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Gina Kirschenheiter and Shannon Beador revealed that they made amends with Braunwyn Windham-Burke at Tamra Judge‘s launch party for her THC seltzer after Thursday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County brought a number of past cast members together.
As Gina, 42, looked back on the alleged inappropriate text messages she received from Bronwyn’s ex, Sean Burke, 53, and Shannon, 62, who feuded with Braunwyn, 48, years ago, offered an update on their relationship, Tamra Judge, 59, revealed that she was blocked by Lydia McLaughlin, 45, and explained why Lauri Peterson, 65, was at her party as the rest of the cast weighed in on their interactions.
“I was talking to Braunwyn … She’s so cool now. We’re like besties, and I would welcome her back into the group,” Gina began on the October 1 episode of the RHOC: After Show.
During their interaction, Gina said Braunwyn brought up her past accusations against Sean, who she said had sent her a series of “weird” late-night texts.
Back in 2020, Gina shared Sean’s text on the show which read: “Hi Gina, just checking in all is OK 🙂 braunwyn is asleep, but I got her to the condo first;) Anyway, have a good night, and it was great to spend some time with you :)… Oh this is Sean,’ probably should have started with that.”
“He was like, hitting on me or whatever; that’s when I called her a sloppy chihuahua cuz she was coming at me about that. [But] she admitted to me that she’s like, ‘You actually, I think you were completely right that he was hitting you up to be inappropriate’ … I was so vindicated,” Gina stated on the most recent RHOC aftershow episode.
As for Shannon, who called out Braunwyn amid season 15 after she put her number in her daughter Stella’s phone as “Cool Mom,” she said that when it comes to their current status, “Time heals all wounds and everyone moves on.”
“I enjoy talking to her,” Shannon admitted.
Shannon then recalled her interaction with Jo De La Rosa, 46, noting that Jo was “good buddies” with Alexis Bellino, 49, who married her former boyfriend, John Janssen, 53, last year, as Gina confessed that “Alexis [didn’t] bother [her].”
“She’s not like, vicious, you know what I mean?” Gina reasoned.
In another scene, Tamra said that while she would have invited Lydia, her former castmate “had [her] blocked.”
At the time, Lydia had me blocked so I didn’t invite her … [But] she unblocked me. Somebody must have said something to her,” she suspected.
Looking back at the event in her own segment, Vicki Gunvalson, 64, recalled spending time with Lizzie Rovsek, 46, and noted that she still sees the former RHOC star “every now and again,” as Shannon laughed about their past interaction.
“The first time that Vicki met Lizzie Rovsek, she was sitting there going, ‘Lizzie, Izzy, have we met?’” Shannon remembered.
Also on the RHOC: After Show, after Emily Simpson, 50, admitted that although she didn’t know Jeana Keough, 71, very well, she found her to be “super kind” and “very sweet,” Heather Dubrow, 57, said she was “sad Lauri wasn’t there.”
“I think Lauri was very busy planning her daughter’s wedding, and I think she has zero interest in being on camera,” Tamra explained.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.