Vicki Gunvalson is reportedly set to confront her ex best friend and former Tres Amigas member Tamra Judge on The Real Housewives of Orange County (RHOC).
Nearly four years after leaving the Bravo series following 14 seasons as a full-fledged Housewife, the TV personality, 61, has agreed to come back as a ‘guest’ to face off with Judge about their falling out.
According to production sources, cast member, Shannon Beador, brought the mom-of-two to a ‘big group outing’ with present and past RHOC Housewifes to ‘hash out their issues and move on.’
Despite Beador’s best efforts to bring them all together, TMZ reported Gunvalson and Judge are said to have gotten into an ‘explosive fight.’
Vicki Gunvalson is reportedly set to confront her ex best friend and former Tres Amigas member Tamra Judge on The Real Housewives of Orange County (RHOC); seen in 2021
An insider added that it appears their and Beador’s friendship seems to be ‘more broken than ever before.’
The showdown occurred after ‘Vicki filmed a lunch earlier this week with Shannon and Heather Dubrow.’
The women are said to have been talking about Judge as they grabbed a bite to eat together.
Gunvalson, Judge and Beador’s estrangement from one another is particularly devastating to fans as they were going to do a live comedy tour, called Tres Amigas.
In January, Beador and Gunvalson revealed they were moving forward with their plans to hit the road together, without Judge, who said she bailed on the act partially over suspicion they ‘talking badly about her behind her back.’
Gunvalson’s return to the Real Housewives of Orange County comes after she was demoted to ‘friend’ status for the show’s 14th season, in which she appeared in 12 episodes.
She officially quit the next year in 2020, but three years later appeared as a ‘guest star’ in five episodes for season 17.
Judge confirmed her feud with Beador in in November during an interview with Access Hollywood.
Nearly four years after leaving the Bravo series following 14 seasons as a full-fledged Housewife, the TV personality, 61, has agreed to come back as a ‘guest’ to face off with Judge about the fallout of their close friendship; Gunvalson pictured in 2022
According to production sources, cast member, Shannon Beador, brought the mom-of-two to a big group outing with present and past RHOC Housewifes to ‘hash out their issues and move on’ (seen in 2013)
‘We had a falling out,’ she told the outlet. ‘I’m not very happy with her right now.’
While she kept the details of what went down between the frenemies a secret, she did insist an olive branch could be in their future.
‘I think its something we can work through, but we had a disagreement before Thanksgiving and I have not spoken to her since then,’ she explained.
‘As of right now, she’s the only [cast member] that I’m not talking to’.
After being reminded of their ‘up and down’ relationship over the years, Tamra agreed, saying, ‘It’s been one of those things since I’ve known her. Not that she’s naughty, but as of right now, she’s really the only one that I’m not talking to.’
Despite her best efforts, TMZ reported Gunvalson and Judge are said to have gotten into an ‘explosive fight’ (Beador, Judge, Gunvalson pictured together in 2019)
The friendship update comes just three weeks after Shannon praised Tamra and their former RHOC costar Vicki for being a good friend during her DUI ordeal.
‘These two have been an incredible support system to me,’ she gushed to Us Weekly at BravoCon 2023.
‘Tamra was leaving for The Traitors [in Scotland] on the day that my DUI became public, and she didn’t even want to go. She honestly was there [for me].’
Sounding like true BFFs, Tamra added at the time, ‘I just wanted to lay in bed with her and watch TV. And then order up room service.’
Shannon was arrested for DUI alcohol and hit-and-run September 17 in Orange County, as authorities said she hit a house, parked in the middle of a street and pretended she was walking her dog.
The trio used to get crowds laughing as the ‘Tres Amigas’
Her vehicle was seized by authorities, and she was was subsequently released without bond.
The incident occurred after The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member was seen at a Newport Beach, California establishment called A Restaurant.
She had visited her ex John Janssen – they split in January – before the drunken incident, and was subsequently seen with him the Tuesday after her arrest.
‘We are friends, I care about her,’ John told DailyMail.com, adding that he had ‘no comment’ in regards to further inquiries about their relationship.