New Reality TV Stars Respond After Bethenny Frankel’s Apparent Diss

Real Housewives of New York alum Bethenny Frankel has never tamed down her opinions. The former Housewife alluded that the cast members of the new show, Members Only: Palm Beach, were like Walmart Birkins. But the cast members of the new Netflix program didn’t feel bad about her rant. If anything, they were thankful for her attention.

The Members Only: Palm Beach cast took Bethenny’s words well

Bethenny is revealing her thoughts about Netflix’s new reality TV series, Members Only: Palm Beach. The show is often compared to Bravo’s famous Real Housewives franchise (but isn’t quite there yet, of course).

Bethenny took to TikTok for a quick rant about the show, comparing the women on the show to Walmart Birkins.

“We’ve got to talk about Members Only: Palm Beach, Bethenny said online. “This is triggering to so many people in a similar way the Walmart Birkin triggered people because people who had the real Birkin wanted everyone to know how different and elite they are. And it drove them nuts that there was access to the Birkin at all.”

Bethenny went on to say that longtime Palm Beach residents are desperate to separate themselves from the newcomers and new money, and especially those who don’t technically live on the island.

“All the people in Palm Beach are clamoring to really establish the difference between Palm Beach proper and West Palm,” Bethenny explained. She compared it to the show The Gilded Age, calling the territorial behavior absurd and pretentious.

The girls of Netflix’s newest guilty pleasure, though, aren’t taking offense. In fact, some are taking her words as a compliment. Ro-mina Ustayev said she didn’t initially understand Bethenny’s rant, but in the end, she felt supported by Bethenny’s attention.

“I don’t know if (her comments) were pertaining to me or to the cast, but I think she was defending me,” Ro-mina said. Her friends felt the same, too. “If that’s true, I’d love to reconnect with her and bring her over to Palm Beach.”

Rosalyn Yellin, meanwhile, is loving the attention and the chaos.

“I loved it. Guess what? She’s talking about it,” Rosalyn said. “The country can talk about it, you can talk about it, people can talk about it. Go on, let’s hear it.” She also admitted that much of what Bethenny said was right. 

Taja Abitol said that, despite Bethenny’s words, she was “so flattered” that the RHONY alum was watching. “I thank Bethenny for tuning in,” she added.

Stream Members Only: Palm Beach on Netflix.

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