The twelfth installment of “The Real Housewives” franchise is here — it’s time to meet “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.”
Officially announced in May 2025, “RHORI” follows eight women in the Ocean State with “deep roots” and ties to each other’s families, per the teaser.
The new cast is made up of of mostly new faces with a few familiar ones in the mix. “RHONJ” star Dolores Catania, who joined that series in Season 7 and teased her upcoming Season 15 return, is a friend of the Housewives via her close friend Liz McGraw.
Executive producer Andy Cohen spoke to Page Six in May 2025, where he revealed some insight about the new series and its “incredible” cast.
“They’re very Italian,” he said. “Rhode Island is such a small state, and they all kind of know each other and overlap, and it’s an incredible group of women who have really interesting connections. I think it’s really going to surprise people.”
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Here’s a little bit about each new Housewife, per their official cast bios.
- Jo-Ellen Tiberi – Jo-Ellen is the one “who tells it like it is” within the group, as she finds herself caught between honesty and discretion when “sensitive information involving Rulla’s marriage circulates within the group.” Jo-Ellen will also confront unresolved issues with her mother.
- Ashley Iaconetti – a former “The Bachelor” star who married her “Bachelor in Paradise” costar Jared Haibon. Ashley is “raising two young children, adjusting to life in Rhode Island and co-owning a struggling café” when the series begins.
- Alicia Carmody – this season, Alicia is “faced with navigating long-standing relationships and personal growth that leaves one lifelong friend completely blindsided.”
- Kelsey Swanson – living in a castle owned by her wealthy boyfriend, Kelsey “must decide between the comfort of her gilded arrangement and a future on her own terms.”
- Rulla Nehme Pontarelli – a financial planner and wealth manager with deeply held values. As “rumors about her husband begin to circulate, Rulla is forced to confront uncomfortable questions that challenge her beliefs, resilience and commitment, putting her personal life under an unrelenting spotlight.”
- Liz McGraw – Rhode Island’s “cannabis queen” who runs a successful dispensary. Liz and her husband Gerry are about to become grandparents when the series begins, while “shifting dynamics within her inner circle test her influence and the bonds she’s long held close.”
- Rosie DiMare – a former TV news anchor “leveling up” into her dream home. As she grows her local lifestyle program, Rosie “faces challenges within her inner circle, leaving her to reassess loyalties and where she truly fits in with this evolving, close-knit group.”
- Dolores Catania – the “RHONJ” star is spending the summer in Rhode Island with her close friend, Liz McGraw as they embark on a new entrepreneurial venture: a brand of menopause gummies.
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