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Bethenny Frankel and her BStrong foundation are gearing up to donate a million masks to medical professionals amid countrywide shortage because of the coronavirus.

The 49-year-old former RHONY star revealed that her foundation has a network of international businesses producing masks, and will be donating a million masks within the next few days to medical professionals.

“Every time there’s a disaster I really hear from my social media followers,” Bethenny shared with Radio.com. “They’re all over the world and they let me know what’s going on quicker than the news for me sometimes. So a couple of people were talking about the masks. I get over a thousand messages a day with people from all over the country every hospital, every clinic, everyone in a panic and with no supplies.”

Bethenny went on to say she has to a grid system in place to decide where her resources are most needed.

“We decided to take all of the messages into a grid from all of the smaller hospitals from Sarasota to Saratoga to Philadelphia to New Jersey to Staten Island to all over the country, and keep them in a grid so that we have masks in major orders of thousands allocated to certain hospitals,” Bethenny shared. “We don’t have red tape and we move very quickly.”

Bethenny then talked about how the BStrong staff is making sure to also practice social-distancing while working in the warehouse in Florida.

“My partner is in Florida, quarantining himself except for when they go into our warehouse which will only be about 6 people at a time and they’re 6 feet apart with gloves and masks on, trying to assemble,” Bethenny explained. “We’re having a lot of medical masks shipped directly from other countries to the hospitals.”

Bethenny continued: I think this is a global reset. It’s terrible and so sad, but everybody that I know feels like there’s a shift and that they’re experiencing something and that something is happening personally for them. The most important thing for people to do is to stay calm, cool, and collected and be a person that is good in a crisis.”

Bethenny Frankel is returning to TV!

The 49-year-old Skinngirl mogul announced on Wednesday (February 19) that she has received an eight-episode order for an upcoming business competition series titled The Big Shot with Bethenny, headed to HBO Max.

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“Aside from motherhood, what truly defines me as a person is being a driven, passionate and hard-working woman determined to make the impossible possible,” Bethenny said in a statement via Variety.

The Big Shot with Bethenny follows aspiring moguls as they compete for a chance to win a spot on Bethenny‘s Skinnygirl executive team.

“My mantra is to come from a place of ‘yes’ and to find and create the solution,” Bethenny continued. “I am an executor of visions, and I share and impart that information to those who work with me. MGM has been neck-in-neck with me with ideas and their execution. I couldn’t be more thrilled to continue my longstanding relationship with Mark Burnett on this series and pay this American Dream story forward.”

The new competition series comes after Bethenny announced back in August that she was leaving the Real Housewives of New York City.

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Brittany Snow poses with fiance Tyler Stanaland on the purple carpet at the 2019 Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 22) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The 33-year-old Almost Family actress turned into Cinderella for the award show in her gorgeous J. Mendel gown.

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Sarah Silverman, Sasheer Zamata, Nicole Byer, and Bethenny Frankel were also seen at the event tonight.

FYI: Brittany wore Christian Louboutin heels and bag, with State Property and Tacori jewelry. Nicole is wearing Christian Siriano. Bethenny is wearing an Alex Perry dress, Iris & Ink shoes, and an Audemars Piguet watch.

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Patricia Arquette and longtime love Eric White step out for the 2019 Creative Coalition’s Television Humanitarian Awards Gala on Saturday (September 21) at the Ocean Prime in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 51-year-old actress is nominated for two awards at the upcoming 2019 Emmy Awards – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role in Escape at Dannemora and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role in The Act.

Other stars at the party included Terry Crews, Sex and the City actor Willie Garson, Patricia‘s The Act co-star AnnaSophia Robb, 90210 actress Annalynne McCord, Shameless actor Steve Howey, Brooklyn Nine Nine actress Stephanie Beatriz, Keegan-Michael Key and wife Elisa Pugliese, reality star Bethenny Frankel, When They See Us actor Asante Blackk, Mad Men actor Harry Hamlin, Barry co-stars Anthony Carrigan and Henry Winkler, and Twilight Jackson Rathbone.

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Lea Michele walks the red carpet while attending The Hollywood Reporter & SAG-AFTRA’s Emmy Nominees Night party on Friday (September 21) at Avra in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The 33-year-old actress and singer totally fangirled over Succession stars Sarah Snook and Nicholas Braun while walking the red carpet.

“Well I don’t want to freak out right now, but the cast of Succession is right over there and the song may or may not be my ringtone. Also, if you need to find me anywhere, I’ll be under the name Siobhan Roy. This cast, the performances they give every single week are so incredible,” Lea told THR.

FYI: Lea is wearing a David Koma dress and Alexandre Birman heels with Nancy Newberg studs.

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Andy Cohen is speaking out.

The 51-year-old Watch What Happens Live! host addressed the exit of Bethenny Frankel on his SiriusXM channel Radio Andy on Wednesday (September 4).

“I am so grateful that she came back. She already left is what we need to remember. We were so lucky to have these last seasons with her on it, and it was just so fun to have her back, and she brought so much to the show that I just am living in the gratitude of her second return,” he explained.

“And I will hopefully live in the gratitude of her third return, because we are much like the mob. You can’t get out. And I do hope and think that she will come back sometime…she’s so still a part of everything’s that’s going on that you almost could see her dropping in, and it’s like ‘Oh my god, okay! Bethenny‘s at a party, or Bethenny‘s on this trip. You never know. I look forward to her in any capacity on the show. And I’m just grateful that she was back at all. We all should be.”

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Bethenny Frankel made her way to Florida and the Bahamas to help with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts with the help of her B Strong charity team.

The team is providing disaster relief to those affected by former Category 5 hurricane Dorian (which has now been downgraded to Category 2).

“Hey, ok everyone, so I’m headed to Florida and the Bahamas now and I hope you’re having a good Labor Day and I will keep you posted on what’s going on but it’s pretty narly,” Bethenny said on her Instagram Story. “My team is already at our warehouse pulling together all of our relief, and thank you all so much for offering.”

After the devastating effects of Hurricane Marie back in 2017, Bhetenny began helping with relief efforts with her organization.

Five people have been killed by Hurricane Dorian, with an estimated 13,000 homes damaged.

“You are all so generous. The money is flying in. We need planes for search & rescue, which we’re doing w former Navy Seals. We need barges to ship containers or relief. $$$$,” Bethenny tweeted. “Prayers are beautiful but we need money for rescue missions and barges to bring our relief. #bstrong #globalempowermentmission We have been endorsed as 1/3 relief organizations for collection & transportation of donated goods by the Bahamian General Consulate.”

If you have the means to donate, click this link.