Dorinda Medley Confirms Reports About Unaired 'Traitors' Fight With Fellow 'Housewives' Alum

Former "Real Housewives of New York" star Dorinda Medley is back on "The Traitors" for a second time after being sent home early in the show's previous season. Recently, one of her costars from the hit Peacock show, Michael Rapaport, stated that she'd gotten into a verbal fight with a fellow "Real Housewives" star that didn't make it to air. Now, she's confirming this is the case and spilling some details about what happened with another Bravo star.

Medley was a guest on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" on January 26. While on, he brought up the report that she had gotten into a heated argument with former "Real Housewives of Dubai" star Caroline Stanbury. She responded, "I'm surprised they didn't show it. It was a little bit of Housewifery. Maybe a little bit too much Housewifery."

Cohen then asked about the nature of the argument. She said, "Well, I love Caroline Stanbury. I've known her forever, but she was being very bossy with me, and I warned her a couple of times. I warned her two or three times, and I said, 'If you do it one more time, it's not going to be very good for you,' and then she did it, and you know how I am. When I'm good, I'm great, and when I'm bad, I'm terrible."

Rapaport was a guest on the January 22 episode of Cohen's SiriusXM radio show, "Radio Andy." While on, he discussed "The Traitors," including debuting the information about the fight between Medley and Stanbury. He said, "But there was a scene. There was a conversation- a confrontation between the great Dorinda Medley and the great Caroline Stanbury."

Rapaport continued, "In front of me and the great Lisa Rinna, that you need to get a pull-up because as a housewife, the king, you're gonna be... it had nothing to do with 'Traitors' and it went on and on and on, and it was personal. I'm not gonna say who was saying what or who read who. You can do the math, but I will tell you that me and the other housewife that was there were like this [shocked]."

As fans of "The Traitors" know, Lisa Rinna voted to murder Stanbury on the show. Now that Rapaport has reported on the fight and Dorinda has confirmed it, many are wondering whether they may be the reason Rinna voted to banish Stanbury. The TikTok account Just Bookin' Around shared the clip of Rapaport talking to Cohen, and many fans weighed in. 

One person said, "They said Caroline was killed early because she was very vocal, and I never saw her being super vocal, so I knew things were happening that they didn't show us." Someone else commented, "Is this why the traitors (rinna) murdered Caroline?" Another "Traitors" fan said, "See, he gave us context."

Finally, someone else asked for the footage, writing, "They probably didn't include it since it had nothing to do with traitors. However, as an HW fan, we need the footage!!!"

While on "Watch What Happens Live," Medley also responded to other questions Cohen had about "The Traitors. When asked if she was suspicious of Rinna after she voted to banish Porsha Williams, a fellow "Real Housewives" star, she said, "That I was suspicious about. I was very surprised and very bummed out."

Cohen also asked the former RHONY star for her thoughts on the backlash that Rapaport had received from fans. She first addressed the scenes that feature him eating, which many fans have found appalling. Medley said, "Well, the eating was unbelievable. I was... I had never... it was a spectacle." She also said she didn't realize he was "so aggressively vocal.

Medley became a staple on reality television, and now she has a new show in the works. Deadline reported in August 2024 that a show based on her Blue Stone Manor estate was in the works and would be in the style of Hulu's "Vanderpump Villa," where the home is used as a bed-and-breakfast. As with "Vanderpump Villa," the series will feature a cast of characters in various staff roles.

Per Page Six, she gave an update about the series on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" in January 2025.

When he asked about the show, she said, "I'm hoping cameras up soon. It's a work in motion, and I think it's needed. I mean, Blue Stone Manor is like the Disney of Bravo."