Emily Simpson Slams ‘Difficult’ Katie Ginella for Focusing on Friendships Outside RHOC, Claims Tamra Leaked Storylines to Bloggers

Emily Simpson addressed Katie Ginella‘s hypothetical return to the Real Housewives of Orange County, as Jennifer Pedranti hinted at their off-camera convos. Around the same time, Emily admitted that she thinks 

Tamra Judge leaked storylines to bloggers and has “done it for years.”

Early in the season, Tamra and castmates were in an uproar over Katie’s communications with Bravo bloggers. But in the season finale, a source claimed Tamra herself leaked vital storylines to a blogger, and plotted to take down 

Gretchen Rossi with screenshots of her allegedly ‘liking’ homophobic posts. (Gina Kirschenheiter later pointed out that there’s no proof showing that Gretchen actually liked the posts, despite Tamra’s claims.)

In an interview with ET, Emily was asked if Katie’s return to RHOC makes sense.

Emily claimed Katie is “difficult” for her, though it isn’t difficult to stay on the show – as long as you’re “authentic” and take the time to “build relationships” with castmates. But according to Emily, Katie hasn’t done this, though she spends time trying to build relationships with people “outside of the show.”

She also hinted that most castmates don’t have a relationship with Katie, and Emily feels that Katie doesn’t want a relationship with them.

Jennifer said she asked Katie countless times if she wanted to be friends with the cast, and Katie “would always give me a long pause. And I’d be like, ‘Your non-answer is an answer.”

In an interview with Us Weekly, Emily shared if she thinks Tamra leaked storylines to bloggers.

“I’m sure she did, because the amount of information that this person knew — it was detailed,” said Emily. “It was dates. It was who was there. It was where we were filming. It was content.”

What stood out specifically to Emily was that the source knew about the screenshots.

“That’s detailed information that only cast and production would know about,” said Emily. “So, clearly, someone leaked it, and the fact that they said it was Tamra? I mean, I believe them. I’m sure that she does or has done it for years. I think it just caught up with her. There’s no reason for me not to believe that it was her. It seemed very black and white.”

As for her tension with Tamra in the reunion, Emily shared, “I feel like Tamra came into the reunion with a chip on her shoulder towards me, and I don’t even understand where that came from … There’s this surprise ending — I’m not even in that end and I’m not even part of that — and after that, she comes at me. I’m thinking, ‘There are three other people that were just sitting here just destroying you, and you’re yelling at me.’ I don’t know. I don’t understand it.”

Emily revealed that she agreed to join Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition soon after returning home from the Amsterdam cast trip.

“I think I was only home from Amsterdam a couple of days before we started Wife Swap, so I really was questioning my life choices at that point,” she said jokingly. “I really wanted to connect with the kids, and I just felt they welcomed me so easily and were so loving and so endearing and so kind. It was a great experience.”