--- title: "Vicki Gunvalson Says She’ll Only Return for S18 of RHOC If She’s Full-Time" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/10/17/vicki-gunvalson-s18-rhoc/ type: post date: 2023-10-17 modified: 2023-10-17 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/10/17/vicki-gunvalson-s18-rhoc.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Vicki Gunvalson Says She’ll Only Return for S18 of RHOC If She’s Full-Time ## OG of the OC Vicki Gunvalson says in order to return for season 18 of RHOC, it has to be “all or nothing,” or she is not interested. *Real Housewives of Orange County* alum[Vicki Gunvalson](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/vicki-gunvalson/)tells *[Access Hollywood's Housewives Nightcap](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBzZ3cXb95QPXyPOAbCfF-o-75MRwHh_j)* that she will ***ONLY ***return for season 18 if she's a full-time Housewife as she has no interest in being a guest or a friend. ***“It’s all in or nothing. It would have to be on my terms, and that means financially, too. I’m not gonna go back down. I left at a certain number. Either you bring that number back, or what’s the point?”*** Vicki Gunvalson asked. ![Andy Cohen with the RHOC season 17 cast at the reunion](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-13-at-8.26.53-AM-1200x794.png)Andy Cohen poses for reunion photo with the RHOC season 17 cast. ***“I don’t need them as much as they need me. There has to be a voice of reason and a strong, successful businesswoman that can still have fun.”*** ***“[Season 17] wasn’t right. It was something I created, and I’m coming in like a has-been old lady? I’m not gonna do that,” she added. “It was like, ‘Why am I not on full-time?’ You want to use me for things.”*** Vicki said. RHOC premiered on Bravo on March 21, 2006, and launched what would become the multi-city and uber-popular *Real Housewives* franchise. Vicki Gunvalson was an original cast member and starred on RHOC for 13 seasons before being demoted to a friend for season 14. She remains one of the longest-running OGs in Real Housewives history. Following season 14 of RHOC, Vicki was let go by Bravo alongside [Tamra Judge](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/tamra-barney/). In 2022, [Tamra returned to RHOC](https://allabouttrh.com/2022/07/25/vicki-gunvalson-congratulates-tamra-judge-on-her-rhoc-return-but-is-she-really-happy-for-her-bff/) for season 17 after a two-year hiatus from the show. While Vicki was *NOT* an official cast member or friend for season 17, she [popped up several times throughout the season](https://allabouttrh.com/2022/11/10/tamra-judge-teases-season-17-of-rhoc-and-vicki-gunvalsons-potential-return-plus-dishes-on-reanalyzing-old-friendships-and-which-oc-costar-surprised-her-the-most/), including the [cast trip to Mexico](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/09/21/vicki-gunvalson-jennifer-pedranti/). ![Vicki Gunvalson admits she regrets leaving her ex-husband Donn Gunvalson for Brooks Ayers](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_2886-1200x624.jpg)Vicki Gunvalson admits she regrets leaving her ex-husband Donn Gunvalson for Brooks Ayers Amid Tamra's return to RHOC, [Vicki admitted that she was devasted](https://allabouttrh.com/2022/08/01/vicki-gunvalson-opens-up-about-tamra-judges-return-to-rhoc-says-she-knows-whats-missing-within-in-the-franchise/) she didn't receive an offer from Bravo as well. ***“She [Tamra] said, ‘I want you to be the first to know.’ I started crying immediately,”* **Vicki spilled to [OK! Magazine](https://okmagazine.com/p/vicki-gunvalson-tamra-judge-return-rhoc-rhugt/) in August 2022. ***“There was a buzz out there [about her return], but there was also a buzz out there about mine.”*** ***“I thought my phone’s gonna ring next,”*** she confessed. ***“Then I asked her if she was asked for a friend or full-time role, and she goes, ‘They want me back full time.’ I thought, ‘Okay, well, I have to be happy for it,’ she really wants it really bad. She’s so good on TV.”*** ***“I’m gonna miss filming with her,”*** Vicki said of her longtime BFF. ***“It was tough. It was good that we both got fired at the same time, but then I thought we’d be hired back at the same time. I don’t really know what [Bravo’s] long-term goal is. I just have to take it as it comes.”*** *[The Real Housewives of Orange County](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/)* will return for season 18 in 2024. ## Would you like to see Vicki return to RHOC as a full-time cast member? Sound off below!