--- title: "Monica Garcia Says It Wasn’t Her Decision to Leave RHOSLC and Reveals Why She Didn’t Apologize at the Reunion" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/26/monica-garcia-forced-to-exit-rhoslc/ type: post date: 2024-01-26 modified: 2024-01-26 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/26/monica-garcia-forced-to-exit-rhoslc.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Monica Garcia Says It Wasn’t Her Decision to Leave RHOSLC and Reveals Why She Didn’t Apologize at the Reunion ## Monica Garcia reveals she didn’t want to leave RHOSLC and explains why she didn’t apologize to her co-stars at the season 4 reunion. The 40-year-old RHOSLC star told[The Cut](https://www.thecut.com/2024/01/rhoslc-monica-garcia-interview-reality-von-tease.html)* *that she did* NOT* make the decision to [exit the show](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/24/monica-garcia-exits-rhoslc-1-season/) following season 4. ***“That would a cast and Bravo decision,”*** [Monica Garcia](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/monica-garcia/) told the outlet.*** “It would not have been my decision.”*** On Tuesday, just hours before the finale part of the RHOSLC season 4 reunion aired on Bravo, multiple sources confirmed that Monica would *NOT *be joining co-stars [Heather Gay](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/heather-gay/), [Meredith Marks](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/meredith-marks/), [Lisa Barlow](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/lisa-barlow/), [Whitney Rose](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/whitney-rose/), and [Angie Katsanevas](https://allabouttrh.com/category/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/angie-katsanevas/) when cameras pick back up for [season 5](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/23/mary-cosby-return-season-5-rhoslc/) of RHOSLC next month. ![RHOSLC stars Lisa Barlow, Monica Garcia, Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Angie Katsanevas](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-21-at-8.34.52-AM-1200x529.png)RHOSLC season 4 intro RHOSLC showrunner Lori Gordon also told *[Variety](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/rhoslc-heather-gay-monica-garcia-reality-von-tease-season-5-1235882681/) *on Tuesday that fans should ***“never say never”*** to Monica’s possible return to RHOSLC in the future. ***“The women just need a cooling-off period, and I think it’s just too soon,”*** Gordon said. ***“They’ve articulated it. It’s too soon for them to reenter into a friendship — a trusting friendship. Not enough time has passed.”*** A source later confirmed to[PEOPLE](https://people.com/monica-garcia-says-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-exit-would-not-have-been-my-decision-8549203)that the door is not fully closed on Monica’s roll on RHOSLC and notes that she could “make a return down the lin.” ***“This is a show about friendships, and ultimately, if you don’t have a friendship with anyone else on the cast, it’s hard to have you there,” ***the insider said. ***“If the women can find it in their hearts to forgive Monica one day, then it would be only natural to see her there. But right now, there’s no resolution.”*** Meanwhile, during her chat with *The Cut*, Monica also explained her lack of apology at the season 4 reunion. ***“So this is the thing,” ***she explained. ***“I am sorry that I ever[involved myself in this account](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/12/21/rhoslc-season-4-finale-spoiler/) and that I got myself in this situation. The reason why I did not apologize is because I am not going to give a fake apology.”*** She continued, ***“At that moment, I did not have it in me to apologize, because the women were relentless. I felt like they still weren’t willing to hear me.”*** ![RHOSLC cast poses with Andy Cohen at season 4 union.](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/reunion-season-4.jpeg)RHOSLC cast poses with Andy Cohen at season 4 union. Monica notes that it was hypocrisy that kept her from apologizing. ***“Heather lied to their faces, lied to production, lied to investigators, lied to producers, lied to Andy Cohen, lied to the fans for over a year. She has existing relationships with these people – but I am being completely massacred.”*** The 40-year-old also claims she didn’t want to perform for the cameras. ***“You want me to apologize in that moment? I couldn’t do that. I didn’t have it in me to give a half-ass apology because it’s what people wanted to hear, because it would make me look better in the moment.”*** ***“I want to get to a place where I can actually sit down and have civil conversation about this and give a genuine apology. But at the reunion, on that stage, in the situation I was in, it would not have been a real apology, so why even say it?”*** RHOSLC will return for season 5 in late 2024. ## Thoughts on this all? Should Monica have apologized at the reunion? Do you think Monica will return for future seasons of RHOSLC? Sound off below!