There’s still big drama in the Big Apple, even withoutBethenny Frankel!
On Tuesday,Bravo dropped the explosive trailerfor season 12 ofThe Real Housewives of New YorkCity— the reality show’s first season in five years thatwon’t feature the original Housewife and SkinnyGirl founder.
While Frankel will be gone when the season premieres in April , there still seems to be plenty of action to be had with current Housewives, including fellow OGsRamona SingerandLuann de Lesseps;longtime HousewivesSonja Morgan,Dorinda Medley, andTinsley Mortimer; as well as new HousewifeLeah McSweeney.
The women are at one another’s throats throughout the trailer, with Medley screaming at McSweeney, Singer and de Lesseps.
In fact, it looks like it might be a rough season overall for Medley as she reaches a breaking point.
“We want to help you, don’t you understand?” Singer screams at her at one point. “There’s a problem here and we want to help you, you’re not getting it.”
Elsewhere in the clip, de Lesseps sobriety journey takes a turn asshe begins drinking again, after completing parole. And Mortimer announces that she’s moving to Chicago to be with her boyfriend (and nowfiancé) Scott Kluth — though their reconciliation looks toput her on the outs with the group.
The cast of theReal Housewives of New York City.Sophy Holland/Bravo
McSweeney was announced as New York City’s newest Housewife at BravoCon in November. She made her debut during the fan convention’sWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohentaping, where host Andy Cohen asked for her impressions of her castmates.
“They’re all unique individuals, but they’re all very badass,” she said.
Of course, McSweeney knows something about being badass herself. Founder and CEO of streetwear-inspired fashion line Married to the Mob, McSweeney has had a long career as an entrepreneur and businesswoman, her take-no prisoners attitude helping her find success.
On the personal side, she’s also a mother to12-year-old daughter Kier,whom she shares with her ex-husband, Rob McSweeney.
“She’s quite a little number. I really like her,” Medley told Bravo’s Daily Dish in November. “She’s really good.”
Added de Lesseps, in in a January interview on SiriusXM: “She’s gorgeous, she’s really beautiful. And what I like about her is she is somebody who is self-made and vulnerable at the same time. So I think people can relate to her.”
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As for Frankel, she’s doing quite fine away from theRHONYcameras.
The businesswoman is working on a few new entertainment projects, she toldVarietyin September, including twonew “female-centric” programs with producer Mark Burnettand MGM television — one, a “soft-scripted” comedy series which she will produce and another, a competition series with a business twist in which she will star.
Aside from all of that, Frankel is a busy mom to 9-year-olddaughter Bryn, whom she shares withex Jason Hoppy. She’s also found love again, withboyfriend of over a year, Paul Bernon.
“Things are wonderful,” Frankel told PEOPLE in December. “He’s a good person who I love. I don’t know if it’s a yin to my yang, but he’s really relaxed, he’s mellow and he’s very, very funny.”
Frankel first announced she would leavingRHONYin August, explaining that she was hoping to put her energy on highlighting “the strength, confidence and unstoppable power that women have.”
Since then, she’s soaked up her time away from the spotlight.
“It’s nice to be missed,” she added. “But it’s nice to be living the life I’m living now, which is another chapter and really a safer space.”
The Real Housewives of New York Cityseason 12 premieres Thursday, April 2 (at 9 p.m. ET/PT) on Bravo.
source: people.com
