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Reality Star & Entrepreneur Gizelle Bryant Talks Season Four Of RHOP

Viewers saw plenty of drama last season of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.”. And this season, show star Gizelle Bryant said issues like Michael Darby’s arrest, Monique Samuels’ and Ashley Darby’s pregnancies, Candiace Dillard’s wedding and a cast trip to the Big Easy will not disappoint.

“I do feel like this season of ‘Real Housewives’ is the best yet,” Bryant told us. “I feel like this is going to become our breakout season. Not that people don’t know who we are, but I feel like people are super excited about where the franchise is going.”

We caught up with the “Everyhue Beauty” founder and mom of three, and she spoke about what viewers can expect, dropping her novel, “My World,” and her dating life after breaking up with her now ex-Sherman.

BOSSIP: Things were up and down last season between you and Karen. What is your relationship like now?

Gizelle: “Currently, it’s up and down, I never know where it’s gonna land. Off the heels of the reunion last year, said ‘Gizelle, if you’re my friend, you’ll knock down my door. So that’s what I have been trying to do. She’s been in a tough spot, she lost her parents, so I wanna be a friend to her. But if you keep pushing me away, at some point I’m just going to go away…But she and I have known each other for a long time. And I get that she’s a tough friend to have, but you do want her as a friend.”

BOSSIP: How are things between you and Candiace now? And how was her wedding?

Gizelle: “She actually invited me to the wedding. I did go. She wanted to sit down and chit chat before the wedding because she didn’t want any drama at the wedding. Over time, I’ve got to know Candiace better and I really like Candiace. She’s a spoiled brat. She has issues. But I like her for who she is…It was a beautiful wedding. A beautiful wedding, and so super happy for her.”

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BOSSIP: How is Ashley Darby doing? We know her husband was cleared of suspicion of sex assault, and we know she’s pretty far along in her pregnancy.

Gizelle: “She’s eight months, so she’s ready to pop. She’s super excited. We’ve all seen Ashley go through a miscarriage, and struggle to get pregnant again. So she is pregnant – Michael is the father! (Laughs) I don’t know how we feel about that. Just kidding. But Michael is a special character. So we see throughout the season – and you’ve all heard – his allegations. They’ve been dropped. But to get to that place where the allegations are dropped, it’s very juicy and there are a lot of twists and turns, so stay tuned for that!”

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BOSSIP: Congrats on being a new author! Tell us about your new book, “My World.”

Gizelle: “I’m so excited that it’s finally here because I’ve been working on it for a while now. But it’s loosely based on my life when I was married to a pastor. It’s salacious. It’s a page-turner. You get to see the inside of the ‘First Lady’ world. There are cliques in that world, they support each other and they throw each other under the bus. And you get to see a woman whose life was derailed a bit, and how she picked herself up and got through it. I’m happy that I did a story about my life in this way.”

BOSSIP: What do you want readers to take away from this story?

Gizelle: That pastors are human too. And yes, you hold them in high regard, but they are human and they make mistakes. For me, I thought I was going to be married for the rest of my life, and that didn’t work out, so for me, I had to figure out a way to empower myself and empower my children.”

BOSSIP: All of this stuff that you have going on – the show, your beauty line, the book – are you able to make time for your love life?

Gizelle: “I am dating a little bit. I’m no longer with Sherman, so this is something that’s new, so I’m not ready to put it out there yet. But I am dating, and I’m taking my time, which I think is best for me right now.”

“Real Housewives of Potomac” airs Sunday nights on Bravo.

* This interview was edited for space and clarity.

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