Bravo’s actuality empire is increasing as soon as once more—this time to the smallest state within the U.S., however with some critically huge personalities. Andy Cohen is already hyping The Actual Housewives of Rhode Island as a standout addition to the franchise, promising followers a recent twist on acquainted drama.
“The solid is unbelievable,” Cohen informed Web page Six completely at a Cinema Society screening of Lilly on Wednesday evening. “They’re very Italian. Rhode Island is such a small state, and so they all type of know one another and overlap, and it’s an unbelievable group of girls who’ve actually attention-grabbing connections. I believe it’s going to essentially shock individuals.”
Andy Cohen acknowledged the apparent comparisons to The Actual Housewives of New Jersey, particularly given the shared Italian-American roots and household dynamics. However he made certain to level out what units the brand new present aside.
“Effectively, they’re in Rhode Island. It’s coastal,” he mentioned, including that the solid is even “extra Italian” with “deep households.”
Nonetheless, the Bravo boss admitted that RHORI has the identical type of spark that first drew followers to RHONJ. “It does type of remind you of early ‘Jersey’ in a bizarre method,” he mentioned.
After all, followers aware of the franchise’s historical past couldn’t assist however marvel if Bravo dealt with background checks extra rigorously this time—particularly after RHONJ star Teresa Giudice and her then-husband Joe ended up behind bars.
“Once we began ‘Jersey,’ no one had [done] something unlawful,” Andy Cohen mentioned. However he conceded that issues are totally different now. “Because the present has developed,” he defined, “the diligence has developed.”
The Actual Housewives of Rhode Island will mark the twelfth installment in Bravo’s long-running franchise, which started with The Actual Housewives of Orange County in 2006.
Cohen was in attendance at Wednesday’s NeueHouse screening to assist his longtime good friend John Benjamin Hickey, who stars in Lilly alongside Patricia Clarkson. The star-studded occasion additionally introduced out Hillary Clinton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Gayle King, Jim Parsons, John Slattery, Victor Garber, Cherry Jones, Tony Shalhoub, and Katie Couric.
