--- title: 'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes description: Bethenny Frankel posts image to Instagram but is met with a horrified response from her followers canonical: https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/ author: Mirren Gidda article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-14T17:19:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:39.282Z og:title: 'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes og:description: Bethenny Frankel posts image to Instagram but is met with a horrified response from her followers og:url: https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes twitter:description: Bethenny Frankel posts image to Instagram but is met with a horrified response from her followers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes by [Mirren Gidda](https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Jul 14, 2014 5:19 PM UTC by [Mirren Gidda](https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Jul 14, 2014 5:19 PM UTC Bethenny Frankel, former reality TV star and owner of the “Skinnygirl” beverages line, has outraged her Instagram followers after [posing](http://instagram.com/p/qZFg%5FHtPED/) in her four-year-old daughter’s clothes. Frankel, 43, who became famous after starring on _The Real Housewives of New York City_, sparked horror online after dressing in her daughter Bryn’s pajamas. She posted the photo Sunday morning along with the caption: “This is my daughter’s nightgown and PJ shorts. Think we’re ready to start sharing clothes yet?” Most people online did not think that. User jenmo2222 wrote: “I’m sorry this isn’t cute…a grown woman shouldn’t be the size of a 4-year-old especially when they have admitted to having an eating disorder in the past…!” Fellow Instagram user, nonniedidit echoed her sentiments, commenting: “Women shouldn’t brag about being as thin as a small child… Go eat a sandwich.” Frankel, however, defied her critics on Twitter, tweeting Monday: In response to a fan who offered their support Frankel wrote: Frankel, who sold Skinnygirl in March 2011 for a [reported](http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/10/13/bethenny-frankels-skinnygirl-deal-the-numbers-still-hold-up/) $100 million, has admitted to struggling with her weight. In a 2010 interview with [_People_](http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20400758,00.html) magazine she confessed: “I was owned by dieting. “I hated myself. I was completely obsessed and consumed.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/"},"headline":"'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes","datePublished":"2014-07-14T17:19:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:39.282Z","description":"Instagram post was met with a horrified response from her followers","url":"https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/","keywords":["Living","beauty","Weight loss","Instagram","beverages","drinks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mirren Gidda","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2982166/skinny-girl-bethenny-frankel-pjs-pajamas/","name":"'Skinny Girl' Bethenny Frankel Wears 4-Year-Old's Clothes"}}]}] ```