Life ‘I couldn’t talk’: Bethenny Frankel reveals near-death experience with ‘rare fish allergy’ December 17, 2018 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘I couldn’t talk’: Bethenny Frankel reveals near-death experience with ‘rare fish allergy’ Bethenny Frankel's scary ordeal was triggered by a previously undiagnosed food allergy, which Frankel described as "a rare fish allergy."