Tamra Judge is not letting the haters get her down. While speaking exclusively with Us Weekly , the Real Housewives of Orange County star, 57, addressed fans thinking that she’s being too “mean” to costar and former best friend Shannon Beador on the show’s current season. “I’m being reactive, for sure,” Tamra told Us of the duo’s onscreen tension and confrontations ahead of the Thursday, September 26, episode.
“Was I being sweet? No.” Tamra went on to tell Us that while she recognizes she’s being a certain way toward Shannon, 60, she has some regrets with some of the things she’s said to her — particularly when it comes to her drinking habits and her September 2023 DUI and hit-and-run arrest. “I do regret ever calling her an alcoholic,” she continued.
“I do regret that, but at that point, I was just pushed against the wall and I’m like, you know what? It’s very hard for me since I’ve known her and the struggles with alcohol and getting in an accident, getting a DUI and still drinking. I can’t wrap my brain around that at all. At all.
” (After Shannon’s arrest in Newport Beach, California, she was later sentenced to probation, had to pay a fine and complete community service as well as a nine-month alcohol program.) Tamra added, “And one might say, ‘Oh, well, you get drunk on the show and you act like an ass.’ Yes, I do.
I am somebody that definitely can’t handle more than two drinks, and it’s because I don’t drink that mu.