--- title: "Carole Radziwill Calls Former BFF Bethenny Frankel ‘Shrewd’ and ‘Not Very Intelligent’" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/17/carole-radziwill-bethenny-frankel/ type: post date: 2023-08-17 modified: 2023-08-17 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/17/carole-radziwill-bethenny-frankel.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Carole Radziwill Calls Former BFF Bethenny Frankel ‘Shrewd’ and ‘Not Very Intelligent’ ## Carole Radzwill slammed former BFF and RHONY co-star Bethenny Frankel in a comment on social media this week. Once upon a time, former *Real Housewives of New York *stars [Carole Radziwill](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/carole-radziwill/) and [Bethenny Frankel](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/bethenny-frankel/)were the best of friends, that is, until their friendship turned sour right in front of our eyes during season 10. Since then, the two haven't had a pleasant word to say about the other. Even all these years later, the two can't seem to stop [taking digs at each other](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/12/bethenny-frankel-carole-radzwill/) every chance they get. ![Carole Radziwill and Bethenny Frankel](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Trouble.jpg)Carole Radziwill and Bethenny Frankel Earlier this week, a *Real Housewives* fan page called[Housewife Haikus](https://www.instagram.com/housewifehaikus/) shared a post about Bethenny Frankel's [battle against Bravo and NBC Universal](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/08/15/bethenny-frankel-bravo-reality-show/) over unfair treatment and inadequate pay. ***"Bethenny is smart, no question about it. But would she be who she is without Bravo? I don’t think so. This whole thing is an interesting move, and I’ll be interested to see how it shakes out,"*** the post from Housewife Haikus read. > [View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv7igdsOtuT/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading)[A post shared by @housewifehaikus](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv7igdsOtuT/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) The post caught the attention of RHONY alum Carole Radziwill, who decided to toss in her two cents on the matter. In doing so, Carole slammed Bethenny Frankel as ***"shrewd"*** and ***"not very intelligent." *** ***“Shrewed [sic] perhaps, but she’s actually not very intelligent,”*** Carole chimed in. ![Carole Radziwill slams former bestie Bethenny Frankel on social media](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-17-at-7.43.18-AM.png)Carole Radziwill slams former bestie Bethenny Frankel on social media Of course, Carole's spelling mistake caused a frenzy on the post, forcing the former journalist to clap back and double down on her claims about Bethenny Frankel. ***“Here’s the thing: people in this country equate accumulation of wealth with intelligence even in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary,” ***Carole commented. She added, ***“Money does not equal intelligence. So I said what I said.”*** ![Carole Radziwill doubles down on comments about Bethenny Frankel](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-17-at-7.42.58-AM.png)Carole Radziwill doubles down on comments about Bethenny Frankel *[The Real Housewives of New York](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-new-york/page/2/) *airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off in the comments.