Bethenny Frankel husband 'is calming'

Real Housewives Of New York City star Simon van Kempen has reportedly said that Bethenny Frankel's husband has been a "calming influence" on her.

The reality star married Jason Hoppy at a ceremony in Manhattan in March, attended by co-stars including van Kempen.

Speaking to OK, he said: "Jason is a very calming influence on Bethenny. His parents are adorable and have embraced Bethenny to become the mother-in-law/father-in-law she never had type of thing. And that's really awesome for her.

"In real life she's a mother, on the show, she's not yet. But falling in love, getting married and having a baby, at least one of those things in the right order, has been a real calming influence on Bethenny. Who, let's face it, can be a fairly manic individual. Very driven.”

He added that the first season of Frankel's solo show Bethenny Getting Married? has been "fantastic" but expressed concern about whether she could maintain the success in a second season.

"If I'm concerned at all about season two for her it's that the show started on such a high with manic, huge storylines that season two will be difficult to do to keep it up to that grade," he said. "Between the love, the wedding, giving birth in a few weeks... TV time."

Frankel - who gave birth to daughter Bryn in May - recently described Hoppy as her "anchor".

"I fell in love with a regular guy with a regular salary," she explained. "He taught me that being taken care of was emotional and not financial."

Bethenny Getting Married? and Real Housewives Of New York City air on Bravo.