Dorinda Medley Gives Update On ‘The Golden Life’ Production

Dorinda Medley is one in every of several “Real Housewives of Recent York City” alums who will star on E!’s “The Golden Life,” which is an offshoot of the long-running Bravo series. Now, ahead of filming and following her appearance on the “Traitors” reunion, the previous “RHONY” star is sharing an update regarding production on the brand new reality series. 

Medley took to her SiriusXM radio show “Reality Checked” in March 2026 to present a transient update on “The Golden Life,” which she was announced to be a component of on February 17. She said within the clip, “Speaking of Florida, we had one in every of our big production meetings yesterday. It was the primary one for this recent show.”

The “RHONY” alum went on to precise her excitement for filming “The Golden Life.” In response to her, “And I actually have to say, I have not really considered it because I have been so sick and busy and running and for the primary time I used to be like, ‘My God, that is gonna be great.”

Medley continued, stating that the solid now has the production schedule for the show, noting that it made her say to herself, “Wow, that is real.” She then said, “And among the stuff they’ve planned and among the people they’re having come on, I feel it’s gonna be just- like I’m excited for the primary time. Especially whenever you see all of the names on it.”

Rumors began circulating in late 2025 that among the former “Real Housewives of Recent York City” stars were reuniting for a brand new series. Then, in January 2026, Page Six reported that five of the women, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Kelly Bensimon, Sonja Morgan, and Jill Zarin, had a show within the works for E!. Finally, on February 3, the network confirmed the news by announcing “The Golden Life.”

Nevertheless, Zarin later made comments many considered inappropriate about Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl halftime performance, resulting in her dismissal and confirming that Medley can be featured on the show. Still, insiders told TMZ that Medley was at all times presupposed to be included within the solid, however the network planned to disclose her involvement closer to the beginning of production.

Longtime “Real Housewives of Recent York City” viewers have been clamoring to see their favorites on screen again. For this reason, there have been a ton of reactions online about “The Golden Life” and Medley’s update on production. One person expressed excitement on TikTok, saying, “And no Jill.”

Another person wrote, “Can’t wait.” An X user said, “She’s gonna make it nice! I’m so completely happy about this!!” One other person wrote, “Hmm, I hope it’s gonna be good, I will be positive. But I feel like all of the drama from last week took the shine off it a bit.” Lastly, a special X user stated, “I just feel like this show shouldn’t be going to do what E thinks it’s going to do. Not hating, just zero interest in watching them self-produce and most of them not show their real selves/beliefs.”

The news broke on February 25 that “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” starMary Cosby had suffered a tragic loss as her son, Robert Cosby Jr., had passed away two days prior. Following the heartbreaking news, a lot of her Bravo co-stars offered kind words. One was Medley, who took to “Reality Checked” to supply her thoughts.

Her co-host, Kiki Monique, announced the news before Medley reacted, saying, “I don’t even know tips on how to speak on someone that has an individual, especially a baby, that’s possessed, because that’s the word I’m gonna use, with a drug addiction. That’s a mistress you could’t fight with, right? And I feel, you realize, there’s no solution, but she stood strong, you realize, when he was in jail, she said, ‘I’m completely happy he’s there.'”

Monique then identified for context that Cosby was completely happy about her son being in jail in 2025 since it meant that he would not be exposed to substances.

It’s hardly that Bravo proclaims recent “Housewives” cities, because the network has its staples. Nevertheless, “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” is ready to premiere on April 2. Medley met the solid of the upcoming show while filming “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring twentieth.”

Per US Weekly, she said of the women, “Well, I actually have to say, the trailer dropped for ‘The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.’ I need to preface it by saying I had the pleasure of meeting a few of them.”

She continued, “I got to have the pleasure of meeting them and I actually have to say, I used to be pondering on the time, ‘My God, if these girls at Bluestone Manor  — where you should exercise some decorum — are acting like this and so they don’t even know me and so they’re in my house, I can only imagine what the show’s gonna be like.'”

Medley added, “At one point, one — I won’t say which one — was screaming, ‘I don’t f-ing get, f-ing get the f-k I’m like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa.'” Notably, the finale for “Roaring twentieth” was filmed at her Blue Stone Manor in January 2026.