Bethenny Frankel Wins MTV's 2022 Reality Royalty Award: 'The Shiniest Apple Is Sitting at the Top'


On Sunday, the star accepted the highest individual honor at the second annual MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED on Sunday.

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Paris Hilton presented the Reality Royalty Award to her former nanny,

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recalling the time she spent with a young Frankel after "she first moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams."

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When Frankel, 51, took to the stage, she told Hilton, 41: "You and I are

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OGs in this genre, and as you know, not everybody fits in the bad bitch genre. It's a genre."

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She continued, "This is full circle — I took care of Paris when she was barely out of diapers.

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This is actually the announcement for our reality show where Paris changes my diapers. It's called That's Not Hot."

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Frankel went on to say, "Thank you, MTV. Thank you to the audience who has invested in a flawed yet always transparent person.

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I have overshot the mark. All I ever wanted was to make a difference in some way, leave a mark.

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