reporter: bethenny frankel herself a child of divorce describes her own early years as less than idealhorses. frankel says she started working at a track when she was just seven years old. money came and went. >> you had a lot. you had nothing. you had a limosine. then you were broke. my stepfather would come and i would crack open my piggy bank to give him just what i had. yeah definitely will mess you up about money. >> reporter: they fought a lot step dad and mom? >> very, very tumultuous. very violent. yes. >> reporter: like throwing things? >> like domestic violence. reporter: and you were a witness to that? did they try to shield you from that? >> no, i was a witness to that. i remember. no yes. they would kind of want me to know what was going on. it was definitely not stable. >> reporter: frankel keeps in touch with her stepfather but hasn't spoken to her mother in years. do you see bits of her in you? >> i see some bits of me in her which does scare me. i don't think about it that often but i do see some bits. >> reporter: like? i'm kind of a strong personality. and i can you

. >> justin bieber's scandalous party pics to bethenny frankel's divorce.aughty but nice "huffington post" columnist rob has all the gossip. >> hello to you, darling. >> we open the papers today, and we saw some pictures of dina lohan, lindsay's mom from a long time ago. >> there's a big scandalous interview that she did today. a big tell-all. she actually claims the reason lindsey is messed up, the reason lindsey is the way she is because she witnessed a lot of abuse, a lot of domestic abuse when she was young. we've reached out to michael lohan to get his side of the story. he hasn't responded, but he did tell "the daily news" that this isn't the way that he sees what happened in the past. >> there are photos of her with some black eyes. >> she's the one alleging that -- first of all, if you are being repeatedly abused, get out and spare your children the sight of that. there are places can you go. the other thing is no matter what happened between them as a couple, she at some point -- they're all -- everybody's family eventually has to take responsibili

when bethenny frankel got married. oh, my god. oh, my god. i need alcohol. >> no, but this is important because i actually never forgot it, and this works in life. she stopped the vows in the middle and said i just want to look around for a second because sometimes you're so rushed in life you don't take a second and think about it. >> i wasn't comparing, i was just bringing up a moment they remembered that struck me. >> wow. >> a couple of things i love too. >> i'm having trouble -- i think i'm not going to be able to talk. this is awful. >> the drink? >> tell you in a minute. but go ahead. >> wait. what is this drink? >> it's a flu drink, but there's something terrible in that. something very -- what's in that? is that kerosene? what is in that? >> oh, my god. >> is that kerosene? that is awful. >> drink the water. >> i did drink the water. okay. >> one of my favorite moments -- i loved all the singing. i loved the music. >> oh, i loved james taylor. >> james taylor was great. beyonce was incredible. >> lovely. >> i loved -- i loved, loved,