Choosing to be single led Shannon Beador to become the happiest she’s ever been.
The “Real Housewives of Orange County” star purposefully didn’t date for a year after getting arrested for DUI in Sept. 2023 so she could focus on herself, she exclusively shared on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast.
Despite being a self-described “relationship girl,” Beador said that the sacrifice turned out to be a “positive” decision.
Beador did plead no contest to one count of driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or more. She was sentenced to three years of probation, 40 hours of community service and ordered to complete a nine-month alcohol program.
“I stayed in a relationship that I knew wasn’t healthy, and I made the choices,” she reflected during her appearance on the LadyGang podcast in April. “Nobody put a gun to my head and said, ‘Get in the car.’ I did it, and I’ll own it over and over again.”
Beador, 61, and Janssen, 62, called it quits for good shortly after her DUI arrest. He’s now engaged to fellow “RHOC” star Alexis Bellino, though there’s still some bad blood between the exes. Janssen sued Beador for $75,000 he allegedly loaned her for a facelift in March 2024. However, they settled the suit in November 2024.
Beador is now back in the dating game, currently starring on Bravo’s “Love Hotel.” The show follows the mother of three and fellow “Real Housewives” stars Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby and Luann de Lesseps as they look for love in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Bellino told Real and Murphy in September that she was actually rooting for Beador to find “the one.”
“Well thank God, so she can stop obsessing over John and I,” Bellino cracked. “But that would be amazing and we pray she finds her Mr. Right, it would be fabulous.”
“Love Hotel” airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
