Mary Cosby will reportedly return to The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in a friend role.

Mary M. Cosby will return to The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City as a friend of the ladies, returning for season four on a part-time basis after sitting out season three.

According to various sources for page sixthe 50-year-old preacher will “shoot a few scenes” for the fourth season, which is slated to begin filming on February 13.

One source said “Mary wanted to come back”, while another explained that Mary’s absence in season three was largely due to the scandalous firing of her former co-star Jennie Nguyen, 44.

Nguyen watched her brief stint-long career as a stay-at-home mom go up in flames when her racist social media posts mocking the Black Lives Matter movement resurfaced online.

The source explained: “Jennie’s racist posts really seemed to shake Mary up, especially after Jennie threw a glass at the camera. Mary was grateful for the time away from the cameras, but she seems ready to get back in the mix.’

the source for page six He went on to say that after “dealing with a lot of trauma after Season 2,” Cosby will return to the fold as a friend of OG cast member Meredith Marks, 51.

‘[Cosby and Marks] re-established a connection over the past year,” the source said, adding that the two housewives “have been texting and talking more in recent months.”

Meredith is reportedly the only cast member still in contact with Cosby, who reportedly “didn’t enjoy his time on the show or form strong bonds with the ladies,” according to a source. page six.

After starring in the first two seasons of RHOSLC, the “philanthropist and spiritual leader,” according to her Instagram bio, exited the series under a cloud of controversy.

In September of last year, the daily beast she cited former members of Cosby’s Faith Temple Pentecostal Church who claimed she ran it like a cult.

She was accused of trying to get her parishioners to work for her family’s business, either for free or for minimum wage, and telling them they would go to hell if they left the church or didn’t donate enough money.

She was also accused of referring to herself as God, though she denied that claim on RHSLC: ‘I’m not God! I worship the god in me!

Cosby inherited the church, along with a multimillion-dollar estate, from his grandmother Rosemary ‘Mama’ Redmond Cosby, who died in 1997.

Part-time friend role: According to multiple Page Six sources, the 50-year-old preacher will be “filming a few scenes” for season four, which is scheduled to begin filming on February 13.

Polarizing: After starring in the first two seasons of RHOSLC, the ‘philanthropist and spiritual leader,’ according to her Instagram bio, exited the series under a cloud of controversy In September last year, The Daily Beast quoted former members of Cosby’s Faith Temple Pentecostal Church as saying she ran it like a cult.

Controversially, Mary also married her grandmother’s ex-husband, Bishop Robert Cosby, although the two are not related by blood.

During an episode of RHSLC, Cosby claimed that her grandmother wanted her to marry Robert after she died.

I married him. I didn’t want… That’s weird to me,” she said. ‘But [my grandmother] she really wanted me to, so I obeyed her. I trusted every word.

Cosby later questioned his own words during the reunion episode, clarifying that his grandmother simply wanted Robert to marry someone young, like Mary, because “she felt like she had robbed him of his youth.”

Mary also admitted not having physical contact with her husband in recent years, adding that they sleep in separate beds.

In addition to her polarizing personal life, the religious leader was accused of making racist comments on the show.

At lunch, Cosby said that he loved Nguyen’s “slant eyes,” to which Nguyen later addressed, “You don’t say things like that.”

Speaking in a subsequent confessional, Nguyen said: “It’s an insult to our Asian culture to call me that and it seems racist.” And it’s shocking because Mary should be more educated and understand that it’s not appropriate to say things like that.

His only friend: The Page Six source went on to say that after “dealing with a lot of trauma after Season 2,” Cosby will return to the fold as a friend of OG cast member Meredith Marks, 51.

Not on good terms: Meredith is reportedly the only cast member still in contact with Cosby, according to a Page Six source.

Cosby was also criticized for calling co-star Jen Shah a “thug”, and was later caught on camera comparing Shah to “those Mexicans who make all those drugs”.

Mary effectively left the series by skipping the season two reunion because she “didn’t want to face the controversy surrounding her this season,” according to a source. page six.

They added: “She was terrified of being questioned about her ‘racist’ comments towards Jennie.” [Nguyen] and Jen [Shah]. He also did not want to discuss the accusations that he runs a cult.

“Skipping the meeting is a big no-no for housewives,” the source explained. ‘This was the kiss of death for Maria. She barely has alliances left in the cast, who expected her to have shown up to the meeting to take her responsibility for her behavior and her accusations about her church.

But it looks like Mary has made amends with Bravo as she prepares to help fill the void left by Jen Shah, who was recently sentenced to six and a half years in prison for running a nationwide telemarketing scam.

Cosby will reunite with RHOSLC mainstays Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Lisa Barlow and Whitney Rose, who are all set to return for season four, along with some new cast members.

“They’re trying to bring in new women to lighten it up,” a source said. page six last month, which was later confirmed by Marks, who said the production needed to “help bridge that gap” between feuding cast members by bringing in new talent.