Bethenny Frankel needs a ratings boost for her daytime talk show so she reached out to one-time BFF Jill Zarin and former Real Housewives of New York cast member, Alex McCord to appear on the chat fest, and both ladies turned her down, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

In the last two weeks a booker for Bethenny's talk show personally called both ladies to "explore the possibility of Jill and Alex appearing as part of a reunion from the Real Housewives of New York City Season 1 or 2," a show insider revealed.

"Bethenny is feeling pressure from network executives because ratings from her talk show have been less than stellar. Both ladies turned down the invitation to appear on the talk show."

According to Deadline Hollywood, ratings for Frankel's talk show have been "soft."

The Skinnygirl mogul and Zarin's friendship hit the skids after Frankel publicly accused Zarin of being jealous that Bravo had given her a spin-off show, Bethenny Getting Married. Frankel accused Zarin of telling the other cast members of the Real Housewives of New York not to film with her. Zarin took issue with Frankel telling her to "get a hobby" in 2010.