season three, she returned to the series in full capacity in season seven and continued to star in season eight despite her claims of quitting reality television for her talk show Bethenny. Also departing the series was season three's recurring cast member Jennifer Gilbert. Gilbert exited the series claiming that she was too normal for the series and as it progressed saying "I'm probably not the right fit." Season four saw the introduction of a new wife, Cindy Barshop, to fill Frankel's place. Barshop is a hair removal guru, often described as the "wax queen of New York," and is also a happy single mother of twins. The Vice President of Bravo, Christian Barcellos, described Barshop as a "very successful, entrepreneurial, self-made woman," as well as saying Barshop is "the epitome of the go-go New Yorker who lives downtown in an absolutely fabulous West Village loft." Barshop begins the season hosting an art party, with Ramona Singer being invited by Barshop she brings all the other ladies. Barshop and Singer's friendship is soon tainted after Barshop finds out from her brother that Singer has offended his girlfriend. Barshop confronts Singer on her issues at her birthday at a horse farm in Quogue but Singer is more concerned that there is no pinot grigio. Singer tries to confront Barshop's brother on the issue, but Barshop hears the conversation and shuts Singer down. The two of them are left wondering if they want to continue their friendship. Singer hosts a party for the launch of her wine, but with Jill Zarin in attendance drama erupts after Singer addresses concern of Zarin talking about her behind her back. Singer hears some news from a fortune teller in Morocco, which leaves the rest of the ladies feeling unsettled. Later in Morocco, Singer and Zarin decided to chat about their tension as of late but leads to an all out explosion between the two, ending their friendship. Jill Zarin returns to New York after a trip to Australia with a new outlook of staying out of the gossip, but it doesn't last long when she attends lunch with some of the housewives. Zarin focuses on business with very own shapewear line. During a party Barshop is hosting, Zarin is approached by McCord husband Simon to address their issues. Zarin, Bensimon, de Lesseps discuss Simon's Twitter activity that they deem to be cyber-bullying. Bensimon informs McCord