Bethenny Frankel is a strong business woman and proud mom, but with so much happening over the last few years, Bethenny reveals that her marriage to Jason Hoppy has been a struggle. “My marriage is not perfect,” Bethenny admits in the new issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now.

Things have become so strained between the two, they don’t even have sex anymore. “Intimacy is challenging,” the star reveals in the upcoming season of Bravo’s Bethenny Ever After. “Jason’s penis has cobwebs on it.”

Bethenny let down her guard and admitted things have been overwhelming since she met Jason in 2008, explaining that she “unintentionally crammed everything in.” She’s gone from single girl to a married mom of 20-month-old daughter Bryn and author of four books, and she’s seen her Skinnygirl brand become a smash.

“Jason and I are just settling into what married life really is, without the excitement of a wedding and the baby,” Bethenny told Life & Style at the Television Critics Association press-tour panel on Jan. 7. “We come from totally different backgrounds, and we’re going through it. I’m in therapy. I’ve always been good at business, but I’ve always struggled with relationships.”

Bethenny Ever After premieres February 20 at 9p.m. on Bravo.

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Real Housewives of New York star Bethenney Frankel is catching heat this morning, this time because her Skinnygirl Margaritas are being accused of using a low grade tequila.

There has been a $10 million lawsuit filed against Bethenney’s Skinnygirl Margarita company because the ingredients claimed that it was “all natural” with “no preservatives,” made with agave nectar and 100% blue agave tequila.

In an amended version of the lawsuit, two drinkers of Skinnygirl claim that the tequila used is “a lower quality and purity tequila by-product called mixto – essentially a mash of tequila and some unknown additives (rarely organic) which may comprise as much as 49 percent of the final mixed liquor.”

Lawyer Tom Mullaney says that agave and mixto are vastly different:

“[It's] like comparing Thunderbird wine to a fine Chianti.  They’re both wine but very different.”

The parent company, Beam Global Spirits, called the lawsuit “frivolous” and defended their position that they justly placed the properly listed all ingredients. Bethenney sold Skinnygirl Margaritas to Beam Global Spirits for $100 million.

Bethenny Frankel stepped out dressed as Hello Kitty at Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween party at Tao Nightclub at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

What do you think of her costume? It’s definitely not one of my favorites.

Check out Heidi Klum’s bloody costume!

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Bethenny Frankel has been doing a lot of fighting back lately against claims that she lied about being worth $120 million.

The Bravo reality star who turned her low calorie alcoholic drink into a major brand is denying reports by the Huffington Post that she only earned $8.1 million from the March 2011 sale of her Skinnygirl cocktail line.

Huffington Post has since offered a correction: “Our reporter misread the $8.1 million figure in the financial documents. As Forbes points out, the number refers to the amount of Skinnygirl attributed to goodwill, not the total purchase price. We regret the error.”

Beam Global, the company that bought Skinnygirl cocktail mix is also claiming that the Huffington Post misread the company’s August 5, 2011 quarterly report.

“It’s completely inaccurate,” Frankel said. “I’ve never wanted to discuss my net worth, but I’ve been quite successful. I would never allow my fans to believe something that wasn’t true.”

Frankel is furious that the article insulted her business acumen – after all she knows about money.

“That would mean I sold the brand for $8 a case. That’s actually moronic,” the reality star told the HR. “I have other issues in my life, but making money is not one of them.”

Frankel had never confirmed that the deal was worth $120 million – but she never denied that number either.

“The whole thing is a joke. I would never allow my brand to be misrepresented. It was irresponsible journalism and misleading to the average person,” Frankel says. “Next week it will probably come out that Skinnygirl cocktails have no alcohol in them.”

I’m with Frankel on this one. That’s a pretty big snafu. Bethenny was skewered in the public eye – for claiming she was worth more than she earned. So she must feel pretty vindicated this morning!

Here are pictures of Bethenny out with her daughter Brynn in NYC.

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Bethenny Frankel from Real Housewives of New York has made her opinion clear on the Bravo/Russell Armstrong situation, saying that she doesn’t believer that the network is at fault for his suicide.

“It’s preposterous to blame a TV show for someone’s suicide,” Bethenny told USA Today. “When the show started filming, I’d heard he wasn’t so kind to his wife. But I know nothing about them.”

Bethenny believes that Russell knew what he was getting into before he started filming the reality show.

“People sign very lengthy documents and they know what they’re getting into,” she said. “Life is stressful. It’s unfair to blame a TV show for something personal.”

“I believe that,” she added. “I really do.”

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Bethenny Frankel is one busy woman these days! While she’s seriously considering having another baby, she’s also raising 15-month-old daughter Bryn Casey – and her Skinnygirl empire is growing like crazy!

“[Skinnygirl] Sangria is like my second child,” Frankel, 40, told PEOPLE during the New York City launch party on Wednesday. “This is my work baby [and Bryn], that’s my real baby.”

Happily following in Frankel’s footsteps, Bryn is already showing a flair for fashion.

“She likes to play with my shoes and play with my jewelry,” the proud mama laughs. “She puts the jewelry on, the bracelets up her arm.”

But in between baby and her work commitments, Frankel still finds plenty of time to keep her relationship with husband Jason Hoppy exciting.

“Lingerie always does the trick,” she reveals, adding Hoppy is “happy” with whatever his wife wears. ”It can be 15 sizes too big and it could be brown and he’ll still love it. It’s like what I say to Bryn, ‘You get what you get and you don’t get upset.’”

Have you guys ever tried her Skinnygirl Margarita? It’s not bad, actually! Pretty tasty!

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The reality star – turned cocktail maker is going to launch her own beauty and skincare lines, with products that will deliver results without giving false hope.

“A $150 eye cream is ridiculous and absurd,” she told Women’s Wear Daily. “[Promises like] ‘you’re going to look like Heidi Klum in two days’ or ‘like you had a face-lift’ have always bothered me.”

The products are organized into four groups: lip treatments, face products, body potions and gift sets.

“I don’t want people to think in three days they’ll have no cellulite. That’s not going to happen,” she said.

Frankel’s Skinnygirl Face & Body Solutions will hit Wal-Mart shelves in November.

She said that she owes her good skin to using good products, not the priciest.

“I finally have good skin because I am consistent. I don’t worry about brands. I do buy brands that are not expensive, ones that don’t spend all the money on the packaging but on the ingredients inside.”

For fans of her low-calorie booze, there’s a product for you. Her bath gift sets smell like her Skinnygirl Margarita and Sangria.

It’ll be interesting to see how this line really works. The fact that they will make their debut at Wal-Mart makes me pause, not gonna lie.

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