Katie Ginella is accusing Gina Kirschenheiter orchestrating a calculated plan to push her out of the cast. According to Katie, from the very beginning of the season, a covert strategy was underway to remove her, with production involved and cast members aligned against her.
Katie told ET, “I heard from one castmate that another castmate called the head of production and said we need to give Gretchen Katie’s orange. We want her out,” Katie revealed. She continued,
“So that’s where the planning started from the very beginning of the season. I also think you see in the episode where Gina says to Gretchen, ‘Don’t worry, we have a plan.’ And then says to Tamara, ‘We got her. Don’t worry.’ So, I think a lot of things were premeditated and planned.”
Beyond the battle with Gina, Ginella also opened up about the painful fallout with her former friend Jennifer Pedranti.
“Jen is someone that I dearly loved, and I felt like last year I stuck up a lot for her in situations regarding the dress at Neiman Marcus and Ryan and all the allegations about Ryan,” Katie shared. But when Jennifer saw others “gang up” on her, Katie believes Jennifer chose to abandon her. “I feel like when she saw everyone gang up on me, she thought, ‘Oh, I don’t want to go down with this sinking ship, so I’m going to jump ship basically.’”
When pressed about why Jennifer hasn’t backed her claims, Ginella was candid: “Her hate for Tamra is greater than her love for me, and that’s what all this boils down to.” She added, “The things that she’s doing online are kind of scary. I don’t know, It’s hard. I miss talking to her and I miss the relationship we had, but hopefully we’re going to repair it one day.”
Ginella also revealed that the upcoming reunion will mark the first time she’ll see her castmates in quite a while.
“I will be there,” she confirmed. “I’m hoping to get some apologies. Big ones … I would like to discuss this setup and trying to push me out.” Ginella says she would most likely be targeted.
Regarding her connection with Tamra Judge, Katie said, “Tamra how I am doing. She checks in on me, which is really nice.”
Thoughts on what Katie had to say?