{"id":41906,"date":"2025-11-17T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41906\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T04:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:22:19","slug":"andy-cohen-gives-major-update-on-rhony-season-16-during-bravocon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41906\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cohen Gives Major Update on RHONY Season 16 During BravoCon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real Housewives of New York City<\/a> season 16 is officially \u2014 and finally \u2014 coming our way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a cast for\u00a0The Real Housewives of New York City,\u201d Andy, 57, revealed during his BravoCon 2025 \u201cAsk Andy\u201d panel on Sunday, November 16. \u201cWe are gonna be filming in the next few months. Very excited about that. More to come about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the crowd prompted him to name the women, Andy was unable or unwilling to share any details.<\/p>\n

Earlier this weekend, Andy confirmed that the next iteration of RHONY would not be hybrid<\/a> between original show and the rebooted version.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly trust the Bravo producers. They know what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Erin Lichy told Us Weekly exclusively on Saturday, November 14. \u201c I feel like if they really thought that that was the way to go, then that\u2019s the way we would go.\u201d I don\u2019t think that they believe that that\u2019s right for our group.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cast for season 16 of the reality series has been a hot topic in recent months. In January, fans noticed that producers put out a casting call<\/a> for RHONY before season 15 \u2014 which starred Jenna Lyons, Ubah Hassan, Jessel Taank, Brynn Whitfield, Erin Lichy, Sai De Silva and Racquel Chevremont \u2014 finished airing in February.<\/p>\n

Two months later, a source confirmed to Us Weekly that the show was looking for \u201cpotential new ladies\u201d<\/a> before deciding \u201cwho is [coming] back and who isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tNot all Real Housewives give up their diamonds \u2014 or peaches\/apples \u2014 for good. Bethenny Frankel, NeNe Leakes and Dina Manzo are among the ladies who left their respective franchises only to return years later. While Bethenny, NeNe and Dina all returned in a full-time role, other women, including Camille Grammer and Danielle Staub, made [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on who they find,\u201d the insider said in March. \u201cIt\u2019s unclear on how many cast members they are looking for \u2014 and who may stay or who may go. Producers are always putting feelers out to see if they can find anyone new.\u201d<\/p>\n

In May, Bravo shut down rumors that RHONY had been canceled<\/a> after the series was excluded from the network\u2019s upcoming slate of returning programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinal decisions haven\u2019t been made, and they are seeing if they can find a solution<\/a>,\u201d a source exclusively told Us at the time. \u201cThe network and producers have been debating whether or not to bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The insider added that none of the cast members had been offered a contract for season 16 yet as the powers that be continued \u201cfiguring out how to make it work\u201d behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Real Housewives of New York City premiered in 2008, but not every Housewife has gone the distance. The season 1 cast of RHONY included Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin and Alex McCord. While Kelly Killoren Bensimon joined the cast during season 2, Sonja Morgan became a full-time cast member during [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

According to one source, RHONY struggled to survive its 2022 cast reboot<\/a>, which was not embraced by viewers as expected when the show returned for season 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe audience didn\u2019t catch on to the show and ratings are not what they were with the original cast,\u201d the insider told Us, noting that previous stars like Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Luann de Lesseps are still beloved by viewers. \u201cSome of the fans were let down. If you don\u2019t keep the old cast, it becomes a different show, and fans didn\u2019t connect to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Production issues also contributed to \u201cwhy the network and producers haven\u2019t been sure about its future,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were problems with the cast, especially with Brynn, that turned dark and ugly and changed the dynamic,\u201d the insider continued, referring to her recent tension with her costars<\/a>. \u201cWhereas before she was a fan favorite the previous season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ubah also had \u201ccaveats about what she will and will not film\u201d when it comes to her personal life, a third source told Us.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the audience was not \u201cinvested\u201d in Jenna despite the network loving her because she only appeared at parties and chose to keep her private life off the show. Per the first insider, \u201c[With] fans not seeing that element of her life, it\u2019s hard to capture her essence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amid the rampant rumors, Brynn announced her exit<\/a> from RHONY in June after two seasons, citing her desire to focus on other aspects of her career.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] will always be one of the most fun, chaotic and magical chapters of my life,\u201d she wrote via her Instagram Story at the time. \u201cIt was the honor of a lifetime to help reboot such an iconic franchise. From day one, I\u2019ve believed RHONY is a fan\u2019s show \u2014 we\u2019re just temporary custodians of something that truly belongs to the viewers. I hope I made you laugh (a lot) [and] cry (a little).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Real Housewives of New York City season 16 is officially \u2014 and finally \u2014 coming our way.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[157,9,24,55,54,56,3296,24033,24034,1869],"class_list":["post-41906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-entertainment","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-reality-tv","tag-the-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-new-york","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41906","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=41906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}