How Monica Garcia Became the Talk of ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’

The debut of a new Real Housewife doesn't get more memorable than the one Monica Garcia made on the current season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

The circumstances behind her connection to the group were juicy in their own right: She had, at one point, worked for now-incarcerated former cast member Jen Shah, had called the Secret Service to report Shah’s fraud scam, and had been set to testify in her trial. That’s quite a production move: Replace the imprisoned cast member with someone partially involved with putting her behind bars.

Like many of the RHOSLC women, Garcia has a complicated relationship with the Mormon church, having been excommunicated. The reason why? Suffice it to say no one expected the answer that would come out of her mouth: “For fucking my brother-in-law for 18 months.”

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