RHOSLC Audiences Are Already Mourning Monica Garcia
As confirmed by Andy Cohen himself, the breakout star of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has gone where all the franchise greats end up: on pause.


It’s official: Monica Garcia, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City rookie who risked all and—for a brief, blessed moment—ruled reality television, is one and done. At least, it seems, for now. Herstorians will likely write that the single mom and the show’s self-proclaimed Gossip Girl flew too close to the Bravo sun and melted her own snowflake. But if you ask me, the network just made a very big mistake.
On Tuesday, hours before the final installment of the fourth season’s three-part reunion aired, People magazine reported that Garcia would not be returning per “multiple” unnamed sources. Then, RHOSLC executive producers—including Andy Cohen, himself—confirmed the news to Variety. Given Garcia has been all but ostracized by her cast since filming wrapped, the Bravosphere wasn’t exactly shocked. Many of us were, however, grief-stricken.
Word of Garcia’s premature departure arrived just weeks after the January 2 finale where she was revealed to have an alter ego: Reality Von Tease, a dated Instagram account dedicated to gossip (much of which involved the misdeeds of former cast member and convicted felon, Jen Shah) about her future cast mates and allegedly co-created and operated by multiple people three years ago. The finale episode would launch a thousand iconic memes and even more questions—many of which Garcia attempted to answer at the reunion though she was largely out-shouted. Any attempt at an explanation, from her involvement in Reality Von Tease (“I did not set up the account, I didn’t name the account, or open the account.”) to its purpose (“I don’t feel like that page was made for talking shit on these ladies.”) seemed to matter little in the end. None of her cast mates were interested in moving forward. That was that.