{"id":4750,"date":"2024-04-22T07:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T07:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2024-04-22T07:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T07:38:03","slug":"bethenny-frankel-mourns-death-of-her-mother-after-lung-cancer-battle-you-did-the-best-you-could-nhungc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/bethenny-frankel-mourns-death-of-her-mother-after-lung-cancer-battle-you-did-the-best-you-could-nhungc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethenny Frankel Mourns Death of Her Mother After Lung Cancer Battle: \u2018You Did the Best You Could\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bethenny Frankel\u00a0Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n

Bethenny Frankel\u00a0is mourning the death of her mother,\u00a0Bernadette Birk, who died on Friday, April 19, at the age of 73 following a battle with lung cancer.<\/p>\n

The Real Housewives of New York City\u00a0alum, 53, posted photos and a touching tribute on\u00a0Instagram, opening up about her complicated relationship with her mom.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was complex, in pain, isolated and had demons. She 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 bday,\u201d Frankel wrote in the candid post.<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cShe was brilliant, funny, cultured and wise \u2014 yet suffered a lifelong eating disorder, alcoholism, abuse, smoking, and self-destruction. Despite not being equipped to be a mother, she loved me and I have beautiful memories of her. She taught me food, wit, culture and strength. She loved to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankel went on to say that she had to grow up much faster than her own daughter, Bryn, 13, whom she shares\u00a0with ex-husband\u00a0Jason Hoppy. \u201cI won\u2019t sugarcoat it,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI was an adult long before Bryn\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reality star added that she and her mom reconnected following Bryn\u2019s birth, and that Bryn and Birk shared a special bond and \u201clove of art.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was selfish in life, yet selfless in death,\u201d Frankel noted of Birk. \u201cShe left what little she had to my daughter, wished to be cremated, and wanted no one to be notified besides me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankel, who is engaged to longtime partner\u00a0Paul Bernon, said she had \u201ca sixth sense\u201d her mom had passed, as she \u201cstarted to release some trauma\u201d and \u201cwas dancing to the song \u2018I\u2019m Alive\u2019 in her favorite designer Alaia dress as she was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued in her post: \u201cI remember her as a young woman during periods of happiness loving me and long for those memories of affection. I mourn her loss, her life, her loneliness and my childhood. I mourn her inability to experience motherhood, the most beautiful gift of a lifetime. Goodbye mom, Bonnie, Bernadette. You did the best you could and you are free and at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss my mommy as a little girl and I am grateful for my daughter consistently pushing to meet her and myself for re-opening old wounds for [sic] their relationship,\u201d she concluded. \u201cI think of you on this journey with me releasing your trauma and I hug you. Life is about loss and loving. I have had shame in never really having family, yet my very small group of friends, my beautiful Bryn, and you are my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankel ended her tribute by asking followers to \u201ccall, connect with, or hug someone\u201d with whom they have a complicated relationship.<\/p>\n

The Bravo alum has clearly put a huge focus on parenthood after experiencing her own tumultuous childhood. She recently spoke to\u00a0Us Weekly\u00a0about raising her daughter, who entered her teens last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re right \u2018be-tween\u2019 childhood and adulthood, where they think they know everything, but your job is to protect them from the world and themselves,\u201d Frankel exclusively told\u00a0Us<\/em>\u00a0in June 2023. \u201cI love parenting!\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that Bryn is \u201ccreative and free,\u201d saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want her to be like me. I like her not [worrying] about a goal set.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankel officially left the\u00a0Real Housewives<\/em>\u00a0franchise in August 2021 but currently hosts the \u201cJust B with Bethenny Frankel\u201d and \u201cJust B Divorced\u201d podcasts. She also has a nonprofit, BStrong, a disaster relief initiative, and is the founder of health and beauty brand Skinnygirl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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