Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Adrienne Maloof was one of the first Housewives to be a no-show at a reunion taping, but she hasn’t been the last.
Adrienne opted not to film the sit-down special with her costars in 2013 after Brandi Glanville revealed during season 3 that she used a surrogate to carry her three sons. During the season, Bravo bleeped the word “surrogate” and more details of the situation as Adrienne threatened legal action.
After her former costar Lisa Vanderpump pulled the same move during season 9 of RHOBH, Adrienne admitted that she regretted not filming the season 3 reunion.
“There was so much going on at the time,” she said on Bravo’s “Daily Dish” podcast in 2020. “When I think back, I think it would’ve been better to just plow through it, get it over with. And I know Lisa may think differently. It’s a little condescending and holier-than-thou. When I look at what I was going through and what she was going through, there’s no comparison. I’m going through a divorce, the whole Brandi and Lisa situation, bringing the things out about my family. I felt like it was almost too much to handle at the time. But in reality, I should’ve plowed through it. I don’t think Lisa would ever say that.”
Lisa, for her part, skipped the 2019 reunion amid season 9’s Puppygate after she was accused of leaking stories to the press about Dorit Kemsley’s dog. The Vanderpump Rules star also stopped filming midseason and quit the series altogether, telling Us Weekly at the time: “I made the decision to leave. It was a very difficult year for me, personally and professionally. The Housewives, it’s just, it’s emotionally too difficult to deal with.”
Sources told Us at the time that Lisa “forfeited a big part of her paycheck” with the decision.
“Lisa only gets half of her pay for the season if she doesn’t go to the reunion, but she still chose not to go,” a source told Us at the time. “The women get half of their pay before shooting starts and the other half after the reunion. So Lisa lost money.”
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A second insider then added, “Housewives don’t get fully paid for the season until it’s over and the reunion has been filmed.”
The SUR owner subsequently confirmed via Twitter that she lost “a lot” of money, adding, “But it wasn’t worth it to me [to go].”
Beverly Hills isn’t the only city with a history of women bailing before the reunion. Scroll through for more no-shows:
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Brit Eady
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star announced in June 2025 that she would not be attending the season 16 reunion.
“This was my decision,” Brit wrote via her Instagram Story at the time of filming. “The events of this season have devastated me.”
After the reunion premiered in July 2025, Brit announced she would be leaving the Bravo reality show for good.
“As I close this chapter, I want to thank everyone who supported me, my friends, my followers, my amazing team, and everyone who defended my name,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “I decided to walk away from something that no longer serves me because I choose peace over destroying my mental [health]. … My journey here is done.”
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Karen Huger
The Grand Dame did not attend The Real Housewives of Potomac season 9 reunion taping in January 2025 after choosing to focus on her health.
“Karen made the important decision to enter a private recovery program, so was unable to attend the reunion taping today,” Huger’s manager, Ryan Tresdale, said in a statement to Bravo’s The Daily Dish. “She was fully supported in this choice. We stand behind Karen as she embarks on this meaningful journey and are proud of her for taking such a significant step forward in her personal growth.”
In December 2024, Huger was convicted of DUI, negligent driving and other charges stemming from a Maryland car accident nine months prior.
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Jen Shah
Jen confirmed she wouldn’t be in attendance at the RHOSLC season 3 reunion taping in December 2022 as she awaited her sentencing for wire fraud charges. (In January 2023, she was ordered to 78 months in prison.)
“On September 14, 2022, I was informed by Bravo executives that I was not invited to attend the Season 3 reunion. I was disappointed because I would have no venue to confront inaccuracies and address my storyline with cast members,” she claimed in an Instagram statement at the time. . “Out of nowhere, on November 29, two and a half weeks ago, I was invited to attend. I was elated to learn I would now have a voice at reunion. I was clear with Bravo that out of respect for the courts and a standing judicial order, I would not be in a position to discuss anything related to my legal case or sentencing.”
Jen alleged that the network “found this unsatisfactory and said they expected to discuss this ‘storyline.’ That expectation has no regard for me or my family’s well-being; so under legal advice, I will not be attending reunion. I need to focus on the most important thing in my life — my family.”
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Jacqueline Laurita
The Real Housewives of New Jersey personality was a no-show at the season 3 reunion. For the first time in Housewives history, production on one season began without a break. So, while season 3 was still airing, Jacqueline was mad over season 4 events.
“The night before the reunion, there was a huge right revolving around Strippergate, and Jacqueline refused to leave her house,” Andy Cohen recalled in the book Not All Diamonds and Rosé. “I was so pissed at her! Furious. … It was so confusing to the audience that we were in the middle of production on season 4 during the season 3 reunion and something happened the night before that was so bad that all of their allegiances shifted. Everyone was so mad at Teresa [Giudice] but they couldn’t explain why because it was a spoiler.”
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Kim Richards
The RHOBH alum did a separate interview with Cohen for the season 2 reunion amid struggles with substance abuse in 2012.
“When it was clear that it was a real problem, we wanted to be responsible and we didn’t want to put her in a situation where anything could be exacerbated,” Cohen explained in Not All Diamonds and Rosé. “We considered her family and wanted to work with her to get her better. Bravo paid for her rehab.”
She returned for season 3.
