Georgina Ferzli is carving out her niche on the Bravo series In The City. Despite being one of Lindsay Hubbard’s closest friends, Ferzli never imagined she would find herself on a reality TV show. “I always viewed it as Lindsay’s profession, much like dermatology is mine,” she explained, describing the entire experience as an unexpected “surprise.” Ferzli saw it as an opportunity to push herself into social situations, something she usually avoids.
Balancing multiple jobs and raising her two children, Robert and Eloise, as a single mother after a tough breakup, Ferzli’s life is anything but dull. Thus, when fellow cast member Whitney Fransway made a remark about Hubbard using the “single mom card” during a trip to Connecticut, Ferzli was understandably upset. Hubbard was more focused on mending her relationship with friend Yvonne Najor, but Ferzli confirmed that Fransway’s comment did indeed hit a nerve with Hubbard. “That night, both Lindsay and I were fresh from handling solo parenting duties for three days,” Ferzli explained. “She needed a nap more than anything back then, but now? She’s definitely feeling the impact of those words.”
In the upcoming reunion for the show, Ferzli has plans to address Fransway’s insensitive remark. “I stand up for mothers, and at the reunion, I was definitely vocal,” Ferzli stated. “In hindsight, maybe I was too aggressive, but the message was important.” Interestingly, three cast members—Danielle Olivera, Lexi Sundin, and Yvonne Najor—were pregnant during the reunion, which provided the support Ferzli and Hubbard needed. “Adding three more babies to our group is wonderful,” Ferzli added, expressing hopes that their children will grow up together.
Ferzli recently visited the Decider studio to talk about the current season, recount her experience at Yvonne’s tumultuous wedding dinner, and give readers a preview of the show’s upcoming reunion.
DECIDER: You began your connection with Lindsay Hubbard through your dermatology practice, and a friendship blossomed. What made you realize she could be both a friend and a client?
GEORGINA FERZLI: I got that sense right away. There have been times when I have wanted to be friends with my patients, but once I’m their friend, I can’t really be their doctor most of the time. It’s different with Lindsay. I remember actually when I knew we’d be friends. She had brought in Jaclyn Shuman, who was on Summer House at one time.
Jaclyn’s loud, man. Lindsay pulled me aside and was like, “you need to put her in a different room.” I made some comment, and she looked at me and she was like, “you’re really funny.” I was like, “that’s the best compliment I’ve ever gotten.” We then got to chatting, and since it was a late night at the office, we went and got drinks after the appointment. That was the start of our friendship.
Did hanging out with Lindsay make you curious about reality TV?
To be totally honest, everybody told me not to watch Summer House when they found out I was friends with Lindsay because they told me I would change my view of her as my friend. Now that I’ve gone back and watched it all, it would have been fine [laughs]. I always saw reality TV as her job, like being a dermatologist is my job.
This whole experience has been a surprise to me. I never really thought I would be somebody on a show . When I got the call about In The City, I thought it was a great opportunity and would definitely force me to socialize because I never go out [laughs]. It’s really fun.
You’ve been very open about your struggles with raising your kids and balancing motherhood with all your other obligations. Has it been therapeutic to talk about?
Very much so. I didn’t expect it to be, but when you’re saying things out loud and sharing them, it’s a different experience than just thinking and feeling them. It’s been good for me in many ways. It’s amazing to see how many messages come in from other moms who are like, “I went through the same thing.” I had somebody message me the other day saying she’s pregnant and her husband just broke up with her. I went back and forth with her for a while. I’m helping people. That’s meant the world to me. That’s been more therapeutic than anything else.
You and Lindsay were the OG moms of the friend group, but Danielle just had her baby and Yvonne and Lexi are pregnant. Have they been coming to you two for advice?
I knew this would happen. I’m the pregnancy fairy. At my last job, even the cleaning lady got pregnant [laughs]. There was like five of us who were pregnant. One person had twins. At the job I was at before that, there were six women, I kid you not, who got pregnant in the year I was there. So this is fitting. They’ve been coming to me for advice.
Danielle obviously had her baby. I sent them flowers and I’ve called her, texted her every day. Lexi’s asked some pretty normal questions. Yvonne has equated the stroller to a YSL bag. She’s like, “that could be a YSL bag.” I’m like, “oh, you’ll stop thinking that way real fast.” But yeah, I’m excited because hopefully our kids will grow up together. My kids are already obsessed with Gemma and vice versa. It’s wonderful to add three more babes to the group.
You seem to really find your voice during Nick’s and Yvonne’s wedding dinner party from hell. Were you glad you shared your story about moving out of your ex’s place? Did Amanda and Kyle seem to respond to it in the moment?
I am glad I shared it, because I remember how that felt. Amanda definitely took it in, but I just don’t think Kyle was listening to anybody at that point in the dinner. If you’re moving out to try to make things work, you want the other person at least there. You want them there looking sad as you pack pleading with you not to go—not out somewhere partying until 3AM. I think at that point in the evening, Kyle was just done.
How long did that dinner last?
It was hours. I mean, we did get through all five courses [laughs] We did get to dessert. The food was delicious. You can’t make the stuff up that happened at that dinner. I couldn’t have predicted that. There was a white dress. There’s Lindsay screaming at the top of her lungs. There was Kyle in a jacket that I thought was covered in weed leaves. I didn’t know what was going on. I was like, “wait, is he supporting her smoking now?” I thought that’s what was happening. Then I looked really closely and realized the design was like little bugs? I don’t know, but it was a disaster.
I want to get into this week’s episode. It seemed like you were more offended than Lindsay was by Whitney’s comment about “playing the single mom card.” Why do you think that was?
I don’t think Lindsay registered it just yet. If you keep watching her offense level—especially when it gets to reunion time—definitely increases. On that particular night, Lindsay and I were both coming off three nights of solo parenting. We were exhausted. We had already unpacked our stuff. The room thing happens and then we heard Whitney made this comment to Lexi. Whitney’s comment just wasn’t at the top of Lindsay’s mind at that time. She was fighting with Yvonne. She wasn’t affected because she just really needed to take a nap. But she’s affected now, trust me.
It looks like Lindsay confronts Whitney about her comment in the season finale. What can you tease about that?
I can’t say much, but it’s a moment where there’s a little bit of understanding from both sides, but not enough understanding to squash the issue.
How was your first reunion experience? Did you address Whitney’s comment further?
I felt I was very strong in the way I showed up. I definitely speak up for mothers. Everyone says you don’t get “it” until you’re a mom yourself. To some capacity, that’s true, but not really because someone like Yvonne understood how that comment would hit and she wasn’t a mother yet. I was definitely a bit aggressive at the reunion. Looking back, maybe I’m not so proud of that but I think what I said is important.
When we spoke to Yvonne a couple weeks ago, she revealed that at the reunion Amanda had the most to say, but Kenny had the most to answer for. Would you agree or disagree?
I agree. Amanda had a lot to say because she had to give an answer to something that she didn’t really answer at her other reunion, due to many factors. Over the season, Kenny went through lots of ups and downs as far as how he’s received. Towards the finale, you’ll see a few things come up in his relationship with women and his friends and his girlfriend that needed to be clarified.
In The City airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo