After 2 seasons on The Real Housewives of New York City, Leah McSweeney has immoderate thoughts connected the aboriginal of the franchise. Leah, 40, told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that she knows who she wants formed connected the “legacy” spinoff bid that volition diagnostic erstwhile RHONY cast members. “There’s 3 radical that I would decidedly privation connected it,” Leah said connected the Pay Attention Puh-Lease! podcast, portion promoting her concern with Abreva.
“And that’s Luann, Dorinda, and Tinsley. And past I don’t attraction astir the rest. I mean similar whoever else, you know?” she added. Leah didn’t notation OG Ramona Singer or longtime prima Sonja Morgan erstwhile laying retired her ideal RHONY Legacy cast. It’s not truthful astonishing that she didn’t accidental Ramona, considering they clashed during Leah’s tenure arsenic a NY Housewife connected seasons 12 and 13.
“But those are similar my 3 apical picks, conscionable for maine personally,” the Married to the Mob laminitis told us. Leah besides said it would beryllium “unhinged and hilarious” if the “legacy” formed featured up to 10 women, which could perchance let for the returns of Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and possibly even Bethenny Frankel to the franchise.

Bravo brag Andy Cohen confirmed successful March that RHONY was being revamped into 2 caller shows: the “legacy” bid with ex-RHONY stars, and a reboot amusement with a marque caller cast. Leah confirmed to HL that she’s “not connected the reboot,” though that became evident to everyone erstwhile the mother-of-one referred to herself arsenic a “former housewife” connected TikTok past month.
“That’s a full caller cast. So maine saying former, I conscionable thought it was presumptuous of maine to telephone myself a housewife. Obviously erstwhile a housewife, ever a housewife, but I’ve lone been connected for 2 seasons,” Leah explained to us, noting that the reboot is simply a “whole caller thing” without immoderate former RHONY stars, herself included.

“RHONY arsenic it was is over. So I conscionable called myself a erstwhile housewife due to the fact that I thought it was presumptuous to telephone myself a housewife,” Leah said. “I person nary idea. The lone amusement I would beryllium [on is] Legacy.”
Luckily, Leah did get the invitation to look connected the 3rd play of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, which filmed successful Thailand with an all-star formed that besides included Salt Lake City‘s Whitney Rose, Potomac‘s Gizelle Bryant, and more. Leah told america that RHUGT 3 is “more wild” than the archetypal 2 seasons of the Peacock show.
Want much from Leah? Listen to the afloat interrogation connected Apple Podcasts oregon Spotify! Leah shares much details astir play 3 of RHUGT including who was the astir melodramatic formed member, however Tinsley astir ended up connected the show, and overmuch more.