Bravo’s angry ‘Wives’ club

SEVERAL of the “Real Housewives of New York City” are privately complaining that Bravo is, once again, playing favorites with Bethenny Frankel.

In fact, we’re told that cast members from a number of the cable network’s shows are steaming because Frankel was the only Bravo star — besides former network exec and current on-air host Andy Cohen — to be invited to parent NBC’s upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall. NBC Universal held the upfronts for several of its networks, including Bravo, E!, NBC and USA, among others — at one event, and this year’s shindig cut out the usual number of Bravo reality stars starving for exposure.

Joining the “Housewives” in their outrage at not being invited this year were various members of casts of the hit “Vanderpump Rules” and the series “Below Deck,” we hear.

However, a network source insisted that Frankel was there not as a member of the “Real Housewives” cast but to pitch her new show with “Million Dollar Listing’s” Fredrik Eklund, which has the working title of “Keeping it Real Estate With Bethenny and Fredrik.”

In years past, Bravo’s invited a raft of stars to the upfronts, during which networks promote shows with advertisers. Last year, New York “Housewife” Luann D’Agostino, as well as “Beverly Hills’ ” Kyle Richards and “Atlanta’s”

Kenya Moore all attended, as did members of the cast of “The Shahs of Sunset.” A year earlier, the cast of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” was invited.

“The cast members all want to go to hobnob at the upfronts,” said a source. “They always feel insulted if the networks don’t want to parade them out in front of the advertisers.”

Added the insider, “Another sore spot is if they hear their castmates are invited and they aren’t. I’ve witnessed that with [various shows.] Those on the West Coast love being flown in and put up at swanky hotels by the networks.”

Bravo declined to comment, and Frankel’s rep didn’t get back to us.