Dorinda Medley teased ‘RHONY’ return before reboot plans

Dorinda Medley is able to reclaim her golden apple.

In the future earlier than Andy Cohen introduced plans to reboot “The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” with a whole new solid – together with a second present that may characteristic OG stars – the Bravo alum teased her return to the franchise in an unique interview with Web page Six.

“Pay attention, I like being on Bravo. I by no means would have left. That wasn’t my [decision]. I believe folks assume in some methods it was my resolution,” she mentioned whereas selling her partnership with Nutrisystem. “So, I’m all the time open to it and I loved doing it.”

A assured Medley, 58, added, “And I’m Housewife.”

The truth TV persona — recognized for iconic catchphrases like “I made it good,” “Not nicely, bitch” and “Clip!” — introduced her departure from “RHONY” after six seasons in August 2020.

That October, Medley defined on the “Simply B with Bethenny Frankel” podcast she was upset that she was unable to redeem herself on Season 13 after a “tough” go on Season 12.

She has since bounced again by writing her memoir, “Make It Nice,” reviving her SiriusXM Radio Andy Show of the identical title and securing a spot on Season 2 of Peacock’s “Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey.”

Throughout manufacturing for the spin-off, which occurred in September 2021 at Medley’s notorious Bluestone Manor property within the Berkshires, she reconnected with fellow “RHONY” veteran Jill Zarin.

Reflecting on all of the enjoyable she had with Zarin, 58, Medley instructed us that she would like to get the “old-school ladies” again collectively for a future iteration of the present.

“In fact, I’m very near Luann [de Lesseps] and and Sonja [Morgan]’s a terrific Housewife. Simply the old-school ladies,” she mentioned of her former co-stars and longtime buddies.

“I’d like to see new faces and issues, however … folks like to recollect. All of us like to inform the previous story, proper?”

Although Medley mentioned she would additionally prefer to see Bravo put a “huge solid” collectively, she failed to say her ex-BFF Ramona Singer, who had maintained a full-time place on “New York Metropolis” since its 2008 inception.

“We nonetheless have probably not communicated, which is unhappy as a result of we had such an extended, lengthy friendship,” the Bluestone Manor Bourbon founder mentioned of her fallout with Singer, 65, whom she has hardly spoken to for the reason that Season 12 reunion aired in Could 2021.

“And to let you know the reality, I nonetheless don’t actually perceive what unhealthy [happened between us],” she acknowledged. “The meat wasn’t together with her my final season.” (Medley memorably sparred with Tinsley Mortimer all through Season 12.)

Medley says she has a “never-say-forever” mentality in regards to the standing of her friendship with Singer. Nevertheless, she isn’t dashing in direction of a reconciliation.

“I swear to God, I’m not simply saying this. I don’t even give it some thought. It’s been that lengthy now that [our friendship is] not even a part of the material in my quilt anymore,” she mentioned of Singer, suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed a wedge between them.

“I believe the pre-COVID us and the post-COVID us are very completely different folks now … After the pandemic, issues that have been so vital to me and broke my coronary heart and I form of fearful about, I simply don’t care [about anymore].”

Cohen, 53, revealed the following phases for “RHONY” in a Variety interview printed on Wednesday, telling the outlet that the twin present method “takes into consideration all the things that our passionate viewers has actually been telling us during the last yr” — which noticed “RHONY” scores drop and the cancellation of the Season 13 reunion.

Whereas Bravo is prioritizing the reboot — and presently trying to solid a “group of ladies who’re actual buddies and who’re of various backgrounds, races and religions” — Cohen is equally enthusiastic about its nostalgic counterpart.

“It is a sequence the place you’re going to count on to see fan-favorites from the present’s nice historical past,” he mentioned of the undertaking, internally known as “RHONY: Throwback” or “RHONY: Legacy.”

“We’re people who find themselves beloved by followers.”