Shannon Beador Drops BOMBSHELL on Alexis' Wedding Drama, Tamra’s ‘Rules,’ and Possible New Friendships
Shannon Beador appeared on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, where she addressed Tamra Judge‘s claims regarding her supposed rules for her friends and revealed whether she told
Jennifer Pedranti to skip the recent wedding of Alexis Bellino and John Janssen.
After her friendship with Jenn, 48, was called into question on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County
, Shannon, 62, commented on Vicki Gunvalson, 63, welcoming Alexis to her podcast, shared if she’s open to a friendship with Katie Ginella, 41, teased the upcoming reunion, and more.
“Everyone can make their own choices as to who they want to be friends with,” Shannon stated on the October 23 episode of WWHL after being asked about Tamra, 58, saying she felt bad for Jenn because people have to obey Shannon’s rules if they want to be friends with her.
“Jenn and I are great friends. I’m friends actually, with pretty much everyone on the cast, except one,” she continued, proceeding to deny that she had told Jenn not to go to Alexis’ wedding.
“You can see at Tamra’s cake decorating party, she brought it up and I said, ‘Are you going?’ And she said, ’No.’ And I said, ’Thank you,’” she recalled. “But in the end, Alexis did invite her on the day of.”
While Shannon was blindsided when John broke up with her in late 2022, she said that “a long time” had passed, which has allowed her to move on.
“Congratulations. I’ve said publicly, it looked beautiful. It looked like a really pretty wedding. So, good luck,” she told the couple.
As for Vicki having Alexis on her podcast, Shannon confirmed her friend reached out to her first.
“She called me the day that it was happening and told me that it was … Once again, it’s been two years now, so I’m good. I know that where I am in my life has never been better, so I’m fine with Alexis talking to whoever she wants to,” she explained.
During a game in which she was asked if she was closing the door on certain things, Shannon revealed that while a Tres Amigas reunion was “not possible,” nor was making peace with Alexis and John, she was open to a future friendship with Katie.
“What happened was a lot for me. I felt very invaded [by Katie’s secret audio recording] because we were so close at the time she did it. Um, but you know, I’m on a housewife show, so I’ll say never say never,” she shared.
Also not possible was a reconciliation with Love Hotel‘s Earl “Earl the Pearl” Thompson, 59.
“That’s shut. That was shut a year ago. So maybe stop using my photos when you’re trying to post things,” she advised, before whispering, “I shouldn’t have said that.”
Moving on to Gina Kirschenheiter, 41, Shannon was asked about her castmate saying she pushed her away because she held her accountable.
“Well, we had a talk about that too because she was upset that I didn’t … you know, by the way, I wanted to throw a nice luncheon,” Shannon replied, changing the subject. “And I thought, ‘Let’s do it for Jenn.’ And everyone’s like, ‘Why are we going to this?’ Ugh, why did Tamra have a cake-baking party after she flipped [
Gretchen Rossi] off? We have events.”
When a fan wanted to know if Shannon would ever be able to trust Tamra, who was known for a pattern of “rage, regret, and repeat,” again, Shannon suggested she would not.
“I think that I’ve come to a good place with her where I can film with her and I can even laugh with her sometimes. But I will never be her close friend again, and that is me making a healthy choice,” she explained.
As for the reunion, Shannon said that while she asked herself, “Should I have said that?,” after the taping, she felt that it was a “good reunion.”
“You said a lot. You did,”
Andy Cohen, 57, shared as Shannon asked, “Isn’t that the point?”
“Yes. I mean it in a good way,” he confirmed, wondering who was in the hot seat the most.
“Tamra and Gretchen,” Shannon replied.
Also on the live airing, Shannon shared her rose and thorn of season 19.
“I think that my rose clearly is that this season was more fun for me and the fact that I was able to develop very strong friendships with a lot of the girls that I didn’t think that I would and my thorn, it’s a thorn with like, nice things around it, is that now I have twice as much poop to clean up with two dogs,” she revealed.
Later on Thursday night, on the WWHL: After Show, Shannon was asked if she believed there was any merit to what Katie said during her meeting with Tamra.
“I’m just gonna say that we all have misspoke. There was a year where I said, ‘Don’t accuse me of things I do.’ Well, of course, that’s not what I meant. I [meant] ‘don’t do.’ And so I do not believe that Gretchen said what she said [about being drugged and hospitalized amid her ‘naked wasted’ drama with Tamra on season four]. I think she did misspeak. And, you know, that’s where I stand with it,” she declared.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
Kim Zolciak Shares the Latest on Her & Kroy Biermann's Youngest Daughter, Kaia
Kim Zolciak has offered a rare update on her and Kroy Biermann's “baby girl,” Kaia Biermann.
“Ask me anything,” she captioned a Story. “You will get the actual truth.”
The post showed Kim sitting in a car, holding up the peace sign as her mother, Karen Zolciak, sat in the backdrop.
“I love my mom,” Kim added.
Kim Zolciak compares Kaia to her mom, Karen Zolciak: "Almost identical"
The request garnered dozens of inquiries and a few statements, one of which was about Kaia’s resemblance to Karen.
“No question, but Kaia definitely looks like your mom,” one fan wrote.
Kim agreed, saying the grandmother and granddaughter had “almost identical baby pictures.”
The Don't Be Tardy mom returned to Instagram shortly after to reveal Kaia’s hairstyling skills.
“When [Kaia] does her first ‘messy bun,’” Kim captioned the photo, which showed the 11-year-old girl rocking her stylish ‘do.
Ariana Biermann says her sister Kaia is a "character of her own"
Kim gave birth to Kaia and her twin brother, Kane Biermann, in November 2013, making her and Kroy parents of six. The now-estranged couple also shares two older sons, Kroy Jagger "KJ," Biermann, 14, and Kash Biermann, 13, as well as two adult daughters, Brielle Biermann and Ariana Biermann. Kroy legally adopted the latter two in 2013.
Although Kim provides regular updates on her oldest sons and daughters, she has tended to keep her twins out of the public eye, especially in recent years as she and Kroy navigate their divorce. The estranged couple confirmed their split in early 2023, when Kaia was 9 years old. They have since moved into separate homes and are coparenting in Georgia.
Ariana spoke about her younger siblings in a May interview with The Daily Dish, saying she still considered Kaia and Kane her “babies.”
"Kaia, she is amazing," the Next Gen NYC
Kim Zolciak shares insight into daughter Kaia's "fiesty" personality
Kim also shed light on Kaia’s personality back in 2018, when she revealed several “fun facts” about her twins. She said Kaia was born 29 minutes before Kane and weighed in at exactly 6 pounds.
“It's like a mini Kim and Kroy running around!” she wrote about the kids. “They are inseparable and have a bond I could never describe… Kaia is the most demanding, witty, hair pulling, right handed feisty sweet little girl I ever did meet.”
She continued: “When I found out it was TWINS I cried! How the hell am I going to do this?!? 4 kids in 30 months! It's been a blast and I couldn't imagine life any other way! All my girls have darker hair and hazel eyes and all my boys have light hair and lighter eyes like their daddy!”
Kim recently revealed she went on her first date roughly two years after her and Kroy’s split. See what she had to say about the new man in her life.
