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Candace Bushnell & Margaret Josephs Join ‘The Golden Life’ Cast In The Hamptons As E! Orders Additional Episodes Of ‘RHONY’ Reunion Series
E! has ordered additional episodes of *The Golden Life*, its reality series reuniting the original cast of *The Real Housewives of New York City*, with Candace Bushnell and *Real Housewives of New Jersey* alum Margaret Josephs joining as new cast members. The expanded run relocates part of the action from Palm Beach, Florida, to the Hamptons, where the returning stars will cross paths with Bushnell and Josephs, adding fresh dynamics to a show built around nostalgia for the RHONY era.
The core cast, Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer, will appear in the new Hamptons-set episodes alongside Bushnell, the *Sex and the City* author, and Josephs. Versant's President of Entertainment, Val Boreland, said the network was encouraged by the series so far and keen to expand it. The Hamptons episodes follow the earlier casting of Medley after Jill Zarin, originally attached to the show, was dropped following a racist rant on social media about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance. *The Golden Life*, produced by Blink49 Studios, is set to premiere its first half on E! this autumn.
In short
- E! adds more episodes to RHONY reunion show *The Golden Life*
- Candace Bushnell and Margaret Josephs join the cast
- New episodes move part of the action to the Hamptons
Explained simply
*The Golden Life* is a reunion series that brings together the original cast members of *The Real Housewives of New York City*, a reality television show that followed the lives of wealthy women in Manhattan and became a cultural phenomenon. The show is designed to revisit that era of the programme, which aired in the late 2000s and early 2010s, drawing on the nostalgia and appeal of those original cast members.
The core returning cast includes Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Dorinda Medley, Kelly Bensimon and Luann de Lesseps, all of whom were central figures in the original *Real Housewives of New York City* series. The show also features Candace Bushnell, the author of the book that inspired *Sex and the City*, and Margaret Josephs, a former cast member of *The Real Housewives of New Jersey*.
Reality television networks continue to use reunion formats and nostalgia to attract audiences, particularly by reviving figures from earlier eras. The show capitalises on sustained public interest in the lives of these personalities and the cultural impact of the original *Real Housewives of New York City* series, which was influential in establishing the franchise format.
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