Bethenny Frankel Reportedly in Talks to Return to RHONY

 

 

Rumors are swirling that Bethenny Frankel is in deep talks to return to The Real Housewives of New York City (for a third time), but she's not making it easy on Bravo executives, meaning her old pal Andy Cohen. An anonymous insider recently told the celebrity gossip site, Deuxmoi, that the 50-year-old RHONY OG-turned-Skinnygirl mogul is willing to come back to the show, but only under certain conditions.  She is demanding an executive producer credit, which would allow her to help "shape the show" (a.k.a. casting approval), and she  only wants to film three days a week, and of course more money.    

 

They are reportedly almost there, but Bravo/NBC/Universal is struggling with the EP promotion, which is understandable considering the (lawsuit) debacle with Married to Medicine's Mariah Huq.

 

Despite the statement from Bravo themselves (saying that "Ramona isn't going anywhere"), said insider maintains that Ramona is hanging by a thread, that Eboni will be getting a second season, that Luann de Lesseps has been demoted to part time, and Sonja and Leah are out.  The insider also squelched the rumors that Dorinda Medley or Tinsley Mortimer are in talks to return, adding that Tinsley has no desire to move back into a hotel room in NYC.

 

UPDATE:  Obviously a false report.