Overview
- Vicki Gunvalson returned to Real Housewives of Orange County and headlined Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip after a BravoCon 2025 announcement, but viewers have grown increasingly vocal in their criticism.
- An unnamed insider told Reality Blurb that Gunvalson’s on-set behavior for RHOC was “much worse” than what aired and that editors softened her portrayal.
- Fans on social media have publicly demanded her removal and complained that her tone and comments have made RHOC harder to watch.
- Gunvalson said on her podcast that a recent remark put her “in hot water” and that Bravo executives yelled at her, and her co-host suggested they may self-censor to avoid further trouble.
- Commercial signals are mixed: midseason live RHOC viewers reportedly fell from about 0.627 million to 0.548 million while RHUGT’s streaming performance on Peacock has been described as strong, leaving casting and editorial decisions unresolved.