{"id":2424786,"date":"2026-05-20T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2424786"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:59:29","slug":"bethenny-frankel-claims-she-makes-more-than-20m-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bethenny-frankel-claims-she-makes-more-than-20m-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethenny Frankel Claims She Makes More Than $20M a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Former <i>Real Housewives of New York City <\/i>star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/bethenny-frankel\/\"><b>Bethenny Frankel <\/b><\/a>is revealing just how lucrative <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/bethenny-frankel-talks-billionaire-retirement-dream-and-life-updates\/\">her various business dealings<\/a> are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s tens of millions of dollars,\u201d Frankel, 55, claimed on the Tuesday, May 19, episode of <b>Emma Grede<\/b>\u2019s \u201cAspire\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFyZpN6-haw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">podcast<\/span><\/a>, specifically referring to her brand deals. \u201c[This is] not including my other businesses, my real estate, my licensing. We\u2019re talking, like, $20-plus million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As an influencer, Frankel stressed that she only promotes products that she personally believes in without any exclusivity clauses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m very trusted, and partners come to me for their marketing budgets. Like, multibillion-dollar companies come to me to figure out how they\u2019re going to spend,\u201d she claimed. \u201c[I can talk about] anything I want, and they want that because they know that I\u2019m smart and I\u2019m not going to jeopardize what we\u2019re discussing together and the products that I\u2019ve truthfully loved and endorsed of theirs because I truly love them, which is how we got here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Frankel is known for her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bethenny-frankel-is-hotter-louder-and-richer-than-ever-excl\/\">\u201cbrutally honest\u201d product reviews<\/a>, telling Grede, 43, that she rarely reads from a script in uploads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf there\u2019s an ingredient that I need to mention because it should be mentioned, of course, you\u2019re going to do it,\u201d she said. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be coming to me to read a boring script. That\u2019s not what I\u2019m here for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Skinnygirl founder had long kept her salary details private.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have never put the number out there until today,\u201d Frankel said. \u201cI\u2019m not that comfortable with it just because it\u2019ll make people mad at me. \u2026 I believe that people shouldn\u2019t work for free. Interns, I pay. I don\u2019t believe in anybody working for free, and if you\u2019re moving product and you\u2019re affecting an outcome, honestly, then I believe you should be compensated. So, I don\u2019t feel guilty about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Frankel further attributes her financial success to her ability to cross demographics, appealing to both teenagers and women over 50.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bethenny-frankel-is-hotter-louder-and-richer-than-ever-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bethenny-cover-story-image-2.jpg?crop=334px%2C94px%2C1191px%2C674px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Bethenny cover story 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bethenny-frankel-is-hotter-louder-and-richer-than-ever-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Bethenny Frankel Is Hotter, Louder and Richer Than Ever<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tIt\u2019s hard to believe now, but when we met Bethenny Frankel on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart in 2005 and got to know her better on The Real Housewives of New York City in 2008, she had very little money. Actually, it\u2019s hard to remember a time before Frankel, period \u2014 that\u2019s how ingrained in the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just don\u2019t fit into any singular mold, so people are not understanding what it is because it\u2019s strange that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/pictures\/si-swimsuit-2026-issue-includes-bethenny-frankel-and-more\/\">I walk <\/a><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/pictures\/si-swimsuit-2026-issue-includes-bethenny-frankel-and-more\/\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> <\/i>with 25-year-olds,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s nobody my age there, but it\u2019s not like they\u2019re giving me the \u2018token grandma\u2019 role. It\u2019s landing because moms are saying, \u2018Thank you for not disqualifying us as a group.\u2019 I could be alienating moms, but I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As for Frankel\u2019s next career steps, she is always thinking about future moves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Bethenny seal is something we\u2019re talking about. Retailers are going to have sections with my stuff,\u201d she teased of dropping a \u201cseal of approval\u201d on certain brands\u2019 offerings. \u201cAnd, like I said, the equity deals that I\u2019ve interested in \u2026 of things that I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel is revealing just how lucrative her various business dealings are. \u201cIt\u2019s tens of millions of dollars,\u201d Frankel, 55, claimed on the Tuesday, May 19, episode of Emma Grede\u2019s \u201cAspire\u201d podcast, specifically referring to her brand deals. \u201c[This is] not including my other businesses, my real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21928],"class_list":["post-2424786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-social-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424788,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424786\/revisions\/2424788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}