{"id":331095,"date":"2026-08-27T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331095\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:22:29","slug":"king-of-queens-leah-remini-is-heading-to-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331095\/","title":{"rendered":"King of Queens&#8217; Leah Remini Is Heading to Reality TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Leah Remini is trading takedowns of Scientology for diamonds and drama. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/leah-remini-rhobh-season-16-kyle-richards-erika-jayne-returning-1236829337\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> reports that the 56-year-old King of Queens alum and outspoken critic of Scientology has signed on as a full-time cast member for Season 16 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, alongside another new hire: real estate pro and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles vet Tracy Tutor. They join returning stars Kyle Richards, Erika &#8220;Jayne&#8221; Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Bozoma Saint John, Rachel Zoe, and Sutton Stracke, with Kathy Hilton and Jennifer Tilly back as &#8220;friends.&#8221;&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        &#8220;It&#8217;s true!&#8221; Remini wrote on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DchfZPHCDAP\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a> announcing the news, while Tutor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcPVgN-B7-L\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> on her own social media: &#8220;The secret&#8217;s officially out.&#8221; Not returning: Amanda Frances, who says she wasn&#8217;t asked back despite a supportive DM from Rihanna proclaiming, &#8220;We need more of you!&#8221; Filming is underway, with Remini set to start shooting in Los Angeles this week, as Bravo leans into a supersize cast after a tense Season 15 reunion. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/leah-remini-joins-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-16-12069156\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a> notes that a premiere date for the upcoming season hasn&#8217;t yet been announced.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Leah Remini is trading takedowns of Scientology for diamonds and drama. Variety reports that the 56-year-old King&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[89347,124600,1482,9,24,63,122,124,123,124599,9582,3296,2556,124601,48747,10696],"class_list":["post-331095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-kathy-hilton","tag-kyle-richards","tag-leah-remini","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills","tag-reality-television","tag-reality-tv","tag-television","tag-television-program","tag-tv-series","tag-tv-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}