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Bethenny Frankel Faces Backlash For Racist Twitter Rant Against Kmart Workers — Inside Her Latest Scandal!

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Jan. 23 2016, Published 6:32 p.m. ET

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A trip to Kmart has caused quite the controversy for reality TV star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel after she uploaded a biting rant about the store's workers!

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Frankel took to her Twitter on Friday to share her experience while shopping for snow boots for her daunter Bryn at a Kmart.

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In the post, she slammed the workers she encountered during her trip.

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“Wow @Kmart has 2 registers open w 5 other employees standing around & two speak no English whatsoever. Shoes are spats right,” she said in her post, failing to properly use “zapatos,” the Spanish word for shoes. She added, "Not even attempting kids’ snow boots in Spanish.”

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Frankel's followers quickly blasted her for the rant, calling her out for being racist. However, Frankel said she was simply offering constructive criticism on her experience at the store. "No excuse for being at a retailer & not able to be directed to what u need. 0 to do w race. I'll explain but can't understand it for you," she tweeted.

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However, she later appeared to try to quiet the criticism by tweeting, “This is so heart breaking. I have never seen it like this. I just picked up a limping man & his groceries in a parking lot. Be safe.”

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But Frankel's good deed wasn't enough to lessen the backlash she is continuing to receive over her statements about Kmart's employees! What do you think about Bethenny's comments about her Kmart shopping experience? Tweet us @OKMagazine or let us know in the comments section below.

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