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Andy Cohen spoke of the upcoming seasons of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and The Real Housewives of New York City during a BravoCon panel with Jeff Lewis.
While also speaking of the recent reunion between Teresa Giudice, 53, and the Gorgas, Joe, 51, and Melissa, 46, and explaining why it wasn’t filmed, Andy, 57, reacted to rumors of a hybrid cast on RHONY and mentioned The Real Housewives of Atlanta while sharing why RHONJ has been on pause for so long.
“Before bringing [RHOA] back [for season 16], we wanted to bridging it back right and I would argue that bringing back, finding [Angela Oakley] and [Shamea Morton] and [Phaedra Parks] is back on the show, and of course [Kelli Ferrell], those are three great new MVP new housewives and so when we do bring back [RHONJ] and when we do bring back [RHONJ], it will be because we have found the exact right group,” Andy reasoned, as seen in a video shared by Real Moms of Bravo on Instagram. “We have too much great stuff going on to throw something on without it being absolutely right with us.”
At another moment, shared by Bravo Betch, Andy said, “We’re close,” when asked about RHONY, and denied that the 16th season would include members from season 15, along with numerous OGs of the series.
“No. Not true,” he stated.
He was then asked who he would reconcile with first out of Nene Leakes, 57, Kathy Griffin, 65, and Bethenny Frankel, 55.
“I think never say never about anyone, but to throw, I mean, Kathy and I emailed the other day,” he replied, via Gabbing with Gib on Instagram. “[And] Nene and I texted a few months ago.”
Meanwhile, speaking to Us Weekly, Andy shared his thoughts on Teresa’s meeting with Joe and Melissa.
“I hoped so, and we’ll see how it plays out,” he stated.
As for whether the reconciliation was prompted by Teresa and Melissa’s desire to get back on RHONJ, Andy admitted he didn’t know.
“I have no idea. I told both of them, you guys, I think that’s one of the reasons we didn’t pick cameras up. They have to do this for themselves. It should have nothing to do with us,” he stated. “We’d shot that scene many times before.”
He also said the series would return “when it’s right.”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey has been on pause since the end of its 14th season in August 2024.