RHOP Fans Think This Actress Told Ashley & Gizelle About TJ’s Lawsuit Against Stacey Rusch

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RHOP Fans Think This Actress Told Ashley & Gizelle About TJ’s Lawsuit Against Stacy Rusch

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The Real Housewives of Potomac has returned to Bravo for its 10th season. It was a jam-packed premiere, and Stacey Rusch was in the hot seat with many of the ladies.

This was especially the case when Ashley Darby and Gizelle Bryant stated that an actress claimed Anthony Thomas “TJ” Jones was in the process of suing Stacey for neglecting to pay him. Now, fans believe they recognize the actress from a previous appearance on Watch What Happens Live.

TJ claimed during the RHOP season nine reunion that Stacey had agreed to pay him to appear on the show as a love interest. However, he also stated that he was behind on the payments. Following this, he vowed to drop receipts, but he has since gone radio silent on the matter. 

According to the Bravooomg account on Instagram, fans believe that it was actress Shanola Hampton who allegedly showed Ashley and Gizelle the legal documents in TJ’s alleged lawsuit against Stacey. Shanola is known from the Showtime series Shameless, which ran for 11 seasons, as well as NBC’s Found, which lasted for two seasons. 

The actress appeared on a previous episode of Watch What Happens Live and was asked how she felt about Stacey as a newbie on The Real Housewives of Potomac. She responded, “Um… well, weirdly enough, TJ is one of my best friends, coming in, so I know a little.”

Andy Cohen then said, “Her boyfriend.” She then stumbled over her words a bit before saying, “Yes.”

Shanola continued, “So, I have a lot of thoughts, so I can’t wait to see how this season plays out. I like her, though.”

Many fans in the comments reacted to the clip of Shanola. One person claimed, “It was her. Because on that episode on WWHL, she really was spilling tea and said Tj was her best friend.”

Another person replied, “Well damn, her reaction to Andy even mentioning him as Stacey’s boyfriend back then should have been foreshadowing enough before all the drama.”

Despite many believing the story of her telling Ashley and Gizelle about the lawsuit, other fans had questions. One person said, “Why is she walking around with TJ’s legal documents?”

Someone else reacted, “No way would she agree to pay him 50%. You can claim anything in civil litigation. He got publicity, which was unfortunate for viewers.”

Another fan said, “Interesting though that this lawsuit and TJ’s mysterious bombshell info never dropped? So I’m actually going to have to take Stacey’s side on this one.”

The Real Housewives of Potomac airs on Sunday nights.