Reality TV stars are not always made of the friendliest, nicest, and least controversial characters. While you shouldn’t always favor controversy, you need to avoid being dispensable.
In other words, to make it as a reality TV star, you have to accept to be ruthless. It’s not about making friends or worrying about other people’s opinions. One person who has taken the ruthless strategy too far is Jason Hoppy.
Ever heard of him? Well, the name always comes along with Bethenny Frankel, a Real Housewives of New York City‘s star.
He is Frankel’s estranged husband and father to her daughter Bryn. Although he starred in Real Housewives of New York City (or simply RHONY), what Jason is known for is his unending court battle with his wife.
A Rocky Marriage
Frankel and Hoppy married in 2010. Even though their amicable relationship has long ended in a tense 2014 court battle over Bryn’s custody agreement, they were technically still married in 2020.
Bethenny opened up about their strange arrangement to Andy Cohen during an episode of “Watch What Happens Live”, where she also disclosed that the ex-couple still shares an apartment.
According to one source, Bethenny’s lawyer Robert Wallack has so far objected to the conditions of the divorce settlement.
The former reality star couple has been in the limelight since the two had a horrible relationship, which apparently didn’t even end father their split, and a nasty custody battle over daughter Bryn.
The drama escalated even further when in 2017, Hoppy allegedly taunted Frankel and late boyfriend Dennis Shields (Shields died from a drug overdose in August 2018) in front of Bryn’s classmates and their parents.
The resulting “order of protection” mandated Hoppy to keep away from the Housewife’s home, business, as well as their daughter’s school for 6 months.
Apart from keeping the relationship with Frankel contentious, what else does Jason do? What does he do for a living? Well, stick around to find out.
Family and Education
The 6′1″ hunk was born on September 10, 1970, in New York City to parents Carol A. Hoppy and Robert M. Hoppy.
He went to Scranton University in Pennsylvania and has a brother, Bryan Hoppy.
Although not much is known about the time between university and corporate career, Hoppy seemed to have planted himself firmly in the path of opportunity as a young professional.
