Tamra Judge Shuts Down Casting Rumors and Drags Kelly Dodd & Shannon Beador in the Process

Tamra Judge isn’t holding back when it comes to the casting rumors swirling around The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20, and she’s clearly hoping Bravo brings back some old-school chaos.

Speaking with Us Weekly at iHeartRadio’s KIIS FM Jingle Ball, Tamra, 58, admitted she’s craving a little nostalgia. “I think that will definitely happen. I’m just speculating because I don’t know what’s going on, [but] I think it’d be fun to have the olden times,” she said.

But while fans are buzzing about who might return, Tamra has one major concern: Shannon Beador.

“I really am concerned with Shannon, where she can’t move forward and she holds grudges and getting in between me and Vicki and that kind of stuff. That’s something people don’t want to see,” Tamra said. The two showed progress during Season 19, but by the reunion, things took a turn when Shannon, 61, slapped her with the nickname “Tamra Grudge.”

Tamra wasn’t having it. “To be a good housewife, you have to have conflict and resolution,” she explained. “She’s one that holds a grudge, but yet she’s calling me Tamra Grudge? Where all I ever tried to do is move forward, she cannot.”

One thing Tamra does know for sure: Vicki Gunvalson is officially back. Bravo confirmed at BravoCon 2025 that the OG of the OC, 63, has an orange again for Season 20. Everything else? Still up in the air.

Rumors have been flying that former cast members like Meghan King and Kelly Dodd could return — but Tamra shut that down fast. “First of all, Meghan lives out of state,” she said. And as for Kelly: “Kelly Dodd, I know somebody was saying I said I wanted her back. I never said that. Unfortunately, I think she’s crossed a line of no return. Going after families and kids and husbands, it’s not good. It’s just really not good. She really has a hard-on for Heather Dubrow. Leave her alone. Just leave her alone. I think if she played it smarter, she could be a good Housewife, but she just goes to places that nobody should go to.”

Instead, Tamra says she’d love to see familiar faces like Jeana Keough and Tammy Knickerbocker pop back into the mix once filming starts.

For now, the Two T’s in a Pod host is decompressing after what she called a “tough reunion.” As she put it, “I was very hurt after that reunion. I was hurt by everybody. I was hurt by my cast. It was very hard to sit there and be accused of something you didn’t do and have no support, and I didn’t understand it.”

If this is the energy heading into Season 20… buckle up, Orange County.