Monica Garcia is leaving 'RHOSLC' after one season, Reality Von Tease Reveal
UPDATE: 1/23/24 9:16 PM ET
During the day Watch what happens live with Andy Cohenwhich aired immediately after part three of the reunion, Andy Cohen confirmed that Monica is taking a “break.” RHOSLC.
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Monica García returns her snowflake after one season Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
People reported on Tuesday, January 23, that Garcia would not return to the Bravo show following the revelation that she was part of the Reality Von Tease Instagram account that targeted Jen Shah (who is currently serving a prison sentence for fraud) and other cast members including Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow. The announcement comes hours before Garcia is set to make her final Housewives appearance during Part 3 of the RHOSLC season 4 reunion.
We weekly has reached out to Bravo, but the network is not commenting on the casting at this time.
Earlier this month, Andy Cohen told exclusively Us that it was “too early to speculate” about Garcia's possible return to the show.
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 […]
“I think one of the great things about the reunions is that it's an opportunity for people to tell their stories and reach out to their castmates when they've been left out,” the 55-year-old Bravo boss said, the group teased. RHOSLC reunion at the time. “I think it's a conversation you need to have after the reunion airs and see where people are: fans and castmates.”
Garcia joined the RHOSLC ladies for season 4 of the series, which premiered in September 2023. The previously unassuming cast member made waves during the Season 4 finale — which aired on January 2 — when Garcia was exposed as one of the many people behind the Reality Von Tease Instagram account . She quickly admitted her involvement with the troll account after Gay's hairstylist (and Garcia's former boyfriend) Tenesha Luckett confirmed that Garcia had access to Instagram.
“I have your perfect formula: receipts, evidence, timeline, screenshots, f-king anything to prove that you are an a-king bully and an a-king troll and that you don't deserve to be at this table or anywhere else to sit near any of us the way you treated us!” Gay yelled at Garcia during the finals. “Each of us has woken up in fear of the things you have posted!”
Garcia said the story was “never just one person” during her confessional.
“It wasn't just me,” she added. “There were several other people involved, but the bottom line was that our mission was to take Jen down. The other women were just collateral damage.”
Garcia closed the episode revealing that she “knew” this information would come to light, adding, “Even Gossip Girl couldn't stay Gossip Girl forever.”
Part 3 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion airs on Bravo Tuesday, January 23 at 8pm ET.