'Real Housewives' Cast Teases 'Epic' New Season

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The Real Housewives of Miami are back and better than ever!

Wonderwall.com caught up with the cast during the Season 7 premiere party at 305 hotspot Rosa Negra on Tuesday, June 10, before the Bravo series made its return the following evening. We got the inside scoop on all the highs and the lows of Season 7 exclusively from the stars.

Keep reading to see what they had to say…

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Alexia Nepola

One of the series' original main cast members, Alexia Nepola, has been through the process of filming a season, watching it back and reliving all of the emotions numerous times before.

"We're at a different place today. It's been a year since we filmed, so we went through all that stuff," the Alexia + Frankie's Beauty Bar owner says of reuniting with her cast members at the premiere party. "This is why I say this is the most difficult part about doing the show. Because you forget all that. Then you come back and then you relive everything again."

Marysol Patton

"Everyone's telling me it's my greatest season," comedic relief Marysol Patton says of the show's latest installment. "I'm like, 'Really? I don't know what I did different. But if you say so!'"

When asked about how she deals with keeping track of the drama between the girls, she says with a laugh, "I forget everything!"

"It's like mental warfare. You have to be prepared. I'm terrible at the reunions. If there's anything that you will know about me is I'm consistent and I'm consistently stuck at the reunion," she adds.

Adriana de Moura

"We brought it to another level in terms of glam, drama and twists that not even us [as a group] expected," Adriana de Moura spills. "It's a rollercoaster ride of this season. It is probably one of the most epic seasons ever."

Always known to speak her mind, de Moura says being on the show since its inception in 2011 has made her even more comfortable in her own skin: "Sometimes I can speak in a way that people think is a bit blunt," the singer says. "But that's my culture. It is also my way to express my truth. Some people might understand it or they may not. But at the end of the day, they will see why I say the things I said. It's always with the intent of staying on the right side of history."

Stephanie Shojaee

Newcomer Stephanie Shojaee can most definitely hold her own with the other women in the group. However, overcoming her rookie status wasn't always easy.

"I was entering a whole new group of girls that have very established friendships," the businesswoman says. "They have nicknames and inside jokes. I was definitely the newbie. It was tough to adapt to the group because I felt like some of them weren't welcoming to me. But then, with time, you just realize it's a really strong group of friends. I had fun."

Shojaee points to one moment in particular during the cast getaway that tested her during the season: "I've had one major meltdown in my life. I don't really have meltdowns. I don't really show my emotion all the time," she says. "I think this group of girls brought out my emotions. Whether they were good or bad. But I had my biggest meltdown on this trip. The trip was beautiful and fabulous. It was my 40th birthday, but it was a very tough trip at the beginning [and] in the middle. Then at the end it got a little bit better. But it was interesting."

KiKi Barth

During the current installment of the show, fans will get a more candid look at Kiki Barth's life: "You guys will get to see a little bit of me being a mom," she reveals. "I'm always the fun one talking about s** all the time. But now you get to see a little bit more of a serious side of me. Outside of all this fun, I'm sending my kid to college."

"We are on top of our game," the model adds of the cast. "We get to fly all over the world. Who else is doing this?"

As far as the drama between her costars, Barth adds, "I don't have any issues with anyone as far as I'm concerned. But apparently, I'm sure so many people have issues with me. But I'm able to say hello and be nice to everyone here tonight because at the end of the day, we are a group of friends. We have our differences, but I love these [women]. I love every single one of them."

"I don't hold things in because I'm the type of person that believes when you hold a grudge in, it doesn't hurt the other person — you're hurting yourself," she continues. "You need to learn how to relax. You need to learn how to let go and how to relax and how to forgive. If you keep everything in, you're just going to go nuts."

Julia Lemigova

Season 7 sees Julia Lemigova and her wife, Martina Navratilova, adopting two baby boys. Despite the overflowing of happiness at home, her longtime friendship with Adriana de Moura appears to be on the rocks.

"I could have drama in my life with friends, with situations. It doesn't really matter. Because what really matters to me is that we gave an opportunity to those beautiful boys to have another chance in life," the former model gushes.

In terms of what goes down this season, Lemigova shares, "Surprisingly, the women that I have been having clashes with in previous years became my best allies."

"Thank god Alexia [Nepola], Marysol [Patton], Larsa [Pippen] showed up for me," she adds. "They are my biggest allies. You never know who you're going to end up connecting with at different points in your life."

"It's very sad what happened with Adriana, but that's the reality. That's the truth," Lemigova continues. "I was new to this group and Adriana was there for me for a long time. But she coached me in a certain way. She gave me a certain explanation about certain women. It took me a long minute to figure that out."

The Real Housewives of Miami airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo and streams next day on Peacock.