Joanna Krupa is opening up about why she turned down the chance to return to The Real Housewives of Miami when it returns in 2021, and how she found more meaningful work on a new animal rescue show.
“I’ve been approached and we’ve talked about it,” Krupa recently told SiriusXM’s Page Six Radio while promoting his new project “Street Rescue.” “They asked me to think about it, but as a mother, I don’t feel like it’s the right time in my life.”
Krupa, 45, explained that while she’s not completely against reality TV, she didn’t feel it was appropriate to rejoin a dramatic show like “Real Housewives.”
“Do I object to the reality (TV) world? Not at all. Do I object to this kind of reality? Yes,” she said. “Shows like that are so dramatic that I don’t want my daughter to see her mom in that situation.”
The mother-of-one, who has five-year-old daughter Asha with ex-husband Douglas Nunes, said women risk losing their place on the series “without drama.”
Krupa, who appeared as a full-time cast member in seasons two and three from 2012 to 2013, said, “They’re going to cancel it because it’s boring.” “So we all know that these women will stop at nothing. Even if they were best friends at one point, they will eventually conspire. They will fall below the belt at some point.”
As a result, Krupa said he is “absolutely not” interested in revisiting “RHOM.”
The unscripted hit, currently airing on Bravo, just wrapped up its seventh season and stars originals Alexia Nepola, Larsa Pippen, Lisa Hochstein, Marisol Patton, and Adriana de Moura, as well as newcomers Stephanie Shojei, Gerdi Abraira, Julia Lemigova, and Kiki Barth.
Krupa, who splits her time between Los Angeles and her native Poland (where she hosts “Poland’s Next Top Model”), said she is completely satisfied with how her career and personal life have evolved.
“I’m happy with my life. I’m very grateful for my projects and my TV show in Poland. This is a show I’ve been doing for 14 years,” the model said.
“This has opened up another door for me to be able to have my own perfume line and have other things I’m working on. So I’m definitely happy. I don’t need a show like ‘Miami’ to make a living…I’m not going to sell my soul to make a living like that.”
Krupa admitted that her experience on “RHOM” was also mentally taxing.
“Sometimes a meme pops up on social media or someone sends me a message when there’s a rerun and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that’s embarrassing!'” she said with a laugh. “But that show was tough for me because most of the girls on Housewives are successful and then maybe go on to do other things.”
In contrast, Krupa joined “Housewives” as a celebrity, which she feels made her a target.
“For me, I’ve already done ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ I’ve done ABC’s ‘Superstars,’ and I’ve done over 100 (magazine) covers around the world,” she said. “So, in a way, I was accomplished to a certain level. So coming to that show, for me, it felt like there were vultures on every corner. They were waiting for me to say something or do something to be dramatic, so I felt like I was constantly being watched. So, for me, it was very stressful.”
Still, Krupa maintains some warm friendships from her days on Housewives. “I keep in touch with Anna Quincoces, Lee Black and Current Sierra,” she told Page Six Radio. “They were all wonderful girls that I loved getting to know.”
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Currently, Krupa’s energy is focused on helping animals in need. Her new series “Street Rescue” takes viewers into the heart of real-life animal rescue operations across Los Angeles, providing emergency veterinary care, food, shelter and compassion to homeless and struggling pets and their humans.
“If I really wanted one, I’d have a bunch of Birkin and Hermès bags,” she joked. “For years, I paid for all the vet bills myself except for my own animals, but for this first season of ‘Street Rescue,’ I actually funded it myself. I paid for all the vet bills myself.”
Although difficult, Krupa’s mission is bigger than herself, she said.
“This is an endlessly tough situation…but I feel like with this community, we can rely on others to help,” she elaborated. “And people who need our help can reach out and let us know before they kill (an animal) or put it in a shelter. There are people out there who care and want to help.”
Krupa hopes “Street Rescue” will encourage cooperation among animal advocacy groups. “We hope that with ‘Street Rescue,’ we can build a larger community where different animal rescue organizations can help each other.”
“Street Rescue” premiered on YouTube on October 24th, with new episodes available every Friday at 7pm ET.
