Gretchen Rossi is set to return to The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 19, Deadline has learned. The reality TV personality will join the cast as a “friend” in a part-time role as filming for the new season begins.
Rossi first joined the Bravo franchise in Season 4, where she held an orange as a full-time housewife for five seasons, leaving the show after Season 8 in 2013.
RHOC is the longest-running Real Housewives franchise, having premiered in 2006. Season 19 is expected to bring all its main stars back, including Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Storms Beador, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti, and Katie Ginella.
Alexis Bellino, a former RHOC star featured as a “friend” in Season 18, will not return for the new season. RELATED: Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives’: Every Single Cast Photo In Franchise History Rossi began her journey on RHOC in 2008 and engaged to Jeff Beitzel, who would die by the time Season 4 began airing.
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