Dorinda Medley to the rescue!
The Lady of Bluestone Manor is set to join E!’s reboot of the “Real Housewives of New York,” Page Six has learned.
The news comes after cast member Jill Zarin was booted from the project before cameras even began to roll over her remarks about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime performance.
As Page Six reported, E! is putting together a new show, “The Golden Life,” featuring the original cast of “RHONY,” that was set to feature Zarin, Sonja Morgan, Luann de Lesseps, and Ramona Singer.
Now sources tell us that Medley, who starred on six seasons of the show, has also long been expected to be part of the show.
We hear the network had been planning to announce her role closer to its premiere to draw out the publicity for the show a little longer.
But, as it turns out, it’s useful to have a spare cast member in the wings.
On Tuesday E! announced that it was firing Zarin after she complained online that there “was literally no white people” in the rapper’s Super Bowl performance.
On Sunday night Zarin posted a video online in which she said, “We all agree — it was the worst halftime show ever. It’s 250 years that we’re celebrating right now in the United States, and I just don’t think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish.”
She added that the performance “looked like a political statement, because there were literally no white people in the entire thing.”
On Tuesday Variety reported that E!, the network set to air “The Golden Life,” has fired her from the show.
“In light of recent public comments made by Jill Zarin, [production company] Blink49 Studios has decided not to move forward with her involvement in ‘The Golden Life.’ We remain committed to delivering the series in line with our company standards and values,” the producers told Variety.
Reps for E! didn’t comment. Medley didn’t get back to us.
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