\u201cIt so crystallises the potential damage that reality television can do and the price that you pay and the selling of your soul to the devil that it was so jarring,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
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Frankel \u2014 who shares daughter Bryn, 15, with ex-husband Jason Hoppy \u2014 said she went through a \u201cvery public divorce\u201d and \u201cwas sort of Easter egging, breadcrumbing on the show\u201d to prove that she was living \u201cin misery<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter was not on the show and watching Rachel and her kids with a scene that was certainly provoked by producers like, \u2018Talk to your kids about what it feels like to be going through this divorce,\u2019\u201d she said, referring to the fashion designer\u2019s candid scene with Skyler Morrison, 14, and Kaius Jagger, 12, about her estranged husband, Rodger Berman.<\/p>\n
Stream The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills now on BINGE<\/a>, available on Hubbl<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n MORE: <\/b>Real Housewives star: No one would give me $1300<\/a><\/p>\n The former Apprentice: Martha Stewart star, 55, claimed producers would make her bring up topics with her exes on the show to create content for the show.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was the price and the cost of being on the show \u2026 it wasn\u2019t great. [These are] children that are not fully formed human beings, adolescents, teens, that a parent is saying, \u2018How does it feel?\u2019\u201d Frankel added.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving that discussion which is \u2014 why at an age and a stage? Unless you must do this for the paycheck or the fame or the promotion to some business, the price is great,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe price of having to put your children on television and ask them about a divorce is so gargantuan and made me actually uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE:<\/b> Real Housewives of Sydney\u2019s secret stash<\/a><\/p>\n Frankel clarified that her opinion about the scene was \u201cnot a slight or a dig at anyone,\u201d but since she knows how reality TV works, she said it is \u201cf***ed up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt made me deeply uncomfortable,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n A source close to Zoe told Page Six: \u201cRachel is a mum first and foremost in her life and she speaks her children openly and consistently about the divorce. They are well-adjusted and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n A business contact of Zoe\u2019s told us: \u201cRachel has many successful businesses and investments, she certainly did not join the show because she \u2018needs the paycheck.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Page Six has reached out to Zoe and Bravo for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n During last week\u2019s RHOBH episode, Zoe told her sons that she officially filed for divorce from their dad, Berman.<\/p>\n The celebrity stylist even told them that she was no longer in love with Berman after Kaius asked.<\/p>\n Zoe told her boys that it was \u201cimportant\u201d to her that they had an \u201copen forum\u201d when discussing personal topics.<\/p>\n The mum of two filed for divorce from Berman in July 2025 after 27 years of marriage.<\/p>\n The Living In Style author is a new cast member of RHOBH, joining Season 15 of the reality show.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared in Page Six<\/a> and was reproduced with permission<\/p>\n Read related topics:Binge<\/a>Foxtel<\/a>