Andy Cohen is feeling the heat from ‘The Real Housewives of Miami’ fans.
As Page Six Radio hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real explained on Tuesday’s episode of their SiriusXM show, Bravo’s King is hopeful that the series could eventually return despite its current hiatus.
“We’ve got to bring ‘Miami’ back. It’ll calm everyone down. The fact that people are so passionate about this show is ultimately what makes me happy,” he said on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” at the Real Housewives of Rhode Island premiere party Monday night in New York City.
“I just want more people to see it…If it were really up to me, I’d make it all at once.”
Cohen also said Bravo’s robust programming played a role in the decision to postpone production for another season.
“By the way, there’s something to be said. If you know you won’t have that slot for a year and two months next year because other Housewives are in production or have slots set, wouldn’t it make sense to wait six months and then shoot later to get closer to air time?” he pointed out.
Cohen went on to say that RHOM is “not cancelled,” despite fan speculation that the show may have been cancelled.
“It’s not a cancellation,” he stressed.
“Andy was like, ‘You all know, I don’t want to interrupt either,'” Murphy said on Tuesday’s radio show after speaking with Cohen at a “Rhode Island” event. “But he said Bravo has a lot of shows going on right now. He said, ‘Don’t you think it’s nice when there aren’t as many shows?'”
Currently, the reality network’s cast is limited to seven series. This includes the April 1st rerun series “The Valley” and the April 2nd debut of “RHORI.”
“It’s a lot,” Murphy added. “In a wonderful way.”
As for Cohen, the “Watch What Happens Live” host seems to think the public would be happier if the show returned after “people figured something out.”
“He was really persuasive and said don’t rule out Miami,” Murphy explained.
Real agreed: “I was very confused. Everyone interpreted this suspension as a cancellation.”
The “Virtual Reali-Tea” host admitted that Cohen left him with the impression that “RHOM” might return “in the near future.”
“I don’t think ‘The Real Housewives of Miami’ is dead forever. I really don’t think so,” Real added. “I was really happy to hear Andy say that.”
Page Six confirmed the hiatus earlier this month, with sources saying the show’s female cast members (Alexia Nepola, Lisa Hochstein, Larsa Pippen, Julia Lemigova, Gerdi Abraira, Stephanie Shojei, and “friends” Marisol Patton, Adriana de Moura, and Kiki Barth) were alerted before the news broke.
This is not the first time a series has been shelved, but the network’s decision was made amid low ratings.
RHOM, which ended its seventh season with a three-part rerun in October 2025, has long been one of the lowest-rated shows on Bravo’s Real Housewives series.
Filming for Season 8 had been postponed amid conversations about major cast changes.
“There’s been a bit of a rumor going around among people who know that RHOM is going to be canceled. There was some trouble with casting,” a source told Reality Blurb at the time.
Sources claimed the issue was partially related to a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Bravo filed in October by Nepola’s ex-husband, Todd Nepola.
“Some of the issues have to do with the lawsuit filed by Todd and Alexia due to Todd not appearing on the show,” they added.
“If it wasn’t for Todd, her story would more or less be dead, and that would affect the entire series.”
Todd filed a motion to dismiss the case with prejudice in December.
Despite Cohen’s views, another source claimed that the break “will be a very long hiatus and is being interpreted by many to mean the show is cancelled.”
As Page Six previously reported, Abraira and Remigoba were on the chopping block, with newcomer Shojei wondering if he would return for the next round.
“RHOM” first aired in 2013 after its third season.
Fans were shocked to learn that the iconic series would be returning as a Peacock Original in 2021.
Seasons 6 and 7 aired on Bravo.
