Brett Oppenheim is still supportive of his former employee and _Sell Sunset_costar Christine Quinn.
While speaking with PEOPLE at the launch of 1060 App on Thursday in WestHollywood, the luxury realtor and Oppenheim Real Estate president, 45,discussed Quinn’s absence in the upcoming sixth season of the Netflix realityshow.
“This is our first season without her, and she’s a big loss because she’s madefor reality TV,” he said. “We stay in touch, just not so often. Just mostlyover Instagram or a text here and there.”
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Explaining his previous anxieties around Quinn being on the show, Oppenheimexplained: “But I got to say, I might have had a little bit of concern goinginto season six, but I have no concern coming out of season six.”
“I’m really proud of this season,” he added. “I think everybody stepped up,and it just ended up being unexpectedly an awesome season. So, all concernshave been completely diminished.”
Brett Oppenheim Says Christine Quinn’s Exit Is a ‘Big Loss’ to Selling Sunset:’She’s Made for Reality TV’. photo credit: Victoria Sirakova
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Teasing more about season 6, Oppenheim said: “We were a few weeks intofilming, and there was absolutely no drama. I was like, ‘Oh, s—. OK, maybewe’re going to have a mellow season.’ Honestly, I was really kind of pleasedabout it. Then, some s— hit the fan just unexpectedly. So, I actually thinkthat this season’s going to have as much drama as the other seasons.”
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“Yeah, it just came out of nowhere, but it was pretty rough for a few weeks inthe office,” Oppenheim shared. “So, I think that it’s probably going to beentertaining for people even though it was a little difficult for me and mybrother (Jason Oppenheim).”
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Noting that the tensions have arisen between “people that we both care about alot,” Brett said one particular scene was “tough.”
Brett Oppenheim Says Christine Quinn’s Exit Is a ‘Big Loss’ to Selling Sunset:’She’s Made for Reality TV’. photo credit: Victoria Sirakova
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“We were in Europe when it started to hit the fan, which was kind of nice insome ways because we didn’t have to deal with it directly, but it was also alittle bit troubling because we weren’t there to try to smooth things over,”he explained. “So, it was difficult to get through. Yeah, it was not fun tohear about, not fun to watch, but I presume it’ll be fun to watch for millionsof other people.”
Brett attended Thursday’s event with his twin brother and his girlfriendMarie-Lou Nurk, as well as Sell Sunset costar Amanza Smith, to celebratethe launch of the 1060 App, a new app designed for the real estate industrythat provides an endless stream of the world’s most amazing houses andapartments through short digital videos, according to the company’s website.
A source confirmed to PEOPLE in August that Quinn, 34, will not return forseasons 6 and 7 of the hit Netflix series. Production for the upcoming seasonsbegan this summer. TMZ was the first to report the news of Quinn’s departurefrom the series.
Since it first premiered in 2019, Quinn has been a staple on _Sell Sunset_which follows the Oppenheim Group real estate firm as they sell some of themost exclusive luxury homes in Los Angeles.
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Over five seasons, fans watched as Quinn not only sold real estate, but wasalso involved in drama with all of her costars. In an explosive season 5conflict, Emma Hernan claims Quinn bribed a client with $5,000 to quit workingwith her. Quinn vehemently denied the accusation.
Quinn told PEOPLE exited Oppenheim to launch her new crypto real estateventure RealOpen with husband Christian Dumontet in April.
“I terminated my contract when the brokerage launched,” Quinn said. “I had tomake a business decision that was for me, so I had to terminate the contractso I could move it over to my brokerage.”