Does Bethenny Frankel Actually Want to Marry Fiance Paul Bernon? She Breaks Down Her Reasoning

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Bethenny Frankel and fiancé Paul Bernon have “been engaged for so long,” but that doesn’t mean the couple are ready to walk down the aisle.“I don’t want to build a wedding,” Frankel, 52, confessed during the Monday, July 24, episode of E!

News.The former Real Housewives of New York City star, who has been engaged since February 2021, revealed that saying “I do” for a third time is not on her bucket list. (Frankel was previously married to Peter Sussman from 1996 to 1997, and to Jason Hoppy, whom she split from in 2012 after two years.

Frankel and Hoppy, 52 — whose tumultuous divorce played out in the public eye — share daughter Bryn, 13.)“I love my life. I love my fiancé,” Frankel said about her bond with Bernon. “He’s an amazing life partner and I don’t want to sign a contract with someone I love.

I don’t want to plan a massive wedding for everybody else and not [do] what we want.”When asked about possibly eloping with Bernon, Frankel side stepped the question. “I like doing what you want, not what society wants you to do,” she responded.Frankel added that Bernon knew what he signed up for when he popped the question.“I ask him, ‘Why are you here?’ and he’ll say to me, ‘I choose to be here,” she shared. “He lives with a clown, and he loves comedy, so that’s the answer.