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The unique housewife is returning. Vicki Gunvalson confirmed on November 14 at BravoCon that she might be rejoining the sequence on the Bravos Award Present with Andy Cohen. “Vicki, would you be a part of us as a Housewife for Season 20?” Cohen requested her in the course of the taping and handed her an orange. Gunvalson teared up as she cheered with a “Sure!”
Deadline studies that whereas Gunvalson accepted the provide, she hasn’t formally begun negotiations with Bravo, and it’s unclear if she’s coming again as a full-time Housewife. Gunvalson turned one of many first Housewives on The Actual Housewives of Orange County, changing into the launching pad for the Housewives franchise into the Bravoverse; she was on the primary solid of the present from season 1-13 till her departure, the place she then made transient appearances in seasons 14, 17, and 18.
Fortunately, it looks like different OC housewives are completely happy for Gunvalson’s return, and it would even result in a Tres Amigas reunion. “You understand, I’m so excited for Vicki,” present RHOC star Shanon Storm Beador shared on a Saturday panel as she realized final night time’s proposal was a full-circle second in some ways. “And it was actually humorous… Two years in the past, when she gained the Wifetime Achievement award, [Vicki] got here again to the seat and stated one thing like, ‘Oh, why didn’t Andy pull an orange out of his pocket?’ And he did that final night time… I’m so excited for her.” Tamra Decide additionally confirmed that after their friendship breakup, Decide and Gunvalson are amigas as soon as extra. “We’ve had loads of ups and downs in our 20 years. I at all times say we’re like sisters,” Decide informed Us Weekly final week, forward of the announcement. “It’s that love-hate relationship on a regular basis. I’m speaking sisterly love, like, you have got little arguments. After which, after all, being on a present collectively, there’s at all times ups and downs — particularly the kind of present that we have been on collectively.”