Tamra Judge revealed what was “missing” from footage of the dramatic dinner party feud two weeks ago on The Real Housewives of Orange County while appearing on a podcast last Friday.
Credit: Instagram/Shannon Beador
After Shannon Beador, 60, stormed out of dinner after being labeled an “alcoholic” by Tamra, 56, and Alexis Bellino, 47, shaded her past romance with her current boyfriend, John Janssen, 60, Tamra opened up about what prompted her and Alexis to lash out. Tamra also targeted Vicki Gunvalson, 62, and slammed Shannon’s friendship with Emily Simpson, 48, and Gina Kirschenheiter, 40.
“What you didn’t see is she actually came for me first, and Alexis. I can’t remember verbatim what she said, but she kind of came after me, and then she mom-shamed Alexis, and that’s what led to Alexis yelling about the John stuff. So there’s stuff that’s missing,” Tamra explained on the August 16 episode of Page Six’s Virtual Reality-Tea podcast.
Another thing Tamra claimed was missing from season 18 was a chat she had with Vicki about Shannon’s drinking habits.
“There was also a scene where I was talking to Vicki, and Vicki agreed that Shannon has a drinking problem. She agreed with me. She’s like, ‘Yes, I know she’s got a drinking problem,’” Tamra recalled.
As for her current feud with Vicki, Tamra seemed caught off-guard.
“Vicki and I have not had a problem. We were cool then. We were cool filming all season long, and then as soon as the season stopped, she has been non-stop trashing me,” Tamra shared.
As for why she believed Vicki had been trashing her, Tamra suspected it was “because she’s a side-b*tch on the show.”
“She can’t even get a clementine, let alone an orange. I think we need to give her a grapefruit she’s so sour,” Tamra added.
According to Tamra, Vicki “crossed a line” at one of her and Shannon’s live shows.
“She had the audience chant — I’ll say it the clean way — ‘F Tamra’ over and over again. And I just thought, ‘You know what? I haven’t had any fights with you. I’ve been friends with you for a long time even if you’re not happy with me because I’m not enabling Shannon, I’ve never done anything to you, Vicki, and that shows your true character.’ I just would never go that way,” Tamra noted. “[But] I’m continuing not to engage in the stuff that she’s saying or even talk about it on my podcast or anything like that.”
During another moment of Page Six’s podcast, shared by Bye Wig Hello Drama on Instagram, Tamra said that Shannon has fought with everybody on the show, stating that she’s “no innocent bystander” before shading her friendship with Emily and Gina as “convenient.”
Regarding Emily and Gina’s decision to forgive Shannon for her antics against them in past seasons, Tamra said that her co-stars chose to offer “empathy” to Shannon post-DUI.
“I’ve talked to them about it,” Tamra confirmed. “They know she’s got a drinking problem and they know, like, it was just last reunion that Gina was yelling at her and saying, ‘You need to go to rehab.’ And Emily was saying you need to blow into a breathalyzer on your phone to be able to use it, so they know. We all know. All of us know.”
Continuing on, Tamra said that Shannon should be praising Alexis because her role on season 18 has distracted from her legal drama.
“Because Alexis has come on the show, her drinking and her DUI have been swept under the rug, and everybody’s mad because Alexis is dating John, and suddenly, Shannon’s a victim,” Tamra stated. “The only person I know that can crash her car into a house three times the legal limit and leave, get out of her car and walk with a broken nose, broken arm, covered in blood, and tell the cops she was walking her dog — and continue to drink. So I think that she owes Alexis an apology. She should be so happy that Alexis is taking the heat off of her for the DUI.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 18 airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
