“One was Luann.”
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Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette will not be the only Radziwill representation on TV. Carole Radziwill is rejoining The Real Housewives of New York City as “friend of” Erin Lichy for the upcoming season, Bravo confirmed today. Radziwell is known for being a working journalist, a real-life friend of JFK Jr. and Bessette, and one of the most withering women the Housewives franchise ever found. None of Radziwill’s former castmates are coming with her — they (minus Jill Zarin) will be busy filming E1’s reboot The Golden Life. Instead, she’ll be on the show with three members of the rebooted cast: Sai Da Silva, Jessel Taank, and Lichy. The rest of last season’s cast — including Brynn Whitfield and Ubah Hassan, who played out the controversial conflict in the season’s final episodes, along with Racquel Chevremont, Jenna Lyons, and Rebecca Minkoff — will not return.
Radziwill’s return is a shock because she spent many years estranged from Bravo after leaving the show in 2018. She fell out with producer Andy Cohen, whom she knew prior to being on the series, after the season-ten reunion, when she accused him of favoring Bethenny Frankel. He later called her “Trumpian” and she called him out on X (then Twitter), saying he was “FOS.” However, earlier this year she returned as a surprise guest on Watch What Happens Live, setting the stage for this development.
Radziwill won’t be the alone newcomer to this group of returning ladies. Today, Bravo also announced three new cast members — Martha Stewart’s makeup artist Daisy Toye, Jon Gosselin’s ex-girlfriend (post–Kate divorce) Hailey Glassman, and celebrity fitness guru Erika Hammond. Additionally, the gossip account DeuxMoi, which posted the new cast today before Bravo’s announcement, claims that RHOSLC’s Lori Gordon will be joining as producer. Sounds like New York is getting a facelift.
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