Overview
- The fashion executive announced on Instagram Nov. 21 that she will not return to The Real Housewives of New York City for Season 16 after being offered a reduced role.
- She wrote that she would be the oldest and only openly gay woman on the roster and framed her exit as an opening for a new cast dynamic.
- Lyons noted her personal life is not available to be filmed, consistent with prior seasons in which she kept her partner off-camera and only occasionally filmed with her son.
- She thanked Bravo, executive producer Andy Cohen, and fans, adding she plans to watch from the sidelines with "outfit judgement."
- Bravo has not released the Season 16 lineup; Andy Cohen said a cast is set and filming will begin in the coming months, and Lyons tagged Erin Lichy, Jessel Taank, Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, and Racquel Chevremont but not Brynn Whitfield, who announced her departure in June.