'Prostitute at the highest rate': Ex-star slams reality TV industry
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- 24 Nov 2023
CNN's Chris Wallace sits down with businesswoman and former reality TV star Bethenny Frankel to get her thoughts on the ...
You knew what you signed up for, though? Because I want to take a quote for what you told Vanity Fair. This is tough. I was a prostitute at the highest rate possible and was aware that there was a transaction that was happening and that I was going to benefit from it.
Exactly. I knew what I was walking into in the sense that I was going to make this into something, and I was broke walking in. But I've seen a lot of craziness in my life, and it did mess me up. It does take a long time to desensitize and deprogram after you're in this machine.
So is it almost, forgive me, like a drug? You got to keep giving the audience more because they're used to what? Used to shock them five years ago.
Funny you say that, because I use that exact metaphor in a post of mine saying that the drug keeps getting dealt. Yeah. And it gets stronger and stronger because we also, as a society, start to think that this is normal and it makes people feel better about their own lives.