Why Bethenny Frankel 'Felt Like a Loser' Before Selling Connecticut House 'It Was Bogging Me Down'

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00:00It was only bittersweet because of my staff, who I want to bring with me.

00:03Like, so they have families, and because I was traveling and I went to go be a supermodel,

00:08so I left the house before everybody else left the house.

00:11And I feel like we haven't had our, like, good goodbye, and I'm a little bit, like, gaslighting it,

00:15because I'm not good at that.

00:17So I'm sad about my staff for them, because it was, like, meaningful.

00:20That property was kind of where we all were.

00:23But other than that, no, it was bogging me down.

00:27It was a lot.

00:28I didn't even, I haven't even thought about all the expenses and all the maintenance

00:31and all the things I didn't do, and it made me feel guilty about the things I didn't do,

00:35because I just had this idea of this life in my mind, and the property reflected that.

00:40Like, the piano in this room that, like, I never entertained in, so then I felt like a loser.

00:46And then, like, the big fancy dining room, and, like, Brynn and I ate there once Christmas Eve together,

00:51and I was like, what a loser.

00:52Like, I just felt like I was never using the, I never once entertained in the entertainment barn.

00:57So I just, it made me feel like I wasn't living the life that that house required.

01:03And I'm really happy for it to go to a beautiful family that is going to use it.

01:07And maybe that grew up in that area that's connected to that area, but my friends aren't there.

01:12So it was feeling forced, like I was going to have to force the life to go with the house.

01:16So it was extremely shackling.

01:18They have kids.

01:19They're from this area.

01:20I mean, there's an apple orchard.

01:22I mean, it is literally a historical house that so few people have lived in since 1700s, in the 1700s.

01:31Most people that aren't as insular as I am will enjoy it in a different way.

01:36I don't come from, I mean, I'm the last person that should be in that house because I don't come from family.

01:41I'm an only child.

01:42And I don't know anyone in that community.

01:46So, I mean, I knew two people.

01:47So I definitely think I was living in a fantasy, in the fantasy of what I thought I should be doing versus my actual real life.