Bethenny Frankel Wants To Unionize Reality TV Stars After SAG Strike: ‘We’re Getting Screwed Too!’

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Bethenny Frankel, 52, wants each world stars to travel the actors and writers’ leads and go connected strike. The Real Housewives of New York City alum shared a video to TikTok and Instagram connected July 19 and suggested world stars should basal up to the networks and streamers and request residuals for their work, amidst the historical strikes for some SAG-AFTRA and WGA.

“Hollywood is connected strike. Entertainers are warring for residuals, and nary 1 volition beforehand anything. Why isn’t world TV connected strike?” Bethenny said. “I got paid $7,250 for my archetypal play of world TV, and radical are inactive watching those episodes. I myself person generated millions and millions of dollars successful advertizing and online impressions being connected world TV and person ne'er made a azygous residual. So, either I’m missing thing oregon we’re getting screwed too.”

The SkinnyGirl laminitis pointed retired that stars from shows like The Hills and The Bachelor “are getting paid peanuts,” portion the fans tin “watch those episodes for years gone by.” Bethenny went connected to accidental that “anyone shooting a Bravo show should not beryllium shooting until they get residuals from each the different episodes that they’ve ever done, oregon those episodes should beryllium taken down. Reality stars should spell connected strike.” She added, “It’s implicit and full bulls***. It conscionable occurred to me, everyone is talking astir actors and we don’t get paid s***.”

In her caption, Bethenny reiterated that reality stars should “be treated reasonably and valued” for the enactment they do. “And the mentality that we were nobodies and that these streamers and networks person fixed america platforms and that we tin capitalize connected them is besides moronic,” Bethenny said. “Just due to the fact that endowment signs their beingness distant doesn’t marque exploitation correct. Reality stars should besides halt shooting web and streaming contented until their escaped contented is taking down. We besides merit residuals.”

Bethenny Frankel (Photo: Matt Baron/Shutterstock)

Bethenny was applauded by truthful galore world stars who agreed with her instrumentality that they should get residuals from networks and streaming services. Fellow Real Housewives stars NeNe Leakes, Vicki Gunvalson, Gretchen Rossi, Aviva Drescher, and Danielle Cabral all backed up Bethenny’s rant successful the comments section. So did The Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe who was name-dropped by Bethenny successful the video.

After Bethenny got immoderate backlash from fans for her opinion, she did a second video wherever she pointed retired that she “worked her a** disconnected though humor sweat and tears” and inactive made precise small wealth for her archetypal play of RHONY that she’s inactive not being compensated for today. “Reality TV is heavy produced, heavy formatted, and it is simply a unsmooth and tumble job. Just inquire anyone who’s been palmy connected world TV,” Bethenny said.

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