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‘Housewife’ Michaele Salahi won’t return to show

Michaele Salahi won’t repeat as a “Real Housewives of D.C.” star if the show is renewed for a second season, a source says. Half Yard Productions, a Bravo subcontractor, is hunting for a “bitchy” replacement for the housewife, who has caused more drama for the production company in court — with a federal grand jury probing her and husband Tareq‘s crashing of a White House dinner — than on the set of the show. Bravo reps are annoyed with the duo for saying the network has held them back from coming clean. “The notion that the Salahis have been barred under their contracts . . . from speaking . . . is simply not true,” Bravo said in a statement. Castmates aren’t thrilled with Michaele either. Lynda Erkiletian and Paul Wharton complained to friends at Peacock Cafe in Georgetown last week about the couple’s publicity stunts.