RHOC’s Tamra Judge Explains Why John is Better With Alexis

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Tamra Decide is opening up in regards to the help she gave to Shannon Beador following her DUI and hit-and-run arrest in September 2023.

Whereas additionally discussing Alexis Bellino‘s romance with John Janssen, 60, and a possible reconciliation with Shannon, 60, the 56-year-old Actual Housewives of Orange County star revealed that she supported Shannon after the arrest as she additionally defended Alexis, saying that she thought of Shannon’s emotions earlier than she returned to the present.

“I used to be very supportive of Shannon after her DUI. I used to be on the cellphone crying together with her. We had some troublesome conversations. I don’t suppose she actually preferred that very a lot, however on the finish of the day, we’re not talking due to Tres Amigas or Alexis Bellino,” Tamra confirmed to OK! Journal on July 23. “It’s one thing that she did. It’s one thing that she did to me behind my again.”

As for Alexis’ return, Tamra shut down claims of the previous solid member returning to rub her romance with John in Shannon’s face, saying it was mentioned earlier than they started relationship.

“She would name me and say, ‘I need to do that, however I don’t know, I don’t know if this can be a good thought.’ At this level, she was relationship John, and he or she mentioned, ‘I’m not a imply particular person. I don’t need to kick Shannon whereas she’s down. I do know me relationship John on the present goes to be troublesome for her,’” Tamra revealed. “She all the time had Shannon’s greatest curiosity at coronary heart. I don’t suppose individuals notice that. She’s not a malicious particular person in any respect. She doesn’t have a imply bone in her physique.”

Throughout one other interview, Tamra spoke of Alexis’ relationship with John — and the way it differs from John’s romance with Shannon.

“They appear extraordinarily completely happy and that’s all I’ve to go off of,” Tamra instructed E! Information. “They’re cute collectively, they’ve enjoyable collectively. They’re touring, they’re doing all of the issues. Their households like one another and he was by no means like that with [ex] Shannon [Beador] ever.”

In actual fact, Tamra mentioned, John is a “completely totally different” particular person with Alexis than he was with Shannon.

“They didn’t journey, their households didn’t like one another,” Tamra mentioned of Shannon and John. “So I do imagine perhaps two good individuals simply don’t belong collectively.”

Transferring on to Shannon’s ingesting, Tamra identified that it all the time appears to be talked about on RHOC.

“There’s not one season the place anyone hasn’t talked about her ingesting,” Tamra famous. “I used to be the one which was all the time coping with her points whereas she drank. On the level you bought a DUI, it’s time so that you can open your eyes and notice you’ve an issue and it’s good to get assist as a result of that is all-time low so far as I’m involved. You drove your automotive right into a home. And it simply wasn’t for her.”

Whereas Tamra and Shannon have been estranged for a number of months, Tamra mentioned, “You by no means know,” when requested a couple of potential reconciliation.

“I don’t know,” she shared. “I simply know that for me personally, I used to be extraordinarily busy. , I’ve three podcasts, I’ve a enterprise, I’ve a husband, I nonetheless have a daughter at house. It was actually arduous for me to start out touring throughout and [then] some issues had been mentioned about me by Shannon that I believed, ‘, why am I busting my butt to do that whenever you’re speaking behind my again?’ I don’t want mates like that.”

“I don’t want the cash,” Tamra added. “You want the cash.”

The Actual Housewives of Orange County season 18 airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.