Better late than never.
More than eight years after initially calling it quits, Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy have at last finalized their divorce — news that comes as rumors swirl that she’s engaged to her current beau, Paul Bernon.
Page Six has confirmed that a judge signed off on the divorce on Jan. 20.
Frankel and Hoppy — who are parents to 10-year-old daughter Bryn — married in 2010 and called it quits in December 2012. The Skinnygirl founder filed for divorce one month later.
But their divorce and custody battles — which have included nasty accusations aired in court — have been raging on for years.
Page Six exclusively revealed in August 2019 that Hoppy and Frankel were still legally married. A divorce judgment couldn’t be issued at that point because of an order of protection in place against Hoppy, who was charged with harassing and stalking Frankel in 2017, which resulted in the Bravolebrity requesting a change in custody over Bryn.
Hoppy agreed to a plea deal that required him to stay away from Frankel for six months to have the charges dismissed.
Then in September 2020, Frankel appeared on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” and said she couldn’t think about marriage to on-again, off-again boyfriend Bernon because she was still hitched to Hoppy.
“I’m still married,” Frankel, 50, admitted to a shocked Cohen. “Crickets again. And scene! And we’re back!”
Now that Frankel’s divorce from Hoppy, 50, is finalized, she’s free to marry Bernon, with whom she reunited earlier this year.
Perhaps wedding bells are already on the horizon. The BStrong founder sparked engagement buzz after she was photographed wearing a massive diamond ring on her left hand just last week.
Bernon and Frankel began dating in 2018 following the death of her on-again, off-again boyfriend Dennis Shields. They split in the fall of 2020, with insiders telling us at the time that “it’s because of distance, but you know Bethenny,” but have now reunited.