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Karen Huger broke her social media silence after\u00a0returning from prison\u00a0and\u00a0BravoCon 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you\u00a0@nbcuniversal\u00a0and\u00a0@bravotv\u00a0for the incredibly warm and welcoming energy. My heart is full.
A heartfelt thank you to my team,\u201d the \u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d star\u00a0captioned several photos\u00a0of her first look of the weekend on Instagram.<\/p>\n
She went on to thank Charles Elliott Harbison, the creator of Harbison Studio, for \u201cthoughtfully [crafting] the first of [her] three looks for this return.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe understood my vision, honored my light, and helped shape a moment that feels both fresh and deeply aligned,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m truly grateful to have his artistry and his brand part of my new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Grande Dame, 62, also took to her Instagram Stories to show appreciation for her fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd to the #RHOP fans, I love you!!! Thank you for your endless support,\u201d she captioned a video of her fans cheering. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be able to do any of this without your support. Thank you, sincerely.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday, Huger\u00a0made her return to \u201cRHOP\u201d\u00a0in\u00a0the reality show\u2019s midseason teaser, which debuted at BravoCon, as she sat down with Andy Cohen at her Potomac, Md., mansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere we are. You are a free woman,\u201d Cohen said at the\u00a0end of the trailer, referring to her September release from the Montgomery County Detention Center over a March 2024 DUI-related car accident.<\/p>\n
\u201cTime to talk about my addiction,\u201d Huger replied. The full interview is set to air during the Season 10 finale.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Page Six during BravoCon,\u00a0Cohen broke down the details of Huger\u2019s return, revealing that the interview took place \u201ca couple of days after she was released.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to her home in the dead of night after \u2018Watch What Happens Live,\u2019\u201d he further told Evan Real and Danny Murphy on Friday. \u201cI just kind of snuck into Potomac and snuck right back out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bravo honcho admitted that the interview was very \u201cemotional,\u201d adding, \u201cI heard things from Karen that I have never heard before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Huger was\u00a0found guilty of driving under the influence\u00a0in December 2024, following a high-speed March 2024 car crash that\u00a0totaled her Maserati.<\/p>\n
Police body cam footage showed her admitting to being \u201cdrunk\u201d after the collision, and during an inebriated interrogation,\u00a0calling herself Thomas Jefferson\u2019s \u201cconcubine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She served 6 months in the facility before her September release.<\/p>\n
On the final day of\u00a0BravoCon, during an \u201cAsk Andy\u201d panel, \u201cReal Housewives\u201d executive producer\u00a0Andy Cohen\u00a0announced the official cast for \u201cThe Real Housewives of Rhode Island,\u201d the\u00a0latest entry in Bravo\u2019s mega-franchise. Cohen also confirmed that a new season of \u201cThe Real Housewives of New York City\u201d has been cast, and will begin filming soon. Cohen declined to name who will appear in Season 16, but it\u2019s safe to say that BravoCon attendees Erin Lichy, Sai De Silva and Jessel Taank will be among them. Brynn Whitfield and Ubah Hassan, whose toxic fight poisoned the already weak 15th season, have already announced their departures (which were foregone conclusions).<\/p>\n
Cohen also expressed confidence that \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey,\u201d currently on pause, will come back eventually.<\/p>\n
With \u201cThe Real Housewives of Rhode Island,\u201d as has been rumored \u2014\u00a0since they\u2019ve both been spotted filming \u2014\u00a0former \u201cBachelor\u201d and \u201cBachelor in Paradise\u201d contestant Ashley Iaconetti\u00a0is one of the show\u2019s fulltime cast members, and Dolores Catania of \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d (who was also one of the winners of Season 3 of \u201cThe Traitors\u201d) is a \u201cfriend\u201d of the cast. (Official bios of the full cast are included below.)<\/p>\n
Iaconetti\u2019s casting is the first time a Bachelor Nation star has crossed over to \u201cThe Real Housewives.\u201d Iaconetti, an influencer, co-hosts the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d podcast with ex-Bachelor Ben Higgins. She appeared on Chris Soules\u2019 season of \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d in 2015, and later married her \u201cBachelor in Paradise\u201d castmate Jared Haibon. (They have two children.)<\/p>\n
And she\u2019s new to Rhode Island, the show\u2019s trailer emphasizes. It\u2019s Iaconetti\u2019s voice that kicks it off, serving as our guide. \u201cIn Rhode Island, everyone knows everyone,\u201d she says over crashing waves and drone shots of huge mansions. \u201cPeople here don\u2019t look down on other states. But they are weirded out that other states exist.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for Catania, she\u2019s introduced to the show in relation to her lookalike friend, Liz. With \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d currently paused, Catania has moved to more fertile pastures, and her cast bio reads: \u201cRhode\u00a0Island\u00a0captured\u00a0Dolores\u2019s<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s its official logline: \u201cThey may live in the smallest state in the country, but their drama? Extra large. As \u201cThe Real Housewives\u201d hits its milestone 20th\u00a0anniversary next year, Bravo is expanding the distinguished franchise\u00a0with \u201cThe Real Housewives of\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island,\u201d spotlighting a fresh, charismatic\u00a0group of women whose lives intertwine across the storied coastline of New England luxury.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Real Housewives of Rhode Island\u201d will premiere next year.<\/p>\n
Alicia Carmody<\/strong> Rosie DiMare<\/strong> Ashley Iaconetti<\/strong> Rulla Nehme Pontarelli<\/strong> Kelsey Swanson<\/strong> Jo-Ellen Tiberi<\/strong> Karen Huger broke her social media silence after\u00a0returning from prison\u00a0and\u00a0BravoCon 2025. \u201cThank you\u00a0@nbcuniversal\u00a0and\u00a0@bravotv\u00a0for the incredibly warm and welcoming energy. My heart is full.A heartfelt thank you to my team,\u201d the \u201cReal Housewives…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Rhode\u00a0Island\u00a0to the core,\u00a0Alicia\u00a0<\/strong>isn\u2019t shy about her roots \u2014 just wait until you hear her say\u00a0\u201ccracker.\u201d\u00a0After eight years of engagement to fianc\u00e9 Billy Kitsilis, this\u00a0\u201cRunaway Bride\u201d\u00a0still isn\u2019t ready to take the plunge \u2014 even for their daughter, Celina. When she\u2019s not dodging wedding bells, Alicia helps Billy run his restaurant, Pizza Mamma, proving she can handle the heat both in and out of the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A former local television news anchor,\u00a0Rosie<\/strong>\u00a0now shines as the host of her own lifestyle program and as a sought-after DJ. Recently celebrating her first wedding anniversary with husband Rich DiMare, a well-known Frank Sinatra style singer \u2014 Rosie calls North Kingstown home, where the couple lives with their dog, Clementine.<\/p>\n
After finding love with her now-husband \u2014 and Warwick,\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island\u00a0native \u2014 Jared Haibon on \u201cBachelor in Paradise,\u201d\u00a0Ashley\u00a0<\/strong>has traded rose ceremonies for real life as a proud mom to two boys, Dawson and Hayden. While Jared manages their beloved coffee shop, Ashley has\u00a0built a thriving career as a social media powerhouse, all while acclimating her new life in her husband\u2019s home state.<\/p>\n
Rulla\u00a0<\/strong>helms a financial empire as a Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Manager to some of the East Coast\u2019s most distinguished families. Rulla is married to prominent\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island\u00a0podiatrist,\u00a0Brian, and together they juggle life with\u00a0their two young children,\u00a0Luca and Laila.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former Miss\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island,\u00a0Kelsey<\/strong>,keeps a full plate as one of the state\u2019s top makeup artists. Kelsey has been in a 10-year relationship with one of\u00a0Rhode\u00a0Island\u2019s most notable figures, enjoying the lap of luxury while keeping her social calendar full.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Self-proclaimed town gossip,<\/s>\u00a0Jo-Ellen<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/s>knows everyone and everything worth knowing in Cranston. As one of the top aesthetic practice development managers in the country, she juggles a busy career with family life alongside her high school sweetheart and husband, Gary, and their three kids \u2014 Gian, Jolie, and Gia.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"