The Real Housewives of New York City premiered in 2008, but not every Housewife has gone the distance.
The season 1 cast of RHONY included Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin and Alex McCord. While Kelly Killoren Bensimon joined the cast during season 2, Sonja Morgan became a full-time cast member during season 3 and Cindy Barshop earned an apple during season 4. The show saw its biggest shake-up ahead of season 5, with Jill, Alex, Kelly and Cindy exiting. (Bethenny left after season 3 and briefly starred in spinoffs Bethenny Getting Married? and Bethenny Ever After?)
“That was a scary time but also, it reenergized the show and took it into a lot of different directions,” Andy Cohen said during a 2018 panel about firing three cast members in 2012.
RHONY underwent another major renovation in 2022 when Bravo announced that the season 13 cast — Luann, Ramona, Sonja, Leah McSweeney and Eboni K. Williams — would not be back for more episodes. Instead, RHONY would be rebooted with an entirely new cast of Housewives.
The retooled RHONY premiered in July 2023 with cast members Jenna Lyons, Erin Lichy, Brynn Whitfield, Sai De Silva, Jessel Taank and Ubah Hassan. “Everyone has an opinion about everything,” Jessel exclusively told Us Weekly before the season 14 premiere. “‘What? You like watermelon gum? Ew, why? That’s gross.’ Like, it’s bubble gum. … The fact that we are all so different, that’s the magic sauce here.”
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