Gina Kirschenheiter is copping to her bad behavior in Aspen.
After being seen getting angry at Noella Bergener, who claimed she didn’t know who she was referring to when she spoke of her longtime friend Tatiana Beebe, the Real Housewives of Orange County cast member admitted to acting “vicious” and “honery” as Noella clapped back at her for questioning her character during a trying time.
“I think it was the altitude. I was so vicious,” Gina admitted on the April 6 episode of the RHOC: After Show. “I was so honery that night. I really don’t know what got into me. It was mostly tequila and alcohol. I will own that. I knew I was wrong but I’m very defensive. The same way Emily defended me, I defend Emily. I’m very defensive over my close friends, and I felt like it was just a mama bear moment.”
As Emily Simpson admitted Gina was “so out of control” and “an a– that night,” Gina explained that she was offended by Noella after embracing her early on in the season.
“I put myself out there, I shared my life with her and my friends with her and her and Tat had had a connection,” she shared.
But, after all that tequila, Gina realized that she may have jumped to conclusions.
“I just kind of realized, ‘Wait a minute, maybe you just don’t know her nickname,’ so that was a little embarrassing for me, and I just had to backtrack out of that one,” she noted, adding that she “apologized immediately. ”
According to Heather Dubrow, she believed Gina was “triggered” because Tatianna is one of her best friends.
“And I think there was sort of a running thing with Gina where she hit her breaking point with Noella because Noella didn’t know she had a skincare. Noella didn’t know who Tatiana was,” Heather said.
“Noella knows Noella. She doesn’t care what everybody else is doing,” Dr. Jen Armstrong agreed.
In her own segment, Noella pointed out that Gina confronted her after she went through a very difficult moment as she attempted to cope with her drama with Heather and the many life challenges she was facing at the time.
“She’s questioning my character. Keep in mind this was a very big day. I felt very raw. I felt very distrustful. I didn’t feel really much in a safe place with anybody but Shannon. I just felt like I could do no right. All the trust was gone at that point. I just felt like everything i was saying and doing was just going to be used against me. So what’s the point?” she wondered.
“There was a lot of alcohol. Gina had quite a bit to drink from what I can remember that night,” Shannon Beador added.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 16 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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