Heather Dubrow kept her return a secret for five months — and then, nearly gave up her reclaimed orange just five days into filming season 16.«They asked me in December [2020], and I made the decision in January, February and I didn't tell a soul,» Heather confesses to ET of rejoining She left the show in 2016 at the end of season 11, her fifth as a cast member. News of her return casting, though, didn't break until June 2021. «I'm a vault,» she proclaims.