EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Bethenny Frankel's Mom - 'My Daughter Is Lying About Dark Past'
Posted on Oct 14, 2010 @ 06:53AM
Bethenny Frankel is known for her outspoken ways, but her estranged mother Bernadette Birk is upset over Bethenny's continued portrayal of their family and their past.
In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Birk claims Bethenny's explanation of her upbringing is a lie.
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"She is slamming me... and I'm sick!" Birk told RadarOnline.com.
In a magazine interview, Frankel said that Birk was "never a mother" to her and she "never had a true childhood" but rather "a lot of destruction: alcohol abuse, eating disorders and violent fights."
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On both The Real Housewives of New York and Bethenny Getting Married? the driven brunette beauty often discusses her estrangement with both her parents and has embraced her husband Jason Hoppy's parents as the family she never had.
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"She did not come from a broken home and her father did not leave her at 4 years old," Birk said when asked about the sad childhood picture Frankel paints. "I left her father when she was 2 years old and he did not support us with one penny, no alimony."
As for Bethenny's wild teen years, Birk said she has no knowledge of such behavior.
"I was a stay at home mother and didn't go back to work until she started boarding school," Birk, who is an interior architect, added. "I gave up so much because I loved her... I didn't even consider it giving something up.
"She went to visit her father for the first time at 15 years old. It was the same time she is now claiming she started drinking and doing drugs. I was never aware she was doing this. Even though she is bad mouthing her father she was always after his affection."
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Birk also revealed her last moments with her daughter which were filled with tension and anger.
"The last time I spoke to her was 10 years ago when she borrowed my car and then demolished it and she left it in her boyfriend's lot and it got stripped," Birk says.
"I called her to tell her and she started yelling at me and hung up... and we have never spoken since."
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i'm Team Betheny, a stay at home mom sending her only child to Boarding School, sounds like someone didnt want to be bothered. the skating rink must have closed down.
Posted Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:44am
Im going to have to side with MOM :)
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 4:44pm
i beleive betheny also, a well off stay a home mother that would send her only child to borden school dosent want to be bothered. a real mom wouldnt even fathom that.
Posted Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:39am
PLEASE, Bethany can go on national tv and to the media about her mother and her mom is not supposed to say anything? For years her mother has remained silent. Her mother is not even speaking ill of her now. She simply saying she doesn't agree.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 2:14pm
Her mom claims she has not spoken to Bethenny in 10 yrs. Her mom called Bethenny's business line & left her number with Mrs. Hopper as Bethenny was in the hospital in labor. I guess Bethenny did not call her back so "mama' talks to ROL.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 1:56pm
This entire article is a contradiction. She basically backed up everything that Bethenny said. It speaks for itself.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 11:38am
You people bashing the mom for talking about their relationship-Bethenney has been doing the same thing. Her mom has a right to give her side of the story.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 11:15am
Secondly-when RHONY first came out I liked Bethenney. Not so much anymore. She has a tendency to play the victim. Pay attention to what she says. It's subtle, but she's never to blame for anything.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 11:18am
She acts like she is misrepresented or misunderstood or just plain being picked on. She never owns any of it. She loves the drama but acts like she's above it all.
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 11:20am
This interview only PROVES that Bethenny is telling the TRUTH about her mother!! If she truly loved her daughter, why is she talking about her to Radar? GET A LIFE LADY! You suck as a mother!
Posted Thu, 10/14/2010 - 10:09am