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Every new parent looks to friends and family to help guide them through the challenges of raising children, but being a celebrity comes with its own set of difficulties. Fredrik Eklund of Bravo’sMillion Dollar Listingturned to his good friend (and mom of Bryn, 8)Bethenny Frankelfor advice when he first found out he was having twins, Milla and Fredrik Jr., with husband Derek Kaplan back in 2017.
“She’s so funny, because I told her about the twins, and she was just like ‘Wow, get ready, Freddy. You have no idea. You think you know, but you have no idea,” the power real estate broker told PEOPLE at the launch of his Douglas Elliman Miami real estate team on Thursday at the Soho House.
But Frankel also gave Eklund specific advice relating to fame, which he decided not to follow. “She said ‘Keep that energy close to you’, because, I think, I overshare the kids – like I put them on Instagram and on the show,” he said. “It’s just who I am, but she said ‘Don’t do it’.”
Eklund’s business partner, John Gomes (pictured below at the event, with colleague Eklund and Julia Spillman) is also the father of twins a month apart from Eklund’s, and shared that his celebrity parenting inspiration is pals John Legend andChrissy Teigen, who he says prioritize children Luna and Miles above all else. “It’s so inspiring to see people who have such busy lives=to not let any of that noise affect your relationship with your child,” he said. “You make that child your front and center and your number one priority. I thought if they can do that with all the stuff they have going on, then I can do that!”
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source: people.com
