If anyone has the power to make things happen in the world of Real Housewives, it’s Andy Cohen! Besides the whole unprecedented “fan infiltrating the group” fiasco (see: Monica [Darnell? Fowler? Delgado?] Garcia on RHOSLC), we’ve had a few pretty lackluster new Housewives enter the fray lately, and many long for the days of Bravo-past.
In recent rookie fails, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes to mind. Diana Jenkins was a one-and-done after doing the least. This season, Annemarie Wiley’s performance is perplexing fans since she’s just riding the coattails of Sutton Stracke’s tiny li’l esophagus.
New isn’t always better, and some fans fantasize about bringing back old Wives to breathe new life into the franchises – RHOBH included. Even Andy has someone he’d love to see reclaim their diamond. Read on to learn which Beverly Hills Housewife he’d love to see return!
Andy would like to see Yolanda Hadid return to Beverly Hills
Andy expressed his desire to bring back a former cast member to the 90210 in an exclusive interview with Life & Style, saying, “Gosh, who would I like to see come back? I’d like to see Yolanda [Hadid], you know what I mean? “She doesn’t live there anymore, but it would be fun if Yolanda moved back to Beverly Hills.”
Yolanda and her music mogul husband, David Foster, eventually divorced. She relocated to a picturesque farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which isn’t too far from Philadelphia.
Andy explained that he chose Yolanda because he’d like to see her reunite with Erika Jayne. “All these years later, she’s who brought Erika on the show,” Andy emphasized, acknowledging Yolanda’s role in introducing Erika to the series. However, Yolanda’s return seems unlikely due to her health challenges.
However, chances are slim that Yolanda would ever return
Yolanda struggled with Lyme disease during the first season she joined RHOBH, and shared with Entertainment Tonight in 2022, “…I was diagnosed with neurological Lyme disease, and I struggled every day of the season. I kind of stayed on because I thought, ‘OK, I’ll be better next season.’ I didn’t know Lyme disease was a life sentence. And now, here we are 10, 12 years, later I’m still struggling with it.”
“I always thought, ‘Next season I’m gonna do better. Next season, I can fully understand,’” she continued. “So I was never [working] with a full set of brains on the show.”
Yolanda found it “very hurtful” when her castmates questioned the authenticity of her Lyme disease, and it left her with a bad taste in her mouth.
Even though we’d love to feast (don’t go crazy though, only two almonds) our eyes on Yolanda’s memorable glass-doored fridge full of lemons for her master cleanses, we’re probably out of luck.
Old seasons of RHOBH are on Peacock, and Season 13 continues Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
TELL US – SHOULD YOLANDA COME BACK TO RHOBH? IF NOT, WHICH BEVERLY HILLS HOUSEWIFE OF SEASONS PAST WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
