Jacqueline Laurita Approached to Join Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20
On X, a post surfaced from @bravo_joshuaaa that said the following: “There’s a rumor that Jacqueline Laurita has been approached for #RHOC S20…”
Those who have followed Laurita since her departure after Season 7 know that her family first moved to Las Vegas and then settled down in California.
Radar spoke to multiple production insiders who confirmed the rumors are 100 percent “true.”
One of the sources revealed Laurita “has been approached several times about joining the cast of RHOC Season 20.”
“It’s uncertain if it will happen,” another insider divulged, “as it depends on a lot of factors.”
“But,” another source piped in to add, “she definitely has been asked and is a contender to be on Season 20 of the show.”
The Season 19 cast was comprised of Tamra Judge, Shannon Beador, Heather Dubrow, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti, and Katie Ginella. Gretchen Rossi also returned to the franchise as a “friend of” for Season 19.
As far as where things stand with the current cast, another source revealed what’s going on.
“No one aside from Vicki has been officially ‘cast’ on the show at this time,” they stated. “Things remain in limbo for the current cast, and no one is sure who will be back and who won’t be.”
Bravo does not comment on casting for upcoming seasons of The Real Housewives.
At BravoCon last month, the network’s bigwig Andy Cohen officially invited Gunvalson back to the show while she took the stage at The Bravos Award Show.
Cohen shocked the long-standing reality star when he asked her, “Vicki, would you join us as a Housewife for Season 20?”
Gunvalson was overcome with emotion and hugged Cohen, immediately accepting and saying, “Yes!”
In January 2020, Gunvalson said her first goodbye to the show, writing on Instagram, “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 to thank all of you for your support, for your love, and for ‘whooping it up’ with me along the way.”
In 2023, she was awarded the Wifetime Achievement Award at BravoCon.
“If you watched Season 1… I was like, ‘I don’t want to get old,’ but here we are getting old together,” she told the crowd during her acceptance speech. “I want to thank my sisterhood of all my housewives fans and friends, and my cast members that we filmed with season 1, 18 years ago. I love you all… None of this would be possible without all the fans who supported me and loved me through all the s— that I had. It has not been easy.”
RHOC Season 20 is expected to air on Bravo next year.
