Bethenny Frankel’s Transfer to Florida: Kelly Bensimon Reacts
Kelly Bensimon thinks fellow The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum Bethenny Frankel’s latest transfer was a wise one.
“I believe that shifting to Florida is all the time a good suggestion while you’re at that second stage of your life,” Bensimon, 57, solely advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, Might 28, whereas attending Miami Swim Week.
“It’s a homestead state, so it’s actually good to guard your funds,” she continued. “In order that was a extremely, actually sensible transfer for her and simply to chill out and simply take these subsequent no matter it’s — 30 years — and simply actually for her to actually, actually get pleasure from. I believe that’s an excellent concept for her.”
Frankel, 54, first introduced her choice to maneuver to the Sunshine State alongside along with her daughter, Bryn, in April, citing each “private {and professional} causes.”
“I’m shifting to Florida for private {and professional} causes,” the truth TV star stated on the time by way of an Instagram Video. “One thing has arisen that made this the perfect and healthiest for myself and my daughter.”
One month later, Frankel opened up concerning the causes behind the transfer, admitting to followers that she hadn’t been “completely trustworthy” about her motivations.
“I haven’t been completely trustworthy with you about this transfer,” she shared in a video posted on Might 11. “I’ve been fairly lonely the previous 5 or 6 years. And it began with the pandemic, which gave me license to be the introvert and insular individual that everybody is stunned that I’m. My associates understand it very nicely as a result of I seem like a social individual, however I’m not! I might be house for days with out leaving the home, and the pandemic gave me license to do exactly that.”
She went on to clarify that she had been discussing the transfer for some time along with her daughter, Bryn, whom she shares along with her ex-husband, Jason Hoppy.
“We have been out within the Hamptons, after which I moved to the suburbs and I assumed it was gonna be superb,” she continued. “It actually turned a cave the place I used to be lonely and residential and by no means did something. The one time I’d have enjoyable could be after I would exit of city.”
Whereas Florida is now her most important place of residence, Frankel maintains a house in New York Metropolis — and in the end hopes that her Florida transfer will reinvigorate her love for the Large Apple.
“I satirically assume this transfer is gonna reinvigorate my relationship with this metropolis,” she stated. “I’ve simply been maintaining this inside, as a result of when you’ve got one thing occurring that you could’t change, you don’t speak about it.”


