Bethenny Frankel Admits She Let Down Her Fans; 'I Disappointed People' Because She 'Represented The Fairy Tale' Show Host Feels Guilty For Ending Marriage But Didn't Want To Fake Perfect Life

Bethenny Frankel admits she feels her divorce let her fans down as they watched her 'fairy tale marriage' end on her reality show 'Bethenny Ever After.' Frankel feels she did do the right thing in ended her marriage in divorce because she didn't want to lie to the public about her 'perfect' image anymore. The talk show host's divorce has gotten pretty bitter in the last few months and Bethenny openly talks about how she feels about her perfect marriage publicly ending in war. 

Bethenny Frankel admitted:

"I felt like I disappointed people, because I felt like I was this role model, that represented the fairy tale. I'm definitely bruised ... I could have stayed on the show and been like, 'Oh, everything's perfect with us. Everything's great.' It made me feel dirty for people to think that I had this perfect relationship and this perfect life."

Frankel, 42, split from husband Jason Hoppy, 41, a pharmaceutical sales exec, just before Christmas. The pair married in March 2010 on her reality show "Bethenny Getting Married" and filed for divorce in January 2013.

Bethenny is also asking the court for full custody of daughter, but Hoppy won't budge.

Bethenny will have to prove that she is a more fit parent than Hoppy, taking multiple parental tests and digging up reasons why Hoppy is not as fit to look after Bryn as she is.

She will have to argue that he should receive meaningful visitation but not make day-to-day decisions over the child.

In a past interview, Bethenny opened up about her divorce:

 "It's rough. I have to say, divorce is the most difficult thing you could ever go through in your entire life," said the "Bethenny" host.

Though at first Bethenny announced: "We have love and respect for one another and will continue to amicably co-parent our daughter who is and will always remain our first priority," but as the divorce gets more heated the Skinny-Girl CEO is clearly changing her tune.

She told morning anchor Greg Kelly On April 11th that divorce is a "brutal, unnatural situation."

"I never heard how excruciating it is," she admitted, adding that she "never thought" she'd be in this situation.