{"id":1197727,"date":"2022-09-03T11:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T11:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/03\/bethenny-frankel-thinks-meghan-markle-is-acting-like-a-has-been-housewife\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T11:19:48","slug":"bethenny-frankel-thinks-meghan-markle-is-acting-like-a-has-been-housewife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/03\/bethenny-frankel-thinks-meghan-markle-is-acting-like-a-has-been-housewife\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethenny Frankel Thinks Meghan Markle is Acting Like a Has-Been Housewife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For years, Meghan Markle was the target of a vicious campaign of racism and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it\u2019s still happening. If anything, some became more virulent <em>after <\/em>she and Harry departed.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is that, now, Meghan can speak about the royal family and racist British tabloids without issue.<\/p>\n<p>But Bethenny Frankel is totally over it. She says that Meghan sounds like a salty ex-Housewife.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"492\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel serious\" class=\"wp-image-408678 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bethenny-frankel-serious.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Meghan Markle is part of history. As much as we enjoyed her acting career in the past, her real life is more fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan is the Duchess of Sussex. She is a divorced American. She is Black. And she married Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Marrying into the royal family meant an avalanche of unsubtle racism aimed at her \u2014 and at her son, Archie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1661461438_63_Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-11.04.18-AM-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456272\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456272 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-24-at-11.04.18-AM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Meghan Markle released the first episode of her Archetypes podcast on Monday. And the response from fans was ecstatic. (Photo via Spotify)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meghan\u2019s unique experiences mean that, of course, people want to talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>She, too, deserves the opportunity to discuss her lived experiences.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently Meghan <em>forgot <\/em>to ask Bethenny Frankel if it\u2019s, like, okay for her to address her life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"893\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-on-ellen-sort-of.png\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel on Ellen... Sort Of\" class=\"wp-image-398188\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"893\" height=\"949\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel on Ellen... Sort Of\" class=\"wp-image-398188 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-on-ellen-sort-of.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Bethenny Frankel is talking to Ellen DeGeneres from the comfort of her home in thiis photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bethenny spoke on her <em>Just B with Bethenny Frankel<\/em> podcast on Thursday, September 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s very much like a Housewife,\u201d she decreed about Duchess Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>Bethenny accused: \u201cin that she can\u2019t stop talking about the very thing that she wants to be irrelevant.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1661358369_539_Screen-Shot-2022-08-23-at-6.57.45-PM-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456238\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456238 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-23-at-6.57.45-PM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Meghan Markle launched the debut episode of her Spotify podcast today, And she shared a shocking story about son Archie. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s like] when you \u2026 want to separate from the Housewives,\u201d Bethenny suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018It was toxic, I don\u2019t want to be part of the drama,\u2019 or whatever the Housewife says,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[But] then \u2026 for the next five years,\u201d Bethenny described, \u201calways talking about the very thing you\u2019re trying to extricate yourself from.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-yells-every-day-its-about-you.gif\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel Yells: Every Day It's About You\" class=\"wp-image-329502\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel Yells: Every Day It's About You\" class=\"wp-image-329502 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-yells-every-day-its-about-you.gif\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel yells at Luann de Lesseps: \u201cEvery day, it\u2019s about you!\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen you leave the royal family, leave the royal family,\u201d Bethenny demanded of Meghan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou learned something, you said it, we heard you,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd [still] in every single interview you do,\u201d Bethenny declared, \u201cyou\u2019re talking about the royal family.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1409487825-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456796\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456796 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1409487825-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make an appearance at the UN.(Photo via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet it go Elsa,\u201d Bethenny spat. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMove forward,\u201d she instructed her.<\/p>\n<p>Bethenny then suggested that Meghan \u201cCreate change in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-keeps-it-real.jpg\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel Keeps It Real\" class=\"wp-image-334992\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"641\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel Keeps It Real\" class=\"wp-image-334992 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-keeps-it-real.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Bethenny Frankel looks a little exasperated in this photo, doesn\u2019t she?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In virtually the same breath, Bethenny acknowledged that Meghan exposing racism <em>is <\/em>a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good for people to know that racism exists everywhere,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d Bethenny continued, \u201cthat\u2019s not something we\u2019re surprised by.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/prince-phillip-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-1024x913.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Phillip, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" class=\"wp-image-404039\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"913\" alt=\"Prince Phillip, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" class=\"wp-image-404039 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/prince-phillip-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Prince Phillip is dead. But he\u2019s pictured here in front of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLike, if you tell me that racism exists in the royal family,\u201d Bethenny noted, \u201cI\u2019m not bowled over with shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sure. But knowing that something is obviously the case and hearing a firsthand account are different things.<\/p>\n<p>But at least this gave Bethenny something to talk about that isn\u2019t related to her time on Bravo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-is-in-charge-1024x639.png\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel is in Charge\" class=\"wp-image-320771\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" alt=\"Bethenny Frankel is in Charge\" class=\"wp-image-320771 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bethenny-frankel-is-in-charge.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel radiates BDE on a daily basis and especially in this moment from the Season 11 trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite her roast of Meghan, Bethenny has used what remains of her platform to discuss Real Housewives.<\/p>\n<p>She has, for example, discussed Erika Jayne\u2019s scandal during multiple podcast episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Bethenny has also used the podcast to trash other RH franchises. So \u2026 this feels a little hypocritical.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bethenny-shocked-at-reunion-1024x735.png\" alt=\"Bethenny Shocked at Reunion\" class=\"wp-image-332831\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" alt=\"Bethenny Shocked at Reunion\" class=\"wp-image-332831 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bethenny-shocked-at-reunion.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>We are of course not saying that Bethenny only uses her podcast to discuss Housewife business.<\/p>\n<p>Why, just last year, Bethenny went on a weird transphobic rant and called for separate but equal summer camps for trans kids and cis kids. Gross!<\/p>\n<p>We cannot claim that we loved what she had to say about Meghan, but \u2026 clearly, she could always say something worse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, Meghan Markle was the target of a vicious campaign of racism and harassment. Actually, it\u2019s still happening. If anything, some became more virulent after she and Harry departed. The difference is that, now, Meghan can speak about the royal family and racist British tabloids without issue. But Bethenny Frankel is totally over it. 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