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 facet of herself when the present returns in late 2025.

In response to PEOPLE, Samuels, 41, has formally signed on to seem as a “buddy of the present” within the long-running actuality collection, which started capturing its tenth season in the summertime of 2025.

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

“Monique’s in a completely completely different place now, and followers will see that,” a supply informed the publication about Samuels’ return. “She’s excited to indicate who she is now — not as a spouse, not as only a mother, however as a lady beginning over and taking over 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 following reunion was equally contentious, with host Andy Cohen criticizing Samuels for her conduct and what was perceived as an absence of regret. Her reunion efficiency led many to imagine the community would have fired her; nonetheless, she confirmed after the gathering completed airing that she had “obtained a suggestion,” however determined to not return.

“… once I noticed episode three of the reunion, I stated, ‘You already know 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 trustworthy, I’m over it,” she informed followers, in keeping with a earlier report. “I admire all the pieces that individuals have carried out for me, all people that’s been Workforce Monique — I really like y’all, I thank y’all — however while you cross sure traces, 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 youngsters. This time round, nonetheless, 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 had been “struggling in some areas.”

“It was numerous confusion, it was loopy constructing as much as that 10-year marker of our marriage and while you’ve been married that lengthy and when you’ve gotten issues that you just’re like, ‘Hear, that is being unmet or I’ve been unheard’ you begin to get pissed off 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.”

In addition to the return of a Bravo fan-favorite, “Potomac” followers can anticipate to see extra solid 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.