Brynn Whitfield offered an update on her relationships with her Real Housewives of New York City castmates during an interview on Monday.
Following the conclusion of season 15, which saw her on the outs with what appeared to be all of her co-stars, Brynn, 39, confirmed when she last spoke to Ubah Hassan, 41, gushed over the support of others, and looked ahead to the show’s 16th season while also sharing her hopes for new women and announcing her new podcast.
“I have not spoken to Ubah since [the] reunion,” Brynn confirmed to Us Weekly on March 17. “I’ve thought about her a lot. It’s scary reaching out … it’s hard to repair relationships that are under the spotlight because … you think like, ‘Oh, is this person going to think I’m only reaching out because of this?’ For example, even with this, I thought, well, maybe last week, and I’m like, no, because then she’s gonna be like, ‘Oh, so you can go in the press and say we’re doing good?’”
According to Brynn, she feels a little “paranoia” about reaching out to Ubah after their finale blowup, which saw her suggesting that Ubah had weaponized her past sexual assault against her.
“[I] don’t want people to misjudge. It’s very, very delicate, so I think timing is everything, and it’s definitely on my mind and in my agenda, and it’s just more-so about timing when I trust that it will be seen as exactly what it is, which is authentic and me truly missing her,” she explained.
As for the rest of the cast, Brynn applauded Erin Lichy, 37, and her husband, Abraham “Abe” Lichy, for their support and suggested she’s on good terms with Jessel Taank, 45, and Jenna Lyons, 56.
“Erin is always amazing, super supportive, as is Abe. Jessel’s in London now. Hope to see her soon. Jenna and [Cass Bird], everyone, they’re super supportive. Checked in on me. I check on them … thankfully I’ve had a really, really large support group around me,” she gushed.
Then, when asked if she feels she has “unresolved” issues with the group, Brynn denied the idea.
“I can’t speak for other people if they have that with me. I can understand that, but I don’t feel anything unresolved. I’m honestly, for as much as I’m avoidant, I’m also very British in the sense of I just like to sweep things under the rug and move on,” she shared. “That’s not healthy and I don’t endorse that. But no, I don’t have anything ragingly unresolved.”
In fact, Brynn hopes to simply “go back to how [things] were” before the finale.
“[I want the cast to] put down their swords, and let’s just enjoy the city and show how amazing New York is, how fabulous it is, how diverse it is, how freaking silly it is. I think I would just like to have a lot more fun,” she noted.
Regarding the casting call put out by producers earlier this year, Brynn said she was told, “This is standard. We always do this.”
That said, she would like to see new cast members on season 16.
“I would just love to see people, with no offense to us, or people think that I’m rich, but I’d like to see stupid money on the show,” she posed. “New York has the most millionaires, most billionaires per capita. I would like to see some stupid money, like the money I see on jobs lying in the Hamptons, and also more delusion. Sometimes I go to these luncheons and things and I’m like, ‘If I had a dollar for every time I’ve told people in New York that I meet, I’m like, you should have a reality TV show.’ It’s characters here.”
In other Brynn Whitfield news, her new podcast, Please See Below, is set to premiere on Wednesday, March 19, with former Bachelorette contestant Jason Tartick as her first guest.
“What I’ve wanted for SO LONG … First episode with [Jason Tartick] drops on Wednesday 3.19 … Subscribe in my bio to [Please See Below],” she announced on Instagram, along with the cover art for the Spotify project.
No word yet on when production will begin on The Real Housewives of New York City season 16.
