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PHOTOS: RHOSLC fans shocked by Heather Gay’s ‘New Face’ 

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

RHOSLC star Heather Gay left Bravo fans shocked after her recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live. Get all the tea!

On Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, Heather Gay showed off a whole new look. Not only did the RHOSLC OG look noticeably thinner, thanks to Ozempic, which she admitted to taking in late 2023, her face also looked different.

Heather’s slimmer and tighter face left fans scratching their heads, trying to figure out what work she may have had done to achieve this look.

RHOSLC fans question if Heather Gay has gone under the knife.
RHOSLC fans question if Heather Gay has gone under the knife.

“Omg totally new face,” one RHOSLC fan wrote.

“I’m sorry, who’s that?” another fan questioned.

Others noted that she looked like her cousin and RHOSLC co-star Whitney Rose. Some wondered if Heather simply “switched makeup artists.”

“She was pretty before and looks pretty now. Whatever makes her happy,” another Bravo viewer added.

RHOSLC OG Heather Gay looked fresh-faced but different on WWHL
RHOSLC OG Heather Gay looked fresh-faced but different on WWHL

Back in November, Heather admitted that she started taking the weight loss medication Ozempic to shed some unwanted pounds.

“I’ve been on it for a long time but hadn’t seen much results,” she told PEOPLE. “And I haven’t had massive results, but enough for people to notice, which is great.”

“You lose five pounds, people are nicer to you,” the reality star said. “I don’t know why. It’s just the way the world works, and that makes me sad for women. But happy that I’m down five.”

“I have three daughters that I love, and I don’t want them to have my genetics or have to struggle with society’s standards of beauty,” she added. “I just wish that there was a solution for all of us. “

“I’m feeling like I’m coming into my own a little bit, and I think the glow-up might be a little bit from that, too. But I’ll give credit to all the medical interventions. It’s my business.”

During season 4 of RHOSLC, Heather was body-shammed by co-star Mary Cosby.

On WWHL in October, Mary played a game called “Versace or Hibachi” which is when Heather’s Gucci x Adidas season 4 confessional corset look came up.

“No, I don’t think Gucci makes that,” Mary quipped when asked if she liked the look.

Andy Cohen and guest Ziwe Fumudoh were shocked by Mary’s claim that Heather’s Gucci top was “fake.”

“I’ve never seen a corset in, like, a size 14,” Mary replied. “Have you?”

 Heather reacted to Mary’s body-shamming diss on social media.

Heather Gay claps back after her RHOSLC co-star Mary Cosby body-shames her on WWHL
Heather claps back at co-star Mary

“It’s real. And it’s spectacular!” she commented under the @bravobybetches Instagram post.

Then, on her own Instagram page, Heather clapped back at Mary’s “size 14” comment.

“Thank you @gucci for being so inclusive #RHOSLC,” Heather wrote alongside of photo of her in the now infamous Gucci corset.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City begins production on season 5 next month and is expected to premiere on Bravo in late 2024.

Thoughts on this all? Do you think Heather went under the knife? Sound off in the comments!

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RHOBH OG Kyle Richards gets shady on WWHL
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Kyle Richards Dishes on Friendship With Morgan Wade; Denies Annemarie Wiley Came On RHOBH To Do Her Dirty Work 

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

Bravo OG Kyle Richards recently appeared on Jeff Lewis Live where she discussed a bevy of topics including her friendship with Morgan Wade and Annemarie Wiley’s casting on RHOBH. 

Former Flipping Out star Jeff Lewis jumped right into peppering Kyle Richards with questions about her much discussed friendship with country singer Morgan Wade.

“Everyone wants it to be more. Everyone has all of these other scenarios or, you know, ideas of what’s happening,” Jeff said.

Kyle Richards says that the media twists everything when it comes to her friendship with Morgan so much so that they even manipulate photos and cut their other friends out of pictures to make it seem like they are only hanging out together all the time, when in reality it’s usually a group of them hanging out.

“In the media, they only show Morgan, but she’s part of a group of friends that I, you know, there’s those friends that are the first text messages of the day, you know? Immediately, there’s tiers of friendship and you may love all of these friends, but there are different tiers. You know, my first text messages of the day are four different people, but you know, if I’m walking down the street, having lunch with them, they’re usually cut out of a photo unless it was yesterday where my friend Jana was saying hi to me,” the RHOBH OG explains.

She continues, “We, we were saying goodbye at the Glen Centre, and it looks like we’re, the photo literally looks like we’re kissing each other, which has happened to me before in the past, but I’m like, “Of course they want to use that photo.” Usually they cut my friends out unless it’s Morgan. It’s so funny, you know, I was in Paris and my friend Tina that I’ve grown up with since I’m 10 years old, she’s cut out of every photo because they don’t know who Tina is, you know?”

Jeff Lewis’ co-host Meghan Weaver, added: “They want to drive that narrative.”

RHOBH OG Kyle Richards and friend Morgan Wade attend Kathy Hilton's Christmas party
RHOBH OG Kyle Richards and friend Morgan Wade attend Kathy Hilton’s Christmas party

“Yeah, so that’s the narrative they want, so that’s been the focus,” Kyle admits before explaining that she is currently learning on her friends a lot as she goes through many changes in her life and marriage.

She notes, “When you’re going through a hard time, I lean on my closest friends, and I said that in the show in my interviews. I never went to therapy before. I am in therapy now, but my friends were my therapists always and I grew up with a family of all women and, you know, when I’m struggling, my friends are my, they’re my therapists. They’re my rock.”

During the interview, Jeff also asked Kyle about RHOBH newbie Annemarie Wiley. Jeff didn’t hold back when noting that Annemarie wasn’t coming off great during her debut season.

“Annemarie. I was able to meet her at your white party, and I met she and her husband, and I really had a nice conversation with them and I liked them, but now that I’m watching the show, she’s not coming off great on the show,” Jeff said.

He then asked Kyle, “Do you agree? Is she the right fit?”

While Kyle admits that she doesn’t think Annemarie handled herself the best way on season 13 of RHOBH, she wants to make it clear that she didn’t bring the newbie on the show to do her dirty work.

“Listen, here’s another, you know, misconception. You know, I’ve read some things like, “Kyle brought in Annemarie to do her dirty work.” I met her, I love when people say these things. I met her one time. I met her one time. They came to my home for an agency party, and I ended up speaking to her husband the whole time who was so nice, so funny and she was very quiet, but then when we were talking about who we could add the show, I was like, “Oh. She’s my neighbor. She lives on my street,” and she just stuck out in my mind,” Kyle explains.

RHOBH season 13 cast: Erika Jayne, Crystal Minkoff, Sutton Stracke, Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Annemarie Wiley attend Homeless Not Toothless Gala in Los Angeles
RHOBH season 13 cast: Erika Jayne, Crystal Minkoff, Sutton Stracke, Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Annemarie Wiley attend Homeless Not Toothless Gala in Los Angeles.

“I think the first time I saw her actually is when she joined the show after that, you know, so I reached out to her about joining the show and she was very nice, very outspoken, really into her fitness and I just thought she was cool and she was very opinionated. I mean, I think she didn’t handle herself great in some of these situations and I think when you have something like that, you’ve got to see the balance of other things too and I don’t think we really got to see that,” the RHOBH OG adds.

“I think it was a little too, for her to be a brand new housewife, you have to ingratiate yourself,” Jeff pointed out.

Kyle agreed, admitting “That’s hard. She came in hot” to which Jeff replied, “Yes. You have to bond with the girls. You have to form friendships. You can’t go after them right away.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. 

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Alexis Bellino poses for her RHOC cast photo
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Alexis Bellino Spotted Filming for Season 18 of RHOC; Rejoins Cast in a ‘Friend’ Role

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

She’s back! Alexis Bellino has officially rejoined the RHOC cast in a ‘friend’ role for season 18. Get all the details on Alexis’ return and more.

Alexis Bellino, who was an Orange County Housewife from seasons 5 through 8, has rejoined the Real Housewives of Orange County cast in a friend role, per Page Six.

“Alexis is back!” a production told the out, adding that the RHOC alum is expected to film for the entirety of season 18. 

On Tuesday, Alexis Bellino started filming and shot her first group scene with Heather Dubrow and Emily Simpson.

The trio enjoyed a meal and espresso martinis together in Orange County, per TMZ, who obtained a photo of the outing.

Alexis Bellino spotted filming with Heather Dubrow and Emily Simpson for season 18 of RHOC.
Alexis Bellino spotted filming with Heather Dubrow and Emily Simpson for season 18 of RHOC.

A source tells PEOPLE that despite Alexis Bellino living her life away from the Bravo cameras for over a decade her return to the fold was made easy due to her authentic connections with several members of the RHOC cast.

“Alexis is feeling energized and excited to be back in the mix,” says the source. “She has authentic relationships with many of the girls, so it feels completely natural to be spending time with friends.”

As AllAboutTRH previously reported, Alexis was asked back to RHOC mainly due to her ongoing relationship with Shannon Beador‘s ex-boyfriend John Janssen. 

“Her relationship with John is certainly interesting,” one insider previously revealed, “but it’s not the only reason producers want Alexis back. She’s a dynamic personality who has history with a good portion of the cast.” 

At BravoCon, Alexis admitted she would be open to reprising her status as a Housewife. In December, Alexis told Page Six that she’d “never say never” to returning to RHOC but noted that her return would probably “start a little drama” with Shannon amid her new relationship with John.

Alexis pointed out that she doesn’t “really care” what Shannon thinks of her relationship with John.

“Here’s the truth,” she said, “I have never met Shannon, I have never worked with Shannon. I wish her nothing but the best in life.”

RHOC alum Alexis Bellino spotted out with Shannon Beador's ex John Janssen
Alexis spotted out with Shannon’s ex John Janssen

Shannon, on the other hand, has expressed her anger towards John dating Alexis of all people.

In December 2023, Shannon opened up to E! News that John’s relationship with Alexis is especially hurtful because of the lawsuit Alexis’ ex-husband, Jim Bellino, filed against her in 2018.

“John is very well aware of a lawsuit that I was involved in with Jim Bellino,” the 59-year-old RHOC star said. “Alexis was involved in the lawsuit. I was financially and emotionally devastated for years. I won, but it devastated me financially…John’s aware of that.”

Shannon also questioned why John would start a relationship with another reality star, considering John’s claims he hates being in the public eye.

According to Shannon, John never enjoyed being “in the public eye, and [now] he’s thrust himself more into the public eye at this point. So I’m quite confused about that.”

Despite John and Alexis only dating for less than three months, the Orange County businessman already gave the former RHOC star a promise ring for Christmas. They two have also already said, ‘I love you’ to each other.

Now, all Bravo fans have to do is sit back and watch for fireworks to go down between Alexis and Shannon while filming season 18 of RHOC.

This casting move may the best thing to happen to the RHOC franchise in a very long time!

The Real Housewives of Orange County will return for season 18 in mid-to-late 2024.

Thoughts on this all? Share your opinions below!

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RHOBH stars Dorit Kemsley and Crystal Minkoff appear on Bravo's WWHL.
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RHOBH:  Crystal Minkoff Takes a Shot At Dorit and PK’s Finances After Dorit Calls Her a ‘Child Bride’

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

RHOBH co-stars Crystal Minkoff and Dorit Kemsley threw shade at each other after Annemarie Wiley stirred the pot, claiming Crystal talked poorly about the RHOBH cast.

On Wednesday’s episode of RHOBH, Dorit Kemsley revealed that she thinks co-star Crystal Minkoff was a “child bride” because she got married at the age of 24.

This comes after RHOBH newbie Annemarie Wiley puts Crystal on blast in front of the group. According to Annemarie, Crystal goes around mocking the RHOBH casts’ intelligence level and their superficiality.

“The first thing Crystal said to me about this group of women was that you ladies were not intelligent, nobody was educated and you’re all shallow,” Annemarie tells the group during dinner, prompting Crystal, 40, to reply, “Shallow and uneducated? That’s ridiculous. That’s ridiculous.”

Crystal went on to deny the RHOBH rookie’s claims, saying, “I would not say that to someone that I just met. I don’t feel that way … I didn’t say that.”

In her confessional, she adds, “That’s false. I never said those things.”

Dorit takes offence and throws some shade at Crystal in her RHOBH confessional interview.

 “You’re nowhere near more educated than the rest of us. And by the way, child bride, while you were busy getting married at 12, the rest of us were building businesses, graduating college, doing things — you know — to educate ourselves.”

RHOBH season 13 cast: Erika Jayne, Crystal Minkoff, Sutton Stracke, Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Annemarie Wiley attend Homeless Not Toothless Gala in Los Angeles
RHOBH season 13 cast: Erika Jayne, Crystal Minkoff, Sutton Stracke, Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Annemarie Wiley attend Homeless Not Toothless Gala in Los Angeles.

Crystal, who has degrees in biology and history, as well as culinary education from the University of California, Irvine, married her husband, Rob Minkoff, in September 2007. The director, who is 21 years Crystal’s senior, was 45 at the time.

As for Dorit, she graduation from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut with degrees in marking and communication. She married husband, Paul ‘PK’ Kemsley in March 2015 at the age of 38.

When it comes to Crystal thinking she’s smarter that her RHOBH cohorts there is a history of her making similar comments in the past.

In a 2020 confessional interview, Crystal said “These women are quite savvy, but they’re clearly not highly educated.”

That same season, Crystal then told her RHOH co-stars: “I’m not gonna change the word that I used. The word was used correctly. … Violation means to abuse your privacy. Disrespect of boundaries. Period. Google it!”

Then in 2021, during an RHOBH cast dinner, Crystal said, “I know, these are big words,” to which Garcelle Beauvais replied, “We understand big words.”

This all leads Garcelle to believe Annemarie’s claims despite Crystal insisting they aren’t true.

“Do we have a history with Crystal thinking maybe we were less smart than her?” the actress said in her confessional on Wednesday night’s episode of RHOBH. “We kinda already knew that Crystal thinks that maybe some of us are not as astute as she is. There’s a word for her!”

Meanwhile, after Wednesday’s episode of RHOBH aired, Crystal fired back at Dorit’s claim she was a “child bride.”

The 40-year-old called out PK for “borrowing diamond necklaces” for Dorit and “acquiring massive amounts of debt.”

On Instagram, alongside a photo from her wedding to Rob, Crystal wrote:

“Keys to a successful marriage:

-Set aside quality time together

-Express love and appreciation

-Manage conflict constructively

-Buy, don’t borrow diamond necklaces for your wife.

Crystal Minkoff fires back at Dorit Kemsley's "child bride" comment on RHOBH.
Crystal Minkoff fires back at Dorit Kemsley’s “child bride” comment on RHOBH.

In the comments of her post, Crystal pinned the commented: “Don’t acquire massive amounts of debt.”

She also replied to it, writing, “NUMBER ONE.”

RHOBH star Crystal Minkoff shades Dorit and PK Kemsley's finances
RHOBH star Crystal Minkoff shades Dorit and PK Kemsley’s finances

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RHOSLC star Monica Garcia's Ex-Husband Was Arrested For Domestic Violence
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Monica Garcia Says Production Told Her Lie About Visiting Meredith’s Store

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

RHOSLC star Monica Garcia is putting the blame on production for at least one of the lies she said during season 4 of the show.

Monica Garcia’s lies slowly unraveled during season 4 of RHOSLC. By the final night in Bermuda it was clear that Monica was a liar and that the rest of the cast couldn’t trust her at all. 

Not only did Monica lie about her involvement with Reality Von Tease, the RHOSLC newbie also lied about her relationship with Jen Shah and whether or not she had ever shopping in Meredith Mark’s boutique. 

During season 2 of RHOSLC, Meredith told the ladies that while Jen was shopping at her store, one of her assistants allegedly stole a clutch. 

In Bermuda, as Heather Gay was exposing the truth about Monica, the Beauty Lab and Laser owner revealed that Monica was in Meredith’s store when the clutch was taken. This tidbit stunned Meredith because Monica previously told her she had never been to her boutique when they filmed there for season 4 of RHOSLC. 

“That wasn’t me. “I didn’t f*cking steal shit,” Monica said to which  Meredith responded, “You were in my store Monica; it is on my security footage.”

“I didn’t say I wasn’t in your store,” Monica continued. “I didn’t steal from you.”

Meredith replied, “I’m not accusing you of stealing, but you said, ‘This is the first time I have been here.’”

Monica Garcia denies stealing from Meredith Mark's store
Monica Garcia denies stealing from Meredith Mark’s store

Now, in a new interview with The Cut, Monica Garcia claims that production told her lie. 

Monica owned her lie about previously shopping at Meredith’s Park City store. 

“Okay, I said this at the reunion, and it didn’t get aired,” she said. 

“When I pulled up to Meredith’s shop, production came up to me; they said, “Okay, we’re going to play this like you’ve never been here before.” And I said, “Well, I have been here before. I’ve been here with Jen.” And they were like, “It doesn’t matter. That’s not how we’re going to play it. We’re going to play it like it’s your first time here.”

The RHOSLC rookie then claimed that Bravo chose not to air her statement at the reunion, noting “that’s the honest freaking truth.”

“I’ll sit here, and I’ll take it, and people call me a liar, but that’s what happened.”

Monica Garcia offers Meredith Mark support at the RHOSLC season 4 reunion while Whitney Rose shares her opinion.
Monica Garcia offers Meredith Mark support at the RHOSLC season 4 reunion while Whitney Rose shares her opinion.

As previously reported, Monica will NOT be returning to RHOSLC for season 5. However, producers have hinted that Monica’s time on RHOSLC may just be a “cooling-off period” and that she could return to the show in the future.

RHOSLC begins production on season 5 next month and is expected to premiere on Bravo in late 2024.

Thoughts on this all? Do you believe Monica? Sound off in the comments!

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RHOSLC cast poses with Andy Cohen at season 4 union.
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RHOSLC Recap: Top Moments From the Season 4 Reunion Finale!

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

The receipts, the proof, the timeline, the screenshots and even a burn book were all laid on the table during part 3 of the RHOSLC season 4 reunion. Let’s breakdown the biggest moments!

The supersized part three RHOSLC season 4 reunion aired on Tuesday, January 23 with Heather Gay,  Meredith Marks, Lisa Barlow, Whitney Rose,  Angie Katsanevas ,and Monica Garcia addressing all the burning questions they had left after the first two parts of the season 4 reunion.

Most of part three of the reunion was filled with reveals, shade, and Monica Garcia’s burn book about the RHOSLC cast and crew.

To start Monica and Meredith explained that they both received messages on social media that Angie was a member of the Greek mafia. The sender included financial records from Angie’s business. However, Angie denied any affiliation to the Greek mafia and insisted that she’s only ever had one tax lien placed against her and that it happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Angie made it clear that today, she and her businesses are “surviving and thriving.”

Then things heated up on the RHOSLC reunion stage as Andy Cohen poked and prodded to get to the nitty gritty of Monica’s involvement in the troll account, Reality Von Tease as well as the truth behind Heather’s black eye.

Monica’s Burn Book and the Truth about Reality Von Tease

At the reunion, Monica admitted to being “part” of the page and owned up to penning some posts on the page. However, she insisted that she didn’t create the page or give it its name. She started posting on the page in 2021 after she submitted information to the FBI on Jen Shah.

Monica’s burn book fell flat when she revealed it contained nothing more than young photos of Andy during his years as a “playboy” as well as teenage photos of Lisa and Heather.

 “It’s not even appropriate that we’re joking about it. This has ruined my experience as a Housewife,” Heather quipped. “This has ruined every single one of our experiences. Every Housewife on every franchise would say the only hard part about this job is the trolls on social media that are relentless about ourselves, about our family, about our businesses. And if you can eliminate that, or at least create a gap, or at least hold someone accountable, it would change the experience for all of us. And you’d get a higher caliber of women willing to expose their lives on television.”

The RHOSLC Cast Accuse Monica of Stalking Jen Shah

Monica’s friendship with RHOSLC OG Jen Shah then found itself in the hot seat. The ladies of RHOSLC all admitted that they found Monica’s friendship with Jen strange especially when the Bravo rookie went from being Jen’s friend/assistant to informant with the FBI.

Heather produced footage of Monica driving by Jen’s home “at least 20 times” with a male friend in April 2021. Monica was attempting to catch Jen drinking and driving because it would have bene a violation of her probation. The 40-year-old explained that Jen still owned her and other employees money and she wanted to gather any evidence that could help take Jen down.

The Salt Lake City Housewives Accuse Bravo and Andy of Knowing About Monica’s Troll Account

“You guys brought her knowing that she wanted to f—g take every single one of us out and nobody gives a f–k,” Lisa exclaimed.

However, Andy insisted that neither him, production, nor Bravo knew about Monica’s Instagram troll account. In fact, Andy says if they did they would have not hired her to be on the show.

As for Monica, she claims that some members of production knew about her involvement in the Reality Von Tease Instagram account because she told them about it during the casting process.

Heather Confirms Jen Gave Her the Black Eye During Season 3 of RHOSLC

We finally get some closure on the biggest mystery from season 3 of RHOSLC. Last season, Heather woke up in San Diego with a shocking black eye and claimed she had no idea how she got it.

After revealing that Jen was behind the black eye at the RHOSLC season 4 finale in Bermuda, Heather revealed more details during part 3 of the reunion.

“Honestly, it was a lot of drinking, and the next morning I woke up with a black eye. I knew I’d gotten it from Jen,” Heather explained at the reunion. “I didn’t know how but I’d gotten it from Jen. She was the first person I texted. She came in the room, she said, ‘Did I give that to you?’ and I said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll cover.’”

Heather believes she covered for Jen because she is “scared of her.” Then production shared never before seen footage of Heather and Jen in San Diego, discussing the black eye. Jen denies she caused the black eye.

Andy then put Heather in the hot seat in regards to lies she told on her book tour about the black eye which compromised the reputation of the production team. On her book tour for Bad Mormon, Heather joked that others could have been behind hurting her and that production was covering it up and/or possibly involved.

“Look, you lied to production, Bravo, and even at one point said that maybe a producer had done it to you, which is very serious because it puts people’s reputations and jobs at risk,” Andy said.

Heather took ownership and apologized to everyone involved for creating unnecessary drama and hurting anyone’s reputation. ‘

When Andy asked the RHOSLC cast if Heather’s crimes were similar to Monica’s, the cast agreed that there was a difference and that they no longer trust Monica due to all her lies.

RHOSLC will return for season 5 in late 2024.

Thoughts on this all? Did you enjoy season 4? Will you miss Monica? Sound off below!

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Andy Cohen Explains Why Monica Garcia Won't Return To Salt Lake City
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Andy Cohen Explains Why Monica Garcia Won’t Return To Salt Lake City

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Andy Cohen is speaking out on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Monica Garcia’s firing. Monica was a one and done and before part three of the RHOSLC premiered – it was announced that Monica would not be returning to the hit show.

During the final part of the reunion, Andy Cohen gave Monica Garcia an opportunity to apologize or make peace with the ladies but ultimately – neither happened.

During SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen live, Andy explained why Monica wouldn’t return next season acknowledging that the news is out they are having a “cooling off period,” with Monica.

Andy says, “Well, here’s the thing. I think the reunion is the chance to come out, say why you did what you did on the season. It’s the Supreme Court of public opinion, and so Monica I think had the opportunity not only to explain herself to the audience, but way more importantly in this case to the other women and I don’t think she successfully swayed any of them to her side.”

Andy Cohen Explains Why Monica Garcia Won't Return To Salt Lake City
Andy Cohen Explains Why Monica Garcia Won't Return To Salt Lake City 49

Andy believes Monica couldn’t get the girls to trust her explaining, “She didn’t and at the end, I really went around because I was thinking, “Okay, well let’s hear it from them all right now. Where do you stand with her?” and they all expressed that they very much did not trust her, which is a difficult way for her, basically it was, what I was also asking is, “Is there a path forward for you and Monica?”

and the answer was no all the way around, so I think that it’s best, you know, we all discussed it ad nauseum that it would be best to kind of let this one breathe for a while. She’s obviously really compelling television. Maybe she’ll be able to build some inroads with some of the women on her own off camera and, you know, we’ll see if that happens.”

Andy adds that he was really rooting for Monica and noted, “we all know the phrase hurt people hurt people.”

Were you expecting Monica to be more apologetic at the reunion? Thoughts on how she conducted herself?

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RHOSLC star Monica Garcia's Ex-Husband Was Arrested For Domestic Violence
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Monica Garcia Exits RHOSLC After 1 Season Plus, RHOSLC Producers Speak Out on Casting Monica and If They’d Bring Her Back After a ‘Cooling-Off Period’

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

RHOLSC’s Monica Garcia is officially a one-season wonder, as she won’t be back for season 5. Plus, producers speak out on casting her and more!

One and done! Monica Garcia‘s time as a Real Housewife is done – for now.

Earlier this week, Ryan Bailey from So Bad It’s Good podcast revealed that he had a very reliable source tell him that Monica Garcia would not be back for season 5 of RHOSLC.

Listen to his podcast clip below!

Then, on Tuesday, ahead of part three of the RHOSLC season 4 reunion, PEOPLE confirmed that Monica Garcia was departing the show after only one season.

Multiple sources confirmed to the outlet that Monica would NOT be joining co-stars Heather Gay, Meredith Marks, Lisa Barlow, Whitney Rose, and Angie Katsanevas when cameras pick back up for season 5 of RHOSLC next month.

This news comes just days after Andy Cohen teased Monica’s precarious future on the show when chatting with Entertainment Tonight.

Andy explained, “I think the question is how will Monica, or will Monica find her way back into this group?”

Then, on Watch What Happens Live, Andy hinted that Monica’s exit from RHOSLC may just be a “break” so that the rest of the RHOSLC cast has time to regroup.

Speaking of the RHOSLC cast needing a break from co-star Monica Garcia, showrunner Lori Gordon told Variety on Tuesday that fans should “never say never” to Monica’s possible return to RHOSLC in the future.

RHOSLC cast poses with Andy Cohen at season 4 union.
RHOSLC cast poses with Andy Cohen at season 4 union.

“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.”

Meanwhile, RHOSLC producers Lisa Shannon, Noah Samton, and Lori Gordon also spoke with the Hollywood Reporter and opened up about casting Monica for season 4.

They note that they would NOT have brought Monica on the show had they known about her troll account, Reality Von Tease.

Shannon explained: “We didn’t even know what RealityVonTease was. Lori called me and gave me a heads-up, and I was like, “What even is that?” It wasn’t this big blog to us, and we would have breadcrumbed it more throughout the season if it was something that we knew and we were leading up to. Our big concern was like, “Sure, it means a lot to the ladies, but we don’t know what this blog is, so is this going to be this big ‘a-ha moment’ for a viewer?” Lori and the team did an amazing job making the viewer feel as shocked by it as the women were and as impacted by it as the women were.”

Gordon notes that as shocking as it was to learn that Monica kept the Reality Von Tease account from producers, they decided to let Heather Gay run with the news and reveal Monica’s troll account to the rest of the cast. Gordon also admits that she was focused on how producers could tell this story as authentically as possible since they were out of the loop on it.

“It’s two parts. One part is like, “How did we miss this? How did we not know,” obviously. And the second part of that was, “Well, we’ve got to let Heather embrace this and tell this story.” There were a lot of thoughts going through my head personally as a showrunner, like, “What do we do with this? Are people going to think we knew? Are people going to think we lied?” The most important thing to us was to tell the story as authentically as it came out so that people would realize that we had no idea. But it was upsetting because [Gay] was so upset, and as she started to walk me through all the evidence that she had gotten in those hours, it was really quite shocking, and more and more flooded in as the editing process went on,” Gordon said.

Monica Garcia
RHOSLC star Monica Garcia appears on WWHL

Samton notes that producers do extensive background checks on potential new Housewives, so they were shocked that they missed Monica’s connection to the Reality Von Tease troll account.

“We do extensive background checking on the cast, but a fake profile troll account wouldn’t come up. There’s no record of that account through her name. So yeah, there are things that can slip through and do, and it’s certainly not something we love when we have a surprise like that. It turned out well, I guess, creatively for the end of the season. But it was pretty shocking for all of us, and certainly, we would not have brought Monica on the show in the first place if we knew that that was going on.”

He adds that RHOSLC producers may need to change their casting process moving forward.

“It’s a good question that we have not discussed. I don’t really see how you protect for something like that. I mean, it’s not my area of expertise, but it’s certainly something we should look into,” Samton said.

RHOSLC will return for season 5 in late 2024.

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Lisa Vanderpump isn't interested in returning to RHOBH.
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Lisa Vanderpump Has No Interest in Returning to RHOBH: ‘I Don’t Have Time’

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

Lisa Vanderpump is booked and busy so much so that she doesn’t “have the time” or the interest in returning to RHOBH anytime in the near future.

Lisa Vanderpump has zero intentions of ever returning to the world of Real Housewives. In fact, returning to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills isn’t even on the restaurateur’s radar amid her ever-growing empire and busy schedule.

Lisa Vanderpump starred on RHOBH from the show’s inception in 2010 until her shocking exit in the middle of filming season 9.

Since the 63-year-old’s exit in 2019, fans have been longing for the good old days of the show when it was all diamonds and rosé and full of fabulously petty drama, with many wondering if LVP would ever return to the fold.

Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderump, and Lisa Rinna at RHOBH reunion.
Kyle Richards, LVP, and Lisa Rinna at the RHOBH reunion.

According to LVP, she has no plans to return to RHOBH. In fact, Lisa makes it known that she’s too booked and busy to return to Real Housewives anytime soon.

“I have two restaurants to open and two shows on the air,” Lisa said. “I don’t have time to go back there,” LVP told The Messenger at the Vanderpump Rules season 11 premiere party.

Plus, Lisa also notes that simply doesn’t want to return to the drama of RHOBH at this point in her life.

“I don’t want to, really. I’ve moved on from that, you know,” Lisa explained. “I really have. I have.”

Vanderpump Rules season 11 stars James Kennedy, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval, Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Schwartz, Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, and Katie Maloney pose for season 11 cast photo.
The official Vanderpump Rules S11 cast photo.

Beyond season 11 of Vanderpump Rules, which premieres on Bravo on January 30, Lisa also has her new show, Vanderpump Villa.

Vanderpump Villa is set to premiere on Hulu in 2024. The show follows the staff, who live and work at her Chateau Rosabelle estate in France. 

On top of that, Lisa is also in the process of opening her first restaurant in Lake Tahoe, aptly named Wolf by Vanderpump. This summer, Lisa will also open her third restaurant in Las Vegas, named Pinky.

Vanderpump Rules premires on Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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RHOM: Alexia’s Son Peter Claps Back At Ana Quincoces’ Claims He Tried to ‘Roofie’ Her Daughter Plus, Joanna Krupa Slams ‘Hateful’ Former RHOM Co-Stars

by Lara Sophia
written by Lara Sophia

The drama between RHOM star Alexia Nepola and nemesis Anna Quincoces is heating up in a major way, and now it’s involving their kids.

During this season of RHOM, Alexia Nepola flipped out when she learned that Ana Quincocoes would be coming to the Mother’s Day lunch, so much so that she ran away from the event – literally.

RHOM OGs Alexia and Ana
RHOM OGs Alexia and Ana

But now, Ana and her daughter, Beba, are levying heavy accusations against Alexia’s oldest son, Peter Rosello, who is finally on good terms with his mom despite their rocky past.

Early last year, Ana and Beba appeared in an interview together where Beba alluded that some of her friends were roofied at one of Peter’s parties. The duo made it clear they didn’t know who was responsible for slipping something in the ladies’ drinks, but the implication was made, and it was pretty damn clear.

Fast forward to this week when on Ana and Beba’s podcast, Mami Issues, the two discussed Alexia. While Ana got riled up when talking about Alexia, her daughter warned: “Don’t go for her kids.”

While Ana insisted she wasn’t, Beba didn’t believe her and fired back, ”But you’re just using me and [my sister] Kati as ammo for something, and I just want to make sure …” 

Ana then said she wouldn’t “go for Frankie, but Peter is fair game.” The RHOM alum then accused Peter of trying “to roofie” Beba.

RHOM star Alexia Nepola with her sons Peter and Frankie
RHOM star Alexia Nepola with her sons Peter and Frankie

Reality Tea reached out to Peter about the accusation, which is when he told the out that he didn’t know “what she [was] talking about. I haven’t seen them since I was 18 years old. Never were friends.”

 He added, “Smh can’t believe they are talking sh*t like that.” 

Alexia has yet to publicly comment on Anna’s claim but surely she will have quite a lot to say.

Meanwhile, RHOM alum Joanna Krupa also inserted herself into the drama by commenting on Ana’s Instagram and going off on Alexia and their other former castmates.

“Don’t even waste your energy on hateful women that had to marry men for money and have no careers and are bitter because you are a power woman and it all on your own,” Joanna wrote, adding, “U go girl! Don’t let anyone bully u!”

She continued, “Plus, you have to fill me in to what happened as I have no clue, but I can only imagine from experience.”


The Real Housewives of Miami airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.

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