Bravo‘s Summer House will be a little less diverse when it returns for Season 9 as Danielle Olivera has confirmed her exit from the reality series after seven seasons.
Olivera, one of the few Latin faces on the cable network, took to social media to share news of her departure from the long-running series. “I wanted to share that I’ve come to the heartbreaking decision to not return as a full time cast member on the upcoming season of Summer House,” Olivera said in a statement posted on Instagram. “Obviously this decision didn’t come without a tremendous amount of thought.
Ultimately, I just need to trust my gut. If I can’t put 100% of myself into filming, genuinely and authentically, it really doesn’t feel right doing it in a full-time capacity.
The network, production, my cast, and especially all of you deserve that.” Olivera said she decided not to return as a full-time cast member “to protect and prioritize the things that matter most to me,” like her newly launched company, her people, and herself.
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