Bethenny Frankel Archives

Gwyneth Paltrow keeps cool in a pair of denim cut-offs (with pockets showing!) on Tuesday, August 11, in The Hamptons, NY.

The 36-year-old actress has been posting videos of herself cooking on her website Goop.com but Bethenny Frankel finds it pretty unappetizing.

“The idea of Gwyneth being the next Julia Child is unthinkable and probably unwatchable,” says the 38-year-old Real Housewives of NY star. “I once watched her show [Spain…on the Road Again] with chef Mario Batali. It was like watching delicious paint dry.”

Adds Bethenny, “I’m just not feeling her as the next Rachael Ray, who’s fun and goofy and a wing-it kind of girl. Wasn’t Gwyneth macrobiotic, then vegan, then into juice fasting? You need to be willing to dive in and taste it all and not always be on some cleansing fad diet… Who can afford holistic doctors, meals at Babbo, cupping sessions and healers? If I buy my food at Costco and get my hair done for 30 bucks, what’s the average viewer able to afford?”

Just Jared ran into The Real Housewives of New York City stars Ramona Singer (green dress) and Bethenny Frankel at the Grand Opening Party for the the Empire Hotel Rooftop on Wednesday in New York City. (Excuse Just Jared’s sleepy eyes!! P.S. Ramona was nicer and, and if you can believe it, skinnier in person!)

Here’s some background if you’re not familiar with The Real Housewives of New York City. It’s the reality TV program on Bravo about the lavish livestyles of five “housewives”. It is the spin-off series from The Real Housewives of Orange County. And yes, Bethenny was also the natural foods chef who made it to the finals in The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.

And as for the party, Jeffrey Chodorow, restaurateur and creator of such glamorous establishments as Kobe Club and Asia de Cuba, was the one who unveiled The Empire Hotel Rooftop (44 West 63rd street). This 8,000-square-foot rooftop lounge on the 12th Floor offers its guests priceless views of Manhattan’s Upper West Side skyline, Central Park and Lincoln Center.

Pictured in the middle below: Just Jared with one of the other housewives, Jill Zarin. We ran into each other backstage at Z100’s Zootopia concert last month. She was so sweet!! And yes, in the background with the short hair is grandma Lynne Spears (Britney and Jamie Lynn’s mom).