Bethenny Frankel's on again/off again boyfriend, Dennis Shields found dead

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the Trump support other than living in one of his buildings.? Trumps buildings were known for the security long before he was president. Just curious if there is support of this besides him living in a building with the name on it.

I think he's actually a Trump supporter. I remember after Trump won, Bethanny was all over social media, complaining about the protestors, how it wasn't going to change anything and that she had places to go and couldn't get there. I guess she couldn't go see her boyfriend and he could barely leave Trump Tower because of all of the people exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Now her reaction makes sense - at the time I thought it was an odd thing thing to say and that she risked alienating some fans (she did - I was no longer a fan after that comment).

Ok thank you. I hadn’t heard anything about that before and when they filmed the election on RHNY, it was pretty focused on Carole and Dorinda. B was wasn’t very vocal then about it.

Dennis was longtime friends with Trump's lawyer. He worked in finance (sort of), and a lot of those guys are pro-Trump, for personal financial gain. This is starting to make more sense now. I think this was part of the rift between them. I couldn't feel the same way about a friend who was in a relationship with a Trumper. Nope, I never knew you at all and you are not the person I thought you were.

Are you referencing the rift between Carol and Bethenny? If so, I was wondering how long Carol could remain friends with Bethenny after watching
last year’s episodes and Bethenny’s obvious support for trump.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of Bethenny, but this will be hard on her. I also found it to be in poor taste that Carole and Dorinda posted a carefree photo of them at dinner with Caroline Stanbury at dinner. They could have waited.

This post is ridiculous. Waited for what?

The following day. Or something. Just something to show they’re not tone deaf. Which proves that they are.

+1 Carole and Dorinda have lost husbands and Dorinda, especially is quick to remind everyone that she "BURIED HER HUSBAND" if anyone else expresses any relationship pain. I am specifically thinking about the way Dorinda belittled Lu and Sonya with regard to their former marriages. These women know that Dennis, regardless of the on/off nature of their relationship, meant something to Bethenny. They are also media savvy enough to know that people, magazines, media, etc will be looking at their social media profiles to see if they have some kind of a response. I agree the photo is tone deaf and insensitive at best (and that is being generous), spiteful/hateful at worst.

Agree

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the Trump support other than living in one of his buildings.? Trumps buildings were known for the security long before he was president. Just curious if there is support of this besides him living in a building with the name on it.

I think he's actually a Trump supporter. I remember after Trump won, Bethanny was all over social media, complaining about the protestors, how it wasn't going to change anything and that she had places to go and couldn't get there. I guess she couldn't go see her boyfriend and he could barely leave Trump Tower because of all of the people exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Now her reaction makes sense - at the time I thought it was an odd thing thing to say and that she risked alienating some fans (she did - I was no longer a fan after that comment).

Ok thank you. I hadn’t heard anything about that before and when they filmed the election on RHNY, it was pretty focused on Carole and Dorinda. B was wasn’t very vocal then about it.

Dennis was longtime friends with Trump's lawyer. He worked in finance (sort of), and a lot of those guys are pro-Trump, for personal financial gain. This is starting to make more sense now. I think this was part of the rift between them. I couldn't feel the same way about a friend who was in a relationship with a Trumper. Nope, I never knew you at all and you are not the person I thought you were.

Are you referencing the rift between Carol and Bethenny? If so, I was wondering how long Carol could remain friends with Bethenny after watching
last year’s episodes and Bethenny’s obvious support for trump.

At the reunion Andy asked all of them who they voted for and Bethenny, Carole and Dorinda all said Hillary. Lu and Ramona said no comment. Sonja has been a Trump supporter and was vocal about knowing him.

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Anonymous wrote:In her endless battle with Jason over Bryn I have a feeling this situation is going to cause her some trouble. If she knew he was a drug addict exposing her daughter to Dennis on a regular basis is problematic. Also calls into question her own lifestyle. I’m actually a Bethenny fan and I’m sad that Jason is almost certainly about to go down this road.

There is enough coming out about her now that I am slightly sympathetic to her ex. She is a master manipulator and lives her life on screen. She is a master at making other people look evil. She will milk this for everything she can.

Does make you wonder if his "psycho" behavior was fueled by knowing his daughter was around a dude who did drugs. Any parent who cares would not be okay with it. Thought it was interesting that in the most recent episode she said he wasn't the one for her and was giving him 90 days. 90 days to do what? How far she milks this may depend on his family. Dennis and his wife of 26 years were separated but they were NOT divorced. Bethenny has no rights. She calls all the shots. If there is a funeral she could ban Bethenny and put the kibosh on her shouting his name around town.

She hasn't even made a statement. How will the wife put a kibosh on her? Bethenny obviously says whatever she wants. The ex can't stop her.

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Anonymous wrote:In her endless battle with Jason over Bryn I have a feeling this situation is going to cause her some trouble. If she knew he was a drug addict exposing her daughter to Dennis on a regular basis is problematic. Also calls into question her own lifestyle. I’m actually a Bethenny fan and I’m sad that Jason is almost certainly about to go down this road.

There is enough coming out about her now that I am slightly sympathetic to her ex. She is a master manipulator and lives her life on screen. She is a master at making other people look evil. She will milk this for everything she can.

Does make you wonder if his "psycho" behavior was fueled by knowing his daughter was around a dude who did drugs. Any parent who cares would not be okay with it. Thought it was interesting that in the most recent episode she said he wasn't the one for her and was giving him 90 days. 90 days to do what? How far she milks this may depend on his family. Dennis and his wife of 26 years were separated but they were NOT divorced. Bethenny has no rights. She calls all the shots. If there is a funeral she could ban Bethenny and put the kibosh on her shouting his name around town.

She hasn't even made a statement. How will the wife put a kibosh on her? Bethenny obviously says whatever she wants. The ex can't stop her.

Yea I’d like to know what the PP thinks the wife can do. Also, his adult children were supportive of this relationship and the ex-wife has a new man. I doubt she would bother wasting her time to ban Bethenny.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of Bethenny, but this will be hard on her. I also found it to be in poor taste that Carole and Dorinda posted a carefree photo of them at dinner with Caroline Stanbury at dinner. They could have waited.

This post is ridiculous. Waited for what?

The following day. Or something. Just something to show they’re not tone deaf. Which proves that they are.

+1 Carole and Dorinda have lost husbands and Dorinda, especially is quick to remind everyone that she "BURIED HER HUSBAND" if anyone else expresses any relationship pain. I am specifically thinking about the way Dorinda belittled Lu and Sonya with regard to their former marriages. These women know that Dennis, regardless of the on/off nature of their relationship, meant something to Bethenny. They are also media savvy enough to know that people, magazines, media, etc will be looking at their social media profiles to see if they have some kind of a response. I agree the photo is tone deaf and insensitive at best (and that is being generous), spiteful/hateful at worst.

Bethenny wasn't married to him, and may not even have been dating him now. I believe they made public statements of condolence (or at least Carole did) as soon as the news hit. I don't think they owe it to anyone to do more.

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Funeral was today and Bethenny attended. I feel for everyone involved - his kids, Bethenny, other family and friends.

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I thought the pic she posted of him was poor taste. Look, someone else's husband in your bed! Nice B!

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the pic she posted of him was poor taste. Look, someone else's husband in your bed! Nice B!

Holy crap. I thought you meant years ago. Nope, TODAY. Nice Bethenny, real nice.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the pic she posted of him was poor taste. Look, someone else's husband in your bed! Nice B!

You people seriously need to get over the "husband" thing. You realize that people can still be legally married for whatever reason for a long time but that it's totally ok for them to date because neither soon-to-be ex-spouse cares?!?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the pic she posted of him was poor taste. Look, someone else's husband in your bed! Nice B!

You people seriously need to get over the "husband" thing. You realize that people can still be legally married for whatever reason for a long time but that it's totally ok for them to date because neither soon-to-be ex-spouse cares?!?

That's a valid argument. You should go over to the Relationships forum and tell them that.

Also soon-to-be? They were supposedly separated two years ago...plenty of time to get that legal document signed.

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I think anyone who has been separated a long period of time is generally someone who is a hot mess. Wasn't B also"going through a divorce" much much longer than actually married???

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Anonymous wrote:I think anyone who has been separated a long period of time is generally someone who is a hot mess. Wasn't B also"going through a divorce" much much longer than actually married???

Yes. But I don’t think it’s too unusual to have divorces drag out when lots of money is involved. Especially since I doubt Dennis and his wife had a prenup.u

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Shaming her because he was married is ridiculous. Separating assets when a spouse owns a business and there is no prenup is a disaster and probably accounts for the delay. Everyone seems to forget that HIS “WIFE” HAS A BOYFRIEND TOO.

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Maybe he killed himself because he realized what a huge mistake it was to vote for Trump.