Don’t expect to seeJill Zarinholding an apple onThe Real Housewives of New York Citynext season.
Despite rumors that she’sreplacing a departing Carole Radziwillon the Bravo show’s upcoming eleventh season, Jill told reporters on Saturday that she won’t be returning to the franchise full-time.
Asked if she would ever want to come back at all, Jill said she would “as a friend.”
“They haven’t called,” she admitted.
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Jill was one of the original cast members onRHONYwhen it premiered in March 2008, appearing alongsideRamona Singer,Luann de Lesseps,Bethenny Frankel, and Alex McCord. She immediately bonded with Frankel before having a massive falling out with the Skinnygirl mogul during the show’s third season. Jill would leaveRHONYafter season 4.
The two have repaired their relationship recently. Frankel, 47,attended the funeral for Jill’s late husband in January. It was the first time the two had come face-to-face since 2010.
“We’re good, we’re good,” Jill said on Saturday, explaining the two text often. “She came over to my house with her daughter. Without the cameras, I thought it was very authentic. I felt like she really reached her hand out and was saying let’s open — not a friendship, but a dialogue, so it’s all good.”
“I’m glad that I attended and spoke to her and that it’s clean,” Frankel told PEOPLE Now in February, adding that Jill would not be coming back toRHONY. “It’s one less thing for her to be upset about because I do feel for her having such a tremendous loss. And we are where we are. Everybody wants to make something into something. Everybody doesn’t have to be tied up in a perfect box. … Life must go on.”
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A slew of past and present Bravolebritiies were in attendance, includingReal Housewives of DallasstarLeeAnne Locken,Real Housewives of Orange CountystarVicki Gunvalson,RHONYalum Cindy Barshop,Summer Housealum Lauren Wirkus,Millionaire MatchmakeralumPatti Stanger, and Jill’s daughter Ally Shapiro.
One person was missing for Jill, though: Her close friend and fellowRHONYO.G., de Lesseps, who iscurrently at an alcohol treatment center.
“LuAnn texted me this morning, ‘Good luck today,’ ” Jill recalled. “You know, she’s with me and she’s always with me. Whatever she’s going through, she knows I’m there for her, and I said if she needs me I’ll be there.”
The Real Housewives of New York Cityairs Wednesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
source: people.com
