Bethenny Frankel and Dina Manzo’s Public Feud Over Gifted Shoe Brand
Bethenny Frankel and Dina Manzo’s daughter, Alexia Iannou, recently got into it online. After Frankel posted a video wearing a pair of shoes from Iannou’s brand, the latter called her a “weirdo” for not giving her credit. The former Real Housewives of New Jersey star hopped in ot call out Frankel, who responded by calling Iannou a “crybaby.”
Bethenny Frankel and Dina Manzo have been feuding over a pair of shoes
Frankel recently posted a video of her outfit. According to Iannou, she was wearing a gifted pair of shoes from her brand, Nou.
“Bethenny Frankel is a weirdo,” Iannou said in an Instagram Reel. “I sent her a pair of shoes from Nou almost a year ago because I look up to her. She’s an entrepreneur, [in the] Bravo universe like me, and she’s been on Shark Tank.”
When people asked where she got her shoes, Frankel posted the link to a dupe.
“She didn’t tag us after wearing the shoes multiple times online — which, okay, that happens. But then, today she posted a video that’s going viral and a bunch of people are asking where the shoes are,” she said. “And instead of linking them, she linked a dupe and with an affiliate link. I guess she’s got to get that bag in some sort of way.”
Frankel directed fans to a pair of shoes available at Bloomingdale’s because the shoes were sold out at Nou.
“So, she got the shoes for free from a woman-founded brand — mine — and then she made money sending her followers somewhere else.”
Her mother, Manzo, called out Frankel on Instagram as well.
“WOW BETHENNY WOW!!” she wrote over a screenshot from Frankel’s Instagram Story. “So odd of you to post a dupe of your GIFTED shopnou shoes instead of giving a young woman entrepreneur the credit. You wear them often so we know you like them???”
Bethenny Frankel clapped back at Dina Manzo’s daughter
Frankel later addressed the situation in a video of her own. She said that she hadn’t linked Iannou’s shoes because they weren’t available.
“The audience gets frustrated when they can’t buy something immediately,” she said. “Why would I wear and talk about it if they can’t buy it?”
She said she has no obligation to link to any products that brands gift her.
“The business lesson is: there are other lovely things on this person’s site and there are about a hundred brands that will watch this video and will message her to tell her how much product I move — how many Sprinkle cookies for Melissa Gorga, how many dresses for Amy Brooke, how many pairs of jeans for Guess — I move a lot of product because I don’t bulls***,” Frankel continued. “So, playing the short game and whining and being a crybaby about something that didn’t go your way in business means you’re not a real business person.”
Despite this, Frankel later gave Iannou credit on social media.
