The Real Housewives of Rhode Island is incoming and we’re ready to make it our entire personality! Andy Cohen recently made an appearance at SXSW, and took a moment to hype up the show—which premieres this coming April. Like, we’re mere weeks away!

According to Andy (via Deadline) RHORI “is giving me everything that I love in Housewives.” He added that “The women are all stars. They’re so funny. They are the drama. You know, we were talking about Rhode Island backstage. It’s our smallest state and they all seem to know each other, or be related, or went to high school together, or all of the above. They’re all in each other’s lives and it’s super dramatic. It’s also serving as a destination, in the way that Housewives should in that I really want to go to Rhode Island in the summer. It’s the Ocean State. It’s beautiful. We shot it in the summer. It’s all water, and it’s just great.”

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“There is not a dud episode in the bunch. You’re going to love it. And I’m not over hyping,” Andy gushed, “We were worried about saturation, like eight Housewives ago. It appears there is a market for new places.”

The RHORI cast includes Alicia Carmody, Rosie DiMare, Ashley Iaconetti, Liz McGraw, Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, Kelsey Swanson, Jo-Ellen Tiberi, and Dolores Catania (as a friend). Oh, and go ahead and enjoy the show’s dramatic log-line: “Welcome to the Ocean State. It's America’s smallest, but don’t be fooled – the drama is wicked wild. In a place where everyone knows everyone, nothing is ever truly forgotten. Friendships are built over decades, loyalties are deeply rooted and secrets are guarded at all costs … until betrayal strikes and the cracks show.”

Get ready for chaos, if the trailer is anything to go by!