RHONY'sErin Lichy Says She Went Along with 'Crazy' Pregnancy Prank to Root Out Group's Gossips (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Erin Lichy at WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE WITH ANDY COHEN – Episode 20124.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty

Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty

Erin Lichydescribed the pregnancy prank that recently played out on TheReal Housewives of New Yorkwas “crazy,” but says she went along with it for a good reason.

Minkoff and LIchy hatched the prank over lunch prior to a group dodgeball game. They would tell the other woman Minkoff was pregnant but didn’t know who the father was after a “crazy night.”

“I thought it was kind of a crazy idea to make that rumor about yourself,” Lichy told PEOPLE exclusively at the Bravo Fan Fest. “But I was down to carry it out because I wanted to see who the pigeons really were.”

While the prank was intended for Minkoff and Lichy to weed out who the rumor-spilling “leaky pigeon” — or group gossip — was, the joke quickly turned serious as the other women began to feel that Lichy had gaslit them after finding out thatBrynn Whitfieldwas in on the joke all along — which Lichy had not disclosed.

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“I think the reason she told you is a prank, because she wants you to do it and then go around to everybody else to be like, ‘Look! Look! Who’s the leaky pigeon?’ " Hassan told Whitfield in the episode. “Because if she didn’t tell you it was a prank, you would not have said it.”

Fellow housewifeSai De Silvaalso found the joke in poor taste, pointing out in her confessional that as three people in the group —Jessel Tank, Hassan and Whitfield — were hoping to have babies themselves, the prank fell flat.

While it was revealed that Minkoff, who is a mother of four, was not pregnant, Lichy herself is in factexpecting her fourth childwith her husband, Abe. Their newest addition joins sons Levi, 9, Elijah, 4, and daughter Layla, 7.

Erin Lichy and her husband Abe with their three children.Erin Lichy/Instagram

Erin Lichy/Instagram

Lichy says her three kids really wanted to have another brother or sister.

She jokingly confirmed her husband Abe, 42, is the father (given the pregnancy prank is still a hot topic) and reveals she’s feeling “good.”

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The Real Housewives of New York Cityairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.

source: people.com