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Skinny girl Bethenny Frankel is still going strong and she knows the easiest way to get publicity is to slip into a bikini. Her once-doomed talk show has been revived and it will have a six week trial run this summer, co-produced by Ellen Degeneres. Her little girl Bryn is almost 2 now and Bethenny introduced her to the joys of the Miami zoo as well as the pool at their hotel.
Even Bethenny Frankel, 41, has bad luck sometimes. First Whole Foods dropped her line of Skinnygirl cocktails and now her attempt at a talk show has failed. Bethenny taped a pilot last summer but couldn’t get the show into syndication because buyers for the networks were turned off by her thick New York accent.
Ellen DeGeneres is obsessed with the idea of becoming the #1 talk show host now that Oprah is off the air. Ellen’s wife Portia de Rossi, however is not so thrilled with Ellen’s ambition. Besides working on her daily show, Ellen constantly has other projects that take up most of her spare time. She has so many work commitments that Portia feels left out – they can rarely even plan a vacation together. Portia would LOVE it if Ellen would leave the show when her contract is up and semi-retire, but it’s doubtful that Ellen can resist the lure of becoming the new Oprah.
Little does Ellen Degeneres know that her guest “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara will soon be a competitor, of sorts. Colombian born Sofia joked to Ellen that sometimes her accent is so thick that SHE can’t understand what she’s saying, but that won’t stop her from getting her own talk show. The Spanish mega-network Univision has offered Sofia a tempting deal and they’re developing a talk show for her – we’re guessing it will be in Spanish, but anything can happen. Naturally Sofia is thrilled. No wonder she’s shopping for a big house.