{"id":336151,"date":"2026-05-17T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336151"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:38:46","slug":"bethenny-frankel-fires-back-over-dina-manzos-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/bethenny-frankel-fires-back-over-dina-manzos-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethenny Frankel Fires Back Over Dina Manzo\u2019s Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bethenny Frankel<\/strong> fired back after <em>Real Housewives of Latest Jersey<\/em> alum <strong>Dina Manzo<\/strong> and her daughter, <strong>Lexi Ioannou<\/strong>, accused her of not crediting their brand for one in every of her recent outfits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t often reply to things like this but I believe there\u2019s a business lesson here,\u201d Frankel, 55, insisted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethennyfrankel\/video\/7640483644242414862?_r=1&#038;_t=ZT-96QBzMxIuKs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via TikTok<\/a> on Saturday, May 16.<\/p>\n<p>The drama kicked off on Friday when Frankel showcased a strapless, polka dot sundress and received compliments about her black peep-toe pumps. She then pointed her fans to a Bloomingdales pair ($375) \u201cfor a similar look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ioannou, 30, later revealed that she\u2019d sent the pumps to Bethenny as a promotion for her own fashion brand, Nou.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"wpcom-iframe-c66e318fef6f3ec85f0277f8bc7fa8bb\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.usmagazine.com\/protected-iframe\/c66e318fef6f3ec85f0277f8bc7fa8bb\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"wpcom-protected-iframe\"><br \/>\n\t\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBethenny Frankel is a weirdo,\u201d Ioannou claimed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYYQ-fcvZNs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Instagram video<\/a> on Friday. \u201cI sent her a pair of shoes from Nou almost a 12 months ago because I look as much as her. [She is a] female entrepreneur [and from the] Bravo universe like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ioannou identified that Frankel never tagged Nou despite wearing the pumps in her social media content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, that happens, but then she posted a video today that\u2019s going viral and a bunch of individuals are asking where the shoes are [from]. As an alternative of linking them, she linked a dupe with an affiliate link,\u201d Ioannou complained. \u201cI assume she\u2019s got to get that bag in some form of way? So, she got the shoes at no cost from a woman-founded brand, mine, after which she made money sending her followers someplace else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ioannou\u2019s mom, Manzo, quoted one in every of Frankel\u2019s iconic <em>Real Housewives of Latest York City<\/em> arguments with <strong>Ramona Singer<\/strong> while directing followers to purchase \u201cthe actual thing\u201d from Nou.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4335583\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Bethenny Frankel; Dina Manzo<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2); Mike Coppola\/Sports Illustrated Swimsuit; Ilya S. Savenok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Wow Bethenny Wow!!\u2019 So odd of you to post a dupe of your GIFTED @shopnou shoes as an alternative of giving a young woman entrepreneur credit,\u201d Manzo wrote via her Instagram Stories on Friday. \u201cYou wear them often so we all know you want them??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frankel later released an \u201cOutfit of the Day\u201d video where she did credit Nou. In her TikTok response, Frankel insisted that her decision to link out to a different retailer was standard practice in social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shoes were sold out so we linked to something similar since the audience gets frustrated when there\u2019s something they&#8217;ll\u2019t buy,\u201d Frankel explained. \u201cWhy would I wear something and speak about it, in the event that they can\u2019t buy it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on, \u201cThis feminine owner decided to post a scathing video of me. Her body, her selection. I actually have stated multiple times that when you send me something, I actually have no obligation to link, like, use, wear, buy, tag. I can do whatever I need.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1600%2C900&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1800%2C1012&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dolores-catania-responds-to-broken-girl-bethenny-frankel-attacks-of-rhonj.jpg?crop=0px%2C21px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1920%2C1080&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Dolores Catania Responds to Broken Girl Bethenny Frankel Attacks of RHONJ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Dolores Catania Responds to Bethenny Frankel&#8217;s Attacks on &#8216;RHONJ&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tDolores Catania has thoughts on Bethenny Frankel\u2019s attacks on The Real Housewives of Latest Jersey. \u201cI mean, she\u2019s a broken girl. She\u2019s a really broken person,\u201d Catania, 54, said of Frankel, 54, on the Wednesday, March 26, episode of iHeartRadio\u2019s \u201cTwo Ts in a Pod\u201d podcast. \u201cI remember 14 years ago when this whole thing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frankel suggested that she was now reluctant to support Ioannou\u2019s brand after being called out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a few hundred brands that can watch this video that can message her to inform her how much product I move,\u201d the previous <em>RHONY<\/em> star predicted. \u201cWhat number of sprinkle cookies for <strong>Melissa Gorga<\/strong>, what number of dresses for Ramy Brook, what number of pairs of jeans for Guess. I move loads of product because I don\u2019t bulls***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact TV icon argued that Ioannou\u2019s \u201cwhining and being a cry baby\u201d was playing the \u201cshort game\u201d within the business world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You could have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt means you\u2019re not an actual business person. You could have so much to learn,\u201d Frankel quipped. \u201cI&#8217;d have worn all the shoes in your site and you&#8217;d have sold hundreds of pairs and made lots of of hundreds of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cMy account. My body. My selection. When you send those shoes into my house, my shoes. You\u2019re welcome!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Ioannou\u2019s representative for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethenny Frankel fired back after Real Housewives of Latest Jersey alum Dina Manzo and her daughter, Lexi Ioannou, accused her of not crediting their brand for one in every of her recent outfits. \u201cI don\u2019t often reply to things like this but I believe there\u2019s a business lesson here,\u201d Frankel, 55, insisted via TikTok on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[1269,2793,26661,8350,1270,51632],"class_list":["post-336151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bethenny","tag-criticism","tag-dina","tag-fires","tag-frankel","tag-manzos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336154,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336151\/revisions\/336154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}