The New Season: Uh, yeah, it's just like Jessica and Nick

"The Real Housewives of Orange County" will be returning for a third season, Bravo announced today. That is, all the cast members but two: Slade Smiley and Jo De La Rosa (pictured). The off-again, on-again couple are in negotiations with the network for their own spinoff project, the pair said in phone calls.

While Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Tammy Knickerbocker, Lauri Waring and new housewife Tamra Barney will all be showing off their real-life dramas "behind the gates," Smiley and De La Rosa are focusing on her music career in Los Angeles.

"It's kind of like Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey when they were newlyweds," De La Rosa said.

-- Lynn Smith

(Photo: Francine Orr / LAT)

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[azgirl]

I cannot stand this girl...she is a spanish girl trying to act like a ditzy american blonde. Where is your ooriginality? A lot of people dont like you so you need to start acting more mature and more original. There is something just so fake about your personality. I always changed the channel when you appeared on the show...not very pleasing to watch