Bethenny Frankel is back—and she’s not going anywhere.
The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum scolded her followers on Instagram on Thursday after her original comment about Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl halftime show went viral.
Frankel started reeling, his hair drenched and fresh from the shower. “I can’t wait to put on my robe to tell you this. Let’s say I say something wrong, say I say the wrong word… Let’s just say for a moment — I’ve been to Puerto Rico about six times — and it feels culturally different because it’s a territory but not the mainland… Let’s say I’m wrong, let’s say. I’m telling you, it’s wrong. There are two options.”
The 55-year-old explained that fans can either “educate” her by saying things like, “I hope you understand this,” or they can say, “Fuck you, you whore, you Tales from the Crypt bastard, Skeletor, you racist, you motherfucker.”
“In the United States, we’ve never been more divided. So why not talk to someone who says something wrong, someone who has a different opinion than you, someone who has ideas that you can’t believe are thinking that way, like your uncle at the Thanksgiving dinner table?” she wondered.
“Instead of saying he’s a terrible person and pushing him away, have a conversation and have a dialogue.”
The entrepreneur went on to slam the idea that everyone has to fit into one political box.
“You’re either woke or MAGA. There’s nothing in between? Because I’m neither woke nor MAGA. You can believe and believe,” she said, claiming that both Democratic and Republican politicians have done “stupid” things.
“What happened to us? Life is not a zero-sum game,” she continued. “We’re humans! So if I say something that bothers you, let me know in a constructive way so I can change. If you just want to put me in a bad position, wait, baby, because I’m not going anywhere.”
Frankel claimed that she is “one of the only people who actually speaks her mind” and that internet users just want “a mom who just says what[they]programmed her to say.”
She also claimed that the anonymous celebrities are “bullying” their fans because they don’t really believe what they share publicly and “everyone is sending messages against[her].”
The Skinnygirl founder emphasized that she’s keeping it real, explaining: “When I talk to you, I’m speaking live and directly. And if you feel something, think something, say something that’s wrong, please correct me, educate me, talk to me.”
According to Frankel, “This country needs a dialogue of hate. This country is not red or blue. This country is red, white, and blue. This country is Puerto Rican, Texas, South Carolina, New York, Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, everything is wrong.”
She ended her message by ordering her followers to “stop” the bullying. “I can’t take this anymore. Do you want to go? Let’s go. I don’t mean to disrespect you, but I would like to have a conversation. You’re welcome.”
“This is me. Please unfollow or cancel,” Frankel wrote above the video.
On Sunday night, after Bad Bunny’s electric and emotional performance at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., during a halftime show celebrating his native Puerto Rico, Frankel uploaded a TikTok in which he asked, “Should entertainment outlets like the Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, and Super Bowl be platforms for expressing personal, cultural, and political views?”
However, she deleted the clip and replaced it with another video defending the rapper as “an artist who expresses himself, his music, and his experience as a Puerto Rican man in America.”
A source claimed to Page Six that Frankel “loves the show” and “often shares her thoughts in real time, so her content is constantly evolving during pop culture moments like this.”
Notably, Frankel’s former “RHONY” co-star and once close friend Jill Zarin was just fired from the upcoming new reality show after posting a controversial video of herself about the halftime show.
“What we’re celebrating right now is the 250th anniversary of the United States, and I don’t think it’s appropriate to celebrate it in Spanish,” Zarin, 62, opined in part, before falsely complaining that “there were literally no white people in the whole thing.”
