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Gizelle Bryant admitted to wanting to quit The Real Housewives of Potomac amid its recently filmed 10th season during an interview on Tuesday.
As she discussed Karen Huger‘s recent release from jail, Monique Samuels‘ unexpected return to the show, and new cast member Tia Glover, Gizelle reflected on Mauricio Umansky‘s season 10 cameo, offered an update on where she stands with Stacey Rusch and Wendy Osefo, and revealed that she’s wanted to leave the series “17 times.”
“Always, every season at some point, I want to just like, pack my bags and go home,” Gizelle shared during a September 30 interview with Entertainment Tonight.
While Gizelle didn’t shed any light on what has made her want to leave the show, she did confirm that she remained in touch with Karen throughout her stint behind bars for DUI.
“I was in communication with her via a friend of hers and [Ray Huger]. I’ve spoken to her since she’s been out, and I’m just happy to have my girl out here in the wild, free,” she shared, adding that she “[hopes]” and “[prays]” that Karen will reclaim her full-time role for season 11.
As for Monique’s return, Gizelle said that while she did not see it coming, Ashley Darby warmed her up to the idea.
“Ashley and her have been communicating throughout the years. Monique has been gone for five seasons, and she’s been through a lot. She’s been divorced now, and she has moved, and she doesn’t live in Potomac anymore. I don’t know how many homes she has now, but it’s not four,” she revealed.
“I was actually happy to just connect with her and just see where her head is,” Gizelle added, shadily noting that Monique claimed she’s changed.
Regarding the newbies, who include Tia and Angel Massie, Gizelle confirmed she brought Tia to the cast.
“She meshed, I think, well with the group,” Gizelle revealed.
Also during season 10, Gizelle crossed paths with the estranged husband of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards in Aspen, Colorado.
“We were on one of our trips … He was walking down the street, and we saw him and accosted him,” she recalled of Mauricio, whom she confirmed she would never date.
“I wouldn’t do that,” she shared.
Moving on to her friendships within the cast, Gizelle revealed that she and Stacey are still not in a good place as she targeted her co-star’s “lies.”
“I’m cool with it cuz I know she’s a liar. So as long as I can just meet you where you are, I’m good,” she reasoned.
She then shared that her friendship with Wendy is “healing and thriving.”
“I learned a lot about Wendy this season that made me appreciate her as a person a little bit more, so I think we’re on the road to greatness,” she teased.
Also during the interview, after stating that the season finale was the “biggest loop ever” and revealing that she and Robyn Dixon won’t get an answer on their legal drama with Eminem over their podcast, Reasonably Shady, “until 2026,” Gizelle confirmed she’s “dating.”
“I like the streets and I know I need to reel it in and settle down but I like the streets .. and the mens are calling,” she shared.
The Real Housewives of Potomac season 10 premieres on Sunday, October 5, at 8/7c on Bravo.