The returning Season 1 cast members are PR maven Marysol Patton, political fundraiser and socialite Lea Black, and art curator Audriana de Moura. Bravo won’t officially name the new cast mates until after shooting begins this month and it’s sure whose story lines work best.
Matt Anderson and Nate Green’s production company Purveyors of Pop will helm the second season.
They’re the production team behind the network’s successful Bethenny Ever After and have served as executive producers and showrunners on past seasons of the Atlanta, New Jersey, and New York Real Housewives installments.
Bravo is clearly hoping for better luck the second time around. Season 1, which consisted of just six episodes and a reunion special, averaged just 1.09 million viewers an episode.
So, why revisit Miami now? The timing could be ripe. The franchise is enjoying an upswing in popularity with the media coverage around The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and record ratings for Atlanta.
Also, Tuesday's seventh season return of the Orange County series attracted 2.3 million viewers, a 10% increase among total viewers compared to the previous season premiere.
Melissa and Joe Gorga of The Real Housewives of New Jersey had a hot Hollywood date night on Friday. The dynamic duo were spotted at the Los Angeles hot spot Osaka, a celebrity favorite that serves up a Asian/Peruvian fusion.
The two looked like stars on their date night. Melissa looking very sexy and chic in her light beige jumper with some bling on the shoulder, and Joe showed off his tan biceps with his tight black T.
One thing for sure, whatever these two are doing, they already look like they are having a blast!
Taylor has been all over the media promoting her book (which has been released to less than stellar reviews according to Amazon), and getting a lot of criticism for allegedly fabricating claims of serious domestic abuse, mainly because fans – and now the media – are starting to wonder why there is no proof! Taylor had yet to provide medical records, police reports, or third-party testimony corroborating her claims; and many of her late husband’s friends and family members are speaking out accusing her of blatant dishonesty!
In an effort to combat detractors and prove that abuse actually happened in her marriage
“Thank you for all of the support. I’m taking this doc down for now. Because of the hateful comments it’s going to discourage other victims. It’s so awful that people still make excuses. If someone says they’re being abused. Believe them. If they go one step further to show proof, don’t abuse them even further by calling them liars, or saying things like ‘doctors can be bought, ‘she could’ve fallen down’, etc. I’m deeply concerned about some of the posters on here and on Twitter,” she wrote.
After Taylor Armstrong released her new book, “Hiding From Reality,” which chronicles her alleged abusive relationship with her late husband, Russell Armstrong, some have questioned why she didn’t report the abuse during their marriage. So, why is she just coming out with these allegations now? “Hiding From Reality” is in stores now.
Sarah, billed as a “Friend of the Housewives,” is a close friend of Gretchen’s and a self-proclaimed heir to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Sarah made her mark when she showed up at Vicki Gunvalson‘s season kickoff party in a pair of ratty, old jeans and hair she forgot to comb. It wasn’t a great first impression.
An even worse impression comes in the form of Sarah’s dating history – most prevalently that she has been crushing hardcore, and apparently having a fling, with former Housewife Jeana Keough‘s eldest son, Shane Keough.
Well it seems Shane has been hooking up with the 33-year-old Sarah for about a year. “They’ve had a fling for over a year,” an insider revealed to Star Magazine.
Sarah’s alleged fling with Shane may make sense given Jeana’s guest appearance this season. Perhaps we’ll see Shane as well! I know you’ve missed him! Upon hearing the news that he is supposedly dating Sarah, Shane immediately denied it via Twitter, answering: “Nooooo! Weird that I am unaware of this,” when a fan asked about it.
Sadly for Sarah, Shane is a “major upgrade” from the “sleazy guys” she usually dates. Where on earth does Bravo find these classy women?! According to the insider, Sarah whose seeming more and more like a grifter by the minute usually gravitates towards the sugar daddy types!
“She was living off older men,” the insider explained. “She was flying to the Hamptons all the time, always seen court-side at Lakers games, yet she never worked.”
Apparently, much like Gretchen scored her spot on the show through her affiliation to wealthy former fiance, Jeff Beitzel, Sarah attracted producers, not through Gretchen, but through one of her wealthy, older men! “This rich dude, Kurt,” the insider says, failing to elaborate on just how this “Kurt” is connected to honchos at Bravo. Kurt, a sixty-something Newport Beach businessman, is a former boyfriend of Sarah’s, whom she was able to parlay her relationship with into appearing on RHOC.
While Jill was starring on The Real Housewives of New York City, she had an infamous feud with her friend turned enemy Ramona. But then Jill was fired at the end of the last season and Ramona remained part of the show. Months later, Ramona tells HollywoodLife that she has no interest in trying to settle her differences with Jill.
“Jill and I, it’s really funny because we were better friends before the show aired than now,” Ramona told us on Feb. 10. “But you know, we’re still … when I see her, we’re still friendly. But do I spend time with her? No. She makes up stories just for the press. If she were a different type of person, I would talk about it.”
Out of the other cast members that got fired after season 4, Ramona remains closest with Alex. “The only person I spend time with is Alex,” she admitted. “I’ve always been friends with [her] on and off camera.”
“When you’re good friends with someone, you’re good friends forever,” Ramona continued. “With Alex and I, we did develop a true friendship and I will always be there if she needs me. I know she’ll be there for me.”
Ramona will always be friends with Alex unlike her enemies. “Whenever I pick up the phone with her, it’s just like I saw her yesterday,” she said. “That’s what true friendship is.”
Amidst rumors that former "Real Housewives of New York City" star Kelly Bensimon is dating Carlos Leon, Madonna's ex-husband (and daughter Lourdes' dad), the recent Playboy cover model told Business Insider that the rumored couple are "really, really special friends."
So just how close are the two? And what did Kelly think of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show performance?
Vicki Gunvalson is having a hard time believing her Real Housewives of Orange County costars Gretchen Rossi and Tamra Barney have truly buried the hatchet.
In her official Bravo blog, the 49-year-old admits she was surprised to see the former foes making amends during the Season 7 premiere Tuesday.
"Watching Gretchen and Tamra go to lunch and discuss their past issues was interesting to me. How can Gretchen just put the past behind her and simply forgive Tamra for all the hurt she has put her and Slade through?"
Gunvalson says that Rossi, 33, has said "it was easier to forgive then keep fighting. Maybe that's a lesson for all of us. I just don't know if I could do have done it."
The Bravo star also scoffed when Barney, 43, presented Rossi with a peace offering.
"While I was watching Tamra give Gretchen a friendship bracelet with a key on it and 'locking up the past and entering a new future,' I thought, 'What the heck is going on here?'"
When Rossi visited Us Weekly's New York City offices Monday, she hinted that loyalties will change throughout the show's seventh season.
"At the beginning of this season you actually see Tamra and I coming together and trying to bury the hatchet," Rossi said. "We start to realize who our true friends are, who's a little shady, or who's doing something that seems a little weird."
