The Real Housewives of New York star was dressed all in black as she arrived for the service at a funeral home in Long Island on Monday morning.
She is yet to comment on the tragic death of 51-year-old Shields, whose body was found in his home in Trump Tower Friday after overdosing on oxycodone, an addictive opioid he was taking to treat back pain.
But sources close to Bethenny told E! News: 'This is really bad. It's dreadful. She's known him for over 20 years. She's heartbroken.'
Shortly before 9am on Friday, Shields asked his maid to buy him Narcan from a pharmacy after taking multiple pills the night before, according to TMZ.
It is not known if the maid ever gave him the drug which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose by knocking out opioids from the opiate receptors in a person's brain.
At some stage before 9am, Shields lost consciousness and the maid called 911. He was pronounced dead by EMTs shortly afterwards.
Sources close to the businessman told DailyMail.com that his back had been 'acting up' recently and still hadn't recovered from a 2015 surgery.
They believe that he died of cardiac arrest because his heart 'could not cope' with the dosage of the powerful painkiller.
Frankel was at her home in Bridgehampton when he died. She appeared to be unaware of the tragedy and was uploading photographs and videos to her Instagram story until around noon.
She and Shields dated intermittently from 2016 onwards but always remained friends.
He appeared occasionally on the Bravo show in which she stars. The SkinnyGirl mogul has not commented on Shields' death.
Shields' estranged wife Jill, who he had four children with, told DailyMail.com she was 'devastated' by his death.
The pair were married for 26 years before separating in 2016, not long before he and Frankel became an item.
They had not yet finalized their divorce when he died.
'We are all heartbroken.
'Dennis was and always will be the love of my life. His spirit lives on in our children,' she said.
She added that he was a 'loving father and friend.'
The couple had four children together; daughters Tyler, 24, Darien, 20, and Kelsey, who is in college, and one son, Zachary, 23.
MailOnline
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