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Jennifer Pedranti revealed an off-camera convo with Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson and Katie Ginella about Tamra Judge’s “toxic” behavior, as Vicki Gunvalson shared that she helped Shannon Beador escape the London cast trip.
During the Real Housewives of Orange County cast trip, Tamra insinuated – again – that Shannon was an alcoholic. Their fight became so intense that Shannon left London, despite organizing the trip. Throughout the season, many fans were offended by Tamra’s treatment of Shannon, who was once her good friend.
Tamra also seemingly went after Jennifer’s boyfriend Ryan Boyajian. The biggest ‘bomb drop’ of the season was Tamra’s claim that Ryan was raided by the FBI. It turns out this never happened.
“When we wrapped in London, me and Gina and Emily and Katie were back in our room — [no] camera or anything,” recalled Jennifer on Vicki’s ‘My Friend My Soulmate My Podcast,’ via @breakingtherulespodclips on Instagram. “And off-camera everybody was like, ‘It’s too much … We have reached a new low. It’s too dark. It’s too toxic.’”
She said the trip was “miserable for Shannon.”
“Everybody agreed Tamra is great at [moving] storyline along,” Jennifer added. “She will say what nobody else wants to say. But everybody sitting in that room that night was like, ‘It’s too much.’”
“And Heather and I have even had these conversations, [how] Tamra is great for the show but it’s getting a little too much,” she continued. “But when we all sit in front of Tamra and you try to bring this up — trying to give constructive criticism like, ‘Come on Tamra. Everybody feels this way’ — everyone backs off a little bit. And I think that’s why it never changes.”
Vicki added, “And Shannon left early! On her trip! And that was so sad.” She revealed that Shannon had asked her for help finding an airline or hotel.
“I was on the phone with Shannon because I was like, ‘Girl, this is your trip! Why is this happening again?’”
New episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County air Thursday nights on Bravo.
