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Fans of the original iteration of The Real Housewives of New York City are getting excited for E!’s The Golden Life.
The show will finally bring what RHONY fans have been begging for back to our screens: namely, a show featuring Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Kelly Bensimon, and Sonja Morgan.
One person whose name has been noticeably missing since the beginning is Bethenny Frankel.
While Bethenny, 55, was an original cast member of RHONY, she left after season three for her own spinoff. She later returned for seasons seven through 11, but then she permanently departed again.
Although it didn’t seem likely she would ever want to do reality TV with this group of women again, she recently posted a TikTok that seemed to hint she may be coming to The Golden Life.
Holding an apple, which is what the women on RHONY hold in their cast photograph, Bethenny filmed herself posing like a housewife while some of her famous RHONY taglines played.
“The B is back,” she wrote over the video, adding an apple emoji.
“Back in my playground #rhony #nyc #datenight,” she captioned the clip.
@bethennyfrankel Back in my playground #rhony #nyc #datenight
Fans immediately began talking in the comments, wondering if Bethenny was hinting she was coming onto the new E! show.
“ARE YOU JOINING THE GOLDEN LIFE?” one fan asked.
Interestingly, Bethenny liked the comment.
Reality Blurb exclusively spoke to two insiders to find out if Bethenny was indeed coming to The Golden Life.
When asked if she was joining, one production source explicitly stated, “Not to my knowledge.”
Another stated that they believe she was “trolling,” also seemingly hinting that Bethenny will not be coming onto the new show.
As fans know, RHONY OG Jill Zarin was due to be on the show, but after offensive comments she made about Bad Bunny‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show, she was cut.
The Golden Life premieres October 20 at 10 p.m. ET on E! with a special 90-minute episode.