Why Lizzy Savetsky Left RHONY

Lizzy Savetsky left The Real Housewives of New York City Season 14 one month after she was announced as a housewife.

Lizzy gained a hefty Instagram following as a fashion influencer and matchmaker. She was announced as a member of a rebooted RHONY at BravoCon in October.

Other members joining the reality franchise were Brynn Whitfield, Erin Dana Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank, Sai De Silva, and Ubah Hassan.

She was originally slated for The Real Housewives of Dallas Season 6 before the show was canceled.

Originally, Lizzy made it sound like she voluntarily quit, but Bravo viewers always thought that Lizzy was actually fired. Rabid fans of the show have suspected that.

Updated September 2024: This article has been updated to reflect the most recent information regarding why Lizzy Ssavetsky left Season 14 of "Real Housewives of New York" before ever getting started on the show.

8 Lizzy Savetsky Announced Her Real Housewives Departure

Lizzy Savetsky stated that she left Real Housewives of New York as a result of experiencing antisemitism

On November 16, 2022, Lizzy Savetsky announced her departure from RHONY Season 14 due to alleged antisemitism.

"I thought participating in [RHONY] would be a great chance to represent people like me and share my experience. This path was no longer right for me and my family."

Lizzy's announcement implied that she chose to leave. However, several clues online have led fans to believe that Lizzy was let go from RHONY Season 14.

7 Lizzy Savetsky Fell Out With Brynn Whitfield Over Dating

Rumors swirled that Lizzy Savetsky and Brynn Whitfield's argument was what cause the departure from Real Housewives of New York

Brynn reportedly asked Orthodox Jew Lizzy if she’d set her up with a Jewish man. Sources said Lizzy declined, saying she prefers to only set up Jews with other Jews. She added that Orthodox Jews favor marriages between Jews to preserve the ethnic lineage.

We’re told that she explained that Judaism is not just a belief system, but also a people.

6 Brynn Whitfield Felt Affronted By Lizzy Savetsky

The conversation and continued on with an off-camera conversation between Brynn Whitfield and Lizzy Savetsky regarding racial slurs

Sources say that Brynn Whitfield felt affronted and said that Lizzy's use of words sounded like terminology that is used by “horrific people [meaning Nazis] who did evil things to your people.” This reportedly shocked and upset Lizzy.

According to multiple inside sources, the tension led to an off-camera phone call between Lizzy and Brynn, during which they discussed the power of racial slurs.

5 The Real Housewives Of New York Racial Slur Controversy

Brynn Whitfield used a racial slur during the phone call, which Lizzy Savetsky's husband then repeated without censoring himself

Page Six reported that Brynn, who is half-Black, used the N-word during the call. Lizzy apparently got the impression that Brynn planned to tell other cast members that she had also used a racial slur during the phone call.

Sources close to the reality show say that Lizzy’s plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Ira Savetsky, was outraged and reported the alleged incident to the show’s producers. Unfortunately, he did not censor himself and said the word in full. He did apologize, but it looked like the damage was already done for the pair.

4 Real Housewives Of New York City Struggles With Diversity

Real Housewives of New York has always consisted of a predominantly white cast

RHONY has gained heat over the years for its all-white cast. In an attempt to redress this issue, the producers added the show’s first Black cast member, Eboni K. Williams.

It ended in disaster when Eboni accused a fellow cast member of racism, sparking a huge third-party investigation that effectively ended the show mid-season. It never even made it to a reunion episode. Bravo announced this spring that it would overhaul the show with a brand new, racially diverse cast.

3 Why Lizzy Savetsky Left The Real Housewives Of New York City

Lizzy Savetsky left The Real Housewives of New York City due to anti-Semitism online and the incident with Brynn Whitfield

Sources close to the Bravo show’s production still want to make it clear that Lizzy and her family did experience an overwhelming amount of anti-Semitism online, and the incident that allegedly happened with Brynn was not the only reason she quit the show.

When RHONY Season 14 went into production, fans wondered if Lizzy would make an appearance on the show at all. As they learned as the season came to a close, Lizzy did not.

2 Lizzy Savetsky Posts About Feeling Dark After RHONY Exit

Lizzy Savetsky explained she turned to prayer after leaving Real Housewives of New York City

When the story about her exit emerged online, Lizzy has took to Instagram to talk about dark times and how to get through it.

She used her Instagram Story to suggest prayer, meditation and more to lift spirits and find joy.

"Things that help me when I’m feeling dark: Prayer- just talking out loud to G-d and asking for strength in the face of things I can’t control."

Lizzy went on to say, "Meditation- pausing to focus on gratitude and open my heart to understand my fellow humans.”

If all else fails, the brief reality star suggested “helping someone else.”

“This is the most effective! Don’t need to overthink this one…it can be as simple as calling an older relative or being wholly present with my children,” she wrote.

1 Lizzy Savetsky Was A Controversial Booking To Many

Lizzy Savetsky has very strong opinions regarding the wars and conflicts occurring between Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Palestine

When Andy Cohen introduced the RHONY season 14 cast at BravoCon, fans of the Bravo franchise immediately combed through each woman's social media posts in the hopes to get to know them better.

Unfortunately, many people were unhappy with controversial images shared by Lizzy Savetsky, who is a self-described Zionist. One Instagram post that was particularly upsetting to people was shared in March 2022. It featured a photoshopped Vogue cover that slammed model Bella Hadid's interview with the fashion magazine.

Lizzy condemned Bella, who is half-Palestinian, and her sister Gigi as antisemitic after they commented on Palestine and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Lizzy continues to speak out about the Israel and Palestine conflict very passionately via Instagram.