Bethenny Frankel has had enough of the divide between Swifties and non-Swifties.
“The polarization and divisiveness of Taylor Swift is like Democrat vs. Republican,” Frankel, 54, said in a TikTok video on Tuesday, October 7. “People fight about it. People, like, take a stance on it. What about, like, someone is selling a product, selling music, entertaining, performing, and people buy it or they don’t? Like it or they don’t? Invest in it or they don’t? Like, it’s gonna be OK.”
The Real Housewives of New York City alum added that she’s “in the middle” and “[doesn’t] spend [her] whole life thinking about it or not thinking about it.”
“Why is liking or not liking someone people’s entire identity and personality? Get a f***ing hobby,” she concluded.
Frankel wrote over the clip, “Taylor Swift is NOT your whole identity.”
In the caption, she added, “What happened to everyone,” and tagged Swift, 35.
The video, which came days after the release of Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, garnered a mix of reactions. Some users commented in agreement, while others brushed off Frankel’s criticism.
“Haters gonna hate hate hate 🥰,” one Swiftie wrote, referencing the pop star’s song “Shake It Off.”
“As someone who’s in the middle too, I am getting sick of all of it and I need a 5-10 year break from Taylor Swift. It’s time and she needs to grow up like her fan base,” another person added, and Frankel “liked” the comment.
A third fan commented, “I am in my 50s and I didn’t have a hobby for years. I finally have one now, but it’s Taylor Swift. 😜.”
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A fourth user wrote, “Yessssss. Why do people HATE *me* because I don’t care for her music…? I’m sorry?”
This isn’t the first time Frankel has spoken out about Swift. In September 2023, she claimed that the “Opalite” singer had gone “full football wife” with “over-the-top behavior” at her now-fiancé Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs football games.
She told Swift in a TikTok video at the time, “You’ve got to maintain your own identity and you don’t want to absorb your whole life into someone else’s. You’ve got to keep your two feet on the ground and be your own person.”
However, Frankel did defend Swift in February when the Grammy winner was booed at the Super Bowl.
Bethenny Frankel is firing back at Travis Kelce’s dad, Ed Kelce, for calling her a “troll” after she claimed the athlete is a “peacock” in his relationship with Taylor Swift. “I do actually understand and admire a parent coming to their child’s defense, particularly when they’re asked about it,” Frankel, 53, explained during the Monday, […]
“I didn’t see it for myself, but if people booed Taylor Swift. You don’t have to be a fan, a nonfan. What human being boos someone else who hasn’t really done anything wrong?” the Bravolebrity said in an Instagram video at the time. “That’s mean-spirited. That says bad things for our daughters and the future.”
Meanwhile, Swift recently addressed the mixed reviews of her most recent album, saying that she “welcomes the chaos.”
“The rule of show business is, if it’s the first week of my album release and you are saying either my name or my album title, you’re helping,” she said during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Tuesday. “And art, I have a lot of respect for people’s subjective opinions on art. I’m not the art police. It’s, like, everybody is allowed to feel exactly how they want. And what our goal as entertainers is to be a mirror.”
