Bethenny Frankel Reveals She ‘Tried A While Back To Adopt A 3-Year-Old’ Boy!

Bethenny Frankel confesses that she once “tried” to adopt a child. “The thing that surprises people is that once [kids] get into the system, it is hard to get them out,” the Real Housewives of New York City alum wrote in the comment section of an Instagram post.

“Growing up, we always heard that everyone wants a baby and not an older kid. I tried a while back to adopt a 3-year-old and it was a harder process than a newborn. If it’s like other family law systems, it’s not as easy as the movie[s] make it.”

The Skinnygirl mogul then revealed that her 10-year-old daughter, Bryn, told her that she “should adopt” a 9-year-old boy from Oklahoma, who recently spoke to a local news outlet about his time in foster care.

“I will adopt him,” Frankel commented on a social media upload about Jordan, according to a report by Us Weekly.

In 2016, Frankel admitted that it was “great” that Bryn was not featured on RHONY. “When my daughter was a baby, she didn’t really know what was even going on,” she told Entertainment Tonight at the time. “But what? You put a microphone on a 6-year-old?”

Frankel and her ex-husband Jason Hoppy welcomed Bryn in 2010 and finalized their divorce six years later. In March 2019, Bethenny requested full custody of their daughter, while the entrepreneur argued to continue their joint custody agreement.

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