RHOC's Katie Ginella Confirms She Didn't Get Paid for Half of the Season

Katie Ginella is clarifying her comments about her supposedly meager Real Housewives of Orange County paycheck — and revealing details about how much she actually earned for season 19. “We get paid for the episodes we’re on,” Katie, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Saturday, November 15, while attending BravoCon 2025 in Las Vegas, claiming that she didn’t earn any income for the second half of the season. “I remember having a call and they said, ‘If somebody were to bring you back and say [they] want Katie to film, you could have filmed, but nobody did that.’” She added, “You get paid for the