Sonja Morgan: The Rise and Fall of the Realest (and Richest?) Housewife of New York When Sonja Tremont Morgan first swanned onto the set of The Real Housewives of New York , we thought we were getting Upper East Side elegance. What we got instead? Pure champagne-soaked chaos in couture. And honestly, we loved her for it. The Rise: Lady Morgan Enters the Chat Let’s be real—when Sonja joined RHONY in Season 3, she didn’t walk in—she twirled in, heels first, trailing a cloud of Grey Goose and vintage Chanel. She was a divorced socialite who married into serious money (a descendant of THE J.P. Morgan, darling), and made it her mission to remind us every other scene. With her townhouse full of leaky faucets, unpaid interns, and dreams of toaster ovens and international lifestyle brands, Sonja gave us delusion on a designer platter. But you couldn't help but root for her. She was funny , she was messy, and most importantly—she was real. Sonja was that one friend who'd go fro...