Was Dorinda Medley Fired From The Real Housewives of New York City?

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Long time cast member Dorinda Medley announced yesterday that she will not return to The Real Housewives of New York City for Season 13.

It was believed that she decided to turn in her apple. Now new reports have claimed the star was actually fired from the reality series.

According to Page Six, a source claimed the decision was made due to the fact the TV personality had become a โ€œmean drunkโ€ (the site clarified that the source comment meant she was mean to other cast members when drunk, not that she was a drunk).

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Dorinda Medley visits โ€œExtraโ€ at The Leviโ€™s Store Times Square on July 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

The insider claimed: โ€œSheโ€™d become a mean drunk.โ€

โ€œIf she had said [at the end of the season], โ€œLookโ€”Iโ€™ve been depressed and thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m acting like this,โ€ or, โ€œI miss my [husbandโ€™ and said sheโ€™d work on it, I think it would have been different,โ€ said the source. Her arc, then, was โ€œjust not where they want the show to go.โ€

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Dorinda Medley speaks onstage as Womanโ€™s Day Celebrates 17th Annual Red Dress Awards on February 04, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Womenโ€™s Day)

Page Sixโ€™s source also alleges that Dorinda had no idea that producers were considering letting her go, and she was filming an episode of The $100,000 Pyramid when she was informed if her firing.

Another source told Entertainment Tonight: โ€œThe reunion was the final straw,โ€ the source said about the in-person reunion special for Season 12 that the women filmed a couple of weeks ago. โ€œDorinda was very aggravated all season long and it was too difficult to work with her.โ€

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Dorinda Medley attends the 2018 Angel Ball at Cipriani, Wall Street on October 22, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

The insider added, โ€œItโ€™s obvious she needs to work on herself. The reunion was rough and she wouldnโ€™t acknowledge her bad behavior.โ€

This news is even more interesting given a recent report from TMZ that states Bravo is looking to โ€œdiversifyโ€ the cast.

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Dorinda Medley attends as the Hasty Pudding Institute Of 1770 honors Marc Anthony at the 7th Annual Order Of The Golden Sphinx Gala at The Pierre, A Taj Hotel on April 15, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770)

There are also rumors that former E! host and celebrity reporter Alicia Quarles is being eyed for the new cast, and she recently attended an event in Manhattan for Luann de Lessepsโ€™s latest single, โ€œViva La Diva.โ€


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