Bethenny Frankel Reveals Boob Job Ordeal
Bethenny Frankel's candor about the intimate details of her personal life on Bravo hits 'The Real Housewives of New York,' 'Bethenny Getting Married?' and 'Bethenny Ever After' have made her a household name, and now the reality star is
opening up about some painful history.
In the new issue of
Life & Style, Frankel opens up about her choice to get plastic surgery in 2005 and the regret that came along with it. The Skinnygirl entrepreneur, who has admitted to suffering from
body image and
eating issues in the past, says she was talked into getting breast implants as an alternative to the breast lift she originally wanted.
Frankel, who was a natural C cup prior to surgery, says she wanted to improve the look of her sagging breasts with a lift, but a Florida plastic surgeon convinced her to get implants.
"He told me there would be big lollipop scars if I got a lift. Being single at the time, I wasn't comfortable with that idea," she says. "He told me he could instead put in a small implant that would give me a lift -- not as much as a real lift would but at least a little bit of a lift. So I did it."
The result? Frankel was left with breasts too large for her petite frame, which only worsened the issues she had hoped to correct.
"They were still saggy -- only now they were bigger! They were saggy and gigantic. I was so uncomfortable."
Frankel, who was working as a chef at the time, didn't have the money to have her implants removed, and had to bear their weight for three years. "I don't think your breasts should be the first thing people notice when you enter a room," she says, although that was exactly the reaction she got from many, including 'RHONY' nemesis Kelly Bensimon, who mocked "ho-bag" Frankel's "double D fake t*ts" during a confrontation.
Frankel says that in 2008, once her finances allowed, she made the decision to have her implants removed. "The minute I had the money, I was like, 'Let's do it.'"
Frankel, who has also
admitted to having Botox and microdermabrasion treatments to maintain her youthful appearances, has no qualms about telling the world her story.
"If there's something you're not comfortable with and you can correct it, great," she says.
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What about OUR ordeal for having to look at this gargoyle? Beth...GO THE F AWAY.
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Amen, brother! Preach on, preach on!
wow you people have some serious hate issues
I love Bethany. Her sense of humor is awesome.
One thing Bethenny does is tell the truth, even if it's TMI. As for Kelly Bensimon, what a shame for a pretty woman to be such a bitter, psychotic, nutjob.
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Who is Bethenny Frankel and what is her claim to fame?
I don't think she is a household name in my home!
Hopefully her fifteen minutes of fame will be up very soon.
Very, very soon!
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If you don't know who she is, why are you saying she needs to go away? Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but it should at least be informed!
pub wh@re being pub wh@re
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Cry me a river you twit. You want plastic and silicon then deal with the problems....moron
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jwblackpride: wow, you should take the "pride" out of your screen name. Your racism is nothing to be proud about.
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You are so right. Racism at it worst. On and On.
atleast Bethenny looks like a girl, Kelly looks like a man all the way.. She is sooo jealous of Bethenny.
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You are so right about Kelly. I truly think she used to be a man and had a sex change. She is psychotic, thinks she's sexy wearing things so short I can practically read her lips. She's a moron. Arguing that Bethenny wasn't a chef, she was a cook. How did she fall into this group I have no idea but I'm glad Bethenny left RHWONY. She's too real for these women. And LuAnn, does she really think she can sing???? Oh Lordy... don't get me started... LOL
C U N Tuesday- haters
Her youthful appearance? The woman is only 40 but already looks at least 10 years older. The botox sure isn't working at all.
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I'm sorry. Are we supposed to believe that she currently has NO breast implants? Because I call B.S. A woman with no fat on her body has size G or H boobs (or whatever she found out they were on this season of her reality show)? No way. Not even if she's breast feeding.
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I'm with you Alice, I was going to question how she can say she had her implants removed when she just told us two weeks ago on her show (techinically late fall) that she's a G? There is no way Bethenny is back to being a C. Not that I care if she has implants, but don't tell us you had them removed when clearly you didn't. It just doesn't make any sense to make things up.
You are so correct!! These people will do anything to look better than the next person...who has that much time?
Someone will ALWAYS look better,have a better looking husband be smarter, have cuter kids,be richer, and have a better shape...ALWAYS.
The sooner these people realize it, the better. That's not racism, that is real talk. If you want to see racism, go to the Black Voices blogs, where whites get on there and we are called out of our names on a constant basis.
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Bethenny is smart, witty, successful and very stylish and pretty. The haters are just jealous.
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hey if bethenny whatsherface is so smart why did she NOT seek other opinions in the form of consults with other cosmetic surgeons? she has the money right? getting a surgery like that should have 3 or more consults-
don't feel sorry for dumb women that put fake boobs in and whine later. she still has fake boobs, and still is not that good looking. she still has eating and body image problems, not corrected by cosmetic surgeries. sad for the mental issues she obviously has that should be addressed with counseling-not surgery.