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According to multiple sources, TV’s Real Housewives are nothing but real, big liars.

First, the man that filmed himself having sex with Danielle Staub had the nerve to call that totally stable, victimized woman a phony.

Now, the mother of Bethenny Frankel is chiming in, saying her daughter has exaggerated the difficulties of her childhood. In an interview with People, Frankel said this month: “I never had a true childhood. There was a lot of destruction: alcohol abuse, eating disorders and violent fights.”

How accurate is that statement, according to Bernadette Birk?

“I love my daughter, but what she’s saying is killing me,” Birk tells Star Magazine, denying that she was ever a bulimic alcoholic.

Birk adds that Bethenny is “the most important person in my world.”

Then again, she also confirms she’s only spoken to Frankel twice in the last decade. And she was likely paid to give this interview.

So while Bethenny may be milking her life story for attention and sympathy, it’s clear her mother isn’t exactly the Carol Brady of parental units.