With Jennifer Pedranti and fiancé Ryan Boyajian’s wedding date still undecided, the bride-to-be wasn’t quite ready for the celebratory shower that Shannon Storms Beador hosted for her on The Real Housewives of Orange County.
After Gina Kirschenheiter brought Jenn’s “issue” with the bridal luncheon to light during Season 19, Episode 16, she shed more light on the reasons behind her complicated emotions on The Real Housewives of Orange County After Show.
“I don’t like things centered around me like that,” Jenn explained in the above clip.
Aside from not wanting to be the center of attention, Jenn was also grappling with the fact that “traditional” wedding activities made her feel “very uneasy,” following her 2024Â divorce from ex-husband Will Pedranti. After all, Jenn said she felt like she wore a “scarlet letter” for “a long time” after their split.
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“I didn’t leave my marriage in an up-and-up way. I can’t believe I’m a divorced person. I rocked my kids’ world,” she elaborated. “Like, I feel like I wore this guilt for so long. So, to do anything that resembles, like, a new marriage and a second marriage… I get uneasy with that.”
Jenn described a previous outing with Katie Ginella to try on wedding dresses as feeling “weird,” too.Â
“I felt very… like a fraud, almost, putting on these wedding gowns and this veil,” she continued on the RHOC After Show. “I don’t know how to describe that, and I don’t know what that is for me. And I probably need to work that out a little bit.”
Jenn Pedranti reveals how she would have handled the bridal shower situation differently
Despite her conflicting emotions, Jenn insisted that she appreciated Shannon’s efforts, nonetheless.
“Here’s the thing: Shannon put a s–t-ton of work into that bridal shower, and I think Gina’s perspective was, ‘Jenn didn’t even appreciate it,'” she added. “I did appreciate it. It’s just that it was just an uncomfortable setting for me.”
In hindsight, though, Jenn realized that she could have handled the situation differently.
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“If [Shannon] had said, ‘I want to throw you this,’ I would’ve said no,” the RHOC ‘Wife continued. “I did appreciate it. It was probably nicer than my actual wedding will be. No joke.”
Insisting that she’s “getting better” about allowing others to celebrate her, Jenn concluded, “It was the most, like, gorgeous bridal setting that I felt like… I didn’t deserve it or something, I don’t know. It was so sweet of Shannon.”
Inside Jennifer Pedranti and Shannon Beador’s tense bridal shower conversation on RHOC
As previously mentioned, Gina brought up to Shannon how Jenn thought the shower was “ridiculous,” during a group lunch on the Amsterdam cast trip. What’s more, Gina also claimed that the fete was all part of Jenn and Shannon fostering a “fake friendship.”
The bride-to-be denied both accusations, however, as a flashback to two weeks earlier showed Jenn telling Gina, “Shannon… I love her, but why is she having a bridal lunch?”
As Jenn told Shannon directly, “I didn’t have an issue with it. Would I have asked anybody to plan that for me? No.”
In a confessional, Jenn further explained to a RHOC producer, “Do I appreciate the bridal shower? Yes. Would I have picked that for myself? No. But sitting here with all my friends and pointing that out to the one person who spent all that time and money planning it for me feels rude.”
A stunned Shannon, meanwhile, chimed in at the table to insist that her new friendship with Jenn was “genuine,” adding, “It hurts my feelings ’cause I wanted it to be beautiful for Jenn. … I’m super happy for her.”
Jennifer Pedranti reveals if she and Ryan Boyajian have set a wedding date
Jenn appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sept. 11, where she shared that the wedding is still on pause after her 18-year-old son, Dawson, joined the U.S. Marine Corps.
“We don’t have an update yet,” Jenn shared with WWHL host Andy Cohen. “We talked the other day about going to the courthouse.”
“I need Dawson,” she continued. “I need Dawson home for a chunk of time. I’m not doing it without the kids.”
As the RHOC Season 19 finale approaches, get the latest update on the status of Jenn and Ryan’s wedding.
