Bethenny Frankel Plans TV Return Following Talk Show Cancellation
Bethenny Frankel is plotting her return to television.
Frankel's talk show, Bethenny, may have just been canceled, but the former Real Housewives of New York star isn't letting that get her down and plans to return to television with a new project.
“Bethenny is already exploring other opportunities that will put her back on television," a source revealed to Radar Online on Feb. 28. "Even though she will be taping the talk show until April, Bethenny doesn’t want to much time to go by after the chat fest ends and her next gig."
"It’s Bethenny’s ego that wants to be on television, even though she is very successful businesswoman," the source explained. "She has told friends she would love to work with Andy Cohen, and become a co-host on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, or fill in for him.”
On Monday, Feb. 24, following the Feb. 14 announcement that her show would be canceled, Frankel wrote an open letter to fans in which she referred to herself as a "free spirit" and claimed that she wasn't completely happy with the show's production.
According to Frankel, her typical banter wasn't "suitable" for daytime television, so she was often having to be inauthentic with her audience.
“I felt a bit diluted, filtered and somewhat constricted," Frankel said in the letter. "I am a free spirit. My late father (a horse trainer) used to say ‘She is a mustang. You need to let her run.’ I am more comfortable in my natural surroundings and in a setting where I’m surrounded by crazy, where anything goes and where I can be authentically me."
Frankel continued to add that although she and the producers had previously agreed that she would be allowed to be her true self, it didn't turn out that way, and as a result, Frankel was happy to move on a give herself "a break."
Still, Radar sources claim her "break" will only be temprorary.
“A break for Bethenny is a long three day weekend,” the insider added. “Don’t be surprised if you see her pop up on Bravo after the talk show ends taping. It could happen as soon as June or July.”