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Alexis Bellino is defending John Janssen over his refusal to settle his lawsuit in opposition to Shannon Beador.
Days after John, 61, appeared on Watch What Occurs Reside, the place he defined why he turned down Shannon’s provide, the 47-year-old Actual Housewives of Orange County star shared what she is aware of in regards to the state of affairs whereas additionally slamming Shannon, 60, for mendacity about her funds, revealing ex-husband Jim Bellino‘s response to her engagement, and extra.
“As soon as once more, the reality wasn’t instructed in that second. I’ll clear up the reality proper now: [Shannon] needed to not pay him the complete quantity. It was, I consider, a small down fee after which month-to-month installments, which he’s not gonna do,” Alexis revealed to Us Weekly. “He doesn’t wish to need to get a month-to-month installment from his ex.”
John additionally doesn’t wish to signal a non-disparagement clause as a result of, as Alexis shared, he’s “not gonna put a muzzle on himself when she’s been disparaging him for 4 years.”
“He simply desires to have the ability to communicate the reality,” she acknowledged. “[And] what lots of people don’t contemplate is we’ve been filming at this level for 3 or 4 months, and by the point the present airs, it will’ve been one other seven or eight months. So any new lies that she needed to concoct or convey out, he would’ve had a muzzle and by no means been in a position to communicate the reality. So there’s much more to it.”
“He would very willingly simply take the cash and go. And he tried,” Alexis added.
Alexis additionally shut down the declare that John’s lawsuit in opposition to Shannon was “handy.”
“She knew that he needed his a refund. John had two days earlier than the statute of limitations was going to run out after which he wouldn’t have ever been in a position to get his a refund,” she defined of why he filed his lawsuit when he did.
“The opposite half that’s actually irritating is everybody’s like, ‘Simply stroll away.’ And I don’t know any rich person who’s going to stroll away from $75,000. I wouldn’t,” she famous. “He’s not gonna spend as a lot cash as he did on her after which additionally let $75,000 go away when she has defamed him for the final 4 years.”
In accordance with Alexis, Shannon lied when she instructed that she had spent cash on John all through their relationship — and proof of that may quickly be revealed.
“That’s not true,” she confirmed. “That’s gonna come out.”
As for what is going to finish the case, Alexis stated, “For her to pay the cash; pay the cash she owes him.”
Additionally talking to Us Weekly, Alexis revealed how Jim, 62, reacted to her and John’s August engagement.
“Jim did textual content me proper after he came upon and simply stated, ‘Congratulations,’” she shared. “John had been round just a few instances to household occasions, like James’ commencement, one other get together that we threw for James, [and] a observe meet. So, they [have] been in the identical neighborhood and met.”
Whereas Alexis and John have continued to get warmth over their controversial romance, Alexis stated they’re “stronger than ever” since getting engaged.
“I believe, partly, it’s because of the negativity. It’s simply introduced us nearer and it’s additionally proven us that we will just about make it by something if we will make it by every thing we’ve been by already in 9 months,” she defined. “It has been actually troublesome and I didn’t anticipate it a lot. I knew I used to be going to be the villain and I used to be robust sufficient and felt OK doing that as a result of it’s like, ‘How can the youthful new woman [and] new girlfriend, come into a bunch the place the ex is there and has been there for 10 years in that group and never be the dangerous man?’”
Though Alexis might have gotten the “villain” edit on season 18, she stated she was snug with that and knew she and John may deal with it.
“We’re adults and we’re robust,” she declared.
For now, Alexis and John are having fun with time with their blended household, together with her three kids with Jim and his grownup kids from a earlier relationship.
“We’ve taken a number of household journeys collectively,” she revealed. “I really feel like John and I are with one among our kids [all the time] ‘trigger there’s six, and some of them have important others which can be just about like they’re a part of our household, too. So there’s 9, and we’re at all times collectively. The household’s already blended [and] we’re both on the boat or we’re doing a household dinner or we’re going to his mother and father’ home. We’re only one massive Brady Bunch.”
Additionally through the interview, Alexis confirmed that John will probably be briefly seen later this season on RHOC.
“I can’t give away something, however he doesn’t movie this season. There’s one little cameo he makes for me, however he’s not ‘filming,’” she revealed. “And I actually don’t suppose that’d be good for any of us. I wouldn’t [want that and Shannon] wouldn’t need it. He wouldn’t need it [either.]”
The Actual Housewives of Orange County season 18 airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
