Even though Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson haven’t appeared on screen together at all this season, they sure are talking about each other a lot. If you were playing a drinking game with a rule to drink every single time they mention each other’s name, you would be wasted pretty quickly.
During the last episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, Tamra talked about something very important: her life as an “erased parent” in a speech at a gala for other parents going through something similar.
As expected, the episode started out with some fall out from that epic dinner at The Quiet Woman. Tamra brought up a very valid (and obvious) point in her Bravo blog: “I don’t understand why Kelly Dodd keeps saying she had no idea we would be at the restaurant. She talked to Lydia McLaughlin 10 minutes before we got to The Quiet Woman. She didn’t just ‘run into us’ like she explained to Michael. She wasn’t some innocent bystander that got attacked, she came in knowing and the rest is history.”
Maybe Kelly was just blacked out? Then again, Lydia previously invited her in addition to that pre-showdown phone call, so it’s hard to fathom that she just forgot that Tamra and Shannon Beador would be at the restaurant.
Of course Tamra addressed Kelly’s comments about Shannon suffering from Stockholm Syndrome at the hands of Tamra. She wrote, “So let me try and understand…Shannon is suffering from Stockholm syndrome? I am holding Shannon hostage and Shannon has taken on my characteristics as a survival strategy?! Hahahaha, I am laughing just writing this. Where does she come up with this crap? Actions speak louder than words, Kelly, and I’m pretty sure everyone that watched last week’s episode can call bulls*** on this statement. The look on Michael’s face said it all.”
This analogy was even worse than when Kelly called Heather Dubrow a “puppet master” and rationalized that statement by claiming “she is the puppet and they are the masters.”
Tamra also decided to defend Meghan Edmonds text to Kelly asking if she was having an affair. Tamra wrote, “I commend Meghan King Edmonds for reaching out to Kelly and letting her know that someone is spreading a rumor about her cheating. That’s what friends do! I don’t know why Kelly got so defensive and attacked Meghan. It’s not like Meghan went around spreading rumors about Kelly cheating. When you spread a rumor, you’re just as guilty as the person that created it.”
I also don’t know why Meghan got so offended when Kelly basically said the same thing back to her. Why is it alright for Meghan to tell someone there’s a rumor about her marriage, but it’s not alright for Kelly to do so? Oh that’s right, Meghan was pregnant…
Tamra added, “Like they say, fake friends believe in rumors, real friends believe in you”- Yes, that was Yolanda Hadid‘s last opening credits tag line.
And then the blog turned to clearing up shit Vicki talked in the last episode- something that Tamra has to do after every episode this season. She said, “Vicki Gunvalson took no time in trying to poison Peggy’s [Sulahian] mind. Telling her, ‘Tamra and Shannon need to be fairy dusted. Shannon has a mean heart.’ Projecting much, Vicki?”
Tamra continued, “Her best line of the night was, ‘medical issues should be kept private.’ LOL, especially if you’re lying! No one cares who is the ‘researcher’ of someone else’s illness. No one ‘researched’ Peggy’s. But when it’s transparent that someone is lying about a serious illness that almost everyone has been affected by, yes someone’s going to call you out.”
Changing the subject to the gala for erased parents, Tamra revealed, “Speaking at the gala meant I had to share my story with strangers that are going through the exact same thing. It’s still really hard for me to talk about and when I do, I break down in tears. Unless you have gone through it, no one understands the pain. Having my family there meant the world to me, since they are also impacted by this. My mom not showing up really hurt my feelings.”
RELATED: Tamra Judge Calls Out Lydia McLaughlin For Inviting Kelly Dodd To Dinner At The Quiet Woman
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT TAMRA’S SPEECH AT THE GALA? IS SHANNON SUFFERING THAN STOCKHOLM SYNDROME?
[Photo Credit: Bravo]
