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Tamra Judge shaded the return of Gretchen Rossi, her longtime nemesis on Real Housewives of Orange County, and claimed she has “bad” hair. Tamra also addressed her conversation with Katie Ginella about speaking to bloggers.
In the current season, Gretchen came back as a ‘friend’ over 10 years after she left the show. In a past season, Tamra seemingly tried to get Gretchen “naked wasted” so she would act a certain way on camera. Since her exit, Gretchen has been open about her negative feelings toward Tamra.
Speaking on Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea podcast, Tamra addressed Gretchen’s return.
“I feel like she can’t move forward, she wants to talk about the past. She thinks the show still operates like it did 15 years ago, and it doesn’t. It’s a different show,” she said. “Social media is different, the show is different, the way it’s filmed is different, everything’s different now. And she’s just the same person.”
“I tried, I tried [with her]. My opening statement to her was, ‘Hey, listen, I’d like to reintroduce myself to you. I am Tamra Judge, and I have no desire to go in the past. You know, we can move forward, and find something new to fight about,’” she said. “The thing is, if anybody should be mad, it should be me. For 12 years, she is relentless talking about me.”
Tamra claimed Gretchen’s outfit and hair (shown in a recent photo) are out of date. “They’re both bad,” said the star. “Yeah, it’s really bad.” She also suggested that motherhood hasn’t made Gretchen “more mature.” Tamra then compared Gretchen’s return to Alexis Bellino’s failed comeback last season.
Later on, Tamra addressed a convo with Katie about speaking to bloggers.
“Not a good move, and I told her to her face … it’s just not smart,” said Tamra. “And she says, ‘Well, I’m new.’ And I’m like, ‘I get it. But in the future, you should not do that.’”
“Google Jennifer Aydin. See how that worked out for her,” added Tamra, referring to allegations that Jennifer leaked storyline info to an influencer.
“There’s so many bloggers that reach out to us. And 99% of them are very nice and very kind and supportive. But then you have, like, the trolls out there that were digging for information and wants information,” she said. “And for somebody that’s new … maybe they wouldn’t know any different and give them [the] information. [Katie] learned the hard way. Let’s just put it that way.”
