Andy Cohen denied Jennifer Aydin’s claim that she was asked to return to “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” for Season 15.
Over the weekend, Aydin — who has starred on the Bravo reality series since Season 9 — went live on Instagram while getting Botox injected into her face.
One of the people watching commented something indicating that they did not want Aydin, 47, to come back to the show, which prompted the mother of five to lift up her middle finger and fire back, “Oh, sorry [Instagram user’s name], I am coming back.”
The bold statement came shortly after alleged source information began circulating online, which claimed that Aydin, Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania were “told not to engage in any other projects outside NBC” because they would “all be back” for the next season of “RHONJ.”
“What? A report where? Where did they get it?” a shocked Cohen, 56, exclaimed on his “Andy Cohen Live” SiriusXM radio show Wednesday when the topic was brought up.
“We’ve made no decisions on ‘The Real Housewives [of New Jersey].’”
When co-host John Hill informed the flabbergasted network EP that Aydin herself had made the announcement, he responded, “What?! No. She confirmed that she’s returning?! No.”
Cohen went on, “We’ve done absolutely nothing — well, actually, we’ve done plenty. But that’s not — no. I’ll wait ’til I get a — I wish her well. Wait ’til Bravo or I says something.”
Many fans took the sentiment to mean that Aydin would not be returning to the show.
“Andy definitely said ‘you did not make the cut,” one X (formerly Twitter) user remarked, while another added, “oh she’s definitely fired now lol.”
“I believe her but now he’s mad for leaking the news and is gonna fire her,” a third netizen argued.
“This is worse than finding out your [sic] on pause,” someone else pointed out, referencing how Cohen let “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Dorinda Medley know she would not be coming back to that series.
As the “divisive” 14th installment of “RHONJ” was airing earlier this year, Cohen revealed the program would be getting a major cast shakeup ahead of its next season.
“Have you heard that we’re gonna do big changes to the show?” he said in July to a radio show caller who had phoned in to complain about the storylines.
“We are rebooting the show,” he assured the critic, reiterating, “We’re gonna reboot it. We’re gonna do something different.”
Interrupting the disgruntled caller, who continued complaining, Cohen said, “We’re gonna see what we do. We’ll see. I don’t know. Maybe just all fresh faces.”
The Season 14 stars consisted of Aydin, Giudice, Catania, Melissa Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda, in addition to “friends” Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler.
Bravo did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
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