Former “Real Housewives of New York” star
Bethenny Frankel feels no sympathy for her Jersey “Housewives” counterpart,
Teresa Giudice, who along with her husband, was indicted on 39 counts,
including bank and bankruptcy fraud on Monday.
My first thought today was, ‘Oh, if they weren’t on reality TV, none
of this would probably ever be exposed.’ And it’s just funny how certain people
are [like a] moth to a flame,” she told Us Weekly. “It’s almost like – not
that you want to get caught – but people who love to be in the spotlight often
have a lot of skeletons in their closet. It’s just an interesting thing.”
“I haven’t paid that much attention,” Frankel explained. “Do I feel
sorry for them? No, I don’t. Not so much, because it broke the law. You broke
the law and you went on television. That’s not really that smart.”
Frankel, founder of the Skinny Girl low-cal drink
empire, was attending a TCA tour panel at the Beverly Hills SLS Hotel
to promote her new talk show, “Bethenny.”
But Frankel, mother to 3-year-old daughter Bryn with soon-to-be
ex-husband Jason Hoppy, does feel bad for the Giudices’ four kids. “I feel
badly for them because they have kids,” she added, “and their kids didn’t sign
up for this.”
According to the Huffington Post, the couple allegedly
submitted fraudulent information to secure loans between 2001 through 2008, and
failed to disclose business assets and earnings (including returns from “Real
Housewives”) when they declared bankrupcy in 2009.
The Giudices were released on $500,000 bail and are due back in
court on August 14.
Joe Giuduce, who
isn’t an American citizen and reportedly didn’t file tax returns from 2004 to
2008, could be deported back to Italy. If convicted, the couple faces up to 50
years in prison.
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