Tamra Judge wept Wednesday on her Instagram Stories as she responded to Vicki Gunvalson’s claim that Judge’s daughter, Sidney was estranged from her as result of her long-running stint on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County.
‘You win, Vicki – I don’t know what you want from me, but you got it – you win, OK?’ Tamra, 57, said in a since-deleted post reposted on the bravohousewives page on Instagram. ‘You kick me when I’m down, you hurt me all the time, I can’t do it anymore. I don’t want any part of this.’
Gunvalson, 62, said on her podcast My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast Monday that Tamra had been estranged from her daughter Sidney, 24, due to the reality show, as Sidney ‘has a very strong opinion of’ Tamra and her prominence on the show for the past 16 seasons.
Gunvalson said that Sidney suggested to her mother, ‘Stop embarrassing the family, stop doing what you’re doing’ and to ‘get off the show when you have a chance’ – and that ‘Tamra did none of that.’
Gunvalson said she felt that Tamra’s refusal to step out of the limelight showed Sidney that she was ‘not important to’ her.
Tamra Judge, 57, wept Wednesday on her Instagram Stories as she responded to Vicki Gunvalson’s claim that Judge’s daughter, Sidney was estranged from her as result of her long-running stint on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County
Gunvalson said that her approach to the sensitive family situation would have been much different.
‘I don’t care about my money, my stuff – I care about my family, my daughter, my people in my life, so that’s the problem,’ Gunvalson said. ‘If my daughter didn’t talk to me, I’d be on a flipping plane right now, knocking on her door, begging her for forgiveness, and I don’t even care what I did.’
Tamra – who is recovering from a cosmetic surgery procedure – is also mother to son Ryan, 38, with ex-husband Darren Vieth, and to son Spencer, 23, and daughter Sophia, 18, with ex-husband Simon Barney.
In her response, a crying Tamra admitted that she was hurt by Gunvalson’s remarks about her relationship with her daughter.
‘I’m trying so hard not to listen to what Vicki had said about me,’ Tamra said, ‘and I just keep getting bombarded with it.’
Tamra said she was in ‘such disbelief this woman would go so low’ in making remarks about the emotional situation.
‘I’m in just disbelief,’ Tamra said. ‘Do you know what it’s like to lose a child? Do you know what it’s like? It’s the most painful thing in the world.’
Tamra said of Gunvalson’s insinuation that her situation with Sidney was due to her stint on the reality show: ‘No, that’s not what it is.’
Tamra on Tuesday had a more combative take to Gunvalson in a post to the platform Tuesday
Tamra said she was in ‘such disbelief this woman would go so low’ in making remarks about the emotional situation
Tamra said she was in ‘such disbelief this woman would go so low’ in making remarks about the emotional situation
Tamra said she could no longer publicly clash with Gunvalson on the topic, even offering to relinquish her place on the series
Tamra said she could no longer publicly clash with Gunvalson on the topic, even offering to relinquish her place on the series.
‘You can have my spot on the show, you can have whatever you want,’ Tamra said. ‘Just please leave my family alone. Please!’
Tamra on Tuesday had a more combative take to Gunvalson in a post to the platform Tuesday, claiming that she didn’t ‘give a s***’ about her one-time friend, who she called ‘disgusting in every sense of the word.’
Said Tamra: ‘To go after my family and everything, that’s what she does – I don’t know why she’s doing it – maybe she needs a little attention, maybe somebody needs to pet her back like a little puppy, but I’m not going to do it.’
Tamra said that her situation with Sidney remained ‘very tragic and sad,’ and suggested Gunvalson drop the topic.
‘Vicki, go away, leave me alone,’ Tamra said. ‘I’m going to ask you for the last time, leave me alone – nobody cares what you have to say, ever – go away.’
Tamra was pictured with her estranged daughter Sidney and ex-husband Simon at Sidney’s graduation in 2017
Tamra said that she didn’t ‘give a s***’ about her one-time friend, who she called ‘disgusting in every sense of the word;’ pictured in Las Vegas last November
The former friends were pictured during an event in NYC in October of 2022
Tamra said Gunvalson was essentially projecting with her statements, as she had insinuated that Gunvalson had past ‘chose her boyfriend, Brooks, over her own daughter.’
She was referring to Gunvalson’s ex Brooks Ayers and her daughter Briana Culberson, 37, who she shares with ex-husband Michael Wolfsmith, along with son Michael Wolfsmith Jr., 38.
Briana and Tamra had both advised Gunvalson against the relationship with Ayers, which ultimately ended in 2015.
