Uh oh. Bethenny Frankel is finding herself in hot water!
It’s been revealed the Real Housewives Of New York starlet reportedly made offensive comments about women of color at an entrepreneurial summit over the weekend.
According to attendee and entrepreneur Mary Pryor‘s Huffington Post report of the event, she shared:
“Frankel implied that women should have sex with men in exchange for capital. I was offended when she expressed some kind of kinship with black women because she’s ‘loud.’ And I was taken aback when she advised those of us in the room to get business advice to hire a white man as the face of our companies.”
Wow.
Another audience member even similarly added:
Great conf at #PEIntensive16 until in @Bethenny‘s Q&A, she essentially proposed the erasure of black women as faces of entrepreneurship.
— Marah Lidey (@marahml) April 9, 2016
To the brave black woman who asked what to do when ppl tell her to get a white man as the face of her org,Im so sorry for @Bethenny‘s answer
— Marah Lidey (@marahml) April 9, 2016
There seems to be no video from Rent The Runway and UBS‘s Project Entrepreneur event, but the reality TV starlet, who was a guest speaker, is denying all claims!
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Bethenny took to Twitter on Thursday to respond to the reports:
The only problem is thag none of this happened. Never let the truth get in the way of trying to get attention. @SighSam
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
Funny how in a room of hundreds of people & phones no one has me saying it. Don’t speak unless ur educated on the topic. @SighSam
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
And as for what she claims she did say, it went something along the lines of this:
1)be better than men 2)i find hard to believe u need white man to sell 3) only you know what you need for your biz. @blurbette @SighSam
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
The 45-year-old continued to explain to her followers:
Trust & believe i know. Be better than the men. Women are strong multi taskers emotionally & logistically. https://t.co/l1i0HEgqzn
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
This is idiotic & I don’t back down to morons trying to get a min or a rise.I don’t have 1 white male employee @NYDNgossip @PageSix @people
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
I don’t care what color or sex you are. The key to success is not bottom feeding just good old hard work,passion & drive.
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 14, 2016
Someone wanting fame vs working hard. My brand is “practical solutions for women,” my mantra”be better than the men” https://t.co/jwxSUAuNhR
— Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) April 15, 2016
Interestingly enough, Project Entrepreneur has since issued an apology to Saturday’s attendees on their website, which read:
“We understand that guests were offended during our Day 1 luncheon, following remarks made by our speaker. This was not our intention and is contrary to our goals. We apologize to our guests. We launched Project Entrepreneur to champion all women. We thank those of you who candidly spoke out and welcome this important dialogue.”
Frankel wasn’t named, but it seems even PE acknowledges controversial remarks were made.
What do U think of the situation??
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