Inside Tamra Judge's Epic Traitors Party on RHOC: "Don't Come for the Housewives"
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During The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 18, Episode 8, Tamra Judge threw an event inspired by another can't-miss series. Yes, we're talking about Tamra's Traitors party, which was everything we wanted and more.
"Unfortunately, my experience on the show The Traitors was too short, so I wanted to have a Traitors experience for the girls," Tamra explained in her interview, adding, "And maybe for me to relive it a little bit." She invited Shannon Storms Beador, Gina Kirschenheiter, Katie Ginella, Jennifer Pedranti, Heather Dubrow, Emily Simpson, and former RHOC cast member Vicki Gunvalson to join her.
Quick recap: Tamra was "murdered" (in The Traitor's parlance) in Season 2, Episode 5. Though she placed 17th out of 22, her time there was enough for her to bond with Larsa Pippen of The Real Housewives of Miami, as well as The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members Phaedra Parks and Sheree Whitfield. Their not-so-secret alliance resulted in one of the most memorable Traitors Season 2 quotes: Phaedra's triumphant "Don't come for the Housewives, honey!" Which, of course, we put on merch.
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It's easy to understand why Tamra would want to go back for more of The Traitors. With the stylish outfits and Scottish setting, who wouldn't? She even got unusually wet weather to complete the vibe. The festivities just needed a host.
"The host picks the 'traitor,' and the entire game, you have to figure out who the traitor is," Tamra elaborated, "There's missions, and you can be 'murdered'... it's just a mindf-ck game, is what it really is!"
So, who played Alan Cumming's part for the night? None other than The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave. The group reaction to this choice was mixed, but Tamra predicted that Teddi "would not disappoint" as host.
As the game got underway, she had the ladies fill out questionnaires, which served an important purpose: Determining who would be the deceiver among them.
Teddi's survey included asks about the other women present, like "Who is the biggest liar?" and "Who is the most judgmental?" Once everyone submitted their answers, the group put on eye masks, popped in ear plugs, and waited for Teddi to make her choice. The host slowly walked around the table, tapping a cane twice behind each seat. One person received three taps. With only that information to go on, the 'Wives were turned loose on the rental house to get drinks and catch up.
Next, Teddi split them into three teams to play a game of "Who knows the Housewives best?" over dinner. AKA, they'd have to guess which names came up the most for each of the questions.
The Jenn and Shannon team won, received immunity, and could not be "murdered" by the secret traitor in the first round. Which meant that the first person out was... gasp, Tamra! Or was it? The traitor, identity hidden, had an interview of her own. "What the hell, Teddi?" she asked, "I pointed at Vicki to be murdered!"
"I never would have killed Tamra first," she said, "Tamra was my best decoy! So the only way to cover my tracks is to create confusion."
The result? Teddi surprise-announced that there had been a second murder: Shannon. Then, the group pulled slips of paper out of a box to see who'd be next. Vicki's read "dead," which meant she was also out of the game.
"Well, that worked out," joked the person responsible. We'll reveal their name below.
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At the end of the night, only Vicki and Tamra correctly guessed that Heather was the traitor! But since she had already murdered them both, she emerged from the game victorious.
Don't come for the Housewives, honey.
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