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Through all of her years on The Real Housewives of Orange County, Tamra Judge has never been one to mince words.
Recently, Tamra, 59, appeared on Watch What Happens Live, and the topic of Real Housewives of New York City star Jessel Taank, 46, came up.
When discussing her, Tamra insisted that “every show needs a village idiot.”
“I think she’s great for the show, but she just says things,” she added.
Jessel took to Threads to respond to Tamra’s comments, writing, “Lollllll I think this comment says more about her then [sic] it does about me.”
Tamra quickly noticed Jessel’s misuse of the correct form of “than” and fired back, “I think you mean THAN but thank you for proving my point.” She added a heart emoji.
In turn, Jessel responded, writing, “Hardly the ‘gotcha’ moment you think it is… but hey… look, you’re semi-relevant again! Enjoy it while it lasts, sweetie.” To her post, she added a kissy face emoji.
The back-and-forth war of words did not stop there, as Tamra replied, “Not a two-time rebooter talking about me being relevant.”
After adding a clown emoji, Tamra wrote, “I’ve been here for the last 19 years! Call me when you make it 16 seasons.”
She concluded her post with a crying-laughing face emoji.
To date, Jessel has not responded again, but we wouldn’t be surprised if she does.
Aside from talking about Jessel while on WWHL, Tamra also addressed the topic of Shannon Beador, 62, being the one to comfort her when she broke down on the cast trip about her estranged daughter, Sidney Barney.
“It kind of meant everything to me,” Tamra stated. “Because me and Shannon have gone in so many, you know, ups and downs through the past 12 years of knowing each other. And there was a scene where… they didn’t show it, but I said, ‘You know what, you and I have gone through so much, but you’ve never villainized me for the situation I’m going through.’”
“It just meant a lot for Shannon to be there because, you know, whenever somebody gets mad at me, their go-to is, ‘Your own daughter hates you,’” she added. “You know, and it’s so much deeper than that, and a lot of things I haven’t even talked about, and I don’t ever want — I hope that we can just put this to rest. It’s a family situation that is not good, and it’s sad.”