The cast of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York almost ended the show by banding together to demand higher salaries for this season. They had until Friday to sign a new contract or the network threatened to fire them all.
Production was supposed to start last week on the sixth season of the show, but it was delayed due to the salary dispute.
However, the cast, which consists of Ramona Singer, Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson, Aviva Drescher, Sonja Morgan and LuAnn de Lesseps, has come to an agreement with Bravo.
According to Deadline, the cast decided to renew their contracts with a slight pay raise, instead of risking being fired altogether.
Radziwill, who is a new cast member, even took to Twitter before signing a contract to write the situation was “irksome.”
She wrote, “I still haven't decided. Payscale is ridix + it irks me to be given ultimatums.Just ask my last 5 boyfriends.:)” She even said, “I was paid more at ABC as an associate producer and that was in the 90s! :)”
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