Abandon Ship! Bethenny Frankel Opens Up About Ill-Fated ‘Marriage Counseling’ Boat Trip

March 17 2012, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Bethenny Frankel was a fish out of water on a recent “marriage counseling” boating trip when what started as a team building exercise took a direct course to disaster.
The reality star opened up to Anderson Cooper on Monday’s episode of his talk show where she dished on the ill-fated soggy sail that left her stranded, but that many suspect was just a set up for the cameras.
“What happened was we were on a boat with my therapist. My husband, myself and another couple. Which I know that's torture enough,” Frankel told Anderson. “My therapist told us he - I don't want to say team building - but he does these relationship building trips where he'll take two couples on a sail boat and it's about working together and towing the line and staying the course.”
Unfortunately, what Bethenny thought was going to be a glamorous sailing trip to an exotic location like St. Thomas ended up being a freezing cold jaunt to Block Island in the state of Rhode Island.
“My husband got terrible sea sic