RHONY’s Bethenny Frankel only made $7K for entire first Bravo season but later became the highest-paid housewife ever
BETHENNY Frankel revealed she made just over $7,000 for the ENTIRE first season of Real Housewives Of New York City before becoming the highest-paid star of the franchise.
The successful entrepreneur confessed to making pennies compared to her seven-figure salary for her later years on the Bravo reality show.
Talk show host Tamron, 50, mentioned how the alum took her smaller earnings from earlier seasons and turned it into a multi-million dollar empire.
After applauding Tamron for questions “no one else has ever asked” her, the Skinny Girl mogul got candid about money.
“When I signed on to the ‘Housewives,’ the contract said $7,250 for the entire season,” she revealed.
“You can’t always look at the money, you have to look at the big picture, the other opportunities.
The New York native reportedly made $40,000 per episode on RHONY in the later seasons.
With the show averaging 22 episodes per year, Bethenny’s annual income from the show would be near $900,000 not including any other endorsement
In the years since she was a newbie on TV, Bethenny has grown her massive lifestyle brand, Skinnygirl and saved countless lives with BStrong - a disaster relief organization.
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Her business chops have even earned her a place inside the Shark Tank beside Mark Cuban.