The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 18: Texts Messages, Lawsuits & Reunion Show

Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, and Alexis Bellino during Season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County.Photo byBRAVO

Season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County is a must see! Now, if you are not caught up on the latest season yet, beware...SPOILERS coming!

On episode 15 of RHOC, Shannon Storms Beador is actually accusing Tamra Judge of getting dramatic and doing a background check on Jennifer Pedranti's current boyfriend, Ryan. The Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra is discussing all text message drama. She addressed the fact that Shannon has made this accusation because of an old text of hers that is the center of all the fighting.

Tamra shared this insight during her exclusive interview at Bravo HQ. "[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."

Alexis also opened up about two lawsuits, one filed by her ex-husband against Shannon and Tamra in 2018 and another, more recent lawsuit her fiancé, John Janssen, filed against Shannon. "Anyone that would say, 'It's odd that Alexis has been around two men that have sued Shannon,' I would say, 'Yeah, it's kind of crazy,'' she explains.

On October 6, 2024, Bravo's Andy Cohen and the cast of RHOC Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Jennifer Pedranti, Katie Ginella, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Emily Simpson all got together to film the highly-anticipated season 18 reunion show. Andy Cohen took posted in his Instagram Stories updates on how things were going on the set. In one of the behind-the-scenes pics he can be seen holding a question card and he captioned it "Let's gooooooooo!"