On the latest episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, Shannon Beador was getting hit from every side after Emily Simpson admittedly stirred the “s**t.” After Shannon told Emily that she wanted to have more fun than Heather Dubrow, Emily shared it with everyone.
During the trip to Aspen, the castmates let Shannon know all the things she was doing wrong.
Even Tamra Judge – who has a love/hate relationship with Shannon – is now siding with her. On Tamra’s Two Ts In A Pod podcast, the alum shared her thoughts on the drama.
“I feel bad for Shannon in this episode. You know, Shannon and I aren’t on great terms and I literally feel like no matter what she does, the other girls come after her. They want to attack her, they want to bring her down. When I say other girls, I’m talking Emily, Gina [Kirschenheiter], and Heather, constantly wanting to bring her down.”
She also made the point, “You know, Shannon says at her party, ‘let’s act like we are having fun, let’s act like we are having fun.’ And Heather says to Gina while they are in New York, walking the streets drunk, ‘would you rather be with me or be with them?’ How is that any different? But yet Shannon gets attacked for saying that.”
According to Tamra, Shannon is getting little sympathy. “She said it in this episode, ‘I’m trying to do my best,’” said the alum. “And then she’s doing all this, she’s, you know, trying to hold down the household, take care of her kids, put her kids through college, and start her business, she’s being attacked by – I mean, this girl cannot do anything right without being attacked.”
Tamra then dropped a bomb in the episode, and she said she believes she could have a friendship with Shannon again. She also confessed that she might have “bashed her too much in the press” after their falling out. Tamra explained that she spoke out against Shannon because she was feeling hurt. She felt that Shannon wouldn’t talk to her anymore after Tamra exited the show.
“I really needed her, I got literally demoted from a job, didn’t take the offer that I was in for 12 years, my ex-husband was diagnosed with cancer, my kids were in turmoil, they didn’t know what was going on, they didn’t know if their dad was going to live or die, to this day they don’t, like there was so much that was going on in the world and then the pandemic hit. And I just felt for the first time ever, I really needed my friend and she wasn’t there.”
She expressed, “It was more of pain and a hurt. It wasn’t like an, ‘oh my god, I was so mad that you got the show and I didn’t.’”
Does this mean their friendship could be on the mend? Perhaps it’s a signal to Shannon that Tamra’s ready to reconcile. It seems the ball is now in Shannon’s court.