--- title: "Lea Black Slams Bethenny Frankel for Going After Bravo/NBC Universal" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/14/lea-black-slams-bethenny-frankel/ type: post date: 2023-08-14 modified: 2023-08-14 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/14/lea-black-slams-bethenny-frankel.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Lea Black Slams Bethenny Frankel for Going After Bravo/NBC Universal ## RHOM alum Lea Black slams Bethenny Frankel for going after Bravo/NBC Universal, saying that "Bethenny likes to be the hero." Not everyone in the Bravoverse is chomping at the bit to join [Bethenny Frankel](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/bethenny-frankel/)'s reality TV revolution. Two very popular and successful *Real Housewives *have recently spoken out about *[Real Housewives of New York](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/)* alum Bethenny Frankel going after Bravo/NBC Universal. ![Bravo TV logo in SVG](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/493px-Bravo_TV.svg_.png)Bravo TV logo Earlier this month, Bethenny Frankel, along with powerhouse lawyers Mark Geragos and Bryan Friedman, [sent a legal letter to Bravo/NBC Universal](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/04/reality-stars-declare-war-bravo-nbc/) alleging ***“grotesque and depraved mistreatment,”*** including ***“plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep,” “denying mental health treatment to cast members”*** and ***“covering up acts of sexual violence.”*** Now, *[Real Housewives of Miami](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-miami/)* alum [Lea Black](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-miami/lea-black/) and* [Real Housewives of Atlanta](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/)* star Kandi Burruss are speaking out about Bethenny Frankel's campaign against Bravo. ![Andy Cohen Bethenny Frankel](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Andy-Cohen-Bethenny-Frankel-1200x600.jpeg)Bravo's Andy Cohen and Bethenny Frankel Lea, who appeared in seasons 1-3 of the *Real Housewives of Miam*i, is shocked that Bethenny Frankel is going after her former employer. ***“Bethenny likes to be the hero,”*** Lea told [Page Six](https://pagesix.com/2023/08/12/bethenny-frankel-is-boasting-she-will-bring-down-bravo-s-ting-on-house-that-made-her/).*** “But she should be grateful. She made a ton of money and became very influential because of her association with Bravo. I can’t even wrap my head around anyone being so ungrateful for the opportunity that they want to sue the person that gave it to them.”*** Meanwhile, [Kandi Burruss](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/kandi-burruss-tucker/), who has continuously starred on the *Real Housewives of Atlanta* for the last 14 years and has starred on multiple Bravo spinoff shows, told *[Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/)* she has no plans to join Bethenny Frankel's cause. ![Kandi Burruss wearing green Gucci sweater and gold hoop earrings is being shady while talking about Sheree Whitfield](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rhoa-kandi-burruss-1200x675.jpeg)Kandi Burruss of RHOA (Bravo) Kandi said: ***“It wouldn’t make any sense for me to be a part of that. To me, if I’m working with somebody, and I feel like they’re not doing something that they should be doing, I address it right then.”*** For the last several weeks, [Bethenny Frankel ](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/bethenny-frankel/)has urged reality stars to unionize and join the [SAG-AFTRA strike](https://www.sagaftra.org/). ***“Hollywood is on strike. Entertainers are fighting for residuals, and no one will promote anything. Why isn’t reality TV on strike?” ***Bethenny declared on Instagram in late July. ***“I myself have generated millions and millions of dollars in advertising and online impressions being on reality TV and have never made a single residual,”*** she explained. ***“So, either I’m missing something, or we’re getting screwed too.”*** She then noted that while reality TV stars are often considered the ***“losers”*** of Hollywood, they were the ones who ***“provided all of the entertainment”*** to TV viewers during the yearlong Writers Guild of America strike in 2007. ***“It’s complete and total bulls–t,”*** she added. ***“It just occurred to me that everyone is talking about actors, and we don’t get paid s–t.”*** ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off below!