Mary Cosby Quits Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

 

 

The suspense is over. On his Sirius(XM) radio show on Monday, Executive Producer for the “Real Housewives” series, Andy Cohen, addressed controversial cast member, Mary Cosby, going AWOL for the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion, which was taped on Friday.

 

After first acknowledging that it is “her story to tell”, Andy uncharacteristically, spoke candidly about the situation, revealing that he had a lengthy conversation with Mary on New Year’s Eve after Mary told him that she “was not finding gratitude” with being on the show anymore, so he wasn’t really surprised that she didn’t show up.

 

Andy told her “Look, by not showing up to a reunion, you allow the others to control your narrative, as your last gesture.”, adding that he would have preferred that Mary show up, say her peace, and then leave with her head held high. Cohen also revealed that in the 5 or 6 episodes remaining, something jaw dropping (that no one knows about) is going to occur, and it’s going to rock the foundation(s) of two of the housewives. He added that when we see this played out, we (the viewers) are going to be “quite engaged”, especially after realizing it was shown to the women right before they shot the reunion.

 

 

As fans of the show know, Mary was undoubtedly going to be in the hot seat at the reunion, after making several racist politically incorrect comments on the show throughout the season.  Then just ahead of the taping, allegations surfaced that Mary was involved in a sordid affair with one of her parishioners, Cameron Williams, who later accused her of manipulating him into taking out a $300K mortgage on his home (to donate to her church). Cameron has since died.

 

Further evidence that Mary Cosby is officially out, Cohen credited Mary with being an integral part of the success of the show, but quickly added that the reunion was "very good" despite her absence.  Andy also revealed that while they filmed the reunion with all the women physically there (in L.A.), it was largely produced remotely,  due to a Covid-19 outbreak within the production team.