Alicia Carmody’s childhood story is now being challenged by someone in her own family.
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island star has been in an emotional feud with Liz McGraw after Liz questioned Alicia’s claim that she was left “homeless” as a child when her father sold the family home. The argument became one of RHORI’s most talked about moments after Alicia broke down in tears during a tense car ride with Liz and Jo-Ellen Tiberi.
Now, Alicia’s stepmother, Sharon Carmody, is speaking out and denying Alicia’s version of events.
Sharon, who was married to Alicia’s father, Thomas Carmody, appeared on Nora Christine Live, where she pushed back on Alicia’s claim that she had nowhere to live during her childhood.
“You were never homeless. You’ve never struggled one day in your life. Not one day in your life have you struggled,” Sharon declared on Noah Christine Live.
Sharon also defended Liz for questioning Alicia’s story, saying she believes Liz was trying to stop the situation from getting worse.
“Liz, I think, did what she did because she didn’t want all of this to come out. She was trying to warn Alicia, ‘Alicia, you keep saying this and saying this and saying this, I don’t ever remember you being homeless,’” Sharon said.
The drama first exploded after Liz challenged Alicia’s use of the word “homeless,” arguing that Alicia was not living on the streets or out of a car because she had family members she could stay with. Alicia, however, felt Liz was minimizing her childhood trauma and later accused her of gaslighting her.
“You know what the problem is? That’s gaslighting, what she did to me,” Alicia said on the RHORI After Show. “When someone tries to diminish it from me, I’m like, I come out swinging like a f–king Mike Tyson. Like, you don’t know what I’ve been through, and you made a f–king mockery of me.”
Alicia also said the situation changed how she viewed Liz as a friend.
“From day one, I’ve been that bitch. I’m ditzy, I’m loyal, I love hard. But you f–k me, it’s over. … I’ve been through a lot. Like, don’t f–k me. And that’s how I feel about Liz. I trusted her. We’re friends with the monster, like Rihanna said.”
But Sharon is now backing up the idea that Alicia was not homeless, and she says others in the RHORI circle have said the same.
Sharon noted that Jo-Ellen Tiberi’s husband, Gary Tiberi, also said Alicia “was never homeless.”
“There’s six sisters. How could somebody be homeless?” Sharon asked.
Sharon then stated plainly, “They had a home.”
While addressing Alicia’s parents’ divorce and the family’s housing situation, Sharon said Alicia’s father was not the type of man who handled home maintenance projects, and that Alicia’s mother knew that when they got married.
“My husband was young. My husband is not mow-the-grass, paint-the-house type of guy. He’s not. And Alicia’s mother knew that when she married him. He’s not that kind of guy,” Sharon shared.
According to Sharon, the family dynamic was complicated, especially because Alicia and her sisters were very involved in family decisions. Sharon compared the sisters to a “cult.”
“That family, like, the sisters all come over. They all have to join in. They all have to pick out the paint for the windows and the tile for the floor, and he just got fed up [and] sold the house,” Sharon claimed.
Sharon said the “couch-surfing” Alicia has referred to was tied to the family’s housing transition, not homelessness.
“They sold the house, and the couch-surfing part is because the house they lived, they lived on Amy Drive, which was a gorgeous home that they rented, that he wanted to buy, it got sold out from under him,” Sharon explained.
She continued, “So before they remodeled the downstairs, she wanted to go live, her mother wanted to go live with a friend of theirs while they were remodeling the downstairs.”
Sharon’s comments add another layer to the already messy RHORI feud. For Alicia, the issue has been about feeling abandoned, unstable and hurt by how her childhood experience was dismissed. For Liz, the issue has been about whether the word “homeless” was being used accurately.
Now, with Alicia’s stepmother publicly denying the claim, the conversation has moved beyond the cast and into Alicia’s family history.
Liz previously insisted that she was not trying to invalidate Alicia’s feelings, but she also made it clear that she did not agree with Alicia’s description.
“I didn’t want drama in, like, this moving car,” Liz said on the RHORI After Show. “I just didn’t want it.”
Liz also said, “I’m not trying to take away from you how you f–kin’ feel in life.”
Still, Alicia felt hurt by Liz questioning her story, especially because she believed they had a real friendship.
The feud has now become one of RHORI’s most layered storylines because it is no longer just about what happened in the car. It is about memory, family trauma, language and whether Alicia’s castmates believe she is telling the full truth.
And with Sharon Carmody now saying Alicia “was never homeless,” this drama is only getting messier.
