Bethenny Frankel Assembles Heavyweight Legal Team To Protect Reality TV Stars From Being Exploited By Studios
etcanada.comBethenny Frankel is aiming to make massive changes in the world of reality TV. The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 52, who recently roasted Meghan Markle and Prince Harry again on TikTok, has teamed up with two of the most high-profile attorneys in Hollywood in a conquest to help protect reality stars from exploitation by studios and networks.
Power courtroom players Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos are joining her on her journey. Speaking with Variety in an article published on Friday, Geragos explained that after meeting with 50 reality show cast members from various networks and series’, he realized: “Something has to change because the current system is broken.” READ MORE: Bethenny Frankel Voices Support For ‘Punching Bag’ Raquel Leviss To Negotiate Her Bravo Salary Frankel’s fight for justice in the spotlight comes along during the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, which isn’t putting a halt to reality television, creating a need for production companies to rely on a lot of reality content during the strike.
However, she believes the SAG-AFTRA fight involves reality stars just as much, revealing that she thinks they should unionize and fight for their rights just as much as scripted actors and writers. “Just because you can exploit young, doe-eyed talent desperate for the platform TV gives them, it doesn’t mean you should,” Frankel previously told the publication. “They don’t know what they don’t know.
I was playing chess, but how do I help the people who may not know the game?” READ MORE: + ADD SHORTCUT Bethenny Frankel Encourages Reality Stars To Also Go On Strike: ‘We Also Deserve Residuals’ Frankel is teaming up with the right people, as Freedman is currently representing Vanna White in her battle
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