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"The Real Housewives of Orange County is getting juicier! The Bravo reality show will return for an eighth season premiering Monday, April 1, at 8 p.m. EST, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.\r\nPrevious cast members Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney, Gretchen Rossi, Alexis Bellino and Heather Dubrow will return for new episodes. The season also welcomes a new star, Lydia McLaughlin. Along with her husband, McLaughlin owns and operates a high-end magazine highlighting the glamorous life of Southern California.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;If she&amp;apos;s friends with Alexis, maybe she&amp;apos;s not my kind of people,&amp;quot; Dubrow says of McLaughlin, a self-proclaimed devout Christian.\r\n\r\nOriginal Housewife Lauri Peterson also makes a surprising return, and reveals shocking information that rocks Rossi&amp;apos;s world. Rossi, meanwhile, is ready to start a family with boyfriend Slade Smiley. &amp;quot;Now is the time to start having lots of sex and have babies,&amp;quot; she laughs.\r\n\r\nBarney, meanwhile, is frustrated over fiance Eddie Judge&amp;apos;s reluctance to set a wedding date. &amp;quot;&amp;quot;Stop asking me when we&amp;apos;re going to get married,&amp;quot; he tells her. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t need the pressure.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe eighth season of The Real Housewives of Orange County premieres Monday, April 1, at 8 p.m. EST on Bravo."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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