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Tamra Judge spoke of the encounter she had with Shannon Beador at The Quiet Woman amid filming on The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip during an interview on Thursday.
While also calling out Shannon, 62, for holding grudges, offering a Tres Amigas update, and reacting to Jennifer Pedranti, 49, accusing Heather Dubrow, 57, of talking about her behind her back, the 58-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County star revealed where she and Heather stand and confirmed which co-star would have the most to answer to at the upcoming reunion.
“I don’t think the confrontation was as big of a deal as people are making it out to be,” Tamra told Decider of her and Shannon’s tiff, which reportedly led to them being banned from the RHUGT finale, on July 23. “We had words, and somebody tried to reunite us. I said, ‘I’ve been trying.’ She gave me some attitude and then made fun of my outfit. Things just escalated from there.”
Nowadays, things are better between Tamra and Shannon, despite Shannon’s grudge-holding.
“Shannon and I definitely move forward… and then take one step back and then move forward again. [Laughs] I’m doing everything I can over here. Shannon’s just one of those people who really holds a grudge forever. It’s a lot. I just want her to move on. Just move on!”
Tamra even suggested that the Tres Amigas could ultimately reconcile.
“We’re trying. We really are trying. We’re at a good place right now. Vicki and I are always good. With Shannon… I think things are going in the right direction,” she noted.
Regarding Jenn’s statements about Heather’s supposed trash-talking, Tamra admitted to being suspicious of her co-star’s motives.
“We weren’t exactly in the best of places. Why was she giving me this information? She was close with Heather and then telling me Heather is talking about me behind my back? I didn’t trust her completely at that moment, and I wanted to think about it,” she explained. “I wanted [to] hear Heather’s side of the story first.”
After then noting that Jenn “was definitely trying to stir the pot,” Tamra said she and Heather were “great.”
“She was texting me yesterday. We all talk behind each other’s backs at some point. It’s the nature of the show. I—still to this day—don’t know what she actually said about me. Maybe we’ll find out at the reunion,” she suggested.
As she looked ahead to the reunion, Tamra named Vicki and Heather as the cast members who would have the most to answer to.
“Vicki’s got a lot to answer for. Heather—for her part during the first half of the season—will have a lot answer for,” she shared. “To be honest, Jenn’s being quite the little instigator this season. We all do our fair share of that. We do our jobs. We have great conversations, and we question people about certain things. There was a lot of conflict and resolution this season. We never really got stuck on the same thing for very long.”
“It’s a really good season. Everybody is really close,” she added.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.