It's been a tough season for The Real Housewives of New Jersey — well, a tough few seasons. Amid cast shakeups in other franchises, it seems like Andy Cohen and the powers that be at Bravo have finally taken a hint and are rebooting the 'wives of the Garden State.
via: Page Six
After weeks of speculation, Bravo honcho Andy Cohen confirmed that “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” is getting a reboot.
“Have you heard that we’re gonna do big changes to the show?” Cohen, 56, told an “Andy Cohen Live” SiriusXM radio show caller Monday who complained about the current season’s storylines.
“We are rebooting the show,” he assured the disgruntled fan, reiterating, “We’re gonna reboot it. We’re gonna do something different.”
Interrupting the woman, who continued complaining, Cohen said, “We’re gonna see what we do. We’ll see. I don’t know. Maybe just all fresh faces.”
The current cast consists of series OG Teresa Giudice, her estranged sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, Jennifer Aydin, Margaret Josephs, Dolores Catania, Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda, in addition to “friends” Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler.
This isn’t the first time a fan has suggested Cohen “bring fresh faces in” and “get rid” of all the “negativity.”
“I agree,” he told a caller last week who argued that the show needs a “rebrand.”
“We’re gonna figure something out,” he promised the fan. “We are all on the same page about that.”
Page Six recently caught up with Gorga, who insisted she’s on board with a shakeup.
“Listen, I’m excited for what’s to come. I think we are due for some type of change,” she told us last week.
“I don’t know what kind of change, but I am excited to see what happens. I am excited to see what’s next and where this show goes from here.”
At the time, Gorga admitted she hadn’t heard anything about what the network plans to do with the series, explaining, “My guess is as good as yours.”
Page Six confirmed last month that showrunners had informed the ladies that a “traditional reunion wasn’t happening this season” due to several feuds among the “divisive” cast.
Instead, the women reportedly filmed two watch parties to view the upcoming Season 14 finale, described to us as “intense,” in separate rooms.
Gorga, 45, was joined by Josephs, Fuda, Cabral and Fessler, while Giudice, 52, watched with Aydin and Goldschneider.
Catania, who has stayed friends with everyone, popped into both rooms.
“Once viewers see the finale, the decision to forgo the traditional reunion will make even more sense,” a source told us last month.
Changes should have been made to this franchise ages ago, but I guess better late than never.
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