Little Women: LA is kicking off, but Briana Renee apparently won't be in attendance. Rumors previously swirled the reality star would not be featured on Season 7 because of her January divorce from husband Matt Grundhoffer, but the promotional footage on Wednesday seemingly confirmed the gossip. The Season 7 includes all of the girls, and even someone new. But Renee was absent from the trailer.
In the quick 30-second sneak-peek, Terra Jolé tells husband Joe Gnoffo she wants to focus on her career. The couple has two children together, Penelope and Grayson, and Joe is Gnoffo expresses concern that she won't see the children "for weeks at a time."
Tonya Banks is asked if she and on-again, off-again beau are planning on a wedding soon, though she doesn't seem confident about moving forward with the nuptials.
The women have all had a tumultuous past, with Christy Gibel teasing they can talk through their problems instead of fighting, something they've struggled with in the past.
An exclusive sneak peek from People magazine sheds a little bit more light on the season, with Banks confirmed she and her fiancé, Kerwin, might be calling off their engagement.
Things aren't easy for Elana Gant and husband Preston, either. The two welcomed twin boys and they might have to refinance their house to pay their bills, she tells him.
"With the mortgage and kids, I just want to make sure I can afford everything," Gant tells Preston. In another clip she adds to Jasmine Arteaga Sorge, "I have to provide for my family, and I'm struggling."
None of the women mention Renee or her divorce, which was previously one of the hottest topics on the show. Renee didn't post about the show returning without her on Instagram, but seemingly acknowledged her absence in a March 8 post of her looking at the sky. "I know I've been quiet," she wrote. The post was liked more than 12,000 times by her 409,000 followers.
Season 7 of Little Women: LA premieres Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on Lifetime.
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