and funny personality! She is a strong women and goes after what she wants and there is nothing wrong with that; more power to Bethany!

By floridamom

I like her but she talks WAY too much and WAY too fast.
She would drive me nuts but that beautiful husband of
hers could do his own talk show. What a doll he is.

By ldb11413

Actually, I think it would work for her. I would encourage her to move more along the lines of natural foods. I'd be interested in her suggestions on meals and exercise etc. Maybe something in her home kitchen while juggling the demands of her busy life. I'd also be interested in raising a baby on organic or natural foods. Go Bethenny!!

By Lulu

Beth:
Think about it -- I personally think you and Kelly Ripa would be great chemistry. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

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