Bethenny Frankel denies that her wedding today to Jason Hoppy at the Four Seasons restaurant will be a swag-filled feast with flowers, food and drink provided for free — which is usually the case at reality-TV weddings.
The event will be filmed for her upcoming Bravo reality show, “Bethenny’s Getting Married,” a spinoff of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” where sharp-tongued Frankel has squabbled with her castmates for two seasons. Only “Housewives” co-stars Alex McCord and Ramona Singer were invited to the wedding.
“I’ve never spoken to a vendor. I have a wedding planner who’s planning the entire thing,” Frankel told us. The planner is Sean Rabideau, who declined to comment.
“I’m paying for guests, and there’s probably some perks that Bravo’s worked out,” Frankel said. “Any perks that Bravo’s worked out, great!”
The Four Seasons, where weddings can cost upward of $200,000, is getting paid, sources said. Frankel is holding a small ceremony with 80 guests in the Pool Room.
Frankel confirmed that her dress, designed by Amsale, was given to her, but it was “well before I decided to do a television show. When it came out in OK! that I was engaged, they asked to design a dress for me.”
Frankel is also getting her honeymoon for free, sources said, because it will be included in the show, which won’t air until summer. She declined to comment on that.
And like many celebrity brides, Frankel’s camp was said to be shopping wedding photos to the celebrity weeklies. Insiders said bidding hovered around $25,000, though it was unclear whether she had landed a deal.
A Bravo rep said, “We don’t divulge any details about production.”