Inside the Explosive Shake Ups Rocking Bravo’s Real Housewives Universe From Alleged Cast Clashes

Bravo makes no bones about it: the network loves drama! While several Real Housewives’ franchises have slowly dipped back into filming their respective upcoming seasons, familiar and new faces have entered the chat. Deuxmoi has been told that some cast members have allegedly been finalized for the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" though New York is another story.

Discussed on Deux/U’s August 7th podcast episode, an exclusive source told Deuxmoi that “Teresa [Giudice], Melissa [Gorga], and Dolores [Catania] are allegedly coming back. Bravo has New Jersey slated to start filming ahead of New York City.” The source forecasted RHONJ’s filming to begin in November. Despite initial speculation, we do not foresee Catania joining the Rhode Island franchise after all. Additionally, it’s being predicted that Margaret Josephs will not return for the upcoming season, per the insider. Another source revealed that “allegedly there will be three new cast members and maybe one new friend, so there’ll be six full-time New Jersey cast housewives.”

As for its nearby counterpart? Well, RHONY won’t be at the forefront, as casting has not been finalized. On top of this, Deuxmoi heard from a source that “Bravo lost a lot of money on the RHONY reboot.” Further thickening the plot, the source stated “that cast members were allegedly paid between $75,000 - $100,000 for the [first] season and received a 25% bump for season two.” While this is hearsay at this point, the source repeated whispers that supposedly “Bravo spent millions on the marketing of the reboot.”

Just last weekend, Deuxmoi posted an insider’s video of newbie Rachel Zoe and fan favorites Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley dancing at Surf Lodge in Montauk last week. (On an aside, Kemsley has since been seen filming a shopping scene on Rodeo Drive.) Per Deuxmoi’s source, “allegedly Rachel Zoe is livid that Denise Richards is back with an A-storyline. That is not what she agreed to when she agreed to come on the show.” But why were certain familiar faces missing from the camera lens? According to the source, “Rachel won’t film with Denise one-on-one.” Perhaps Zoe has an ongoing feud with Richards for reasons yet to be revealed, or she simply wanted the spotlight for her housewife debut.

ICYMI, Richards has had her fair share of drama in the last few years. As chronicled in the limited run of "Denise Richards & Her Wild Things", Richards rarely keeps a room quiet for long. Headlines have recently swirled around her divorce to Aaron Phypers—with serious claims of him being physically abusive to her. Richards’ previous run on RHOBH was painted with guarded, often robotic behavior, lacking the liveliness we expected from her. IDK about you, but we cannot wait for the unfiltered Richards to be unleashed.