Katie Ginella is not okay, and she’s not afraid to say it.
The Real Housewives of Orange County newcomer opened up about the emotional fallout she faced after a shocking lie detector ambush left her gutted and questioning her place in the group.
“I think after the Persian New Year party, there is the biggest shift in the whole season. I was gutted,” Katie, 41, revealed in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly. “I was saying to my husband last night, I was like, ‘Thank you for letting me rot in bed for a few weeks.’ I was just so emotional about leaving.”
That emotional spiral came after costar Emily Simpson surprised the women with a lie detector test — forcing the group to confront season-long tension and unresolved accusations.
“No one is going to believe me but I can lay my head at night knowing I told the truth,” Katie shared during the episode. “This might be the last time anyone sees me with this group of women.”
Emily, however, insists the polygraph was a necessary evil.
“I would say that the lie detector test actually was necessary because every conversation was just ‘Yes, you did. No, I didn’t. Yes, you did. No, I didn’t,’” she said at iHeartRadio and Vrbo’s Pickleball Tournament in Lake Tahoe. “I think the lie detector test is supposed to just finally have some conclusions on things. I think there is in a lot of people’s minds, and I think it affects the rest of the season.”
As for Katie, she’s not here for the narrative that she’s the villain.
When asked what the biggest misconception about her is, she didn’t hesitate: “That I’m a plotter and a planner and I’m just spreading a web of lies with everyone. I don’t think I’m capable of that.”
And while her future on RHOC may be unclear, she says one thing is solid: her family.
“That’s the one thing that’s constant is my family,” Katie said. “The kids are great.”
? The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. Stream past episodes anytime on Peacock, and catch every lie, meltdown, and mic-drop moment.
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