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Even after Andy Cohen officially wrapped The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Season 19 reunion, cameras kept rolling to capture the aftermath of explosive leak allegations involving Tamra Judge coming to light.
The final portion of RHOC‘s Reunion Part 3 kicked off with Andy playing shocking footage from when cameras picked back up on Season 19. This was the first time that several of the women were seeing the scene in which an anonymous tipster claimed to Shannon Storms Beador, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Jennifer Pedranti that Tamra had allegedly been leaking Season 19 storylines to bloggers and fan pages.
Following their reunion-ending toast, an emotional Tamra, who had already tearfully denied the accusations, was still reeling from what she described as an “ambush.” As she frantically searched around the sofa for her lost cell phone, Andy eventually approached her with some words of comfort.
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“It’s gonna be OK,” the Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen assured Tamra, before giving her a hug.Â
Her response? “It’s not OK. I didn’t do this.”
How Tamra Judge reacted to leak accusations after the RHOC reunion
As the rest of the cast posed for photos before leaving the reunion set, Gina and Heather Dubrow also went over to Tamra to see if she was OK.
“This is not OK. It’s a f–king lie. It’s a setup, and it’s not f–king true,” Tamra vented, doubling down on her denials. “To say that I called bloggers when there’s absolutely no f–king information on it, like, it’s bulls–t.”
Gina, meanwhile, asked Tamra where she thought all of this was coming from, to which she simply replied, “I don’t know.”
After slipping out of their reunion looks afterward, Katie Ginella sat down with Tamra to offer more support.
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“I didn’t do it,” Tamra tearfully repeated to Katie. “I value my job, and I’ve never done that.”
Questioning why her castmates said they “can’t trust” her, she added, “This is not what this show’s about.”
Tamra ultimately theorized that the leak allegations were part of a “retaliation” campaign against her that she suspected Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley had orchestrated amid their long-running feud. As Andy had pointed out during the reunion, however, the mystery caller was privy to information that neither of them would have known about at the time. Gretchen, for her part, also denied any involvement.
Where Tamra Judge stands with the RHOC cast, post-reunion
After several of the ladies laid out why they believed the leak claims (primarily because the unnamed caller had intel that nobody outside of the RHOC cast could have known), Andy wondered how Tamra might move forward with Gina, specifically.
As the WWHL host pointed out, Tamra had a “troubled” relationship with Jenn already, and everyone knew she was at odds with Shannon. However, she and Gina were “good buddies,” and Gina “felt set up” by Tamra amid the tipster’s claim that they were “plotting” to take down Gretchen by revealing her alleged problematic social media activity.
“I felt set up by this whole situation,” Tamra answered. “Gina, I didn’t do that — on my children’s life, I did not do that.”
Though some of the cast, including Emily Simpson, remained unconvinced of Tamra’s innocence, both Gina and Heather explained that certain behaviors and actions, including divulging confidential information to bloggers, absolutely had to stop before they could move on.
“Between you and I, like, if you are telling anybody about anything that’s happening here, it’s getting f–king out and it’s becoming a problem,” Gina explained to her. “If this is happening, it’s not OK.”
After echoing that sentiment, Heather more generally declared in her closing toast, “We said it all best: I think, in order to move forward, the path has to be clear.”
In the meantime, get even more details on the accusations made against Tamra during the RHOC Season 19 finale.
