Margaret's RHONJ "Exit" (Termination?), Teresa/Melissa/Dolores' Return & The Newbies Revealed

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Entertainment News, News, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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RHONJ is finally coming back. Dolores, Teresa and Melissa have begun filming. Margaret has made her statement regarding her (termination?) exit. Jen Fessler has let us know she is available for birthdays and weddings. Dolores becomes the first housewife in history to be on two series at the same time. Today, we break it all down, discuss the mixed reactions from fans and Bravolebs and help make sense of it all. Last, but not least, we reveal the rest of the cast and discuss just how Bravo plans to roll out the upcoming RHONJ Season 15 everyone has waited so long for. @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	So I mean the thing is, hi.
0:32.4	Now the thing is welcome, happy Saturday.
0:34.8	This is really what I want to ask people today.
0:37.3	And I really truly,
0:38.8	from the absolute bottom of my heart, meanness sincerely, there is no affectation in my voice.
0:45.1	There is no shade. Is anybody? Because like, it's not, forget me. It's not about me being
0:53.0	right or wrong. You guys knew this too, right? Like,
0:56.3	I mean, we all knew for a year that Margaret wasn't coming back to New Jersey, right? I mean,
1:04.3	there's no way she could have come back because the show is not coming back for toxicity.
1:11.7	It's that simple.
1:12.7	And I'm not blaming Margaret for the toxicity.
1:15.2	I'm not.
1:15.8	I'm blaming her for putting a whale on a shirt.
1:17.9	You know I do that.
1:19.0	But I'm not blaming her for the toxicity.
1:21.3	I'm not.
1:22.2	They're all to blame.
1:23.1	But we couldn't do it without Teresa and we couldn't do without Melissa.
1:26.8	So they are just, and I want to get into like, we're producers involved?
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