Monique Samuels credited her new relationship for the sudden “glow” some of The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 11 cast members noticed she was radiating during their group trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
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“I feel really good, and I’m talking to somebody,” Monique revealed in Episode 5 of RHOP amid the women’s compliments. “It’s very, very new. I just want to give it a little bit of time.”
Gizelle Bryant, meanwhile, questioned if Monique’s new man was actually an “old boo,” elaborating, “I heard a boo is … leaving his wife.” Monique, for her part, appeared to confirm Gizelle’s assumption, playfully replying, “Why the f–k do you always gotta know everything?”
Noting that Monique and this mystery man seemed to have “chemistry,” Gizelle went on to ask if he was “available available” nowadays. Monique, for her part, confirmed that he was “getting there,” before adding, “We’re taking things slow, but yeah.”
In a confessional, Monique continued, “I can definitely see this going somewhere. We’ll just see what happens, but it’s nice for right now.”
How long has Monique Samuels been dating her new boyfriend?
Though Monique said her relationship was “very new” in the RHOP scene, which was filmed in spring 2026, Gizelle claimed in a confessional, “Word on the street is that Monique has been dating this guy for a while.” After a headline from November 2025 flashed onscreen indicating that Monique had “seemingly” debuted her “new boyfriend,” Gizelle added, “I’m not sure the status, whether he’s married, whether he’s available. I just threw it out there. And, yeah, I was right.”
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Who is Monique Samuels dating?
Monique previously revealed that an “amazing friendship” with her former The Good Morning Show radio co-host, Jason Weems, had “turned romantic,” on Angela Yee’s Lip Service podcast in December 2025. According to Monique, she and Jason had “emotionally connected” over their similar split experiences while she was navigating her divorce from Chris Samuels in 2023.
“When I was going through the divorce, I was separated but still living in the same house,” Monique explained on the podcast. “Jason and I were, like, great friends. Like, we never spent any time [together] outside the studio, nothing like that. As I was going through the whole divorce process, the separation, everything like that, he was giving me this advice that I was like, ‘You have to have been through something to be able to give me this type of advice.'”
She continued, “We started to have, like, an amazing friendship outside of work, and I started to learn some things about what he was going through. So, we connected on that level, him being separated, living in the same house, people not knowing, because obviously he’s not, you know, out there like that in the reality TV space. Mine was more public.”
As Monique concluded, “It was a friendship that was genuinely a friendship that turned very emotionally connected. And then it turned romantic.”
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How did Monique Samuels’ divorce impact her relationship with Karen Huger?
Later on RHOP‘s Nov. 8 episode, Monique claimed that her once “very close” friendship with Karen Huger began to deteriorate when she saw photos of her and her friend Cookie hanging out with her ex-husband, Chris, amid their contentious divorce. Opening up about how that “really hurt” her, Monique confirmed that she felt as though Karen had “picked a side,” and so, she ultimately decided to take “a step back” from their friendship.
Karen, for her part, insisted that she “didn’t side with anybody,” reasoning that her husband, Ray Huger, is the one who’s really friends with Monique’s ex, Chris. After hearing Karen’s defense, Monique expressed doubt over Ray and Chris’ supposed friendship, remarking in a producer interview, “That’s news to me.”
In a separate confessional, Karen said, “I can understand how Monique feels. We weren’t talking, and Chris and Ray were. And it’s a difficult balancing act. But now, I would certainly talk to Monique after this conversation.”
As you await more intel on Monique’s love life, don’t miss Bravo’s watch guide to the best RHOP episodes.
