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Have Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador mended their fractured friendship after taping the RHOC season 18 reunion? Find out where the OC Housewives stand.
Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador‘s once strong friendship fizzled throughout season 18 of RHOC. According to Tamra, she could no longer sit back at watch Shannon continue to drink following her September 2023 DUI arrest. Not only has Tamra called Shannon a drunk, she has said that Shannon needs rehab.
The outspoken RHOC star has been highly critical of Shannon both on and off the show since her DUI. She has also publicly supported Alexis Bellino‘s relationship with Shannon’s ex-boyfriend John Janssen.
The two RHOC stars have vowed to never be friends again but now it seems they may have reach a peace treaty at the season 18 reunion.
“Shannon’s been close to me for a long time,” Tamra Judge told PEOPLE. “I can’t really give anything away. I think everybody’s just going to be a little bit surprised.”
“I love hard and then I will fight hard,” she said about her fallout with Shannon, “It was a hurtful situation for me as well.”
As for ever mending fences with Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra declared that will “never happen” but notes that she will always “fight hard” to keep friendship intact when “I really care for somebody.”
Meanwhile, Tamra also teased that some major drama erupts at the RHOC season 18 reunion when Alexis takes the stage.
“That was the most explosive part of the reunion,” Tamra teased. “There was a lot of tough discussions that went down. There was a lot of emotions, there was a lot of explanation to why maybe I felt a certain way, and overall, I felt like it was one of the best reunions that I’ve done in a very long time.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
