--- title: "Jeff Lewis No Longer Filming For S18 of RHOC – Find Out Why!" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/30/jeff-lewis-filming-s18-rhoc/ type: post date: 2024-01-30 modified: 2024-01-30 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/30/jeff-lewis-filming-s18-rhoc.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Jeff Lewis No Longer Filming For S18 of RHOC – Find Out Why! ## Bravo alum Jeff Lewis reveals that he's no longer filming for season 18 of RHOC after announcing the news on Watch What Happens Live last week! On a recent episode of [SiriusXM's Jeff Lewis Live](https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/the-jeff-lewis-channel), the former* Flipping Out* star revealed that he is no longer filming for[season 18 of the Real Housewives of Orange County](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/25/alexis-bellino-films-season-18-rhoc/) and explained the reason why ultimately walked away from Bravo's offer. ***"I was supposed to film, uh, today for Real Housewives of Orange County," ***Jeff Lewis revealed to guest and former [Vanderpump Rules](https://allabouttrh.com/category/vanderpump-rules/)star [Stassi Schroeder](https://allabouttrh.com/category/vanderpump-rules/stassi-schroeder/). ***"And it was like a big launch with Shannon, and they they wanted me to do it because I'm very close to Shannon. I know all the details of the accident, the John Jenssen relationship. I know everything. Like, you know, we we're pretty close."*** As for why Jeff Lewis walked away from Bravo's offer to film for season 18 of the* Real Housewives of Orange County*, the 53-year-old revealed that the network would not indemnify him and instead wanted him to indemnify them. ![RHOC](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shannon-beador-jeff-lewis.jpeg)RHOC's Shannon Beador and Jeff Lewis appear on WWHL ***"They feel like, I guess, that I need them because they when we did the release, they wouldn't indemnify me. And in turn, they want me to indemnify them. So what that means is, basically, if I say something and I get sued. They're not going to protect me. They're not going to insure me. They're not gonna do anything. And then in turn, if I say something, they expecting me to be responsible for if they got sued,"*** the Bravo alum explained. ***"So my attorney's like, I don't really know what you're getting out of this here. You're not being paid. You got a TV show. You got a radio show. What why do you need to do this? And I said, well, I wanted to help Shannon, but if if they're not gonna protect me, I don't know. They may they may not protect me in the edit because they've got nothing to lose. I have everything to lose. They have nothing to lose because they wanna indemnify me, and they want to indemnify them,"*** he continued. ***"So I'm like, no. I'm not doing this. Why would I do this? But if they're not indemnifying me and I they're gonna make me indemnify them, I don't feel protected. I don't feel safe. I'm not doing that," ***the father of one confessed. Jeff Lewis acknowledged that he ***"has no filter"*** which is ***"the problem." *** ***"I don't trust myself. I'm like, on camera, I don't trust myself,"*** he added. On the [January 17 episode of Watch What Happens Live](https://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/watch/videos), Jeff revealed that he was planning to film with [Shannon Beador](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/shannon-beador-rhoc/) for season 18 and that he had hoped to help facilitate a reconciliation between[Tamra Judge](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/tamra-barney/) and Shannon. ***“You know, [they asked me to film for Real Housewives of Orange County](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/01/22/andy-cohen-upset-jeff-lewis-rhoc/). I’ve always wanted to be a housewife, my dream is coming true. I’m supposed to film a lunch I guess,”*** Jeff noted. [Andy Cohen](https://allabouttrh.com/category/wwhl/andy-cohen/) wasn’t happy with Jeff’s revelation and replied, ***“Ok good, well maybe that’s something you should keep to yourself.”*** The 52-year-old let it known he plans to chat with Tamra and hear her side of the story in hopes of eventually helping the three reconcile.  ***“I intend on speaking to Tamra and finding out why this happened. I don’t understand the rift,”*** he explained on WWHL. *The Real Housewives of Orange County *will return for season 18 in mid-to-late 2024. ## Thoughts on this all? Share your opinions below!