Wendy Williams returned to the air today with brand new episodes of her popular daytime talker, The Wendy Williams Show (nationally syndicated, check your local listings), joining Wendy was Bravo favorite, reality star Bethenny Frankel. Frankel told Williams she doesn’t plan to return to the “Housewives” franchise that made her famous and shared insight into her life as a newlywed and new mom (including how she really lost all of her baby weight). The Bethenny Getting Married star also dished about her teen friendship with Mario Lopez.
Bethenny Frankel on losing the baby weight from her recent pregnancy:
WW: Alright, so how did you lose all of your baby weight?
BF: I have to be honest, I feel like I should make up something and say that I had this whole big plan. But, it’s what I do for a living, I was healthy before, during and after [the pregnancy]. I gained 35 pounds, C-section you’re in the hospital six, days, you can’t eat three of them. So I probably only had ten pounds to lose when I left the hospital. … I don’t have any big secrets.
Bethenny on Jill Zarin and joining the next season of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York:
WW: What’s going on with you and Jill Zarin? Did she spend you a baby gift?
BF: Jill did not send me a baby gift, which I did not expect her to. I wish her the best, and I’m kind of onto positive things – that’s kind of ’09, that entire argument.
WW: Speaking of ’09, will you be going back to the Real Housewives?
BF: I don’t think so, I really don’t think so – I’m sorry.
Bethenny on Mario Lopez:
WW: Let’s talk about the picture of you and Mario Lopez, what was going on in your life at that time?
BF: This is from the beach episodes on Saved By The Bell, where I was a production assistant – that was my first job. He’s probably fifteen there, and I’m eighteen. And nothing romantic is going on, first he’s probably not interested in me … but at that age, fifteen and eighteen was a big difference. He was a little stud, though, I have to say – everyone was fooling around with everybody.
Courtesy of The Wendy Williams Show