Every orange can’t last forever! Exit from OG star Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge Jo De La Rosa, Us WeeklyIs it time to revisit a favorite former? Real Housewives of Orange County stars.
Vicki announced her departure from Bravo in January 2020, after 14 seasons.
“I will always be the OG of the OC, but it’s time to say goodbye to The Real Housewives of Orange County. It’s been an incredible ride for 14 years and I want thank all of you for your support, for your love and for ‘whooping it up’ with me along the way,” she wrote at the time via Instagram. “I love all my fans, and I want to thank Bravo and Evolution for this incredible experience which my family and I have will never forget.”
Tamra, who had joined the show in season 3, announced that she was leaving that month. Tamra was offered a part time role in season 15, which she declined. She opted to leave the show after 12 years after receiving a call from production saying they “decided to go in a different direction” and didn’t need her as a full-time cast member.
“They even said, ‘We’re shocked. We’re completely shocked at this,’” she exclusively told UsIn May 2020. “’They know that you said you’d never become a ‘friend,’ so they want to give you a limited role.’ And I’m like, ‘No, thank you.’ That’s not what I said. I said, ‘F off!’ And then I just took a week or so and I just absorbed it. … I cried and I was scared.”
Many faces have changed over the years for the Housewives series.
Gretchen Rossi2013 season 9: walked out ahead of the rest. Heather DubrowAfter joining the cast for season 7, he decided to leave the show in 2016. Meghan KingAfter three years on the California-based TV series, he decided to leave the show in 2018.
In June 2021, a major cast shakeup took place. Kelly Dodd, Elizabeth Lyn Vargas Braunwyn Windham-BurkeThe series was ended by Dubrow. Dubrow made her grand return as a housewife.
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