Bethenny Frankels custody battle: she took all her daughters things from the home

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The more I hear about Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy’s custody battle, the more I think that they’re both awful people who deserved each other, and that their child is suffering because of it. Yesterday these two clowns had a day in court where their aired their grievances and each accused the other of being a bad parent. Their daughter, Bryn, is four and it’s been well over a year since Bethenny filed for divorce. You would think that they would try to reach a tentative truce for their daughter’s sake.

In court yesterday, Bethenny recounted how Jason threatened to destroy her when she told him she wanted a divorce, and how he regularly made passive aggressive jabs at her. Jason claimed through his lawyer that Bethenny was vindictive, removing all the silverware and cookware from the home when she left and taking all of Bryn’s clothing, toys and personal items so the child would have nothing while with her father. As you may remember, the two lived together after their separation as each stubbornly refused to leave their shared apartment. That predictably worked out poorly. Here’s more about their court session yesterday. Apparently Bethenny cried on the stand.

What Jason allegedly said to Bethenny when she asked for a divorce
“If you don’t want to be with me and you’re ending this marriage, I want nothing to do with you ever again. I’m going to destroy you.

“You’re already losing fans. I’m going to ruin you.”

Jason was passive aggressive
She said that after she sent Hoppy a letter telling him she wanted a divorce in late 2012, life became “brutal, horrendous, excruciating.

“The person I knew before that letter vanished. Every action during the day, it felt like, was being done to torture me. He would leave the house in shambles — dishes piled everywhere, garbage piled everywhere. He’d pee and poop and leave it in the toilet … He would turn the television on as loud as he could and then put the remote in his backpack and leave with it,” Frankel said.

“He would take bad press about me and put it on the counter… He would say things [to Bryn] like, ‘Mommy should be the witch. She’s a great witch. You’ll be the princess and I’ll be the prince.'”

Bethenny took all of Bryn’s things
[Jason’s lawyer] noted that when Frankel left the apartment, she took all of Bryn’s favorite toys and clothes with her, leaving the adorable moppet distraught when she came home.

When Hoppy tried to cook her some food to cheer her up, he discovered all of the utensils were gone, replaced by plastic spoons and forks.

“She left one pot,” Clair said.
Jason fed Bryn meat to spite Bethenny
On the witness stand, Frankel said she kept the girl on a “healthy” diet, with a “foundation” of “fruits and vegetables, and legumes.”

After they split, Frankel said her vengeful ex “started feeding Bryn hot dogs and bacon, and a lot of animal protein.”

[From NY Daily News and People.com]

While I regularly criticize Bethenny because she’s the more public figure (and she says a lot of out of touch, self-pitying things), it’s clear that Jason is just as bad. His daughter has been raised as a vegetarian and yet he fed her red meat just to spite his ex. Did it occur to him that the child might get sick after not eating meat her entire life?! As for Bethenny, it was cruel of her to take all of Bryn’s things, and it must have hurt her daughter to see all of her toys and clothing gone. The kid is just four, she doesn’t understand what’s going on and she needs stability. Bethenny could have left some things so that Bryn would feel comfortable at home with her dad, but she’s more interested in sticking it to her ex than considering the needs of her child. For all the money and success these people have, they’re piss poor parents.

Jason Hoppy carries baby daughter Bryn Hoppy after picking her up from school in Tribeca, New York City

Bethenny Frankel Out For A Stroll In NYC

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