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Vicki Gunvalson hinted that her co-stars are “irrelevant” and should fear her return, as she’s going to “get the stupid out” of Real Housewives of Orange County. She also confirmed that she’s filming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.
At BravoCon 2025, Andy Cohen announced Vicki’s return to RHOC — eight years after her exit. Around that time, her nemesis, Tamra Judge, suddenly announced that she and Vicki were back to being friends. Many fans think Tamra made up with her as a strategic play, and that season 20 will be incredibly boring if Vicki doesn’t challenge her.
On Nick Viall‘s The Viall Files podcast, Vicki was asked who is the least interesting OC Housewife.
“I think they’re all irrelevant,” she said with a smile. “RHOC, to me, has just become stupid. The majority of the people that I speak with [say], ‘You gotta come on and get the stupid out.'”
“Do you think your co-workers on OC are scared by your return?” asked Nick.
“Well, they all should be,” answered Vicki. But the star defended Katie Ginella. “I don’t even know why people are mad at Katie. Catch her in lies, I guess? Everybody lies,” she said.
When asked if Katie should return, Vicki expressed, “I don’t know why she would want to.” Later on, Vicki said she wouldn’t put Heather Dubrow in the “funny category,” after last season’s debate about whether Heather is funny or not. She then named Slade Smiley as the “thirstiest husband” on RHOC.
As for Kelly Dodd, Shannon said, “I think she’s just got a fiery personality. I mean, I like Kelly. As long as Kelly likes you, everything’s great.”
At one point, Vicki confirmed that filming for season 20 of RHOC begins “mid February.”
“We don’t have an exact date yet, but it’ll be mid February. And I’m going to do [Ultimate] Girls Trip like four days before that,” she said. “So I’m going on the girls’ trip January 18th through the end of January, and then I head to Mexico from New York, and I’ve got to get my permanent resident card renewed.”
She also seemed to throw shade at Nick, the podcast host, a year after their awkward first interview.
“I worked out this morning, and I’m like, ‘Oh f**k, I get to do this stupid Nick Vialls thing again!'” she said. “I don’t know what I’m doing [or] why I’m doing it. How is this benefiting me!?”