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Tamra Judge fires back at Jeff Lewis’ claim that Bravo “set up” Shannon Beador & fired her allies ahead of RHOC season 18.
Tamra Judge clapped back at Jeff Lewis’ claim that Andy Cohen and Bravo set up Shannon Beador to fail during season 18 of the Real Housewives of Orange County by removing all her allies from the show.
On Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, guest Jeff Lewis admitted that he “feels” for his longtime friend Shannon Beador ahead of season 18 of the Real Housewives of Orange County.
“Shannon, this season, has a lot coming at her. I will say, watching Shannon activated though, it’s fascinating on television,” Andy Cohen noted.
“There’s no better TV than when Shannon is activated. That’s true,” Jeff agreed.
Not Jeff Lewis saying Bravo set up Shannon!!! ? And he asks Andy why they took away all Shannons allies. #RHOC pic.twitter.com/7wpBNU4BGg
— Bye Wig Hello Drama (@nosmokenomore) June 19, 2024
However, the former Flipping Out star added: “I feel for her. I just didn’t like that you took away all her allies. You know what I’m saying? She went in with the wolves.”
Jeff called the whole situation “terrible” and said Bravo “set her up.”
While Andy attempted to defend himself and Bravo by noting that Shannon and Tamra were allies before filming for season 18 began, Jeff criticized him for removing Vicki Gunvalson and Taylor Armstrong from the season 18 cast.
Tamra Judge publicly reacted to Jeff’s claims in an Instagram comment under the post shared by the Instagram account @ByeWigHelloDrama.
“Come on Jeff! You know that’s not true,” she wrote. “Taylor was her friend, but the second Taylor was fired, Shannon stopped speaking to her… sound familiar?”
“Vicki hasn’t been full-time in years. I was her friend, but you will see what she did to me,” Tamra added. “Shannon is NOT the victim.”
Season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County premieres on Bravo Thursday, July 11, at 9 p.m. ET.
