Whitney Rose thinks Lisa Barlow will be the villain of 'RHOSLC' Season 5
While The Real Housewives of Salt Like City season 5 will not be released Monica GarcíaOG star Whitney Rose thinks a new villain could emerge.
“People were concerned then Mary [Cosby] didn't come back, people were worried then Jen [Shah] didn't come back and now look at us! Every season gets better and better and better,” Whitney, 37, claimed during the Thursday, February 1, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “I promise you, Salt lake city, it's a gem. People don't have to worry.”
Host Nick Vial then asked if Bravo would gift a snowflake to another newcomer to fill the void left by Monica's absence. (It was announced in January that Monica, 40, would not return RHOSLC after she confessed to being part of the Reality Von Tease Instagram account.)
“Nick, we already have her replacement. She's been here four years. I don't think it's her replacement. We already have that person: Lisa Barlow,” said Whitney. 'Lisa has always been the bad guy! You're an iconic villain, Lisa. You are a Salt Lake icon.”
She continued, “She's actually at BravoCon and stuff, she's always on the 'icon' panel, so she represents Salt lake city. I don't think we need a Monica because we already have enough personalities.
Whitney thinks so, though RHOSLC Season 5 – which hasn't yet been officially announced by Bravo – is said to continue introducing new “friends.”
“I mean, we always bring friends,” Whitney said on Thursday's episode, noting the previous guest star Danna Bui Negrete It would be nice to bring back if she wasn't close to Monica. “She's still my girlfriend, so I don't know.”
Whitney, Lisa, 49, Meredith Marks And Heather Gay have played on RHOSLC since season 1. Monica joined season 4 in 2023 and quickly made waves. During last month's spectacular finale, Heather, 49, found out and confronted Monica after learning of her involvement with the Instagram troll account that has been targeting the Utah Housewives for several years.
“For me, [I found out] on the beach in the moment,” Whitney recalled Thursday of Heather's revelation. “We made a pact on that beach when we figured out, 'Okay, we can all have our differences and fight [from] every now and then, but we are a sisterhood.” That moment was so hard, but it connected us on a level we've never bonded before.”
Nothing was as it seemed for the women of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City — and they're still reeling from that finale bombshell. During the Bravo show's Season 4 finale on Tuesday, January 2, Heather Gay received information about newcomer Monica Garcia that changed the trajectory of the women's Bermuda journey. “Monica does […]
Heather had been collecting “proofs, evidence, and timelines” about Monica's social media activity, and Whitney has a theory about where it came from.
“Meredith has a formula, and I love it because she's so in denial that she can't see it. It's: 'I will dig up' – because she is a lawyer, [but] I don't think she practices – so she likes documents, she likes files,” Whitney claimed about Meredith, 52. “So, where do you think Heather got all the information? Where do you think everyone gets all the information? Meredith digs it up and gives it to everyone else to bring it on camera so she can say, “I never said it,” because in the reality TV world, you're only responsible for who puts it on camera said.'
However, Whitney pointed out that she “[doesn’t] know if Meredith actually sent Heather the receipts about Reality Von Tease. “I do know that Meredith brought a lot of documents,” she said. “I know the game and I know how Meredith plays it, and it's very respectful because she keeps her hands clean.”
Along with what's about the RHOSLC ladies on Reality Von Tease, Monica made scathing comments in her burn book, a nod to Mean girls. She took the book with her to the reunion, which aired in three parts last month.
“I've seen my pages,” Whitney said. “At the beginning, [it was] She fooled herself, she tried to victimize herself in some way, and in the end it was all the receipts from the Reality Von Tease page. … Everything in that book they posted [was] about our spouses, our children, our companies, you shouldn't mess with that.'
Whitney, who called Monica “dangerous” on Thursday, has since cut ties with her former co-star.
“I unfollowed it [Monica] this past week,” Whitney revealed. “There is a kind of satisfaction in unfollowing and blocking someone, for example face-to-face. But she doesn't feel bad [about her actions].”
Whitney was even 'open' to Monica staying on RHOSLC if she was 'willing to take responsibility'. She noted, “I was willing to listen to her, but really it's in the action that follows. Someone can say, “I'm sorry,” only to have the same thing appear the next month. Then, goodbye. But the fact that she couldn't even sit there [at the reunion] and say anything at all…hence the unfollowing.'