When Wendy Osefo traded lives with Alethea Shapiro on Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition, she was shocked to realize a key difference in their lifestyles: pets. As such, she was immediately reminded of
“I thought T’Challa was bad — baby, the animals they had me with? Oh no,” Wendy said with a laugh during an exclusive Sept. 30 interview with
ICYMI, Wendy was tasked with caring for multiple animals during her stay in the Shapiro home, including two ferrets named Breck and Bobo; a chinchilla named Adam; five cats; a dog; and ducks.
Now, in spite of her rocky first encounter with T’Challa on RHOP Season 5, it’s safe to say that she much prefers pet parrots to pet ferrets. As she joked to The Daily Dish, “I love T’Challa. Bring T’Challa back from the dead, honey.”
The choice is a surprising one due to Wendy’s unforgettable first interaction with T’Challa as the ‘Wives visited Monique’s lake house for a girls trip on RHOP Season 5. At the time, she was mid-sentence when T’Challa flew at her head while flapping his wings. Naturally, she screamed and flailed her arms before Monique ran into the room and yelled, “Y’all scared my baby!”
“My soul like jumped out of my body like, ‘Oh my god!’ Jesus, it was bad,” Wendy told E! News back in Sept. 2020.
Thankfully, though, she eventually found it in her heart to forgive T’Challa for his attack. “Me and T’Challa have actually gotten closer. T’Challa actually followed me on Instagram,” Wendy added at the time. “I’m still suffering from a little bit of PTSD, so I have not followed T’Challa back.” But, she added, she was “open to mending the relationship.”
Sadly, Monique shared in July 2021 that T’Challa was “killed in a freak accident,” according to PEOPLE.
Wendy Osefo being attacked by T’Challa the bird during The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 5 Episode 5.
Although Wendy has two dogs herself, she shared on Wife Swap: Real Housewives Edition
that other “pets” are a different story.
For starters, Alethea called ferrets “amazing pets” during the Nov. 9 episode, but added, “The only bad thing is they’re a little stinky.”
Wendy Osefo during Wife Swap Season 1 Episode 4.
Wendy found this out for herself first hand when she followed Alethea’s “house rule” that she must “clean ferret droppings.” As she helped 19-year-old Hailey, Wendy screamed when the ferrets appeared, and Hailey had to offer to “hold them back” during the cleaning. Wendy was also forced to engage with Breck the ferret when she followed one of her new rules: “Engage in the kids’ hobbies…even if you hate it.”
As Wendy held Breck with 12-year-old Shane, she admitted she only did it for one reason. “I will always remember Shane for making me hold a ferret. And the only reason I held it was for him,” she explained.
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ICYMI, Monique is making her RHOP return during Season 10, and you can read all of the cast’s reactions to the big news.
Here are your spoilers for the Thursday, November 13, 2025, episode of
Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is in the driver’s seat now that he has Cane’s (Billy Flynn) AI software. He’s already used it on Cane, much to the billionaire’s dismay. On Thursday’s show, watch for Victor and Adam (Mark Grossman) to seize an opportunity to attack Billy (Jason Thompson).
Cane’s likely going to regret sharing with anyone that he ever had the AI software. Victor’s not only done damage to Cane, but he’s poised to take down all his enemies. Will Billy be able to use Abbott Communications to retaliate against Victor? He’s the father of Victor’s grandchildren, Johnny (Paxton Mishkind) and Katie (Sienna Mercuri), so the ramifications of Victor’s attack could ripple into the Newman family.
On Thursday’s show, watch for Cane to defend himself. He certainly needs defending! First, there was the debacle in Nice, France, at his chateau. Three people died, and Nick (Joshua Morrow) was gravely injured.
Next, Cane gave Phyllis knowledge of his AI software. She stole it, gave it to Victor, who then used it on Cane. What a disaster! None of this has endeared Cane to Lily (Christel Khalil). He’s desperate to reunite with her. Maybe the action he takes to defend himself will help accomplish that?
Danny (Michael Damian) and Cricket’s (Lauralee Bell) big day is coming. On Thursday’s show, watch for the couple to finalize their wedding plans. Might they be meeting with Pietro (Jai Rodriguez), the party planner, who is returning to Genoa City?
We saw from Pietro’s last appearance on the show, when he organized Nikki’s (Melody Thomas Scott) birthday party, that he thinks big. Will Danny and Cricket make it clear to Pietro what kind of wedding they want? Tune in to find out!