Tonight, after the Real Housewives of New York City Reunion Show airs its fireworks, Bethenny Frankel's new solo show Bethenny Getting Married? airs its first episode.This morning I was surprised to learn that Bethenny Getting Married? should be more properly titled Bethenny Getting Married Again?
That's right, Bethenny has been previously married. The previous engagements we knew about, but not mention had been made on RHONY of a previous marriage.
It was way back in 1996 that Bethenny married a guy named Peter Sussman. That's the husband that pre-dated new husband, Jason Hoppy, in the picture, next to Bethenny.
Bethenny and Peter had been best friends for 5 years before becoming husband and wife. Peter persistently tried to be more than friends with Bethenny, which led to the pair dating for 2 years before Bethenny agreed to become Mrs. Sussman.
Apparently getting married, the first time, made Bethenny feel real secure, but, according to Bethenny, the marriage was totally lacking in passion. Bethenny is quoted as saying "You can't go to bed with a piece of 8 by 10 paper."
Regarding being married to Peter, Bethenny said, "I felt like, 'This is really it? This is the person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with?'"
And so Bethenny's first marriage came to an end after 8 months.
Let's hope Bethenny's latest marriage lasts a lifetime.
