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Shannon Beador addressed her mysterious phone call with the anonymous source who accused Tamra Judge of leaking storylines to bloggers. Jeff Lewis then reacted, and he denied that he was the caller.
In the season finale of the Real Housewives of Orange County, an unnamed man spoke with Shannon, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Jennifer Pedranti. The man revealed pivotal storylines involving Tamra (which, according to Andy Cohen, he wouldn’t have heard unless Tamra or Gina leaked it). After the finale aired, some fans speculated that the caller sounded like Jeff, who’s friends with both Tamra and Shannon.
On Jeff Lewis Live, a fan asked Shannon about the mysterious caller in the season finale.
“They distorted his voice, which I understand. But, Jeff, I wish they would have [shared] at the bottom — to protect his identity — [that we] changed his voice,” said Shannon, via @itsabravoworld on Instagram.
“So you all know who it is,” said Jeff.
“People were saying it was you,” said Shannon.
“But it wasn’t me,” said Jeff. “But you know who it is?”
“I know the person’s name, because I spoke [to him],” she said.
“Oh, but we don’t know them?” asked Jeff. “I wouldn’t know him?”
“No,” said Shannon. “It’s just a civilian.”
“Somebody trying to get famous,” Jeff responded.
“No, you guys,” said Shannon. “I don’t think he is trying to be famous, or else he would have said, ‘I’ll come and film or I’ll come to your reunion.’ I don’t think that’s the case … He didn’t want to be discovered, but he knew some information, [and] it was like, whoa.”
At the reunion, Shannon said that, according to the caller, Tamra feeds storylines to content creators who then protect her on social media.
In March 2025, another source addressed the situation in an interview with In Touch.
“Tamra Judge has been cited as being the No. 1 source for production leaks to the media and attempting to get bloggers and reporters to write defamatory and damaging stories about her castmates. She then goes and accuses others of doing it,” the source claimed at the time. “Chances are if Tamra is pointing her finger at you about something, it’s because she is trying to deflect from the fact that she is the one behind the scenes actually doing it … [She] keeps a folder on each member of the cast and she has spent hours researching the internet looking for negative news that she can use against the cast during production.”