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Bethenny Frankel Says She’s ‘Perfectly Happy Being Alone’

Bethenny Frankel He is doing even better than before.

“I’m going through a very serious transformation. And I’ve never said that before, so it’s not like I’m one of those people who always says, ‘I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.’ I’ve never heard anyone say that, I don’t think,” Frankel, 53, exclusively told PEOPLE. our weekly On Tuesday, June 11, while promoting her upcoming Lifetime original movie, Danger in the hosteland the release of his second 2023 vintage rosé Forever Young Wine,

“I had a huge transformational experience after my divorce [from Jason Hoppy], [my self-titled] Youtube Series [and] My mother passed away,” Frankel continued. “I am going through the most profound change and I am amazed at how happy I am. I have never felt like this, it is amazing. I am really happy [and] At peace… I am very happy emotionally.”

Frankel, Joe Separation from ex-fiancé Paul Bernon In May, she also said she was “perfectly happy being single,” which she thinks has had a positive effect on her 14-year-old daughter Bryn, whom she shares with Hoppy, 53. (Frankel filed for divorce from Hoppy in 2013 after three years of marriage and the former spouses have since separated.) Finalize your partition (in 2021)

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“I’d say, ‘Oh, are you going to invite some girls and some guys?’ [And Bryn will] She said, “I just want to be with the girls this weekend,” which is so cute. “And I like that because I like that she’s not crazy or desperate for boys. But then again, she sees that in me. … I like being alone.”

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Frankel spoke candidly about her mother’s shortcomings when she His death announced In April, she wrote via Instagram that she was “not ready to be a mother” even though she loves them and teaches them about “food, wisdom, culture, and strength.” Though her own upbringing was complicated, Frankel explained We that parenting is “natural” for him.

“It’s something I wasn’t really looking for. I was never interested in having kids. I don’t particularly like all kids. I had my daughter, I got involved, got involved and I felt like I knew where I should be,” she explained. “I knew what I wanted to do. It feels like I’m as confident and secure in it as I am in business. I know what to do, I know what decisions to make.”

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Frankel believes that sense of confidence, “especially when it relates to business”, is something his critics fail to understand about him.

“A lot of people criticize the way I express myself, I think it’s because they don’t know how my chess board works, because I don’t share my chess moves with people,” she said. “But I always have a plan. I always know what I’m doing and why.”

Frankel’s recent chess moves include a foray into acting Danger in the hostelThe film, which premieres on Lifetime Sunday, June 16, is based on the true story of the same name by the crime novelist ann rule,

“I looked at the whole experience as an adventure,” Frankel explained We about the role of Joan, a worried mother who tries to get her daughter Kathleen (clara alexandrova) was forced to return home from school after another student was murdered.

“I was able to laugh, not at the amazing opportunity I was given, but at the fact that at this age I was being offered a dramatic role about a murder,” she explained. “But everything I do, whether I’m joking about it or not, I take it seriously. I never waste anybody else’s time. I’m a hard worker. I work on time. … I think a part of me was underestimating myself because I was shocked by the fact that Lifetime would give me a role like that. I didn’t understand their casting.”

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Despite his doubts, Frankl exceeded his own expectations.

“I think I made the most of the opportunity. I loved the role and I played it when it was needed,” he said. “My daughter, who used to criticize me – not in a rude way, but she would tell me [if I did badly] – she would say, ‘Mom, you were good.’ … So, I think I stuck the landing.”

In addition to her newfound acting talent, Frankel is also proud of her wine brand Forever Young, which recently launched its second bottle of rosé.

“It’s very fine. It’s a very refined wine,” she explained We“It tastes amazing, the bottle is amazing, the name is amazing, and it’s that summer feeling, just staying young forever. Everybody wants to feel young during the summer, so I really love it.”

Danger in the hostel The premiere will take place on Lifetime on Sunday, June 16 at 8pm ET.

With reporting by Cristina Garibaldi

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