Monica Garcia claimed during a recent appearance that two Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast members threatened to quit the series if she was brought back for season five.
Sparking a social media feud with Lisa Barlow, 49, Monica, 40, alleged that Bravo and production aimed to bring her back to the show before her former castmates allegedly dealt them with an ultimatum — and added that certain members of the series launched investigations against her after season four.
“Bravo and production have gotten a lot of sh*t for not inviting me back. It was not their fault and they actually tried to bring me back several, several times. They actually tried to bring me in toward the end of the season for season five and you can thank a couple of motherf*ckers for threatening to quit if Bravo brought me back,” Monica shared during the appearance, as seen in a video shared on Instagram by Salty Housewives Podcast.
She continued, “So I wanna shout out Bravo for having my back always. They are not the ones should be catching the heat and we all know who should be. And if you don’t know, you will real soon on the podcast.”
Monica then said that the women “opened several investigations against me with the network [and] with Warner Brothers.”
“I had to go through and endure for like six-month-long investigations. People have no idea,” she revealed as she began to tear up. “[There were] really disgusting allegations and terrible sh*t.”
According to Monica, Meredith Marks, 52, and Whitney Rose, 37, had her back, withdrawing from the investigations and confirming the allegations against her were “false.”
“Shout out to them for doing the right thing and defending me at a very dark, very dangerous time,” Monica added.
Following the sharing of the clip, Lisa took to her X account.
“I can’t imagine being so pathetic and desperate I can’t move on,” she wrote, sparking a quick response from Monica.
“I can’t imagine being so pathetic and threatened that I boss networks around,” she replied, proceeding to seemingly bring up a recent lawsuit filed against Lisa.
“Mad because you know it’s true. You really have much bigger things to worry about. I can think of 500,000 other things right off the top of my head,” Monica, who previously described the lawsuit as “karma,” shared.
Lisa also weighed in after Cindy Cee shared a clip of Monica’s appearance.
Then, after a RHOSLC fan on Twitter told Lisa that she and Heather Gay, 50, shouldn’t be giving ultimatums to production and that they should instead “show up and work,” Lisa denied any such thing.
“Girl I do love you but you can’t give production ultimatums… You and Heather doing that will singlehandedly ruin the show, you show up and work,” the person shared.
“I would never have to,” Lisa replied.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season five is expected to premiere on Bravo sometime in the coming months.
