Crystal Kung Minkoff Is 'Actually Excited’ for Subsequent Chapter After ‘RHOBH’
Crystal Kung Minkoff is prepared for the following part of her life after leaving The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills.
“I’ve been actually excited,” Minkoff, 41, instructed Us Weekly solely on the Gold Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, Could 11. “The entire expertise is massive, so now, I’m actually transferring into what I need to do and I’m excited for it.”
Minkoff made her RHOBH debut throughout season 11, which aired in 2021. After three seasons on the present, it was introduced final month that she had left the present earlier than filming on season 14 started.
“I simply wished to share the information that I cannot be coming again to movie season 14 of Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills. It’s very bittersweet,” Minkoff stated in an April 15 Instagram video, confirming the information. “By no means did I feel I’d have been requested to do the present in 1,000,000 years, not to mention movie it for 3 seasons. Each single yr I used to be requested again, it was a blessing. It was an honor.”
She went on to say that being the primary Asian American forged member on RHOBH got here with “a whole lot of weight” on her shoulders.
“I’ve since simply actually understood the magnitude of what that meant for individuals,” she continued, thanking followers for his or her “unbelievable help” through the years. Minkoff teased her future plans with followers.
“I’ve another issues occurring that I can be sharing with you quickly that I’ll nonetheless be capable of join with you as a result of on the finish of the day, that has been my greatest present of filming. This present is connecting with so lots of you together with your lovely tales,” she concluded. “So, extra to return however I simply, I’m so grateful for everybody’s love and help. You guys are an unbelievable viewers with your individual distinctive story to inform and I hope that you just guys all at some point have your alternative.”
Minkoff’s ultimate season on the present noticed her in a feud with new forged member Annemarie Wiley, who may also not be returning to the franchise.
Days after the information of Minkoff’s departure broke, a supply instructed Us Weekly solely that she was “devastated” about leaving the present.
“She was fired as a result of she didn’t ship,” the insider added. “Producers instructed her she doesn’t have a narrative line, so that they needed to let her go.”
With reporting by Lanae Brody