Bethenny Frankel hits back at The View star Joy Behar
The 54-year-old star has taken to TikTok to hit back at The View's Joy Behar, who recently criticised Bethenny for flaunting her "fake boobs" in a bikini during a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show in Miami.
In response, Bethenny said on TikTok: "Joy Behar took a swipe at me on The View. Whoopi [Goldberg] mentioned I was talking about the show, saying that none of us looked the way that we looked two hours prior. It took a lot of work and glam teams. Joy's response was, 'I appreciate her candour, but she has fake boobs.' And these are a lift from, like, 20 years ago."
Bethenny subsequently confessed to having had "saggy, floppy" boobs during her high-school years.
The former Real Housewives of New York City star explained: "This is actually a lift, Joy. But the thing that that [fashion] show really illustrated was that women my age and older, women of a certain age, can live their lives freely with happiness and with joy, and that we're not washed-up, miserable older women."
Bethenny then claimed that she feels "sorry" for the TV star, observing that she "doesn't seem to be living her life with any joy".
The reality TV star said: "You have to be really miserable to take a swipe at something that is literally self-deprecating and literally levelling the playing field, saying, 'Yeah, we all look like this, but we had a lot of work that day.' She had to kick someone when they were already saying they're down.
"Sadly, Joy is painting the picture of the older, seemingly miserable, washed-up woman that all of us are trying to show that we aren't."
Meanwhile, Bethenny recently confessed that she looks like "a train wreck most of the time".
The TV star wore a thong bikini bottom at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show in Miami, but Bethenny admitted that she looks very different when she's sat at home.
She said on Instagram: "I look like a train wreck most of the time. That's me. That's what I want."
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