Lydia McLaughlin left The Real Housewives of Orange County after the show’s eighth season, but is she really done with reality TV? In an April 30 interview with Wetpaint Entertainment , Lydia McLaughlin was asked if she would return to the Bravo reality show, and, as she explained, it’s not off the table.
“I say in the book that I would be open to maybe going back one day if I felt like it was my calling, or, you know… I don’t think that there was like, ‘This happened, so I left.’ It was just the stage of life that I was in. I wanted to have another baby, and I felt like the first season I did was very draining, and I needed to just focus on myself and kind of get back to who I know I am to be.”
Lydia McLaughlin said she’d also love to show more of her positive life if Bravo asks her back, noting her healthy relationship with her mother and husband would be a good thing for the series.
As the Inquisitr previously reported, Lydia McLaughlin has maintained a relationship with Alexis Bellino and Gretchen Rossi since leaving the show, but as for her other former co-stars, she said she isn’t in contact with anyone.
“I might see Heather. Sometimes we work out at the same gym, so we say, ‘hello,’ and it’s very cordial, but once I was off the show, then that was pretty much the end of our friendship.”
In February, ahead of the release of her book, Beyond Orange County: A Housewives Guide To Faith & Happiness , which hit stores on April 14, Lydia McLaughlin spoke to Radar Online , confirming that while she was once on the outs with Rossi and her fiancé, Slade Smiley, she now considers them close friends .
As fans of The Real Housewives of Orange County will recall, Smiley poked fun at Lydia McLaughlin’s tiny frame during filming, claiming she could stand to eat a cheeseburger. At the time, McLaughlin was highly insulted by her co-star’s comments about her weight, but after speaking to him after the show, McLauglin agreed to move forward.
Since Lydia McLaughlin left the Bravo show years ago, a handful of new wives have been added to the cast. In addition to Lizzie Rovsek and Shannon Beador’s Season 9 debut, fans will soon meet Meghan King Edmonds and Katie Hamilton, who were added for Season 10.
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