Kelly Bensimon has opened up about the new man in her life—and appeared to throw a thinly veiled jab at her ex-fiancé, nearly a year after calling off their wedding.
The former Real Housewives of New York star, 57, who was spotted packing on the PDA with Connecticut businessman Robert Flood during a recent date night in NYC, shared fresh details about the budding romance with Us Weekly.
‘It’s early days,’ she told the outlet.
But while gushing over Flood, Bensimon seemed to take subtle swipes at her ex Scott Litner, whom she abruptly split from just days before their scheduled June 2024 ceremony.
‘He’s a very, very nice human. Clearly, an adult. Well-educated. Well-mannered. Does very well for himself. Good father. He’s a man,’ she said of Flood.
Bensimon revealed she met her new flame on the dating app Hinge, saying she was drawn to his ‘authentic’ profile photo—marking a departure from her previous stint on the celeb-heavy app Raya.
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Kelly Bensimon has opened up about the new man in her life—and appeared to throw a thinly veiled jab at her ex-fiancé, nearly a year after calling off their wedding
But while gushing over her new man, Bensimon seemed to take subtle swipes at her ex Scott Litner, whom she abruptly split from just days before their scheduled June 2024 ceremony; seen in NYC in October 2023
‘He’s a very, very nice human. Clearly, an adult. Well-educated. Well-mannered. Does very well for himself. Good father. He’s a man,’ she said of Flood; Pictured in New York City on May 8
‘I’ve been on Raya for a long time,’ she said.
‘I think that one of the things that’s really important when you’re going on a dating app is to really present your own self… I was like, ‘Oh, my God,’ I found this one picture of [Flood] sitting there, white jeans on, these shoes, blue shirt on, and I was like, ‘He looks like a guy I went to college with.”
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Bensimon, who called of her wedding to former fiancé Scott Litner just days before their June 2024 ceremony said she’s taking everything one day at a time.
‘I definitely feel like it’s much better this time because I am slowly easing into it,’ she explained.
‘I feel really healthy and I feel really good about the decisions that I’m making in my life and who knows what’s going to happen in my future, but I’m just grateful for how I’m treating every day.’
The real estate mogul, who shares two daughters Sea, 27, and Teddy, 24 – with ex-husband Gilles Bensimon, said Flood hasn’t yet met her girls.
‘When they’re ready to meet him, they will definitely let me know,’ she stated.
The influencer said she isn’t worried about her fame getting in the way of a future relationship.
Bensimon described her new guy, saying ‘He’s a very, very nice human. Clearly, an adult. Well-educated. Well-mannered. Does very well for himself. Good father. He’s a man’; Pictured in New York City in March
The real estate mogul revealed she met her new guy on the dating app Hinge and was attracted to his ‘authentic’ profile picture
‘Do not ask your significant other if they cared about being in the public eye,’ the model asserted, adding, ‘And if you’re asking them that question, they’re not someone that you should be with.’
Flood is apparently used to being on the edge of fame.
A source told Page Six that the Managing Director of Truist Securities has previously dated podcast host Rachel Uchitel.
Bensimon is comfortable with standing her own ground, claiming she called off the wedding to Litner because he refused to sign a prenup.
In a statement to Page Six at the time, she expressed: ‘I have decided that my two daughters are my priority and I won’t be moving forward with this wedding.’
Bensimon had also told People, ‘Ultimately, my decision is nobody’s business, but I understand that there is speculation and gossip, and I want to put an end to all of it.
Kelly is mom to children Sea, 27, and Teddy, 24 – whom she shares with ex-husband Gilles Bensimon. ‘When they’re ready to meet him, they will definitely let me know,’ she stated; seen with her daughters in 2024 in Jamaica
‘To be clear, he refused to sign a prenuptial agreement, and I refused to marry him. Full stop.’
An accompanying statement also read: ‘She was looking forward to an exciting new chapter in her life together with Scott when everything became clear to her late on Tuesday afternoon.
‘[He] refused to sign a prenuptial agreement, effectively stalling their engagement mere days before the wedding.’
Bensimon further explained, ‘He thought that I would enter this union without legal protections in place, that I would leave everything to faith.
‘But I’ve worked really, really, hard as a single mother and have always made smart decisions for myself and my family, and that will continue.’
The following month in July, Kelly also informed DailyMail.com, ‘I’m obviously extremely disappointed, but it’s not something that just happened. This is something that was building up over time and the prenup was a big deal for me.
‘It’s like when you’re a single parent, whether you have thousands in your account or you have a 100 million in your account, women are going to need to protect themselves, and I’m just not going to take a risk.’
She also talked about how her circumstance has ‘opened a lot of doors’ when it comes to having conversations about prenuptial agreements.
‘It’s about having personal respect and value, which I have. I’m raising two girls, who are really important to me.
‘But the prenup is really important because it talks about more than just your own personal value,’ Bensimon added.
‘I guess the biggest takeaway from this is just about protecting myself and my friends and being a solid female that people can come to,’ she told DailyMail.com; seen trying on wedding dresses in NYC in May 2024
‘I guess the biggest takeaway from this is just about protecting myself and my friends and being a solid female that people can come to.’
Kelly expressed, ‘I’ve had so many people reach out to me and say, This happened to me…I just have so much empathy for them, and I try to be a solid sounding board for them…’
Only two months after not going through with the wedding, the media personality had revealed to Page Six that she was stepping back into the dating scene.
‘I’m not in a relationship. I am…happy to move forward with new possibilities… [I’m] having fun dating.’