In a brand new assertion, a supply near the truth star, who dramatically give up the present in 2020 after her bodily altercation with Candiace Dillard Bassett, introduced that Monique Samuels is able to showcase a brand new aspect of herself when the present returns in late 2025.

In accordance with PEOPLE, Samuels, 41, has formally signed on to look as a “good friend of the present” within the long-running actuality sequence, which started capturing its tenth season in the summertime of 2025.

Samuels’ return comes as a serious shock to Bravo viewers, contemplating the final time followers noticed her on the present was through the explosive aftermath of a bodily struggle with Bassett throughout season 5.

“Monique’s in a very totally different place now, and followers will see that,” a supply informed the publication about Samuels’ return. “She’s excited to indicate who she is now — not as a spouse, not as only a mother, however as a lady beginning over and taking up life on her personal phrases.”

Samuels sparked widespread chaos within the Bravosphere in 2020, amongst viewers and her castmates, after bodily assaulting Bassett amid an explosive dialog about their relationship.

The next reunion was equally contentious, with host Andy Cohen criticizing Samuels for her habits and what was perceived as an absence of regret. Her reunion efficiency led many to imagine the community would have fired her; nevertheless, she confirmed after the gathering completed airing that she had “acquired a suggestion,” however determined to not return.

“… once I noticed episode three of the reunion, I stated, ‘You recognize what? I can’t do that anymore,’” she recalled.

Samuels additionally opened up about how difficult filming a actuality present like “The Actual Housewives of Potomac” can really be.

“It’s not straightforward doing actuality TV, and to be fairly sincere, I’m over it,” she informed followers, in response to a earlier report. “I admire every little thing that individuals have carried out for me, everyone that’s been Group Monique — I like y’all, I thank y’all — however whenever you cross sure strains, there’s no going again.”

Throughout her preliminary run on the Bravo present, Samuels showcased her lavish life-style behind the gates in Potomac, Maryland, alongside her then-husband, former NFL participant Chris Samuels, and their three youngsters. This time round, nevertheless, the truth star is returning to the Potomac social circle as a single mom following her divorce from the ex-football participant in 2023.

The Samuels spoke briefly about their marital woes throughout a season of the OWN actuality present “Love & Marriage: DC,” and in a 2022 YouTube video, they said that they had been “struggling in some areas.”

“It was numerous confusion, it was loopy constructing as much as that 10-year marker of our marriage and whenever you’ve been married that lengthy and when you could have issues that you just’re like, ‘Hear, that is being unmet or I’ve been unheard’ you begin to get pissed off and it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, is that this what life goes to be? I can’t take it anymore,'” the Bravo alum added. “So what y’all noticed on ‘Love & Marriage: DC’ final season, it was my cry for assist.”

Apart from the return of a Bravo fan-favorite, “Potomac” followers can anticipate to see further solid modifications, contemplating Mia Thornton introduced her departure from the sequence in April 2025 after relocating to Atlanta, Georgia.

“With each new season comes a brand new starting and I’ve some information to share. My household and I’ve made the choice to relocate to Atlanta, and with that, I can’t be returning to The Actual Housewives of Potomac subsequent season,” she posted on-line.