RHONY’s Eboni Williams reveals truce with co-star Ramona Singer after feud & firing from show
REAL Housewives of New York star Eboni Williams has revealed a truce with her co-star Ramona Singer after a significant feud and being fired from the show.
Eboni exclusively talked to The Sun about the cast shakeup while at Stacey Bendet's Alice + Olivia extravaganza celebrating the designer's successful 20 years on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Over sunset in an outdoor courtyard in Manhattan, the party was in honor of Stacey's AO x KidSuper collaboration and the mayor of New York announcing June 15 as "Alice + Olivia Day."
Eboni, 38, wearing a bold and beautiful Alice + Olivia hot pink blazer and matching shorts, told The Sun she'd had a recent "nice chat" with her rival, Ramona Singer, 65.
Ramona and Eboni had drama on the show before the reboot announcement at Eboni's Black Shabbat dinner party.
Eboni said Ramona gave her a call "about a month ago" when she returned from some time in Rwanda.
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She shared that Ramona briefly caught up with her and that Eboni tied it off by saying she'd "see her in the Hamptons this summer."
SHOW SHAKEUP
In an interview with in March, Andy Cohen confessed the networks' plans to change the show after 13 seasons.
He announced the RHONY franchise is firing the entire cast and searching for a new group of friends to reflect the diverse city it is filmed in.
As for if she will officially be a part of the new cast, Eboni exclusively told The Sun she is "really open-minded, trusts the process, and trusts the fabulous executives at Bravo."
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She teased: "Stand by and stay tuned. They are working diligently on what [the new RHONY cast] looks like.
"They are really curating a multi-cultural existing group of friends."
REAL FRIENDS
Through the feuds, firing, and significant changes, Eboni has previously shared castmate Sonja Morgan has been her ally through all the major casting announcements.
Although Eboni and other housewives have been clashing, Sonja has consistently been a close friend.
Eboni told The Sun: "I talked to Sonja Morgan a couple of weeks ago, so I just saw her comedy tour."
She teased collaborating on an upcoming project together, and other outlets have reported Sonja would be Eboni's top choice to film with on the new reboot.
LOW RATINGS
The decision to reboot RHONY came after a drop in ratings and a slew of negative fan reactions.
Speaking on the big decision, Andy commented: "I think that if you look at any series, where the ratings are declining week to week as the series goes on, and the viewer feedback is growing disenchanted on social media, etc. — I think that was a big red flag for us."
While plans for the flagship series include firing the whole cast and starting anew, fans will still get to see some of their favorite RHONY stars back on the network.
Bravo is working on a second edition – a spinoff that will feature ex-cast members throughout the years.
Currently, two titles are being used for internal communications regarding the spinoff, RHONY: Throwback and RHONY: Legacy.
CAST SHAKEUP
Andy did not reveal which of the show's former stars might appear in the new series.
The show's producer explained: "Our loyal fans have spoken as to what they want to see and what they don't want to see — and we've taken that all into account.
"And this is a series where you're going to expect to see fan favorites from the show's great history."
Andy continued: "It's organic, you know? They were in each other's lives, and they are in each other's lives. We're looking at people who are beloved by fans."
By having two versions of RHONY, Andy said Bravo would be giving viewers the best of both worlds.
Andy concluded: "We're totally revitalizing RHONY with the energy and spirit of the city of New York and bringing it up to date while also giving the fans the gift of being able to visit with their old friends."
EBONI VS RAMONA
In November, Ramona's alleged "racially insensitive" comment was revealed after Eboni filed a complaint with Bravo.
A source close to production revealed to the site that the Real Housewives star allegedly said: "This is why we shouldn't have Black people on the show."
However, Ramona later countered and claimed she "never said that."
Ramona's statement continued: "It's very disappointing that even after my name was cleared that people still want to slander me."
Due to her confidentiality agreement, the reality star claimed she had been unable to share her side of the story.
Another source told the outlet that Ramona and her co-stars had reportedly undergone sensitivity training.
An insider mentioned a lawyer reportedly filed a complaint against Ramona.
Bravo then reportedly launched a third-party investigation into the matter.
Eboni was allegedly dissatisfied with the investigation's conclusion, which reportedly cleared Ramona of any wrongdoing.
The news was initially reported by Page Six, which could not reach a Bravo representative for comment.
THE DINNER PARTY
Since August, RHONY fans have been calling for Ramona to be fired from the Bravo show due to her "racist" behavior at Eboni's dinner.
During her Black Shabbat dinner party, Eboni had been planning to raise awareness over the struggle of minorities.
Eboni's friend, Linara, told a personal and devastating story about how she and her son almost died in childbirth.
Linara claimed the doctors at the hospital had refused to give her pain medication.
The doctors thought she was a drug addict and reportedly misdiagnosed her severe pain.
Ramona then shared her story and claimed that a Black nurse had allegedly refused to give her pain medication while she was in labor.
THE BACKLASH
Angry RHONY fans slammed Ramona for being ignorant and accused her of making a woman's story about systemic racism in medical institutions about her.
One angry fan Tweeted: "How can you allow this behavior?! How do you stand behind her?! She is taking #RHONY down single-handed."
Another fan added: "Y'all… Ramona interrupted Eboni's friend while discussing medical racism... she made it about herself and did an 'all lives matter.'"
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A third person raged on: "Ramona just tried to discredit a Black woman who shared her story about giving birth.
"Not everything is about you, Ramona! Andy Cohen, fire Ramona!"
