On Season 18 of Real Housewives of Orange County, Tamra Judge is talking about Shannon Beador still drinking despite her 2023 DUI arrest. Though Shannon claims she never has more than two drinks these days, Tamra thinks she shouldn’t be drinking at all.
Hello, kettle? That’s more than a little ironic since Tamra’s got her own issues with alcohol. We’ve seen her husband Eddie Judge pull his wife out of the bushes and take her home on more than one occasion. That said, Tammy Sue doesn’t have any DUIs.
But ever since Shannon got behind the wheel of her car and drove into a house last fall — with her dog Archie in the back seat — Tamra’s on a mission to get her former Amiga into rehab. Costar Jennifer Pedranti thinks Tamra should work on her relationship with booze and leave Shannon alone.
Does Tamra have issues with alcohol?
In a teaser for Season 18, Tamra was the one who outed Jennifer’s fiancé Ryan Boyajian’s alleged involvement in a $15 million gambling and theft scandal on camera. Tamra later claimed that she never meant to bring that up, but she had had “a few too many drinks” — an all too frequent excuse, according to Jennifer.
“That’s what was so hard for me,” Jennifer said in an interview with Decider. “You talk about Shannon’s drinking problem … but Tamra is [also] a problem when she drinks. We all suffer [her] wrath … when she drinks too much. She will say she has the awareness of it. Well then, work on that. Do better.”
Jennifer has gotten closer to Shannon during this difficult period of her life. She says the mom of three has “taken ownership” of her actions following her DUI and is “doing good.”
The yoga instructor has also been through her share of lows in her life. When you have a friend who’s going through a really low time in her life, she says, “This is not the time to leave [that] friend. This is not when you kick somebody when they’re down.” Get ready Jennifer, Tamra is sure to respond…
Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
TELL US – DO YOU AGREE WITH JENNIFER THAT TAMRA NEEDS TO FOCUS ON HER OWN ISSUES WITH ALCOHOL?
