Report: Bravo Had ‘New Cast of Women’ for RHONJ Before Deciding To Pause the Show

It’s beginning to look like the circumstances leading to the indefinite Real Housewives of New Jersey pause are more complicated and left more ladies in limbo than previously thought.

The veteran ladies – whose split into Team Teresa Giudice and Team Melissa Gorga during Season 14 seemingly brought the show to a standstill – aren’t the only Jersey ‘wives waiting on news, it seems.

Bravo and the RHONJ producers allegedly planned to reboot the show. According to a source, an entirely fresh cast had already been chosen. However, they say showrunners have scrapped those plans for now. The newbies are also in the dark about the fate of Season 15.

A source: Bravo is “still deciding” how they’re going to proceed with RHONJ Season 15

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Even though Andy Cohen has asked fans to “stop asking” about RHONJ’s future, people are still talking. A source recently told OK! that producers chose a completely new cast to bring fresh life to the show, but are now pumping the brakes.

According to the source, “When Season 14 wrapped, Bravo decided to pursue taking the show in a new direction.”

That new direction was a reboot. The source revealed, “Bravo offered a group of new, younger women positions to be on the show.”

However, the source says Bravo’s apprehension is due to the reception the rebooted Real Housewives of New York has received. Fans also voiced their disappointment over the news that Vanderpump Rules will be starting over with a fresh batch of SURvers.

The source explained, “Bravo ended up not being sure what direction they wanted to take the show in, so they put the new women on pause, as well as the old women.”

As of now, the source says Bravo is “still deciding” what they’ll do. Currently, there are “no plans to film anything for RHONJ until at least December 2025.”

Basically, RHONJ is a big question mark. The source shared, “This means the old cast could come back in some capacity or it could be an entire new cast. Truly no decisions have been made.”

When RHONJ comes back, we’ll either have to get to know a whole new set of women or continue to endure Teresa and Melissa feuding over the same tired familial issues. Let us pause to take a moment and remember the table-flipping “prostitution whore” good old days.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey streams on Peacock.

TELL US – DO YOU THINK BRAVO SHOULD BRING BACK THE OLD RHONJ CAST OR MOVE FORWARD WITH A REBOOT?