Shannon Beador revealed how Tamra Judge and Heather Dubrow “[slapped]” her in the face on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live.
While also shading Tamra, 57, for taking out her pent-up issues on her and reacting to her claims of behind-the-scenes scheming, the 60-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County star addressed Karen Huger‘s allegations of having snubbed her after her DUI arrest, described the recently-filmed reunion, and defended Jennifer Pedranti, 47.
Looking back at how Tamra and Heather said they wished she hadn’t gifted them Burberry scarves in London and had instead put her money toward repaying John Janssen, 61, for her facelift, Shannon admitted she was hurt.
“First of all, there was a time, because our show was extended, where the money was a little tighter but it’s not right now and so when I watched that, I’ve been on the show 10 years. It was my first all-cast trip hosting and I wanted to do something special. So when I saw them do that, it was a slap in the face to me,” Shannon explained on the October 10 episode of the WWHL: After Show. “It’s like, ‘I tried to do something nice. You wore the scarf twice, Tamra, so why [are] you cutting me down for it?’”
Meanwhile, on the live broadcast WWHL, Shannon said that when it came to Heather getting upset that the ladies didn’t ask about the results of her mammogram, she and her castmates “felt horrible.”
“She was with [Gina Kirschenheiter] so when we heard the ‘yay,’ we just thought everyone was okay,” Shannon shared.
According to Shannon, she believes that Tamra has pent-up issues of her own and that she’s taken them out on her throughout the season.
“I agree, not against me anymore,” she vowed.
During Thursday night’s RHOC, Tamra accused Shannon of feeding her information off-screen that she wanted to be brought up on the show. And, while she didn’t exactly deny having done so, Shannon made it clear that she didn’t feel obligated to defend herself against Tamra.
“I’ve been working on myself for the last year and I’m at a point now where I don’t feel like I need to defend myself,” she explained. “If people want to believe Tamra and think that I’m orchestrating something, I will tell you that I had such good intentions and I was so excited to host my first all-cast trip. So I had no intention of manipulating stuff. So if people want to believe Tamra Judge, they can. I and the people close to me know what the truth is.”
As for Karen’s suggestion that she did not respond after she reached out to her post-DUI, Shannon said the claim took her by surprise.
“I don’t have that. But I did get a text right after her DUI and it said ‘I’m good, are you?’ Or something like that. And I thought, ‘Okay, this is a fake.’ And I actually talked to a few castmates, going, ‘Do you think this is real?’” she explained. “So I apologize. Because I love Karen. We did Project Runway together.”
Also, on the live broadcast, Shannon said that in three words, the reunion was “emotional, difficult, and … surprising,” before defending Jennifer against those telling her to get a job.
“She does have a job. She’s on the show,” Shannon stated. “And I just want to say, I really appreciate [Ryan Boyajian] stepping up. He brought her whole family in.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 18 airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
