Bethenny Frankel Goes Instagram Official with New Boyfriend Tom Villante ArticlePure

Bethenny Frankel Goes Instagram Official with New Boyfriend Tom Villante ArticlePure

Bethenny Frankel is debuting her new man!

On Saturday, Nov. 23, the Real Housewives of New York alum, 54, went Instagram official with her new boyfriend Tom Villante as she posted a video of him on the social media platform for the first time.  

“Because #imworthit #andmyman #thankyoutomyman #weekend,” Frankel wrote in the caption. 

In the clip, Frankel filmed the back of Villante as he stoked a fire in a fireplace while she sat smiling at the camera covered in a furry white throw.  The viral “Thank you to my man” TikTok audio clip from rapper Latto played over the top of the video. 

“POV: He buys you a luxury heated throw & builds a fire while you sip an overpriced latte…,” Frankel wrote over the clip, referring to her boyfriend. 

Her latest post comes after she and Villante were photographed together at the season 5B premiere of Yellowstone in New York City on Thursday, Nov. 7, though the pair did not walk the red carpet together. 

The romance comes after PEOPLE confirmed Frankel’s split with her ex-fiancé Paul Bernon, after six years together, in May. 

Villante is the chairman and co-founder of the payment process plan company Yapstone. The company has raised over $110 million in capital since launching in 1999, per the company’s website

Frankel and Villante attended the season 5B premiere of ‘Yellowstone’ together in N.Y.C. on Nov. 7.

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He graduated from Princeton University and was previously married to Caitlin Anastasia Meeha. The pair tied the knot in 1996, per the New York Times

Frankel previously opened up about her split from her former fiancé Bernon, 47, on her Just B with Bethenny Frankel podcast in July. At the time, she confirmed that she initiated the break-up after the “really traumatic loss” of her mother, Bernadette Birk at the end of April. 

Bethenny Frankel (left); Paul Bernon.
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“It was something that I kept to myself. It was something that I mourned on my own, and I did therapy, and I did the work… I just didn’t feel like it needed to be shared,” Frankel said. “The break-up was something I initiated. I wasn’t happy. Something needed to change. It was certainly mutual. The relationship had its challenges, and nobody dumped anybody.” 

“… It wasn’t a relationship I wanted to be in, and it wasn’t a person that I wanted to be with anymore, to be honest, for many reasons that I really had to come to terms with,” she added.