Bethenny Frankel Shows Off Toned Bikini Bod as She Celebrates NYE in Miami With New Boyfriend
While everyone is sharing their highlight reels of 2024 on social media, Bethenny Frankel may have them beat. The former Real Housewife is spending New Year’s Eve soaking up the sun at her new Miami Beach apartment with her daughter and boyfriend. Entering her mid-fifties, Frankel still surprises fans with her fit bikini bod, which she didn’t hesitate to show off when paparazzi caught up with her walking the shoreline.
Frankel has had quite a year. The Skinnygirl entrepreneur has been hard at work with her disaster relief organization BStrong and her social media accounts, where she reviews luxury products and gives her hot takes on pop culture controversies. She starred in Lifetime movie Danger in the Dorm and continued hosting her business podcast, Just B with Bethenny Frankel.
In May 2024, the 54-year-old announced that she and her fiancé Paul Bernon had split two months earlier. Frankel and the businessman dated for approximately six years before they ended things because they are “so different.”
Enter Tom Villante. In September 2024, Frankel was first spotted holding hands with the businessman in Santa Monica, about six months after ending things with Bernon. The pair attended the NYC premiere of Yellowstone in November. Then, Frankel made things Instagram official on November 23, sharing a reel of Villante building her a fire as she sipped a latte on the couch.
Based in Santa Monica, Villante serves as the chairman and CEO of YapStone, which he co-founded in 1999 with the goal of converting bills paid by paper check into electronic payments online. Now, YapStone processes over $18 billion in online and mobile payments. A Princeton University grad, reports LinkedIn, Villante is also an angel and real estate investor who serves on the boards of local schools and charitable organizations.
Frankel and Villante might be the perfect match. Both attended prestigious universities and delved into entrepreneurial projects quickly in their careers. The pair have lived on the East and West Coasts separately and developed an appreciation for Southern California and the bustling NYC area. Villante is two years older than Frankel at 56, so they might be ready for a quiet, productive life together managing their respective projects.
Villante wasn’t Frankel’s only guest in Miami. The Mingle Mocktails founder — Did you catch Frankel drinking a can of Raspberry Rosé on the beach? — brought her daughter and two dogs along for the beach vacay. Bryn Hoppy, now 14 years old, is incredibly close to her mom, often accompanying her on BStrong trips and exotic getaways. Frankel shares Hoppy with her ex-husband Jason Hoppy, but they only brought along one man, Villante, on their Miami trip.
Frankel shared several photos of herself and Hoppy on Instagram. She captioned the post, “From Dior bags in the sky to Walmart Birkins on the ground, from relief work to rollerblading, my mommy and me memories are the best days… Soaking up the last moments of 2024 in Miami with the Peanut.”
