Bethenny Frankel is moving to Florida

In a video update, she told her TikTok followers, Bethenny - who has her teenage girl with former husband Jason Hoppy - said: "I've been waiting until I got down here to tell you, but I am moving to Florida for personal and professional reasons.

"Something has arisen that made this the best and healthiest decision for myself and my daughter."

The reality star promised to update fans with more information on the big move "soon", while showing them the beach and adding: "This will be my backyard."

Bethenny's life update comes after an insider claimed she is "thriving" at this stage in her life.

The 54-year-old reality star - who was legally married to second spouse Jason from 2010 until 2021, despite splitting in 2012 - started dating businessman Tom Villante last year, and after previously dismissing a rumour that they were engaged, she insists she is taking it "slow".

She told Alix Earle's 'Hot Mess' podcast recently: "I've been dating.

"I don't know what it was like when you started dating and you were public. People think because you're photographed with one person that you're all of a sudden married again or engaged again."

Bethenny added: "I have always sort of wanted to know exactly what everything is, and I'm trying to let the wine breathe more versus need to know what it is."

Bethenny confirmed her new relationship to the world via her Instagram page in November.

She wrote: "POV: he buys you a luxury heated throw and builds you a fire while you sip an overpriced latte."

Prior to meeting Tom, the TV star - who split from her second husband in 2012 but did not officially divorce him until almost a whole decade later - was engaged to Paul Bernon, but they called it quits in May after six years together.

At the time, an insider claimed that "it just wasn't going to work" between the two because they were both so "different".

Bethenny was initially married to film producer Peter Sussman from 1996 until 1997.