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Bethenny Frankel, a simultaneous influencer and entrepreneur, presented her “supermodel pasta” to the audience, a step-by-step video of her cooking the dish. However, she completely got it wrong with the main ingredient, and even her underground followers could only help by correcting and bursting into laughter.
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Bethenny Frankel, in pajamas, was in her kitchen where she was very active, energetic, and thrilled to go for a new cooking adventure. “Do you want to have a taste of supermodel pasta? I have never had corn pasta. Neither. So, let’s try,” she said, as usual, very fast. She was cooking the pasta, collecting some starchy water, and then was adding salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, cottage cheese, and some powdered cheese from another product while making the sauce at the same time. “I trusted the process, and it worked,” she said after tasting her creation, adding more cottage cheese to make it “more like cheesy.”
The commenters immediately pointed out the mistake one after another and claimed that it was not her cooking technique that was at fault but her reading comprehension. The pasta was Organic Fusilli Corti Bucati from Trader Joe’s—corti meaning “short” in Italian, not “corn,” which was what Frankel thought.
One of the first and most elaborate corrections came from a user saying, “You’re my favorite, Bethenny, but I think you saw ‘corti’ and thought it said corn. I buy this Trader Joe’s pasta often, it’s regular organic wheat.” This comment prompted a thread of consent with another person saying, “She didn’t have her readers on lol,” and suggesting that the error was simply a case of needing glasses.
The pasta identification blunder was just the tip of the iceberg for culinary criticism against Frankel at all. “No way this is good, and I’m not hating,” a doubtful viewer said. This concern was shared by others who cross-examined the combining of cottage cheese and powdered cheese together with one of them guessing, “She probably hasn’t eaten for so long that anything she makes tastes good out of sheer hunger.”
The nutritional sides were also a subject of discussion in the comment section. A nurse by profession stated, “That powdered cheese has a high content of preservatives and sodium. Very unhealthy. I am glad people are doing their own research. Don’t take everything Bethenny says as gospel.” This led to a minor debate on whether or not it was alright to indulge in processed food every now and then, one supporter replied, “I bet she is healthier than you.”
Though cooking criticism was the center of attention, some comments did turn personal. “Bethany…you were beautiful, strong, and successful…what are you doing to your face??? Please stop! You are ruining it!” wrote one concerned follower. Others were commenting on her eating habits, with one asking, “Why is she unable to fully open her mouth and take a full proper bite? Is it because she has undergone plastic surgery that has made her unable to open her jaw?”
Nonetheless, the negative feedback was not the only kind. Some commenters provided great tips for future pasta experiments, one saying, “Add some fried onion to it, it will hits differently.” Another suggested using red lentil pasta as a gluten-free high-protein alternative. A faithful follower even went as far as saying, “You need a cookbook! I love all of your recipes.”
Moreover, the quantity of pasta also confused and shocked some. “Who makes HALF a box of Mac and cheese. Lordy,” one commenter was flabbergasted, and another almost answered, “Well, I can’t eat a whole box by myself so it’s really a clever idea.”
The long and detailed comment section portrayed the initially super-enthusiastic Frankel being at the same time fact-checked by the crowd in real-time. The debate became less about the actual recipe and more about the collective fun made out of her being wrong about the ingredient’s name. One commenter put it right: “The comments section… Are you real people or robots because, Lighten up folks it’s just Instagram & food that’s not pasta. If you don’t like something just move on… WOW.”
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No matter how far the correction of the pasta’s real identity went, the video of Frankel still managed to demonstrate her usual cooking skills and confidence, although misunderstood ingredients were at play. This incident made it clear that even food-expert superstars could sometimes mess up and the online community is always there, ready to provide unnecessary—in some cases, humorous—corrections. Her work with Bstrong shows her philanthropic side, and she recently shared a quick pasta recipe that ignited a heated health debate. For Halloween, Bethenny Frankel’s Halloween costume was simply her own personality, and she also stunned in a blue dress with a mysterious lyrical message.