Reality star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel has shared some heartbreaking news. On April 20, Frankel shared several photos of herself with her mom Bernadette Birk, announcing her tragic passing.
“My mother has died of lung cancer,” Frankel shared in her statement. “She was complex, in pain, isolated and had demons.”
But despite her hardships, Frankel said Bernadette was “the most stunning woman you have ever seen, who left her abusive home as quickly as I ran from mine. I was born on her [birthday].”
Frankel called her mom “brilliant, funny, cultured, and wise,” but added that she struggled with “self-destruction.” And even though Frankel says Bernadette was not “equipped to be a mother, she loved me and I have beautiful memories of her.”
Frankel said she learned a lot from her mom, including her strength, but she “won’t sugarcoat it, I was an adult long before Bryn’s age, experiencing things no young child should endure.”
“This made me strong, tough, a survivor who is able to handle anything. The universe gave me the most beautiful daughter and my childhood gave me inspiration to break the chain.”
