Reality star Bethenny Frankel and her fiancé, Paul Bernon, have reportedly split.
The former “Real Housewives of New York” star and the film producer called off their engagement about two months ago after nearly six years together, Us Weekly reported Monday.
Representatives for Frankel and Bernon did not immediately respond Tuesday to The Times' requests for comment.
“It just wasn't going to work,” a mutual friend of the former couple told Us Weekly. “They're very different; he's an under-the-radar kind of guy.”
The “ReWives” podcast host reportedly kept her 10-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring, worth about $1 million, confusing her social media followers when she continued to wear it in recent weeks.
She and Bernon began dating in October 2018 after meeting on a dating app and starting living together.
“I was very lucky when I walked in and saw him,” Frankel told People in April 2021. “He had a glow. It arrived as advertised, better than advertised. He crossed the line.”
The two briefly split in October 2020, but reunited in January 2021. About two months later, they announced their engagement after she finalized her long-term divorce from Jason Hoppy, with whom she shares daughter Bryn, 13. years.
Last summer, shortly after members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike, Frankel began advocating for a union for reality TV performers and pushing for better wages and working conditions. , which was anointed as “the reality show.” .” The former “Bethenny” star teamed up with high-powered attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman to launch an investigation into reality TV working conditions and gained support from SAG-AFTRA for her efforts.
Frankel, whose mother died of lung cancer last month, will expand her acting credits this summer with a starring role in the Lifetime movie “Danger in the Dorm.” On Tuesday, as reports circulated about his split from Bernon, he posted a teaser poster for the TV project, which premieres June 16.
