Bethenny Frankel reveals new boyfriend’s reaction to her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photos

The B has met her match.

Bethenny Frankel made a splash in the pages of the 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, marking her debut appearance in the bikini bible.

And the former “Real Housewives of New York” star, 55, told Page Six Style that her first call when she saw the spread was to her new boyfriend, Shane L. Campbell.

“I texted my man that I’m in a relationship with and my best friends,” she told us at the magazine’s launch party Thursday night, adding that she showed 16-year-old daughter Bryn Hoppy the pics in person.

As for their reaction? “Everyone really loved it. It’s nice. It’s special,” she said.

Frankel hard-launched her relationship with the investment banker earlier this month, weeks after Page Six exclusively revealed the romance.

“To be truthful, the journey is more exciting than the destination. Just doing it, doing it for moms,” Frankel added of posing for the iconic issue at age 55.

“People walk up to me on the street like, ‘Thank you.’ I’m like, ‘You’re welcome.’ I didn’t think anything about my age until everyone made such a big deal about it after I walked [in the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show]. So I’m happy.”

While Frankel hit back at critics of her booty-baring suit on the Miami catwalk last year, stating that her daughter was “proud,” the entrepreneur told us that things are more chill at their Florida residence these days.

“The good news about my daughter is, she’s not jaded about anything. She’s with me all the time, she’s seen me in a bathing suit. So I don’t make that big of a deal about these things with her,” Frankel said. “It’s a lot about me, but it’s her time; she’s a teen and I like her to have the light in my house.”

As for how her life has changed since making the move from the Big Apple to the Sunshine State?

“I think I’m happier. I don’t think — I am happier,” she stated.

“So I’m going out a little bit more, and I’m doing more, and I’m getting dressed up more. I was kind of rotting in my house for a couple of years. It was a challenging chapter of my life, so I’m sort of having a coming-out party.”

As for the new man on her arm? “It doesn’t hurt.”