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Roxanne and Shantel

Real Housewives of Rhode Island Premiere Recap: Full Cast Breakdown and Filming Backlash

Roxanne and Shantel

Realm

Tv & Film

3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Roxanne and Shantel are recapping the season premiere of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island and breaking down Bravo’s newest franchise. We’re sharing our first impressions of the cast, including Kelsey Swanson, Ashley Iaconetti, Alicia Carmody, Liz McGraw, Rosie Woods, and Jo-Allen Diaz, and getting into who stood out right away, who feels made for reality TV, and who already seems like they’re going to bring the most drama this season. We also talk about the added context surrounding the show and the reports that Rhode Island did not fully embrace filming, including why some of the nicer places allegedly did not want the show there and why there seemed to be resistance to Bravo filming in the area. SPONSOR: Free Shipping Using Code AllAboutTRH at ⁠Quince.com⁠ Subscribe to 'Roxanne & Shantel' on Apple Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roxanne-and-shantel-formerly-allabouttrh/id1554996153⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Roxanne & Shantel on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/79BLlV7530ggskem3tAvjp?si=b060160028aa4f1e⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Roxanne & Shantel On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Roxanne & Shantel On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Roxanne & Shantel On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Rox & Shantel of AllAboutTRH on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've officially rebranded.

0:02.5

Welcome to Roxanne and Chantal, the next chapter of our podcast.

0:06.4

Same cousins, same unfiltered takes, bigger conversations.

0:09.9

We're covering the Bravo universe, reality deep dives, pop culture headlines, and sitting down with reality stars from the shows everyone is watching.

0:17.6

If it's trendy, messy, or internet breaking, we're talking about it. Hey, Shantelle.

0:25.7

Hey, Roxanne. You guys, before we get into this Rhode Island obsession we have, I just need to

0:32.5

tell you that we had to re-record our intro three times because I couldn't stop laughing for no reason.

0:39.4

And I literally told her, I was like, this is not the time for you to get these little laughs in

0:43.2

because we need to go. We need to talk. We usually don't record late anymore. It's just so hard for us,

0:50.0

like with the baby and the kids and stuff. And so we usually don't. But because I'm going to Florida, I know we keep talking about me leaving. So because I'm going, we're recording late tonight. We're doing two episodes tonight. So it's 10.30 and this is like very late for us. Literally. She literally right now was like, do not laugh. And then like the second time I laughed, just saying the intro, she's like, I knew you were going to do that. Don't do this. And I'm like, ooh, someone is feisty today. So if I sound like I was just laughing in the intro because she paused it and she's like, we're not starting over. She refused to let us start all over. I apologize about that. Yeah, your fault. You don't like the laughing gas. Like,

1:28.7

you know when you're just like laughing, you can't control it. Like you're in front of a stage or something and then you just like laugh and, you know, yeah, I'm not in front of a stage. I don't know why I'm laughing. Well, and I know how you guess. So like I know when you're in those moods, I'm like we're going to be here for like five hours.

1:42.2

Oh my gosh, 100%.

1:44.4

So yeah.

1:45.6

You guys, the season premiere. those moods. I'm like, we're going to be here for like five hours. Oh my gosh, 100%. So yeah.

1:45.6

You guys, the season premiere of Rhode Island. Like, do you guys know how big of a deal this is?

1:52.9

Like, we haven't had a new series like, well, since Salt Lake City, which was like 2020, I think.

1:58.2

New York, though. New York revamp. I know, but oh, we don't, we don't count that.

2:02.2

I know.

2:03.3

And so, like, this is like a new vibe. Like, you know, like, it's a new vibe. Like, the, like, the, like, the seashells and the, the, like, ocean. Like, I don't know. It just feels great. I don't know. I don't know.

2:14.3

This is what I want from Housewives.

2:15.8

I want the massive house.

2:16.8

I want the full family chaos,

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