On the Thursday, September 12 episode of RHOC, Shannon Beador declared that she would give her ex-boyfriend John Janssen half of the $75,000 she allegedly borrowed from him to get a facelift.
However, the longtime RHOC star changed her tune after learning that John had videos of her from the nigiht of her DUI in September 2023.
She then offered to pay John the total amount if he agreed to a non-disparagement clause. The 62-year-old Orange County businessman refused.
Now, Alexis Bellino, who is currently engaged to John, is explaining why her man didn’t take Shannon’s offer.
“Once again, the truth wasn’t told in that moment,” Alexis Bellino told Us Weekly. “She wanted to not pay him the full amount. It was, I believe, a small down payment and then monthly installments, which he was not going to do. He doesn’t want to have to get a monthly installment from his ex.”
The RHOC star continued, “What a lot of people don’t consider is [that] we’d been filming at this point for three or four months and by the time the show airs, it would’ve been another seven or eight months. So any new lies that she would’ve wanted to concoct or bring out, he would’ve had a muzzle and never been to speak the truth. So there’s a lot more to it.”
Alexis also insists that the timing of John’s lawsuit isn’t as suspicious as RHOC fans may think. The statute of limitations on the lawsuit was expiring, and John had only “two days” to file it or lose the opportunity.
“The other part that really is frustrating is everyone’s like, ‘Just walk away.’ And I don’t know any wealthy person that’s going to walk away from $75,000. If there is that person. I’d love to shake their hand,” she explained.
The Bravo star also shut down Shannon’s claims that she paid for everything throughout her relationship with John.
“That’s not true either,” she alleged. “That’s going to come out. He’s not going to spend as much money as he did on her and then also let $75,000 go away when she has defamed him for the last four years. And I am going to stand by my man and I had nothing to do with the lawsuit – let’s make that very clear.”
When asked what would make the lawsuit go away, Alexis said it would be simple: “Just [for] her to pay the money she owes him.”
The RHOC star added, “John has only wanted his money and to move on. He does not want to go to trial. We do have the evidence and we will win. And his attorneys feel very confident and we don’t want it to go there. But if that’s where he’s forced, then that’s what’ll happen. So all she [has to do] is pay him the money she owes him.”
Meanwhile, Alexis appeared on Thursday’s Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen episode, where she was asked why John refused to agree to Shannon’s non-disparagement clause.
John appeared in the audience and jumped to answer the question himself.
“Because I have been disparaged for almost 5 years, and why would I put a legal muzzle on myself so that I can’t actually correct the record?” John told Andy Cohen.
“What’s the biggest way you’ve been disparaged, do you think?” Andy asked John.
“I don’t want to get into those details, but I mean, she pays for everything, and she’s my sugar mama that nothing could be further from the truth, and that was damaging to me. I fat-shamed her, which couldn’t be further from the truth,” John replied.
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
