Tamra Judge is looking forward to vindicating herself at the upcoming Real Housewives of Orange County reunion following a tough season.
The Bravo veteran, 57, has been at odds with her ex-BFF Shannon Beador this year, with many viewers taking Beador’s side in the feud.
However, Judge told DailyMail.com last week fans may not have the full story on their falling out.
‘I’m actually really looking forward to the reunion because I feel like it’s a time where a lot of questions that haven’t been answered are going to be answered,’ she said.
‘Like, why do you keep showing me heated, but you don’t show me why I’m heated?’ she continued.
Tamra Judge (pictured) tells DailyMail.com that she’s looking forward to vindicating herself at the upcoming Real Housewives of Orange County reunion following a tough season
The Bravo veteran, 57, has been at odds with her ex-BFF Shannon Beador (pictured) all season, with many viewers taking Beador’s side in the feud
‘I think that there’s a lot of people complaining that a lot of stuff has been cut out and I’m hoping that it’s going to be my time to explain that a lot of stuff… people seem to think that I just turned my back on Shannon for Alexis [Bellino], and that’s the farthest thing from the truth.’
Judge insisted that she ‘was there for [Shannon] every step of the way of her recovery.’
‘I was by her side and, and it got to a point where I couldn’t sit back and watch her continue to drink like that and lie to the public and say she wasn’t,’ she explained.
‘So I tried to take another approach and she actually turned on me and started saying some horrible things about me, so I just decided to back off.’
Tamra and Shannon have been clashing this season for a multitude of reasons, with most of their issues stemming from Shannon’s DUI crash in September 2023.
On Thursday’s episode of the show, the 60-year-old unveiled a bloody selfie from the night of the crash.
She revealed that she had texted the photo of her bloodied face to her then-boyfriend John Janssen after the accident, but he didn’t come out to check on her.
‘I don’t need to defend him anymore,’ Shannon said in a confessional.
Judge that she plans to share the truth about the fallout of her friendship with Beador
‘I was by her side and, and it got to a point where I couldn’t sit back and watch her continue to drink like that and lie to the public and say she wasn’t,’ Judge said of Beador
Shannon emotionally recounted the incident to co-star Heather Dubrow: ‘When I had my DUI, that night I lost control of the car and hit the house… I hit a planter.
‘The police were there. Then I went unconscious and woke up in the hospital.’
A close friend later pointed out to Shannon that they found it strange John didn’t come out to check on her.
Shannon realized she had texted a photo of her bloody face to John after the accident, but it was more than an hour before he texted back asking where she was.
‘That was really traumatic for me,’ she told People on Friday.
‘As you can see, I was injured pretty badly and when I looked at it, it almost felt like I was looking at someone who wasn’t me.’
‘I didn’t want to see myself that way, and I didn’t want anyone else to see me that way either,’ she continued. ‘I honestly thought I’d never show it to anyone.’
On Thursday’s episode of the show, the 60-year-old unveiled a bloody selfie from the night of the crash
Shannon broke down in tears as she recounted the night of her DUI
In September 2023, Shannon was arrested in Newport Beach for crashing her car into a planter box attached to a house, with a blood alcohol level recorded at .24, three times the legal limit.
Reflecting on the accident, she expresses gratitude that no one else was harmed, but she has mixed feelings about her own well-being.
‘Oh, I deserved to get hurt, I made a very stupid choice,’ she said. ‘I could have killed someone.’
Beador was sentenced to 40 hours of community service, and ordered to complete a nine-month alcohol program after the incident, in which she crashed into a home in Orange County.
The troubled reality star was given 36 months of informal probation plus fines and fees.
She will also have to complete 40 hours of community service and a nine-month alcohol program.
