Season 15 of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” has been highly anticipated since production began earlier this year. Now, months later, the cast, in addition to RHONJ fan favorites Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Dolores Catania, has been confirmed ahead of the show’s December return.
The new cast members include Malvina Blloshmi, Xio Cammarota, Juliette Collazo, Natia Rufolo, Deeba Patel, and Vanessa Barrera.
Teresa Giudice And Melissa Gorga Open Up About RHONJ Season 15
Us Weekly interviewed the cast of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” season 15 in October 2026. According to Giudice, I was excited. We needed a fresh start, and I love new blood.”
“I like making new friends because I don’t have sisters. I do have a sister. [Melissa’s] my sister. But I mean, I do like making new friends, so I was super excited,” she continued.
Gorga then weighed in, saying, “I think we’ve been on pause for so long that we were kind of just excited to see what the new girls are going to bring. It’s always fun to experience new people, see what they’re like. I actually happened to know all of them before we started.”
“And I was giving Teresa a little bit of the rundown on each of them. She would ask me about them, and I was like, ‘You’re gonna like them. They’re nice,’ she added.
Meet RHONJ Newbie Malvina Blloshmi
Us Weekly also spoke to the new RHONJ stars ahead of the season. Blloshmi, told the outlet that she went into filming “a little bit blind” and noted that her fiancé, Brian, supported her along the way.
“He’s been my No. 1 fan and always there to support me,” she says. “He’s a very colorful person [with] a big personality — the masculine version of me.” While discussing her personality, she said, “While I’m always cheery and having a good time. if someone crosses the line with me, I have no problem being direct.”
Meet Xio Cammarota
Cammarota also told the outlet she was “a little nervous” about filming RHONJ at first, calling joining Giudice, Gorga, and Catania “a lot of pressure.” However, she soon realized, “As long as I’m authentically me, you’re gonna love me.”
The 46-year-old Puerto Rican native shares a 9-year-old Gianluca with her husband, Jerry. Regarding her son, she said, “Very Italian name, but I picked it out. Never in a million years would I have thought I’d be a soccer mom, but I am.” Notably, one of the other newbies, Collazo, is her sister. However, she assures fans that “we are so different.”
Juliette Collazo Opened Up About Joining the RHONJ Cast
When discussing what she’ll bring to “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” Collazo said, “I don’t feel like I give off princess energy. Maybe queen.” The 39-year-old makeup artist then said, “I am the chaos in everyone’s life. My sister’s [the] calm; I am the storm.”
The newbie also called filming with the cast “exhilarating” before saying, “You’re going to get good, and you’re going to get bad, but I love my sister.”
Collazo shares two young children with her husband, Juan.
Natia Rufolo Calls Herself ‘Blunt’
While speaking to the outlet, Rufolo said, “I’m definitely a girl’s girl” before noting, “but I’m very blunt. Everyone wants to be around me, but I hate liars.”
Later, while discussing the show, the RHONJ newbie recalled being “shocked” by “a lot of drama … between people that you probably would never guess.” The 36-year-old shares two children with her husband, Tommy, and was friends with Gorga before filming.
She also said the OGs were “wonderful to me” before adding, “I don’t even know how people ever had issues with these three women.”
Deeba Patel Was Not A Fan of The Show
Patel is also joining RHONJ and told the outlet that she had never watched the hit Bravo series. According to her, “I was not sure if this is something I wanted to do.”
“But the minute I was on the show, I was like, ‘I need to do my homework.’ Now I’m hooked. I’m like, ‘When is the next episode for New York or Salt Lake City’, she continued.
The 41-year-old described herself, saying, “I’m a little bit of Mumbai, a little bit of Jersey and a lot of spice.” She’s been with her husband, Majid, for 26 years, and they share a 9-year-old.
Vanessa Barrera Is Also Joining the Show
Barrera told Us Weekly, “I love fiercely,” and said she’ll “bring a lot of grounded perspective with a little comedic twist.” Barrera and her husband, Leo, have been together for 23 years and share a daughter.
Regarding her daughter, she said, “You’ll see why my experience with her really defined who I am today and brought me so much strength.” She also shared that she knew Patel “way before” RHONJ and called Giudice “a girl’s girl.”
Months before the casting news, Andy Cohen confirmed on “Watch What Happens Live” that Giudice had been enjoying filming with the new cast.
According to Bravo, he said, “Gia, I can’t believe it, but your mom might be having fun filming her show for the first time in the history of the ‘Housewives of New Jersey.'”
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‘RHONJ’ Season 15 Cast Revealed – Meet the New Housewives