{"id":400,"date":"2020-10-15T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T13:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=87167"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:32","slug":"rhoc-who-is-bernt-bodal-meet-elizabeth-lyn-vargas-ex-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/10\/15\/rhoc-who-is-bernt-bodal-meet-elizabeth-lyn-vargas-ex-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"RHOC: Who is Bernt Bodal? Meet Elizabeth Lyn Vargas&#8217; ex-husband!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There&#8217;s a new housewife on The Real Housewives of Orange Country, Elizabeth Vargas, and she&#8217;s already revealed she&#8217;s just gone through a divorce. So who is her ex-husband?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Season 15 of The Real Housewives of Orange Country just premiered on Wednesday (October 14th), and there was a brand new housewife. Elizabeth Vargas was welcomed to the group by Kelly Dodd who she&#8217;s known for years, and as\u00a0CEO of the online music company Edge Music she&#8217;s bound to fit right in.<\/p>\n<p>In the first episode, Elizabeth revealed that she was going through a divorce, which seems like it&#8217;ll be the main focus of her storyline, but who is he? Meet Bernt Bodal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/meet-first-dates-jess-and-joe-the-victorian-pair-labelled-so-cute-by-viewers\"><strong>FIRST DATES:<\/strong><\/a> Meet Jess and Joe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEpl0OHnfuS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;padding: 0 4px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEpl0OHnfuS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Here we go! #RHOC \ud83c\udf4aSeason 15 premieres Wednesday, October 7th on @BravoTV!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elizabethlynvargas\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Elizabeth Lyn Vargas\ud83c\udf4a<\/a> (@elizabethlynvargas) on Sep 2, 2020 at 2:50pm PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Who is Bernt Bodal?<\/h3>\n<p>Elizabeth&#8217;s ex-husband Bernt Bodal is a Norweigan-American businessman and former musician with an estimated net worth of $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>He was the former CEO and shareholder of American Seafoods, and is also a bass guitarist who has played with Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also no stranger to TV, appearing in an episode of\u00a0CBS&#8217; Undercover Boss in 2012.<\/p>\n<h3>When did Elizabeth and Bernt divorce?<\/h3>\n<p>Elizabeth and Bernt separated back in 2017, but the divorce didn&#8217;t go through until July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/who-is-elizabeth-lyn-vargas-5-things-to-know-about-the-rhoc-star\/1-shes-friends-with-kelly\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Us Weekly<\/a>, Elizabeth\u00a0revealed the news of the divorce on her Instagram Story where she wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m feeling today. I\u2019m excited but I\u2019m sad and I \u2013 it&#8217;s the end of an era \u2013 I was with the guy for 20 years. 17 years but divorcing for three. 20 years total of my life and I\u2019m happy but it&#8217;s a failure. \u2026 I paid an arm and a leg to get divorced and to get what I thought I needed \u2026 and here we are transitioning to a new phase in my life and I\u2019m excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The details of the divorce are unclear but Elizabeth revealed in the RHOC premiere that he had an affair and a child with another woman.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/how-old-is-lottie-from-bake-off-age-of-channel-4-star-revealed\"><strong>CHANNEL 4:<\/strong><\/a> How old is Lottie from Bake Off?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEpKZPqHix2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;padding: 0 4px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEpKZPqHix2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Let the GAMES BEGIN! #RHOC \ud83c\udf4a! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\ude18\ud83c\udf89 #elizabethlynvargas @makeupbykristinak @cindynailsandlashes @coloristmarisol @stylist_samantha @bravotv @bravoandy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elizabethlynvargas\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Elizabeth Lyn Vargas\ud83c\udf4a<\/a> (@elizabethlynvargas) on Sep 2, 2020 at 10:50am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Who is Elizabeth&#8217;s new boyfriend?<\/h3>\n<p>Elizabeth announced in the Season 15 premiere that she now has a new boyfriend, but we don&#8217;t know much about him yet apart from his first name &#8211; Jimmy.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re bound to learn more about Elizabeth&#8217;s divorce from Bernt and her new relationship with Jimmy as the new season unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new housewife on The Real Housewives of Orange Country, Elizabeth Vargas, and she&#8217;s already revealed she&#8217;s just gone through a divorce. 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