As Bravo prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Real Housewives franchise, the network is expanding its universe with The Real Housewives of Rhode Island. This was announced during BravoCon in November 2025. Alongside cast members Alicia Carmody, Rosie DiMare, Liz McGraw, Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, Kelsey Swanson, Jo-Ellen Tiberi, and Ashley Iaconetti, viewers will also be introduced to the partners who share their day-to-day lives away from the cameras.
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Several RHORI cast members are married, with relationships that span years and, in some cases, decades. Ashley Iaconetti, known to many from Bachelor Nation, is married to Rhode Island native Jared Haibon. The couple met on Bachelor in Paradise season 2, married in 2019, and are now raising their sons, Dawson and Hayden, in Rhode Island, where they also run Audrey’s Coffee House and Lounge.
Family history also plays a central role for Jo-Ellen Tiberi and her husband, Gary Tiberi. High school sweethearts, the pair married and later welcomed three children—Gian, Jolie, and Gia. Before joining the reality television space, Gary built his career as a loan officer with Movement Mortgage. Rulla Nehme Pontarelli is married to Brian Pontarelli, a well-known podiatrist based in Rhode Island. Together, they are parents to Luca and Laila, balancing medical practice with family life.
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Liz McGraw is married to Gerry McGraw, and the couple co-owns what Bravo describes as Rhode Island’s most successful cannabis dispensary. Gerry is also a father to three daughters—Miranda, Briana, and Skyla—from a previous marriage. Rosie DiMare recently married singer Rich DiMare in the summer of 2024, and the newlyweds later adopted a dog named Clementine. Alicia Carmody, meanwhile, has been engaged to Billy Kitsilis for eight years; the two share daughter Celina and jointly operate their Pizza Mamma restaurant. Kelsey Swanson is noted in her Bravo bio as being in a 10-year relationship, though her partner’s identity has not been made public. Rounding out the extended cast, Real Housewives of New Jersey personality Dolores Catania appears as a “friend of” and is engaged to Paulie Connell, who proposed in November 2025 following their relationship that began in 2021.
