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Bethenny Frankel Marriage: 'Real Housewives' Star Talks Marital Challenges (VIDEO)

First Posted: 03/14/2012 5:15 pm Updated: 03/14/2012 5:15 pm

Bethenny Frankel, the former "Real Housewives of New York City" cast member and current star of "Bethenny Ever After", stopped by the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Tuesday to to talk about her relationship with her husband, Jason Hoppy.

"[The] second year was way more difficult than the first," the reality TV star told Leno. "I was pregnant when I got married, so we were all excited about the baby and the wedding."

Since then, Frankel has realized that she isn't the best communicator: "I'm an initiator of arguments and he's the escalator," she said. "I'll light that fire, and then there's a big fire and I'm like, 'Oh my God, who put that fire there, what happened?'"

Still, Frankel says the pair is finally hitting their stride as a married couple. "The first two years are challenging, but now we're coming into a better rhythm. We got married older, so we are accepting each other now," she said. "We're together, we're committed, we work on it, and we're in love. And we're in it."

Frankel and Hoppy first met in a Manhattan nightclub in November 2008. Less than a year later, Hoppy proposed and the pair wed at the Four Seasons in New York City in March 2010. Frankel gave birth to their daughter, Bryn, in May 2010.

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Bethenny Frankel, the former "Real Housewives of New York City" cast member and current star of "Bethenny Ever After", stopped by the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Tuesday to to talk about her rela...
Bethenny Frankel, the former "Real Housewives of New York City" cast member and current star of "Bethenny Ever After", stopped by the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Tuesday to to talk about her rela...
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10:44 PM on 04/23/2012
This woman is unstable as is is her husband AND her therapist.

Seriously, who doesn't see the empty extra chair in the room
- the one that represents their empty 'relationship'

The best thing they could do for their marriage and their little family is get OFF the air.
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02:00 PM on 03/26/2012
I really liked the first two years of her show. It was funny and uplifting. Only watched the first few episodes this season--all crying, upset, etc. Wish her and her family the best.
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No bio needed. My cuteness speaks for itself.
05:29 PM on 03/21/2012
Is there anything that this famewhoring anorexic woman won't talk about publicly?
09:45 PM on 03/20/2012
We don't care ! This is all a publicity stunt ! Bethany has proven she will do and say anything to get ratings ! I feel sorry for Jason who is obviously committed to this marriage. Bethany is rude, crude and obsessed with divulging any personal thing about their life for "shock" value - to make money. Her whole show is going to be about their marriage troubles and we are suppose to feel sooo sympathetic for poor Bethany - who is raking in the cash from Real Housewives (who she has since ditched and moved on). All the woman has on her mind is $$$ dollar signs people ! She ran herself ragged in her pregnancy, planned her luxury "celebrity" wedding for everyone to view and is Star of a show - because she feeds off of it ! Thumbs down! (Poor Jason)