Bravo’s newest cast portrait forThe Real Housewives of Orange Countyis missing a familiar face.On Tuesday, the networkreleased the artwork and trailerfor season 14, revealing that original starVicki Gunvalsonwill not be a main Housewife for the first time since the series premiered in 2006. Instead, she’s been reduced to a “Friend of the Housewives” role and will appear less frequently. Meanwhile, newbie Braunwyn Windham-Burke joinsTamra Judge,Shannon Beador,Kelly Dodd,Gina KirschenheiterandEmily Simpson.Gunvalson, 57, addressed her absence head-on with an Instagram post expressing her gratitude for the reality show.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty“For the past 14 years I’ve opened up my life, my loves, my ups and downs onThe Real Housewives of Orange Countyand I am proud to be the ‘OG of the OC’,” she wrote. “I am back again this season right in the middle of the action, and I hope you have as much fun watching the show as I did living it in front of the cameras. Stay tuned to Bravo August 6th.”It’s not the first time a Housewife has been given a reduced role: originalReal Housewives of New York CitystarLuann de Lessepswas demoted for season 6 before returning as a main cast member, andReal Housewives of AtlantastarPorsha Wiliamshad a year-long stint as a “Friend” during season 7.The Real Housewives of Orange Countyreturns Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
Bravo’s newest cast portrait forThe Real Housewives of Orange Countyis missing a familiar face.
On Tuesday, the networkreleased the artwork and trailerfor season 14, revealing that original starVicki Gunvalsonwill not be a main Housewife for the first time since the series premiered in 2006. Instead, she’s been reduced to a “Friend of the Housewives” role and will appear less frequently. Meanwhile, newbie Braunwyn Windham-Burke joinsTamra Judge,Shannon Beador,Kelly Dodd,Gina KirschenheiterandEmily Simpson.
Gunvalson, 57, addressed her absence head-on with an Instagram post expressing her gratitude for the reality show.
Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“For the past 14 years I’ve opened up my life, my loves, my ups and downs onThe Real Housewives of Orange Countyand I am proud to be the ‘OG of the OC’,” she wrote. “I am back again this season right in the middle of the action, and I hope you have as much fun watching the show as I did living it in front of the cameras. Stay tuned to Bravo August 6th.”
It’s not the first time a Housewife has been given a reduced role: originalReal Housewives of New York CitystarLuann de Lessepswas demoted for season 6 before returning as a main cast member, andReal Housewives of AtlantastarPorsha Wiliamshad a year-long stint as a “Friend” during season 7.
The Real Housewives of Orange Countyreturns Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
