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Bethenny Frankel<\/strong><\/a> and Kyle Richards<\/strong><\/a> were friends before their rise to Housewives stardom. Now, the Real Housewives of New York City<\/em><\/a> alum is defending her longtime pal against Kyle\u2019s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em><\/a> costar Dorit Kemsley<\/strong><\/a>, who exposed a private text from Kyle during the season 13 reunion trailer amid their estranged friendship.<\/p>\n \u201cWow. I cannot believe a private, personal, emotional, heartfelt, guttural text from Kyle to a friend off camera when not working, when not filming, was aired. What a violation!\u201d the Skinny Girl founder, 53, said in a Sunday, February 25, TikTok video<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cLike months later, you\u2019re watching a show because you get it like a week before and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my God.\u2019 And then imagine you\u2019re thinking like, \u2018Oh my God, what else have I texted that person? Where are the other monsters?\u2019 I mean, that\u2019s a private space to text to Instagram and if you can\u2019t do that with your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Bravo released a teaser of the RHOBH<\/em> season 13 reunion on February 21, following the explosive finale. In the clip, Dorit, 47, confided in Erika Jayne<\/strong> while they got glammed for filming and revealed that Kyle, 55, texted her the night before and suggested that the Halloween<\/em> actress tried to \u201csilence\u201d her. The network shared an additional clip of the conversation two days later.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s stuff with Kyle and I that\u2019s going on and it hurts and bothers me the most. I haven\u2019t heard from her in a couple of months. Then, she sends me a text yesterday, basically trying to silence me. It was so manipulative, it was so calculated,\u201d the Beverly Beach founder told the singer.<\/p>\n Dorit went on to recite the message from Kyle that read, \u201cThey don\u2019t even know we are going through a hard time so I don\u2019t see the need to bring it up there. I should have said something sooner but I honestly haven\u2019t been strong enough. But relationships and YOU are more important to me than RHOBH<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Dorit then asked Erika, 52, to weigh in her thoughts, who said she \u201cwould feel manipulated\u201d if she received the lengthy text.<\/p>\n As for Bethenny\u2019s public response, she also slammed production for allowing that moment to air.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the production company and the network to air a private interaction, like when you\u2019re working you\u2019re working and that\u2019s vile enough. But like when you\u2019re not working and you\u2019re off the clock, like, are they going to also own your thoughts?\u201d she asked. \u201cThat\u2019s a private text. That\u2019s insane. And Kyle is their favorite. Imagine how they treat their least favorites. Whoa.\u201d<\/p>\n