Lexi Ioannou is calling out the Real Housewives of New York alum Bethenny Frankel.
Lexi, the daughter of Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Dina Manzo took to her Instagram page earlier to accuse “weirdo” Bethenny of wearing the shoes Lexi gifted her from her brand Nou but then tagging a dupe in an attempt to get commision as Lexi also shared her texts with Bethenny.
“Bethenny Frankel is a weirdo,” started Lexi, 30, in a post shared to her Instagram page. “I sent her a pair of shoes, from Nou, almost a year ago because I look up to her. Female entrepreneur, Bravo universe like me and she’s been on Shark Tank.”
Lexi continued, “She didn’t tag us after wearing the shoes multiple times online which, okay, that happens. But then today she posted a video that’s going viral and a bunch of people are asking where the shoes are [from]. And instead of linking them, she linked a dupe and with an affiliate link.”
She concluded, “I guess she’s gotta get that bag in some sort of way. So she got the shoes for free from a woman founded brand, mine, and then she made money sending her followers somewhere else. Anyway, Bethenny, you’re a weirdo. And for all the people asking, her shoes are Nou.”
In her Instagram post, Lexi included her text exchange with Bethenny before sending her the shoes.
“Bethenny ! Would love to send you my first ever Nou shoe launching next week. Let me know if you’d like a pair,” wrote Lexi.
Bethenny responded with her email address and added “congrats.”
Lexi also included a screenshot of Bethenny apparently posting a link to a dupe of the shoes on her Instagram stories for her followers to purchase after some of them were inquiring about the shoes in Bethenny’s comments section.
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Following Lexi’s surprising post, she got support from her mom Dina and other Bravo fans.
“Proud of you for standing up for yourself and the brand you’ve worked so hard to build ❤️,” wrote Dina under her daughter’s post.
Other Bravo fans also reacted by showing her support.
“Good for you for calling it out 👏,” wrote one person.
“MENTION IT ALL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,” added another fan.
“The B has never supported women, just ask @ramonasinger!” someone else claimed.
For the time being, Bethenny, who recently went public with her new boyfriend Shane L. Campbell, has yet to respond to Lexi’s post.