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Heather Dubrow appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday, where she explained why she was not in attendance when Alexis Bellino said, “I do,” to John Janssen last Friday.
As she also shared when she was last afraid of Tamra, 58, accused Tamra of fighting dirty, and reacted to Gina Kirschenheiter, 41, saying she only fights with her, the 56-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County star revealed who would have the most to own up to at the reunion and more.
“[Dr. Terry Dubrow] and I were invited to the wedding. [But] we were at parents’ weekend this weekend with our daughter,” Heather explained on the October 9 episode of WWHL, sharing that it was a “complicated invite” because John’s ex-girlfriend, Shannon Beador, 61, was “a good friend.”
“We’re not friends with Alexis and John as a couple. But I do think Alexis is a great mom and a great girl, and I wish her all the happiness in the world,” she added.
Looking back on Thursday’s episode of RHOC, Heather defended Tamra’s decision to walk out of Emily Simpson‘s event after being confronted by Gretchen Rossi, 46, and Slade Smiley, 51.
“I thought Tamra should’ve left. I didn’t like the way they came up to Tamra, and I think she did the right thing,” she stated.
As for why she puts up with Tamra’s outbursts, Heather said that she’s “tried to explain” it before, signaling to her “past” and her “family,” before suggesting that certain castmates were not “interested in hearing that.”
After facing claims of being afraid of Tamra, Heather mentioned one particular moment that scared her.
“That last night in New Orleans. She did that thing where she looks at you and she gets like the dead eyes and you don’t know what’s happening next,” Heather shared.
During a game in which she was asked to choose between Tamra and Gretchen, Heather named Tamra as the co-star she trusted more, texted last, and the one who fought dirtier. She then said she’d rather hang out with Eddie Judge, 52, than Slade, said Gretchen would be in the hot seat more than Tamra at the reunion, and said they were equally guilty of leaking stories to bloggers.
Moving on to Slade’s drama with Matt Ginella, Heather admitted there was “a lot to unpack” as she acknowledged that the men told completely different stories about what Gretchen had shared about her “naked wasted” encounter with Tamra during a dinner date last year.
“Everyone is so strong in their convictions, and it’s very difficult to figure out what’s going on. What I’d like to see is, there were some text messages shown. I’d like to see the top half of that stream,” she stated.
Also on the live broadcast, after confirming she believes Jennifer Pedranti, 48, and Ryan Boyajian, 49, are “end game,” Heather reacted to Gina suggesting she only fights with her.
“When you have certain conversations with people and you cover subjects and then they go talk about you in a different manner, that’s upsetting. [But] I can’t say what I want to say cuz I’m saving it for the reunion,” she teased.
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Heather was asked who would have the most to own up to at the reunion.
“Between Tamra and Gretchen and Katie, and maybe Jen, I think there’s a lot of gray area and a lot of unclear stories and I think that if everyone just went, ‘Hey, here’s who I am, here’s how I handled this, this was right, this was wrong, this was not okay,’ maybe we’ll come out of it a bit differently,” she reasoned.
As for Gretchen confirming on her own episode of WWHL that she did not go to the hospital, as she was seen saying on RHOC, Heather admitted on the live show that she was “so confused.”
“But I will tell you, all these years, she never — all she ever said was, ‘I was so sick I should’ve gone to the hospital.’ But obviously watching the show and seeing her say she did go to the — that’s very confusing,” she noted.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.