Why Crystal Kung Minkoff Is ‘Finally Ready’ to Return to ‘RHOBH’ Cast

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Crystal Kung Minkoff is finally ready to receive her diamond again.

“Miss Crystal, there is a lot of chit chat on the blogs about a certain Chinese beautiful woman with a podcast called ‘Humble Brag’ with Cynthia Bailey about possibly coming back to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Minkoff’s cohost Bailey, 59, said on the Monday, June 1, episode of their “Humble Brag” podcast. “So, No. 1, can you give us any information about that? And No. 2, would you go back? And No. 3, would you go back in either capacity, a friend or a Housewife?”

Minkoff, 43, noted that she had seen the rumors swirling online.

“OK, so yes, I saw it because my phone was blowing up just being tagged in everything and whatever,” she said. “I’m always having conversations in general at Bravo. Just you know, doing little things here and there. Obviously after Ultimate Girls Trip. Would I go back? I always dream about the friend role now. Like, you’ve made that the ideal role. But it just depends on the cast. But yeah, I think I’d be ready. I think I’m finally ready.”

When Bailey clarified whether she was “open to either role,” Minkoff replied, “I’m open to a conversation for sure.”

Minkoff went on to explain who she could see herself gravitating toward in the current cast of RHOBH.

“I have mixed feelings about Amanda [Frances],” Minkoff said. “I know that the chatter out there is like, Crystal and Amanda would be together. … I think because I would be more empathetic to her and understanding. Though, I would just tell her she’s annoying. I would still tell her, ‘You’re being annoying.’ I think I would have to as a real friend. Like, ‘You’re driving me crazy.’”

She continued, “I would still obviously be friends with Sutton [Stracke]. Though Sutton and I always fight, so I don’t know how that would go. But, you know, we always make up. We fight and make up. The rest of the cast — I’m good with Kyle [Richards] right now, for sure. I don’t know, I think I’d have to get through stuff with Dorit [Kemsley]. I’ve always liked Erika [Jayne], but I think Erika wants a lot from me. In a good way, but I think I would have to just tell her, ‘This is who I am.’”

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Minkoff explained that she has multiple mutual friends with Rachel Zoe, adding that she doesn’t know cast member Bozoma Saint John.

Minkoff made her debut in 2021 on RHOBH season 11. In 2024, Minkoff shared that she would not be returning for season 14. At the time, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Minkoff was “devastated” over her exit.

“She was fired because she didn’t deliver,” the insider said. “Producers told her she doesn’t have a storyline, so they had to let her go.”

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