Lizzy Savetsky is leaving the Real Housewives Of New York reboot over anti-Semitism.
The departure of Liza Szesztay, who played a part in the RHONY reboot’s Season 8 episode titled “The Reunion Part 3,” is being seen as a blow to the show. Savetsky had been one of the more popular cast members over the years, and her exit comes amid an ongoing debate about anti-Semitism in casting and production practices.
Savetsky, whose real name is Lizzy Szesztay and who converted from Judaism to Catholicism when she got married, has been outspoken about racism against her people in Hollywood before. She was featured in an article for The New York Times earlier this year highlighting some of these issues: ‘Nowhere are white Jewish actors more prevalent than on reality TV,’ writes Ben Brantley.
Lizzy Savetsky Out Of ‘RHONY’
‘At least one of them can be found on nearly every current major series that has featured contestants competing for money or attention.’
Lizzy Savetsky writes about people and culture. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Buzzfeed News, N+1, Pacific Standard, The Cut, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and other publications. She lives in New York City.
She graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied creative writing, literature, and history. Lizzy is a writer and editor who specializes in narrative nonfiction. She has worked with large publishers like Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster but also self-publishes her own books (including one on the history of tea).
Lizzy’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Buzzfeed News, N+1, Pacific Standard, The Cut and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Her writing has also been featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (not because of her body—she didn’t get that far), Elle Canada, Marie Claire UK and more.
