‘RHONY’ Star Erin Lichy Weighs In on the Show’s Future: Casting Predictions, Filming With Brynn (Exclusive)

The Real Housewives of New York City star Erin Lichy is weighing in on the future of the show — and sharing her predictions for new cast members.

Erin, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly that she “wasn’t surprised” when Bravo put out a casting call for RHONY in January before season 15 even finished airing. “I think we could use some new blood, I’m kind of excited to see. I mean, I have some friends that I hope maybe will join, and I don’t know,” she told Us.

Erin also weighed in on whether her friend Lindsay Hubbard should join RHONY for season 16 after the Summer House star discussed the possibility on an episode of the “Housewives Nightcap” podcast in February.

“I didn’t know that she wanted to join,” Erin told Us. “I’m actually having lunch with her and our daughters in a little while so I’m gonna talk to her about that.” She added that she thinks Lindsay, 38, would “be great, to be honest” as a cast member on RHONY.

“I never really thought about it before I saw that online,” she continued. “I need to talk to her about it. I need to hear what she really thinks. But, I mean, why not?”

Other Real Housewives stars, however, have their own ideas about who should be in the new cast. Andy Cohen revealed in February that RHONY alum Kelly Bensimon had sent him a list of casting suggestions for the Bravo hit.

“I have no words for that whole thing,” Erin told Us of Kelly’s supposed list. (Kelly starred on RHONY from 2009 to 2011 and later made appearances in 2014 and 2015.)

“I mean, she’s funny,” Erin said of Kelly. “They should have their own thing, if that’s what she was referring to. I don’t even know what that meant. It could be really fun. I’m not a producer and I don’t know what the right thing is, or how things would work. On one hand, I feel like it wouldn’t make sense, but on the other hand, I’ve hung out with Luann [de Lesseps] and Dorinda [Medley] and I’ve had a f—ing blast. So, I could see it. I don’t know.”

As far as RHONY cast members go, Erin admitted to Us that she had spoken to Brynn Whitfield after season 15’s explosive finale in January before the reunion episodes aired the following month.

“I am not blocked anymore,” Erin said of where she stands with Brynn. “She’s been reaching out and saying nice things. So, I appreciate it, but it’s gonna take time.”

Erin further stated she found the situation “funny” because Brynn “reaches out and says nice things, and then I actually wished her happy birthday and I just got no answer. So it’s like, are we talking to each other or not? I give up.”

Despite their ups and downs, Erin says she “could see” filming with Brynn again in the future, but she’s “a little more flexible than other people on the show.”

“I don’t know how everyone would deal with that,” she said of Brynn’s possible RHONY return. “I think we would all be on edge and I think we would all feel nervous as to what we would say and how that would be misconstrued. I think it would be challenging, but I could see a world in which it happens.”

Brynn’s relationship with her RHONY cast members was fractured during the season 15 finale when their Puerto Rican vacation ended with a massive fight between Brynn and costar Ubah Hassan. Ubah, 41, accused Brynn of sleeping with someone to get on the show.

Brynn said she had revealed privately to Ubah that she had been sexually assaulted, but an upset Ubah immediately denied knowing about the experience. The ensuing fight led to the rest of the cast needing to separate the pair for the remainder of their trip.

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With reporting by Christina Garibaldi