ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
- Heather Dubrow is returning to the Actual Housewives of Orange County afer a five-year absence.
- The RHOC star discovered herself feuding along with her former co-star Kelly Dodd amid the pandemic.
- Fancy Pants insists she didn’t have Kelly fired, however did say that her departure was a think about her determination to return.
Heather Dubrow is again on Actual Housewives of Orange County for season 16 after a five-year absence. Forward of the premiere, Fancy Pants has revealed why she determined to return to the fact sequence. Heather says that one necessary issue was that Bravo is taking the present in a brand new path. But what seemingly sealed the deal for her was the community firing Kelly Dodd.
Heather Dubrow was a part of the ‘RHOC’ season 16 forged shake-up
Season 15 was not an excellent one for Actual Housewives of Orange County. After the departure of Tamra Decide and Vicki Gunvalson — and Kelly’s controversial feedback in regards to the pandemic — scores took a dive. The brand new forged didn’t work for viewers, and Bravo knew by the point the season was over that they wanted to make a change.
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What got here subsequent was a forged shake-up that included Bravo giving pink slips to Kelly, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, and Elizabeth Lyn Vargas. Then, they added newbies Noella Bergener, Nicole James, and Dr. Jennifer Armstrong. Additionally they invited Heather again to the sequence to be a part of vets Shannon Beador, Emily Simpson, and Gina Kirschenheiter.
Kelly Dodd says Bravo blindsided her
After Bravo introduced they’d fired Kelly in June 2021, she informed Jeff Lewis on his SiriusXM present Jeff Lewis Reside that she didn’t see her termination coming. But, she ought to have.
“I had no idea. …I was blindsided,” the 45-year-old admitted. “Listen, ultimately, I got fired because of myself, I’m the one who got myself fired. I was causing them a lot of grief. I was causing them a lot of trouble. And you know, I’m sorry about that. Like, I feel bad.”
Regardless that she took duty for her termination, Kelly identified that there are individuals who love to hate her. But, the small group of people that hate her a lot that they need her canceled are those who converse the loudest.
“You want somebody to love to hate you, or you want people to really love you, but I have a million followers and they are diehard, like, fans, and they love me,” Kelly stated. “And then I have, then I have this little group of people that are the cancel culture that hate me. And so they’re the loud ones… the woke, broke people. They love to hate me.”
Heather Dubrow alludes that she returned to ‘RHOC’ as a result of Bravo fired ‘pathetic’ Kelly Dodd
Heather insists she didn’t get Kelly fired from RHOC. But, she did inform Page Six that Kelly’s termination was an enormous think about her agreeing to return to the Bravo sequence.
“I think that it was paramount to my return that the show was going in a different direction,” she stated.
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Fancy Pants additionally revealed that she thinks Bravo known as her and invited her again to RHOC as a result of they “wanted” to reboot the sequence after Kelly’s controversial phrases and actions.
The ‘RHOC’ star says Kelly Dodd is obsessed along with her
Kelly and Heather had been on RHOC collectively for only one season earlier than Heather left, and so they’ve by no means gotten alongside. Issues between them obtained much more heated in the course of the pandemic when Kelly made a remark about Heather’s son, which led to a stop and desist letter. Heather says Kelly appears to be fairly obsessed along with her, however she says Kelly’s most up-to-date actions left her baffled.
Kelly and her husband Rick Leventhal not too long ago discovered themselves on the identical restaurant as Heather and her husband, Dr. Terry Dubrow. Kelly determined to make a video of her rival and put up it on her Instagram Tales, and referred to Heather and Terry as “dumb and dumber.”
“It makes me laugh. Kelly seems to talk about me a lot, so at this point I don’t know whether to be really flattered that she’s so obsessed with me or sad for her that she has no other content,” Heather stated.
Heather Dubrow has some recommendation for different ‘Housewives’ who depart the franchise
Heather says that when somebody leaves the Housewives franchise — or another actuality TV present — there are two issues that you need to do. And, she says Kelly failed spectacularly with each.
“No. 1: You don’t burn bridges and No. 2 you have to figure out your next steps, and I don’t think sitting at a restaurant filming former cast members is a viable employment opportunity, and it just seems sad, pathetic,” Heather shared. “[You have to] extract yourself elegantly.”
Season 16 of Actual Housewives of Orange County premieres Wednesday, December 1 on Bravo.