Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margarita Line Slammed For Using Inferior Tequila

Posted on Nov 21, 2011 @ 05:30PM

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By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margaritas are still under fire, this time for using “lower quality” tequila.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, a $10 million class-action lawsuit was filed against Bethenny’s Skinnygirl Margarita company and the parent company Beam Global Spirits, for falsely claiming the drink was “all natural” with “no preservatives.”

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In an amended version of the lawsuit, two drinkers of Skinnygirl claim that the tequila used is “a lower quality and purity tequila by-product called mixto – essentially a mash of tequila and some unknown additives (rarely organic) which may comprise as much as 49 percent of the final mixed liquor,” according to the NY Post.

The ex-Real Housewives of New York City star has said her margarita has only two ingredients: agave nectar and 100 percent blue agave tequila, but the lawyer for the lawsuit, Tom Mullaney, says “100 percent blue agave is not stuff people mix.”

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Mullaney said comparing blue agave to mixto “is like comparing Thunderbird wine to a fine Chianti. They’re both wine but very different.”

Frankel sold Skinnygirl margarita to Beam Global Spirits for a reported $100 million. The company has said the lawsuit is “frivolous,” and defended the product.

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Bethenny Frankel is a fake. Tequila is not good for you. Mentally ill shrew!

by Greg the Mongoose
Posted Tue, 11/22/2011 - 12:34am

I bought ONE bottle and it tasted AWFUL. It is for people that are too lazy to make a drink.

by Bjan
Posted Tue, 11/22/2011 - 12:25am

If diet soda tastes bad to you, what makes you think diet vodka is going to taste good.

by Buck Farack
Posted Mon, 11/21/2011 - 10:47pm

You cannot trust labels or claims on anything made for consumption. You want all natural? Drink water or go squeeze an orange.

by CriCkeTT
Posted Mon, 11/21/2011 - 9:44pm

I'm thinking the company that paid her $100 million dollars for her product are the ones who are making it inferior by using cheap products to recoup their money. What company is going to pay you $100 million dollars for an inferior product.

by tellme
Posted Mon, 11/21/2011 - 9:08pm

She didn't get paid $100 million or even a fraction of that for her company. She lied about this. It was in the paper a few months ago.

by amagod121
Posted Tue, 11/22/2011 - 3:47pm

Crap tasting anyway, bought it once for interest sake (not knowing it was hers) & never again. Just awful tasting. No doubt it's inferior ingredients. Just gross.

by Juliettemvp
Posted Mon, 11/21/2011 - 8:47pm