OVER BEFORE IT STARTED..BETHENNY FRANKEL AND HUSBAND SPLIT!

42 year old Bethenny Frankel is truly one of our favorite Real Housewives and mega entrepreneur, so it bring us great sadness to hear that she and her husband Jason Hoppy are calling it quits.  The rumor has been going on for weeks, they couldn't even make it to Christmas. The couple finally issued a statement:  

"It brings me great sadness to say that Jason and I are separating. This was an extremely difficult decision that as a woman and a mother, I have to accept as the best choice for our family," Frankel said in a statement she issued Sunday.

"We have love and respect for one another and will continue to amicably co-parent our daughter who is and will always remain our first priority. This is an immensely painful and heartbreaking time for us."

 The marriage between the former The Real Housewives of New York star-turned-author and business mogul and Hoppy has been strained for months.

“I am heartbroken. I am sad. We will work through this as a family.” she tweeted earlier in the day.

The couple married in March, 2010 when Frankel -- who went on to star in Bethenny Ever After -- was seven months pregnant with the couple's daughter.