Bethenny Frankel Graces the Cover of People Magazine, Reveals Painful Past

Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel graces this week’s cover of PEOPLE magazine.

Bethenny, who can be seen on the cover with 8-week-old daughter Bryn, is opening up about her painful past.

“I never had a true childhood,” said Bethenny, 39, the only child of legendary horse trainer Bobby Frankel and his first wife, Bernadette. “There was a lot of destruction: alcohol abuse, eating disorders and violent fights.”

Bethenny also reveals to the mag that she has long been estranged from her mom, whom she describes as “extremely volatile. She was never a mother to me.”  Bethenny is however now grateful for the chance to create a stable home with hubby Jason Hoppy and their daughter: “I live for this baby.”

You can read more about Bethenny’s story in the latest issue of PEOPLE. In other Bethenny news, she did a phone conference interview just days ago and below are some of the tidbits she revealed –

On whether she’s ever wished she hadn’t done something in front of the cameras:

Bethenny Frankel: No. It’s who I am and I’m never going to edit myself or not do something . . . everything that happens on the show, my life really is. That’s the one good relationship that I really do have with my fans: the honesty. If someone asks me if I’m pregnant, then I say “yes I am” if I am. That’s the thing I really take pride in, is telling the truth. It is what it is.

On whether there will be a second season of Bethenny Getting Married?:

BF: We haven’t discussed it yet, but I imagine that there will be.

On the pros and cons of begin married to Jason:

BF: There are so many pros; the man was in the hospital with me for six days from the minute my water broke to when I had the baby, that’s the kind of person he is. He’s there and a total partner. I have to say, I don’t think there’s any cons to being married to him.

On her relationship with the other Real Housewives Alex and Ramona:

BF: They’re in my repertoire of friends, we email each other, see each other once in a while; it’s all very clean. It just is.

On why she thinks Jill has turned her animosity toward Alex:

BF: I’m the one who had the baby and all that stuff, so you can’t be mean to the pregnant girl, so I guess she had to find someone new to have an issue with. Alex is the wrong one [to target], I have to say — there’s nothing underhanded about her at all.

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