Tamra Slams the “Nasty” Background Check Drama: “I Will Prove It at the Reunion” (EXCLUSIVE)
RHOC's Tamra Judge is shedding new light on her drama with Jennifer Pedranti after Shannon Storms Beador got involved.
Shannon Storms Beador accused Tamra Judge of doing a background check on Jennifer Pedranti's boyfriend, Ryan Boyajian, on Season 18, Episode 15 of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Now, Tamra's shedding new light on the matter.
The orange-holder, more specifically, addressed the fact that Shannon had made the accusation based on some old texts of hers. As Tamra shared during a recent interview at Bravo HQ (you can watch it via the video above), "[Shannon] tried to destroy my friendship — well, she did — with Jenn, bringing up a text message from two years prior that was taken out of context."
"It was about something totally different and I will prove it at the reunion," Tamra added, referencing the upcoming RHOC Season 18 reunion. "She stepped in her own sh-t. She brought that up to set Jenn off to come after me."
And as far as the alleged background check?
"It's called Google, babe," Tamra added. "All you have to do is Google."
Are Tamra Judge and Shannon Storms Beador friends today?
Although the former members of the Tres Amigas reconnected during RHOC Season 17, Shannon more recently said they "never got back to the way things truly were." Then, after Shannon went through a difficult year, she noted that Tamra didn't reach out to her as much as expected, which further drove a wedge between them.
"[Tamra] proclaims publicly that she was there for me, [but] Tamra doesn't know anything about what I've been doing in the last year ... but yet she seems to act like an authority," Shannon told BravoTV.com in a July 2024 interview.
"Tamra decided to exit from the Tres Amigas, and as we're almost a year [from] that happening, it's better," Shannon added. "I think as [Vicki Gunvalson] and I get older and we have less tolerance for a lot of the noise, we're realizing that maybe the friendship wasn't as authentic as we thought it was with Tamra."
And yet, not all hope is lost for Tamra and Shannon's friendship. In fact, both women have described the Season 18 reunion as "surprising."
What to Expect from Tamra and Shannon on the RHOC Season 18 Reunion
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on October 10 — just days after the reunion filmed — Shannon described the event in three words.
"I mean, I would say emotional, difficult, and, OK, I'm going to say surprising," she told host Andy Cohen.
Meanwhile, Tamra hinted at reconciliation in an interview with PEOPLE. "Shannon's been close to me for a long time," she said while discussing the "hurtful" situation she's been dealing with with her former bestie. "I can't really give anything away. I think everybody's just going to be a little bit surprised."
