The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7: Aviva Out, Ramona Demoted, Plus exciting new casts?

By Kara Michelle Sep 08, 2014 07:36 AM EDT

The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7: Aviva Out, Ramona Demoted, Plus exciting new casts?

Aviva Drescher has been fired from The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7 according to an exclusive report from US Weekly. A regular in the show for the past two seasons, she will probably be best remembered for throwing her prosthetic leg in the Season 6 finale at six cast mates who accused her of lying and using fake alibis to avoid going on mandatory group trips to Montana, Berkshires, Saratoga Springs, and elsewhere. Of that incident, Aviva told US Weekly, "I think me getting angry and throwing my leg on the table was really funny and crazy. I get a hoot out of it. But of course, I was definitely brought to the end of my rope, or the end of my leg so to speak."

Ramona Singer, according to another US Weekly exclusive, has been demoted to a recurring role in the Real Housewives Of New York City's seventh season. An original member of the cast since it premiered on air, Singer's close to $600,000 per season paycheck may have been a factor in the network's decision to demote her, according to the report.

The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7, once it returns on air, will have host Andy Cohen back at the show's reigns. According to NY Daily News Confidential, Cohen was begged by Bravo TV "to return to the struggling franchise, which has slipped from 2 million viewers to 1.3 million." To boost the ratings, Cohen may do "a little cast re-shuffling and maybe even a little firing" says Reality Tea.

The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7 premiere date still hasn't been set by Bravo TV, inviting speculations that the show has been canceled or that all or some of the cast will all be replaced.

As far as the Real Housewives of New York City Season 7 casting is concerned, Carole Radziwill and Countess LuAnn de Lesseps will be seen again next season. Lesseps will no longer return as a "friend" but as a full-fledged "housewife." NY Daily News Confidential, citing an insider source, says, "Carole is also safe. She is a dear friend of Andy's and has formed a genuine friendship with Heather Thomson. This is what the show is looking for....They want genuine relationships and drama, and want to stay away from anything the ladies 'stage' to make good TV-- such as throwing an artificial leg."

Sonja Morgan, Kristen Taekman and Heather Thomson have also been asked to return to the Real Housewives of New York City Season 7.

In other Real Housewives of New York City Season 7 casting news, Danish supermodel and photographer Helena Christensen reportedly turned down an invitation to be a part of the Bravo reality TV show according to Page Six.