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Inside Bethenny Frankel’s ‘Very Up-And-Down Relationship’ With Ex-Boyfriend Michael Cerussi III
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Apr. 7 2015, Published 12:12 p.m. ET
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Bethenny Frankel’s love life hit rock bottom when she split from estranged husband Jason Hoppy and entered a messy divorce battle with him. Although things seemed to be looking up for the Real Housewives of New York star when she began dating her now ex-boyfriend Michael Cerussi III, she was actually involved in another bad romance!
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“She was vulnerable – and her friends think Michael took advantage,” a source told OK! Magazine. “She was so lonely, she put up with a lot of things she should never have allowed.”
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One of those things included Michael’s bad temper. The financer reportedly threw a vase at a wall after Bethenny told him that she no longer wanted him around her 4-year-old daughter Bryn. “It was a very up-and-down relationship,” a source added.
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Bethenny finally ended the romance when she realized “she couldn’t handle two ugly situations at the same time,” the insider dished.
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Although the RHONY star denied the allegations by tweeting, “Michael Cerussi is an amazing, kind man, son & friend. Negativity written about him was intentionally placed to hurt him and me,” she told Andy Cohen a much different story about her ex!
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