Selling Sunset has undergone a thunderous cast overhaul just weeks ahead of the filming of the upcoming 10th season of the Netflix hit. Emma Hernan, Mary Bonnet, Chelsea Lazkani, Alanna Gold and Sandra Vergara - the sister of Sofia Vergara - have all been fired from the show, the Daily Mail can confirm.
Insiders alleged that the axe came down on the four cast members in April, with filming scheduled to begin a couple of weeks from now, via TMZ. Meanwhile a source has confirmed to the Daily Mail that Bre Tiesi, Christine Quinn and Heather El Moussa will all be back for the upcoming season.
Bonnet, 45, spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail on May 7 and notably offered no indication that she had been jettisoned from the cast. However she did opaquely remark that 'Netflix wanted a change-up' and said with a smile that she knew of 'changes' being made but 'just can't say' what they are.
Christine Quinn and Heather El Moussa Return
Quinn featured on the first five seasons of Selling Sunset and became a breakout star as the resident 'villain' fans could not help but find captivating. She left the show under a cloud of acrimony in 2022, furiously denying allegations she bribed a client $5,000 to avoid working with Hernan. Quinn and El Moussa's return to the show was announced in April to a burst of fanfare, which Bonnet commented on exclusively to the Daily Mail on May 7.
'Christine's always, she's good for the show. Wasn't happy about the way she left, I mean the things before, but everyone grows and hopefully she has,' said Bonnet. When asked why Quinn was brought back for season 10, Bonnet's responses grew increasingly cryptic as she discussed the future of the show.
'Producers know. I don't know. I have no say over anything - well, actually, maybe I did have a little say, but I don't know,' said Bonnet. 'Production was trying to decide. Netflix wanted a change-up, and there's gonna be a lot of changes.' She added that 'I don't think anybody really knows what the changes are really gonna be, other than Heather and Christine,' only to then add with a mysterious smile: 'Well, there is more changes than that. I just can't say.'
Possibly dropping an inadvertent hint that she had been let go, she confessed that she was 'not quite sure' when filming was meant to start on season 10.
Behind the Scenes Drama
Selling Sunset follows the exploits of a glamorous set of realtors working for the Los Angeles based brokerage firm the Oppenheim Group. Lazkani and Bonnet, who were formerly close friends, suffered an explosive falling out and spent two years bitterly feuding before getting fired together. Hernan meanwhile joined the show in season four and, early in her run, notably found herself locked in a seething battle of wills with the newly rehired Quinn.
This past season, she was plunged into controversy over her boyfriend Blake Davis, who was fiercely denounced by Hernan's co-star Chrishell Stause. Stause accused Davis of remarking that 'pronouns are dumb,' apropos Stause's nonbinary spouse G Flip, whom she married in 2022. Hernan staunchly denied the story and insisted that all Davis did was once refer to G Flip as Stause's 'wife' - an account that echoes Davis' version of events.
'I regretfully referred to G Flip as Ms Stause’s wife,' he told the Daily Mail in response to the drama. 'Ms Stause corrected me that they were partners and that G Flip goes by the pronoun them. Since, I have respectfully used the preferred pronouns.' Stause disputed Hernan and Davis' characterization of events, and she herself left the show after season nine 'because it's no longer good for my mental health.'
