Bethenny Frankel has hit back at trolls following her Sports Illustrated Swim runway walk, as she admitted her “jelly” butt is down to the fact she never works out.
Bethenny Frankel – Ist June 2026 – Instagram – Sports Illustrated Swim runway
The reality TV star was just one of the famous faces who strutted her stuff on the catwalk, alongside Lizzo, Maura Higgins and Alix Earle.
She reflected on the experience afterwards in a video on her Instagram page, as she said she was determined to ignore haters who criticised her for taking part in the runway because she’s 55 years old.
In a video on her Instagram page after the event, Bethenny reflected on the experience, as she said: “There’s mixed like, ‘Why are you doing this?… Your a** is Jell-O’,” Bethenny said, hitting back: “It is Jell-O, I’ve told you 27,000 times i don’t work out and I don’t want to.
“I walk, and am I going to do squats for six months? No, because I’m not that vain. Go out there, own it, rock it, enjoy yourself.”
The former Real Housewives star added that her friends who were in attendance are “so proud” of her, her boyfriend -investment banker Shane Campbell – thought she was the “belle of the ball”, and her daughter loved her black swimsuit the most.
She continued: “There are going to be so many haters and the one comfort I take is that the haters are just miserable with their own lives, it’s nothing to do with me. They’re obsessed with me because I’m doing something right.
“If you don’t like it stick around because you know what, you bought me all my homes, so stick around – i could use a couple more.”
Bethenny went on to say that she had “so much fun” walking the runway with other women of “all shapes, sizes, ages, races, backgrounds”.
Also, she wasn’t trying to be a supermodel herself, she stressed.
She continued: “Everyone is a little nervous in some way… and for me I’m like, ‘I’m not going to try to be a model, so I’m just gonna be me and just have fun!’”
Among those commenting on Bethenny’s Instagram Reel was Hunter McGrady, who also walked the Sports Illustrated Swim catwalk with the reality star.
She wrote: “You’re the best. So fun sharing a stage with you my girl.”
While Molly Sims added: “Couldn’t have said it better myself, love you woman!”
