Bethenny Frankel is finally sharing her engagement story!
If you didn’t know, the 52-year-old former Real Housewives of New York City star and fiance Paul Bernon first got engaged in February 2021.
Now, over two years after getting engaged, Bethenny finally detailed how Paul, 45, proposed to her.
Keep reading to find out more…
Bethenny took to Instagram on Sunday (June 25) to reveal that Paul proposed to her while on vacation in the Florida Keys.
“I never told you my engagement story… on February 12, 2021, during the pandemic, Paul and I went to Little Palm Island, a small private hotel on a Florida island in the Florida keys,” Bethenny wrote. “We are homebodies and rarely book a reservation…we like to be free and nimble and not held down to a time or plan.”
“On that night, Paul wanted to make sure we caught the sunset, because the Keys are known for the stunning sunsets,” Bethenny recalled. “We went to dinner and he walked me to a beautiful private table on the beach as private and romantic as a fantasy date on the bachelor…”
Bethenny continued, “The intimate details of the story are private but it was a beautiful proposal, in a beautiful setting, with a beautiful ring, to a beautiful man…. We kept this to ourselves and months later the paparazzi photographed me in the ocean in Boca Raton of all places, and the story was leaked. It was nice to have our secret be our own for months. It just didn’t feel appropriate to us to make an announcement.”
“Bryn and I and Biggy Smallz are so lucky to have Paul in our lives. He is a loving, beautiful, generous, kind, funny and smart good man who we love with all of our hearts,” Bethenny concluded, referring to her 13-year-old daughter Bryn and her two dogs Biggy and Smallz.
Bethenny has been married twice before – first to Peter Sussman from 1996 to 1997 and then to Jason Hoppy, whom she wed in 2010 and separated from in 2012. After a lengthy and nasty legal battle, Bethenny and Jason‘s divorce was finalized in January 2021. She shares Bryn with Jason.
Bethenny shared her engagement story after getting called out on social media for flaunting her engagement ring.