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Jennifer Pedranti revealed whether Tamra Judge had buddied up to her to make Heather Dubrow jealous on Thursday’s Watch What Happens Live after the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County saw the women on a cast trip to Tokyo.
While also offering an update on her status with ex-husband William Pedranti, confirming if her co-stars would be invited to her wedding with Ryan Boyajian, 50, and admitting that Vicki Gunvalson, 64, can be “difficult,” Jennifer, 49, addressed cast comments about the spending habits of Gina Kirschenheiter, 42, and weighed in on the relationship between Emily Simpson, 50, and Shane Simpson, 50.
On the October 22 episode of WWHL, after being asked if she felt Tamra, 59, was buddying up to her to get to Heather, 57, Jennifer replied, “No.”
Jennifer was also asked a number of other questions about Tamra, which led her to reveal that their friendship was “all good” and that Tamra’s FBI hat was the hardest thing to forgive her for.
She also said that when it came to the Tres Amigas falling out, “Tamra’s been trying to move forward,” but added that it was “warranted” that Shannon Beador, 62, was “hesitant.”
“It’s a total relief,” Jennifer continued of her reconciliation with Tamra. “And you guys forget before I was ever on this show, Tamra was like a friend. So to have the falling out was hard, and to be coming back to our friendship, I’ve missed it.”
Moving on to Will, Jennifer said that things have improved between them.
“Will and I have been through some stuff with the kids. Parenting this season, as you saw, was a little bit much, and it actually has brought Will and I to the realization that co-parenting is so important, and he and I are co-parenting much better,” she revealed.
Will is also getting along better with Ryan.
“They don’t interact much but Ryan and Will see each other at all of Dom’s sporting events and I will say, they have come to a point of like, the hello’s and the hi’s, but there’s no bromance going on,” she clarified.
Looking ahead to her and Ryan’s wedding, which will take place on a boat in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Jennifer said the entire cast was invited.
“They may not all come, but they are all invited,” she shared.
After being asked about the RHOC cast not giving Vicki her flowers on Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, Jennifer admitted their feelings about the OG resonated with her.
“I just worked with Vicki, and I think Vicki was more difficult than any of us anticipated, so I can kind of see some of the comments that were made against Vicki,” she stated.
Reflecting on Thursday’s RHOC, which saw the cast targeting Gina for heavy spending, particularly on a stylist, whom she paid $12,000, Jennifer said that although she, too, was shamed for her financial decisions, she and Gina were very different.
“I was actually being evicted from a house and so they were on me at that time, like, ‘What are you spending money on here whenever you’re being evicted from your home?’ For Gina it’s a bit much because Gina has like made it for herself, like she has come up. She’s super successful. And so it for me felt more like Tamra and Heather look out for her like they mentor her or it’s like a parental, so they like worry about Gina. But there’s nothing to worry about with Gina,” she insisted.
Jennifer then denied that Emily’s glow-up contributed to her marriage issues.
“I think she has a different confidence about her confidence now but honestly I know too much about their home life and they are stressed out. They have a lot going on,” she explained, giving a nod to the health struggles of Emily and Shane’s 11-year-old son, Luke.
Also on the live show, Jennifer shared her rose and thorn of season 20.
“Rose is, well, one, I’d never been to Tokyo. That was crazy, the most amazing experience. It was everything. And thorn was a little bit of an awakening with me with the kids. Watching that back was hard because I always think I’m so dialed in with my kids, and watching some of that back was hard,” she revealed.
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Jennifer reacted to Heather giving up on having a buddy in the group.
“I do feel bad because I know she’s giving, like she says, giving up on the buddy concept, but I actually know Heather really wants a buddy. Like, she really does want someone that is, like, her go-to person. Like her confidant, and I want to be that person for Heather. I just want to do it in like a really real way,” she explained.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 20 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.