Last week on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” Season 18, Jennifer Pedranti laid into Tamra Judge after finding out from Shannon Beador that she had her boyfriend Ryan Boyjian investigated.
The fight continues in this week’s episode and Jennifer is not done with Tamra. Heather Dubrow is trying to calm everyone down with her mom voice. She tells Jennifer that the so-called investigation happened two years ago and wants her to acknowledge Shannon’s role in all the drama, instead of solely blaming Tamra.
Jennifer is not having it and says, “The fact that I thought for years that you were a friend — I was the idiot. You f*cking don’t even have a soul.”
Tamra insists that she didn’t do a background check on Ryan but Jennifer doesn’t believe her. “Just be careful,” she warns her, before stomping away.
Tamra Judge keeps stirring the pot
Heather, Tamra, and Gina Kirschenheiter have some caviar at a fancy London eatery. Gina knows about the Ryan investigation and asks if Tamra will do the same to her. “Are you a con man like him?” Tamra shoots back.
Heather doesn’t think it’s good to dig up anything on anyone, which is why she’s still upset at Katie for saying she staged paparazzi pictures. Are we still on that, Heather?
Speaking of Katie, Tamra reveals that the new “RHOC” cast member’s daughter, Kaili, babysat Emily Simpson’s sons and they apparently told her that they don’t like Heather. When Kaili asked them why, they said, “Because she’s mean to our mom. She yells at her a lot.” According to Kaili, they also called Heather “bossy,” which isn’t untrue.
Upon hearing that, Heather is hurt that Emily’s kids are talking badly about her. However, Gina knows Emily very well and thinks it’s highly unlikely that her 8-year-old sons said those things.
Tamra is not done being messy. She reveals that she talked to Emily about what her boys supposedly said, who then informed her that Kaili was the one who told them Heather was mean.
Heather is already biased towards Katie and chooses to believe the two 8-year-old boys. “I’m out with her. To use your child as a megaphone is a different kind of insanity,” she huffs.
Etiquette Schmettiquette
Heather has enlisted the help of an etiquette coach to teach the “Real Housewives of Orange County” ladies some class.
Apparently, Emily needs it the most because as she walks into dinner, she yells at Katie that the poop pills she gave her wreaked havoc on her bowels. Lovely.
After learning about forks and knives, Heather wants everyone to reveal the highlights and low points of their day. Tamra says the peak was having caviar and the pit was having Jennifer yell at her because of Shannon’s text reveal.
This prompts Shannon to yell, “You know what, Tamra? I’m done with your lies.” Tamra refutes this by saying Shannon had asked her to dig up dirt on Ryan. “You’re a liar and you’re a drunk!” she yells.
Even Gina is getting bored of this narrative and tells Tamra, “I would like it if you would stop with the alcohol thing. It’s her journey, it’s her choice and it’s her preference.”
Tamra doesn’t understand why Jennifer believes Shannon over her and the two start yelling inside the restaurant. Etiquette class has failed big time.
After dinner, Tamra and Heather are alone in their hotel room having a nightcap. Tamra has even more dirt on Shannon and tells Heather that before the “RHOC” Season 15 reunion last year, she tried to investigate if Gina pushed her boyfriend Travis Mullen down the stairs, per the reports two years ago. What in the telenovela is happening with this show?
Heather is shocked and asks if Tamra is going to tell Gina. Tamra says, “I don’t want to hurt Gina, but she’s dancing with the devil.”
Tamra Judge throws Shannon Beador under the bus
The next day, Shannon is having some serious pain from being backed up. The girl just needs a good poop but it’s not happening. Like a good friend, Katie gets Shannon an enema and even offers to help her with it. Some lines should just not be crossed, Katie.
Shannon goes into the bathroom and there’s some grunting. Katie, Gina, and Jennifer stand outside the door for moral support but Shannon politely asks them for some privacy. As they leave, Shannon excitedly tells them that the enema worked. Yay! But also, ew.
After Shannon’s Big Relief, they all sit down for a lovely English meal. During a lull, Shannon takes the opportunity to take Heather outside to ask her why she told everyone about their private conversation regarding the night of the DUI.
Heather doesn’t remember Shannon asking her to keep it quiet and apologizes for blabbing, even though their talk was filmed for national television.
While they’re outside, Tamra tells Gina that Shannon consulted a lawyer to find out if she really pushed Travis down the stairs.
Gina is mad as hell but more so at Tamra for using her to get back at Shannon. However, Tamra explains that her reason for telling her is because she’s getting blamed for investigating everyone
“I’m not the one digging up information,” Tamra says. “Your friend Shannon dug up information about you pushing Travis down the stairs.”
Shannon comes back inside and finds out that Gina has learned about the Travis dirt. Everyone is collateral damage at this point but Shannon and Tamra just keep pointing their fingers at each other. Shannon is over everything and storms out. Tamra Judge has officially run Shannon Storms out of her own birthday trip.
