Alex & Simon McCord on New “Calmer” Bethenny Frankel: “Let’s Hope She Stays That Way”

OKmagazine.com:

Simon van Kempen and Alex McCord were two Real Housewives of New York City stars to make the cut to attend Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy’s wedding, which finally aired on Bravo, and they say Bethenny Getting Married? made it look a lot more hectic than it actually was! 

“It’s déjà vu all over again because the wedding was in March,” Alex explained to OK! while attending the Exclusive Preview Fête of Panoramic View Resort & Residences in Montauk, N.Y., on Saturday.

“When we were first invited to the wedding I was thinking, ‘Oh no, a wedding with cameras around.’ But in a way, every wedding has cameras around,” Simon says. “You really didn’t notice and that wasn’t so bizarre.”

“Absolutely,” Alex agrees. “I remember at our wedding there were guests who said, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry the photographer was so intrusive’ or ‘Oh, they were really getting in your face,’ and I remember saying, ‘We had no idea.’

“The reaction from the episode on the blogs and so on were really positive,” Simon told OK!. “I think the buildup on Bethenny Getting Married? to it was far more manic than the actual day was itself. And, honestly, I credit Jason for that.”

“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,” Simon added. “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.”