Alexis Bellino is throwing herself into the chaos after a long-dormant Real Housewives of Orange County scandal resurfaced on the current season, and she’s not holding back.
Though the infamous “naked wasted” party happened way back in 2008, Alexis is now weighing in with some pointed commentary that’s raising more eyebrows than it’s answering questions.
If you’ve been watching this season of RHOC, you know the incident in question: At a party filmed for the show in earlier seasons, Tamra Judge was seen whispering about getting Gretchen Rossi “naked wasted.” And pushing her son to hook up with Gretchen. It was cringeworthy then, and it’s even worse now that new allegations are flying.
On screen, Tamra recently claimed that Katie Ginella told a blogger that Gretchen thought Tamra had drugged her at that party. Gretchen has wavered in her story, at first suggesting she didn’t say that. Meanwhile, Katie initially denied leaking anything, but later admitted Gretchen had indeed made the accusation.
Enter Alexis Bellino, who decided to jump into the mix during an appearance on Reality with the King with Carlos King.
Asked whether she believes Gretchen really told Katie about the alleged roofie incident, Alexis didn’t hesitate: “One million percent – after watching the whole episode,” she said. “Both Katie and Gretchen got caught lying and saying one thing and then saying the other.”
But while Alexis framed herself as just responding to what’s airing now, she didn’t hold back from revisiting the drama in full. “Why are we rehashing something that happened 12 freaking years ago?” she asked, then immediately rehashed it herself.
She minimized the original incident by calling it a “stupid little drinking fest” and said, “I don’t think Tamra was correct in using that verbiage and making a joke about that. However, it’s been 12 years, Tamra’s grown. She’s grown up a little bit.”
That defense of Tamra stands in sharp contrast to Alexis’s harsh words for Katie. “The reason I was giving Katie so much accolades is because I had not yet been burned by Katie and lied about by Katie,” she said. “Now I’ve seen the true colors the other women are talking about.”
She even dragged Shannon Beador into the conversation, accusing Katie of playing her a voice memo and then denying it later. “She shows me the audio that she later wants to take back and claim she didn’t show me. Hello, I’m not going to lie about it. Nor would I know everything that was said on that voice memo if you hadn’t let me listen to the whole minute-and-a-half.”
Meanwhile, Tamra’s response to the allegations was simple and dismissive: “It was 17 years ago.” As if the passage of time erases the implications.
So yes, Alexis is speaking up now because the conversation is happening on RHOC, but her selective outrage, defense of Tamra, and aggressive targeting of Katie raise questions about her motives.
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