Netflix Canceled Bling Empire: New York Ahead Of A Potential Season 2

Dorothy Wang took a bite out of the Big Apple in the Bling Empire: New York spin-off. After moving from Los Angeles at the end of Bling Empire Season 2, she settled down with a whole new group of friends in NYC, including fashionista Tina Leung, Richard Chang, Lynn Ban, and Blake Abbie. Rounding out the cast were Nam Laks, Vika Abbyaeva, Stephen Hung, and Deborah Valdez-Hung. Though the first season, which premiered in January, teased several new conflicts that could have been the focus of a second season, Netflix canceled Bling Empire and Bling Empire: New York in April, per Deadline.

Prior to the cancellation news, Dorothy had already been thinking about plans for her future outside of reality TV. “I would love to do something food related because I love food and healthy alternatives. I’d love to work on something like that soon,” she revealed to Grazia USA in January. “I feel very happy in my life right now. I’m very content. I feel very thankful and grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to move to a completely new place and get to live this different life and kind of start over and grow and change and evolve.”

The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills alum also previously explained her intentions for the Netflix series. “I wanted to be a little wilder; I wanted to date more and I wanted to be out on my own,” she told Yahoo’s In The Know in January. “I wanted to shed my image, and I wanted to be somewhere where nobody knows me as much — to start fresh and have to make new connections. Everything in L.A. was a little bit boring for me and got a little too easy...I wanted to be a little bit more anonymous, start over, date new guys, meet new people and not have such a reputation.”

Despite Bling Empire: New York’s cancellation, Netflix certainly had several potential Season 2 storylines to explore. After being on the dating scene, Dorothy ended up with Ari, and she told Tina that she was cautiously hopeful about their relationship. Meanwhile, Richard made a move to propose to Vika, but she rebuffed him by saying that it was not the right time just yet. Nam graduated but told her brother that she didn’t want to move back to Thailand, knowing that her parents would likely not be too happy about that. Meanwhile, Jett Kain got a job opportunity and abruptly told Lynn that they’re moving to Los Angeles, which she refused to do. And then Blake started to reflect on his own dating life, wondering if it was time to start settling down with someone — “or someones,” he jokingly added.

For now, fans will have to mine social media for Bling Empire: New York cast updates.