Monique Samuel returns to ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ for Season 10 (exclusively)

Monique Samuels Is ready for his bravo second act!

The former Real Housewives of Potomac star – as praised left Hit Reality series in 2020 – Returns officially for season 10, people can exclusively reveal.

The production for the show is currently in progress in Maryland, with last season’s stars Gizelle BryantThe Ashley DarbyThe Dr. Wendy OsefoThe Keiars Stewart and Stacey Rusch All filming again. Samuels will join the role in a friend capacity.

Her comeback to the series that first made her a fan favorite (and later triggered one of the most talked about departures in Housewives History) comes at an important time in Samuel’s life.

The 41-year-old Mila Eve Essentials The owner completed Her divorce from former NFL -offensive tackle Chris Samuels, 48, in September 2023. She and Chris married for 11 years and are parents of daughter Milani, 9, and sons Christopher, 12, and Chase, 6.

“Monique is in a completely different place now, and fans will see it,” a source tells People. “She is excited to show who she is now – not as a wife, not just a mother, but as a woman who starts and takes on her own on her own terms.”

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Bravo viewer only met Monique when she joined Clean During Season 2 as early as 2017. It didn’t take long for the entrepreneur to make his mark on the show, with his fast width, luxurious lifestyle and no-nonsense attitude.

But at Season 5 tensions among the roles (especially with previous Costar Candiace Dillard Bassett) cooked over an explosive change on the camera that dominated headlines and divided fans.

After the season aired, Monique announced that she would not return. “I’m over it,” she said at that time, quoting how the event – and how it was produced – took a fee on her family and mental health.

“It was a crazy ride. It’s not easy to do reality TV,” Monique wrote on Instagram. “I appreciate everything that people have done for me, everyone who has been Team Monique – I love you, I thank you – but when you cross some lines it will not go back. And for me my family is that line.”

“The statement from my family and my children and what they think about everything I do is more valuable than someone’s opinion,” she added.

Since he passed away, Monique moved his focus to his children and business companies.

She made a short return to reality -TV 2022 on her own Love and Marriage: DC In addition to their then make-in on their romance was released soon thereafter, apply Monique for divorce in April 2023.

“I just came to the point where I was in a place where I was so miserable“Later she shared.” I am no longer the person I was when I went down that time 11 years ago. … if we continue to go down on this road and we bick on each other and we can’t communicate – sometimes not even talk to each other – how will it affect our children? Because I thought, like most, “okay, we will stay together for the kids.” But it never works to stay together for the children means that you give them a terrible example of what a relationship should be like. ”

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Season 10 off Clean expected to be broadcast later this year.

Two housewives from Season 9 will not return: Mia Thornton and Karen Huger. Thornton announced his departure from the series in April, in the middle of a move to Atlanta. Kramare is in the meantime behind bars after being Sentenced to two years in prison, with one year suspended, for his fourth DUI Folding judgment.

The real housewives in Potomac Can be streamed on peacock.