Monique Samuels Announces Surprising Return To ‘RHOP’ Season 10

In a brand new assertion, a supply near the truth star, who dramatically stop the present in 2020 after her bodily altercation with Candiace Dillard Bassett, introduced that Monique Samuels is able to showcase a brand new aspect of herself when the present returns in late 2025.

Based on PEOPLE, Samuels, 41, has formally signed on to look as a “good friend of the present” within the long-running actuality collection, which started taking pictures its tenth season in the summertime of 2025.

Samuels’ return comes as a serious shock to Bravo viewers, contemplating the final time followers noticed her on the present was in the course of the explosive aftermath of a bodily struggle with Bassett throughout season 5.

“Monique’s in a very completely different place now, and followers will see that,” a supply advised the publication about Samuels’ return. “She’s excited to point out who she is now — not as a spouse, not as only a mother, however as a lady beginning over and taking up life on her personal phrases.”

Samuels sparked widespread chaos within the Bravosphere in 2020, amongst viewers and her castmates, after bodily assaulting Bassett amid an explosive dialog about their relationship.

The next reunion was equally contentious, with host Andy Cohen criticizing Samuels for her habits and what was perceived as a scarcity of regret. Her reunion efficiency led many to consider the community would have fired her; nevertheless, she confirmed after the gathering completed airing that she had “acquired a proposal,” however determined to not return.

“… after I noticed episode three of the reunion, I mentioned, ‘You recognize what? I can’t do that anymore,’” she recalled.

Samuels additionally opened up about how difficult filming a actuality present like “The Actual Housewives of Potomac” can truly be.

“It’s not straightforward doing actuality TV, and to be fairly sincere, I’m over it,” she advised followers, in response to a earlier report. “I respect every part that folks have executed for me, all people that’s been Group Monique — I really like y’all, I thank y’all — however if you cross sure strains, there’s no going again.”

Throughout her preliminary run on the Bravo present, Samuels showcased her lavish way of life behind the gates in Potomac, Maryland, alongside her then-husband, former NFL participant Chris Samuels, and their three kids. This time round, nevertheless, the truth star is returning to the Potomac social circle as a single mom following her divorce from the ex-football participant in 2023.

The Samuels spoke briefly about their marital woes throughout a season of the OWN actuality present “Love & Marriage: DC,” and in a 2022 YouTube video, they acknowledged that they have been “struggling in some areas.”

“It was a variety of confusion, it was loopy constructing as much as that 10-year marker of our marriage and if you’ve been married that lengthy and when you could have issues that you simply’re like, ‘Pay attention, that is being unmet or I’ve been unheard’ you begin to get annoyed and it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, is that this what life goes to be? I can’t take it anymore,'” the Bravo alum added. “So what y’all noticed on ‘Love & Marriage: DC’ final season, it was my cry for assist.”

Moreover the return of a Bravo fan-favorite, “Potomac” followers can count on to see further forged modifications, contemplating Mia Thornton introduced her departure from the collection in April 2025 after relocating to Atlanta, Georgia.

“With each new season comes a brand new starting and I’ve some information to share. My household and I’ve made the choice to relocate to Atlanta, and with that, I can’t be returning to The Actual Housewives of Potomac subsequent season,” she posted on-line.