The former Real Housewives of New York City alum, 51, said on the most recent episode titled, It’s the Pitts, that “there’s too much men’s skincare.”
Pitt partnered with the Perrin family of the Château Beaucastel vintners for his brand, Le Domaine.
In an interview with British Vogue in September, the Bullet Train actor, 58, revealed the grapes infused in the products are from Château Miraval, the estate he bought with now ex-wife Angelina Jolie in 2008.
As for Leto, 50, he co-founded Twentynine Palms alongside Jonathan Keren. The 11-product range debuted on October 25 and includes a cleanser, serum, mask, shampoo, conditioner and more.
In the last few years alone, many celebrities have launched skincare lines such as Kim Kardashian’s SKKN By Kim, Rihanna’s Fenty Skin, Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace, and Ellen DeGeneres’ King Science. Travis Barker also just dropped his own CBD-infused range called Barker Wellness Skincare.
“We’re trying to make men’s skincare happen,” Frankel said, noting that brands like Kiehl’s have “done it right” with their unisex products.
“All of a sudden, all these men are so fascinated with skincare. Jared Leto is gonna do a skincare routine? Is he gonna put one of those, like, pink headbands on, push his long hair back and do a GRWM [Get Ready With Me] with Brad Pitt?” she asked. “Take a break with the skincare for men. It’s a reach.”
It should be noted, however, that Vogue reported Pitt and Leto’s skincare lines are gender-neutral.
Still, Frankel continued her message, adding that “it’s the weirdest time to come into a delineation in something that is not about men or women.”
“We all have skin. We’re all getting older. We all get dark circles. We all get gray hair,” the mom of one—who shares daughter Bryn Hoppy with ex-husband Jason Hoppy—explained. “This is the time for a brand to be for all humans. It’s just so strange.”
Frankel said that “everything’s becoming archaic” these days, including gendered bathrooms and the use of blue and pink for baby announcements.
The Skinnygirl CEO concluded that Pitt’s skin is “not that great,” though admitted she doesn’t “know what Jared Leto’s skin’s like.”
Newsweek reached out to Pitt and Leto’s representatives for comment.
While Pitt once said that facials make him “antsy,” he does have a “little, simple regimen,” he told British Vogue.
“I know there are new products nearly every day that people are trying to launch, but if I hadn’t seen a real difference visually in my skin, we wouldn’t have bothered,” the Blonde producer proudly said.
Meanwhile, Leto has “never been really interested in beauty products… " but told Vogue earlier this month, “I’m interested in the idea of taking care of ourselves in the most natural way possible.”
