Phew!

After rumors began circulating that Jill Zarin would be booted from the RHONY cast after Season 4, the Diet Coke-Drinking Diva immediately began doing damage control to save herself from becoming the next Mary Amons (Don’t know who she is?  That’s because she and the rest of the RHODC cast were booted off the airwaves last year!)

In an interview in this week’s edition of US Weekly Zarin attempts to set the record straight.

The rumors about BRAVO dropping me from The Real Housewives of New York City as well as rumors that I am leaving the show are simply not true… Everything that has been reported is simply rumors, gossip and speculation. I personally have been busy with my shapewear line, Skweez Couture and am still very much part of the BRAVO family.

Nice product placement, Jilly Bean.

I guess all that mansion shopping over in England was just for laughs?

To solidify her role as the perennial matriarch of the RHONY cast, Zarin joined the Real Housewives LIVE Tour as one of only two RHONY representatives.  She will appear, along with NeNe Leaks, Melissa Gorga and Marysol Patton, in Atlanta on October 15th.

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