The ladies of The Real Housewives of Orange County are coming to blows.
On Wednesday’s episode of the Bravo show, Emily Simpson, Gina Kirschenheiter, Tamra Judge and Shannon Storms Beador began discussing their frustrations with Heather Dubrow and the alleged rumors she’s been circulating around the group.
Last week, Emily claimed that Heather had told her that Shannon had been talking behind her back at BravoCon — accusations both parties fiercely denied. While on their way to snorkel during the cast’s trip to Mexico, Emily admitted she was “so f — -ing irritated” with Heather’s new claims and Shannon admitted she has no idea where these rumors had come from.
“What is the purpose of telling Emily, ‘Shannon said something horrible about you, but I can’t tell you?’ It is to make you mad at me?” the 59-year-old addressed the ladies before adding to cameras, “I thought she was my friend. So I want to get to the root cause of why Heather says negative things about me to other people, or about me all the time.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Heather was nearly pushed to her breaking point when Gina jokingly brought up how she finally followed her on Instagram despite the years they’ve been friends.
As the group began to laugh, Heather admitted she unfollowed most of them when she “left the friend group” in 2016 because she didn’t want to feel “FOMO” (the fear of missing out) watching the ladies and their antics on social media.
“I know but do you understand though, when you say like you feel like you don’t fit, maybe it’s because of things like that?” Emily asked, to which Heather quickly retorted, “I’m sure it’s all my fault.”
When Heather tried to share that she felt ganged up on, Tamra told her to stay calm as she was “getting defensive,” and added, “Tone it down, Dubrow.”
The former actress then squashed the conversation and quickly moved on, though she told cameras she felt that she was “100% the punching bag in this trip.”
“Anyone’s looking for me to breathe wrong, chew inappropriately, there’s nothing — I can’t do anything right,” Heather confessed. “I just want to be quiet and let this trip end.”
Upon arriving at their destination, Heather exited the vehicle and told the ladies she wanted to “go home” after she was “picked on” by the rest of the ladies.
“All these girls are so f — -ing all over for anything I f — ing say or do,” she told producers in tears. “I hate them all, I just want to go home. I hate them.”
At dinner, Heather seemed to let go of her grievances with her cast members and told Vicki Gunvalson she was “happy” to hear she wasn’t diving head first into her new relationship. Her peace was short lived when Tamra claimed that she said “Shannon’s not all in when it comes to John [Janssen] “ during a cast trip to Montana.
“There’s nothing wrong with saying Shannon’s not all in on her relationship,” Heather said in a confessional after denying her accusations. “But the way Tamra is repeating it to try to get Shannon mad at me — what is Tamra’s problem?”
“I feel like comments you’ve made to me, made me feel like you’re figuring it out,” she told Shannon, who then told Heather to be mindful of her phrasing. “You know what, I don’t want to be word policed anymore. Not everyone says the right word at every time, I intended to say ‘she’s figuring it out.’”
When Shannon continued to put Heather in the hot seat about BravoCon, she doubled down on claims she never told Emily that Shannon was talking “s — -” but rather, Tamra was.
“I was repeating what you told me,” Tamra quipped. “That ‘I’m with a bunch of f — -ing losers.’”
Heather denied Tamra’s claims and insisted that her words were getting “twisted” as she was referring to Dr. Jen Armstrong and Noella Bergener. With accusations flying, Gina — who was hurt by Heather’s alleged comments — got up to leave the table.
“This is like being punched in the stomach,” Gina told the cameras. “I have been a genuine friend to Heather. I’ve been good to her. I’ve been defending her and the whole time, you’re telling other people nasty things about me.”
Heather appeared to be equally as upset at Gina for believing Tamra over her after she warned her about Tamra’s antics in the past. “I’m done with the show, I’m out,” she said to producers after leaving the table.
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
