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The Real Housewives of New York City Returns With a "Traumatic" Trip, Breakups and New Feuds

Exclusive! Ramona Singer, Dorinda Medley and Jules Wainstein open up about the changing relationships

By Chris Harnick Apr 06, 2016 5:07 PMTags
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It's turtle time one again. Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City returns on Wednesday, April 6 and along for the ride with Ramona Singer, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Luann de Lesseps, Carole Radziwill and Bethenny Frankel is newbie Julianne "Jules" Wainstein, and she's no shrinking violet.

"Crazy season," Ramona told E! News. "I mean, Jules, the newbie, she went against Bethenny like no one else. Toe-to-toe and I'm not quite sure who won that battle over that dinner."

"Bethenny has a very strong personality," Jules told E! News' Zuri Hall. "We had our moment—"

"Moment? It was fireworks!" Ramona interjected.

This dinner she speaks of, why isn't it on our TV right now?

Dorinda said Jules' addition to the cast was seamless. "I think everyone will be really interested to see how we all work together," Jules previewed.

The new season finds the ladies picking up right where they left off: There's no love lost between Carole and Luann over the Adam relationship, Dorinda's loving her martinis and Ramona is on the prowl.

"It's going real well," Ramona said of her "dating and skating" activities. "There's no particular one person, no…I had two five month relationships, but one of my girlfriends who was married over 20 years, like me, was like, ‘Ramona, what are you rushing into a relationship for? You just got out of a 20 year-plus marriage. Have fun, relax.'"

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As for her other long-term relationship, the friendship between her and Sonja, well, viewers are going to see something very different between the two of them: "almost like a breakup."

"It's sad to watch," Dorinda said. "For the first time you were almost like two different people."

As for Dorinda and her own relationship drama with divisive John, well, click play on the video above. Plus get scoop on the "traumatic" and "emotional" cast trip.

The Real Housewives of New York City airs Wednesdays, 9 p.m. on Bravo. And if you're in New York City and want to experience a little RHONY, Bravo and On Location Tours have partnered for a special bus tour of classic Real Housewives locations like Beautique and Le Cirque. The tour runs Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

(E! and Bravo are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)