“Bethenny’s contract is much more complex than the other Housewives’ contracts. She’s usually late to the game when it comes to signing on but she doesn’t hold up production and she usually confirms just in time,” the insider revealed to Us Weekly.
Frankel is also not thinking about work yet and hasn’t given an answer on when she’ll be ready, another source adds, as she’s grieving the loss of her on-off love Dennis Shields.
“It has been a tough time for her and she is just trying to mourn the loss of Dennis right now. She hasn’t thought about when she’ll be ready to get back to work yet,” a second source added. However, the publication reveals that Bravo and production has been very supporting of Bethenny. “They are giving her space to grieve and letting her make the decision of when the right time is for her to return,” the insider told Us Weekly.
As previously reported, Frankel's on-off boyfriend Dennis Shields was found dead at his room in Trump Tower on August 10. Frankel and Shields began dating in 2016 after more than 20 years as friends. A source previously revealed that Shields allegedly proposed to her four months before his death.
Shields’ cause of death has not yet been determined, but he apparently overdosed on prescription pills and asked for Narcan, the drug used to reverse the effects of a narcotics overdose.
Meanwhile, Frankel broke her silence three days after Shields’ death, sharing an Instagram photo of him with her dog Cookie, who died in 2017. “Rest In Peace my sweet babies who gave me endless unconditional love,” she wrote, adding “#nowandforever.”
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