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What We Know About RHOC Season 16

Writer Isabella Bartlett

Of course, not everyone from Season 15 of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" will be back. In fact, Braunwyn Windham-Burke was devastated to learn that Bravo chose to not renew her contract ahead of Season 16.

While appearing on the podcast "Reality Life with Kate Casey," Windham-Burke explained how her firing went down. "I was at the beach with a friend, and the showrunner said, 'Hey, are you free?' ... He called and just said, 'Hey, you know, Bravo is not renewing your contract. They decided to go a different direction.' I just sat down on the ground and cried. I didn't want to break down in public. But I kind of just sat down behind my car and I just cried" (via Page Six).

Windham-Burke, who came out as gay last year but is still married to her husband, also added that the most upsetting part is that she was looking forward to being herself on the show. "I was really excited. It's Pride Month. It's June. I was really excited that we were finally going to have a gay 'Housewife.' And I was really looking forward to that, you know, and filming that and filming with the person that I was with that day" (via Page Six).