'RHOSLC' Star Monica Garcia Shares Details on Strained Relationship With Mom, Linda Darnell

Jan. 17 2024, Published 10:54 a.m. ET

During her first season as a housewife, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City megastar Monica Garcia opened up to audience about her sophisticated dating with her mother, Linda Darnell. These two have thrown every other underneath the bus numerous times, with Monica claiming her mom was once able to join the RHOSLC cast, without or with her.

After a whirlwind of drama and heartache, it looks like Monica and Linda are hitting pause on their mother-daughter saga. Yep, you heard it proper — they are no longer talking. Dive in to discover Monica's take on the radio silence together with her mom beneath, and as you scroll, discover the thriller of why Monica used to go through 4 different names.

'RHOSLC' superstar Monica Garcia is now not on talking terms together with her mom, Linda Darnell.

If you tuned in to the Season Four finale, you already know that Monica and her mom, Linda, are currently giving each and every other the cold shoulder — and it looks like that frosty situation hasn't thawed. During the second part of the RHOSLC Season 4 reunion, Monica spills the pipping hot tea on her dating together with her mom.

"My mother and I are not speaking," Monica unearths all the way through the reunion. Andy Cohen, being the gossip guru he is, asks when was the ultimate time Monica spoke along with her mom. Monica's answer? "Since the filming wrapped."

As if that's not enough drama, Monica provides a twist — her mom deserted her when she was 12 years outdated so she may pursue a tv career. OK, communicate about primary drama!

"She got on TV," Andy points out sooner than asking Monica, "Do you think your mom was auditioning to be a housewife?"

Well, duh! Monica recounts the very moment she idea she "bombed" her RHOSLC audition and sought solace from her mom, who then prayed that if Monica didn't get it, she would. Ugh — that's just natural evil.

Monica Garcia used to go via 4 other names.

During the reunion, Monica also units the report instantly and divulges why she used to cross by 4 different names up to now (if you neglected it, Linda as soon as accused Monica of adjusting her name "every five minutes").

"My maiden name was Darnell," she says, clarifying why her mom previously called her Monica Darnell. "Fowler is my married name."

Enter the curious Andy, inquiring about the place the surname Delgado comes from. Monica casually drops that it is from her "dad's side." As for Garcia, that is her current surname, courtesy of her mom's birth name. However, the housewife explains that her mom did not pass through Garcia once she become an grownup.

"Garcia is [a name from] my mother's side. My mother was born Linda Darnell Susan Maria Garcia," she reveals in Part 2 of the RHOSLC reunion. "When she was growing up, she was teased for being [Portuguese] in Boston. So, when she became of legal age, she chopped her entire name off because she was ashamed of it, and just kept Linda Darnell."

Monica continues, "When I was born, I was Monica Linda Darnell. But, that name means nothing to me, so when I was getting a divorce, I wanted a family name."

As a end result, Monica opted for her mother's surname, Garcia: "I legally have only ever used three, which is the one that I was born with, when I got married, and when I got divorced," she says.

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