Vicki Gunvalson claims Teresa Giudice and other Bravo alums support the call for a class action lawsuit against Tamra Judge. Plus, so much more!
Real Housewives of Orange County OG Vicki Gunvalson is dishing on the pickle former BFF Tamra Judge recently found herself in following last Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live.
On WWHL, Tamra alleged Jennifer Pedranti’s fiancé Ryan Boyajian was guilty of stealing money from Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Ryan then swiftly served Tamra with a cease and desist over the false allegations.
The 57-year-old RHOC star tucked her tail between her legs and publicly apologized to Ryan on social media.
As this all played out on social media, RHOC alum Kelly Dodd weighed in, suggesting that she and other Bravolebs should file a class action lawsuit against Tamra for damaging comments she made about them over the years.
Now, Vicki Gunvalson claims she’s heard from two well-known Housewives that they fully support Kelly’s call for a class action lawsuit against Tamra.
“I just got a call from Kelly, and I got a text message from Jill Zarin and Teresa that Teresa texted Kelly. She’s like, ‘Go after her! Do the class action! Do all this!’” Vicki revealed on My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast. “And Jill’s like, ‘She’s mean.’ Everybody’s coming at me.”
“Tamra’s getting it. Rightfully so,” she added.
The OG of the OC went on to say that she and her boyfriend, Michael Smith, adore Jennifer and Ryan and are impressed by their relationship.
“He’s been so great to Michael and I, and whatever his business dealings are, we’ll never know. People don’t know my business dealings. The viewers only know what we film or what people wanna talk about. I only come from a place of kindness and nice, and I love how he loves Jenn. So that’s to me a big thing,” Vicki shared. “[He] took in her and her five kids. I just think that he deserves his voice.”
While Vicki supports Ryan’s case against Tamra, she worries that it could hurt Jennifer’s spot on RHOC.
“Bravo obviously doesn’t like lawsuits,” she admitted. “Jenn is associated with Ryan. What will Bravo think of this? Are they gonna say, ‘Don’t sue or you don’t have your job anymore?’ … I don’t know if he’s gonna go forward with it. I haven’t talked to Jenn, but I think that’s a worry of hers.”
Throughout the episode, Vicki noted that Gretchen Rossi infamously sued a man for defamation after he claimed she cheated on her late fiancé, Jeff Beitzel.
“Gretchen even called me yesterday,” she said. “Gretchen set the precedent for lawsuits of a public figure.”
Vicki also confirmed that Bravo contracts contain rhetoric that prevents Real Housewives from suing a fellow cast member.
“However, if you are being defamed wrongfully, why would that prohibit somebody from going after you?” Vicki questioned.
“I don’t know why she’s going after people like this. Nobody else is. So she feels it upon herself. I don’t know if producers are pushing her, but they know Tamra’s got a mouth, and Tamra, she’ll repeat it,” she added.
Meanwhile, Vicki Gunvalson also reacted to Tamra Judge’s vow on WWHL that she would never speak to her again. On WWHL, Tamra said, “I will never speak to Vicki Gunvalson again.”
Vicki’s response?
“Guess what? I already said it first. I will never talk to her because she’s not the kind of girlfriend I want to be around. She will turn on you if you confide in her on something; the next thing you know, it is going to be talked about. My friends and my clients would say, ‘What are you thinking about being friends with Tamra?'”
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
