BravoCon 2025: The Wildest Weekend in Reality TV

Publish date: Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025, 2:48PM

By Dean McCarthy – ZM’s Hollywood Correspondent

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to be dropped right into the centre of the Bravo universe - imagine a music festival, a Vegas nightclub, and 20 seasons of Real Housewives chaos all thrown in a blender. That’s BravoCon. And this year, I covered the red carpet for two massive days, interviewing some of the biggest stars in reality TV as headlines were quite literally exploding around us.

From cast feuds to surprise announcements to Andy Cohen stirring every pot in reach, it was nonstop adrenaline and high heels. Here’s everything you need to know — plus the inside scoop from each of my interviews on the carpet.

Let's start with some tea, shall we?

Andy Cohen revealed that The Real Housewives of New York City has a cast locked in and filming will begin in the coming months.

Vicki Gunvalson officially returns as a full-time housewife on The Real Housewives of Orange County (Season 20) — announced on stage when Andy handed her the signature orange. The crowd was shook.

A reunion of sorts: Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga (and by extension her husband Joe Gorga) publicly acknowledged that they’re reconnecting and working on healing their family relationship after years of feuding.

A behind-the-scenes moment: during the weekend, fans saw the duo The McBee Brothers (Cole and Sal) launch a red carpet push-up contest and celebrate together; the event also revealed extra footage and exclusive clips for upcoming seasons.

Drama erupted when Erika Jayne, of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was booed by fans on the green/red carpet after responding that she didn’t want to see former cast-mate Garcelle Beauvais return.

Drama dot com!

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