Candiace Dillard Bassett Is Leaving The Real Housewives of Potomac: "See You Later"

Candiace Dillard Bassett is taking a "break" from The Real Housewives of Potomac after six seasons as a 'wife.

The singer, who joined the cast back in Season 3, confirmed her departure from the series in an exclusive statement to PEOPLEthe day after the a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhop-season-8-finale-recap-cast-updates-reunion-teasers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Season 8/a finale aired./p h3Here's What You May Have Missed on Bravo:/h3 pa href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhop-season-8-reunion-trailer-spoilers-see-video" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"strongRHOP Season 8 Reunion Trailer Previews Shocking Confessions Allegations: "Find a Path"/strong/a/p pa href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhop-season-8-finale-recap-cast-updates-reunion-teasers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"strongHere's Where the RHOP Cast Stand After the Dramatic Season 8 Finale/strong/a/p pa href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-real-housewives-of-potomac-season-8-reunion-looks-photos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"strongThe RHOP Cast's "Unexpected" Season 8 Reunion Looks Exude Smoldering Elegance (PHOTOS)/strong/a/p div class="blog-post__faq" div class="faq--question" h2Is Candiace Dillard Basset leaving emThe Real Housewives of Potomac/em?/h2 /div div class="faq--answer" pAfter revealing her departure from emRHOP/em, the "a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/candiace-dillard-bassett-drive-back-music-video-with-rhop-cast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Drive Back/a" singer opened up about why she decided to take a "break" the show./p p"As I embark on a new chapter after six remarkable years withemThe Real Housewives of Potomac/em, I am filled with gratitude for the enriching friendships, personal growth and moments of introspection that have defined this journey," she said in her statement to emPEOPLE/em. "With a whirlwind of new opportunities and responsibilities on my plate, I have decided to take a break fromemRHOP/em."/p /div /div div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="fe919596-b65d-4128-8343-a7cdfda19ea0" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/03/rhop_season_8_reunion-13.jpg?itok=QebHZgVP" width="862" height="575" alt="Candiace Dillard wearing a black strapless gown and holding a microphone" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Candiace Dillard at the Real Housewives of Potomac Season 8 reunion. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Clifton Prescod/Bravo /span /div /div /div /div div class="blog-post__faq" div class="faq--question" h2Why is Candiace Dillard Bassett exitingemRHOP/em?/h2 /div div class="faq--answer" pAs Candiace herself said, she is taking time to a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/candiace-dillard-bassett-career-journey-pageants-music-acting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"focus on other projects and opportunities/a. OnemRHOP /emSeason 8, Candiace has balanced her busy tour schedule along with her acting ventures, and her desire to a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhop-candiace-dillard-bassett-shares-update-on-ivf-journey" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"have a baby/a with her husband, a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/people/chris-bassett" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Chris Bassett/a./p /div /div pThough Candiace is leavingemRHOP/em, she noted in her statement that "this is not a farewell, but a 'see you later.'"/p pAt the conclusion of her statement, Candiace thanked her fans./p div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="55d7fb38-f563-4822-b153-b9a9720cbc39" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-potomac/style-living/candiace-dillard-rhop-premiere-countdown-fashion-shoot" Candiace Dillard Bassett Literally Bares All to Prepare for the Return of RHOP /a /h2 /div p“Your unwavering support has been my guiding light, and I look forward to the exciting adventures that lie ahead — and more importantly, sharing them all with you!” she added./p pemThe Real Housewives of Potomac/em Season 8 reunion begins on Sunday, March 31 at 8/7c on Bravo. Stream episodes the next day on a href="https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/tv/the-real-housewives-of-potomac/803805642511384711" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Peacock/a./p