Who is Bethenny Frankel’s ex-fiancé, Paul Bernon?
PAUL Bernon is a film producer who is engaged to reality star Bethenny Frankel.
Frankel showed off a massive $1 million emerald-cut diamond ring while spending time with Bernon and her daughter.
Who is Bethenny Frankel’s ex-fiancé, Paul Bernon?
Paul Bernon, who also works in real estate, is a co-founder and partner of Burn Later Productions, according to his page.
He began his production career with the Joe Swanberg film Drinking Buddies, which starred Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, and Anna Kendrick.
He "began his business career working at a real estate investment trust and then acquired his first shopping center at the age of 24," according to his IMDb page.
"He is now a Managing Partner at Rubicon Real Estate, LLC, which owns and manages approximately 1.5 million square feet of investment property across the United States."
How long were they together?
confirmed early in 2021 that the Skinny Girl founder Frankel was engaged to Bernon.
The Real Housewives of New York City star had been spotted wearing a huge ring on her left hand while spending time at the beach in Florida.
"It looks like she wore a three-stone ring that features a huge 8-10 carat emerald-shaped center stone set with two smaller emerald accent diamonds. We estimate to be around three carats total," said Apeksha Kothari, Chief Operating Officer at .
They have been seeing each other since 2018.
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The engagement news comes after Bethenny and Jason Hoppy finalized their divorce on January 20, 2021.
Bethenny and the pharmaceutical executive Jason filed for divorce in 2013 after three years of marriage, but the split did not become official until 2021.
She and Bernon broke up in 2020 before getting back together again.
"So many people have tried to define my life - our lives - with ‘When are you getting engaged? When are you having a baby? When are you getting married?’" she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2020.
"And I’ve just realized more in life, with people being more open and honest about their lives and what they want, that everything doesn’t have to sort of end in a blue box and a bow."
She added: "We’ve had a great, great relationship and I’m really happy.
"Not everything has to end badly, some things just don’t continue and it’s not negative it’s just life."
Bethenny would resume her relationship with Bernon until they broke up in 2024, confirmed in May of that year.
The outlet learned from a mutual friend of the couple that “it just wasn’t going to work” between the pair.
“They are so different – he’s an under-the-radar kind of guy,” the source said.
Do they have kids?
Bethenny Frankel and Paul Bernon did not welcome any children together during their six-year courtship.
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Paul has two children from a previous marriage, while Bethenny shares a daughter with her ex, Jason Hoppy.
Her daughter, Bryn Hoppy, was born in 2010.