Well, it’s official, Monica Garcia will not be returning to The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. At least, for now, according to Andy Cohen.
RHOSLC was quite the ride, and between Monica’s actions during the season and at the reunion, it would make sense why the cast would need a break from her.
Of course, Andy explained it more thoroughly than that. During SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, sharing, “We are gonna have a cooling off period.” When cohost John Hill asked what that truly meant, Andy broke it all down.
Andy explains why Monica’s taking a break
“The reunion is the chance to come out, say why you did … It’s the Supreme Court of public opinion, and so Monica I think had the opportunity not only to explain herself to the audience but way more importantly in this case, to the other women and I don’t think she successfully swayed any of them to her side.”
He went on, “She didn’t and at the end, I really went around because I was thinking, ‘Okay, well let’s hear it from them all right now. Where do you stand with her?’ and they all expressed that they very much did not trust her, which is a difficult way for her, basically it was, what I was also asking is, ‘Is there a path forward for you and Monica?’ and the answer was no all the way around.”
Andy said rather than discussing it any further, it would just be best to let things “breathe for a while … She’s obviously really compelling television. Maybe she’ll be able to build some inroads with some of the women on her own off-camera and, you know, we’ll see if that happens.”
John understood and still congratulated Monica for telling her story, especially with Linda. Andy added, “I thought that that was really a way to root for her and she told it in a way, I was certainly sitting there rooting for her, thinking, ‘Wow.’ We all know the phrase hurt people hurt people.”
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