“After the whole cocaine scandal, Vicki kind of knew that she may be kicked off as a full-time housewife. She started getting nervous and tired defending her actions. But her defense was too late,” a source told Radar Online.
“Kelly was angry, and she had every right to be. She wasn’t going to let it go and Kelly is absolutely responsible for Vicki getting canned,” claimed the insider.
“Vicki thought since she was the OG from the OC, she was untouchable. But she was clearly wrong, as none of the ladies are untouchable when it comes down to it,” the source explained.
The source claimed that “fans have been over Vicki since the Brooks situation.”
“But still, even after all that, Vicki thought that rules don’t apply to her because she was allowed to stay on the show,” the source continued.
“After the cocaine debacle, Kelly basically gave them an ultimatum. She told producers, ‘Either Vicki goes, or I go,’ When it came down to it, they knew that Kelly was more valuable to the show at this point then Vicki was.”
According to the source, “Everyone knows that Kelly brings fresh drama to the show with her explosive personality.”
So what is one reason Vicki may not return? “Everyone was just tired of Vicki trying to talk marriage with Steve,” an insider told Radar Online.
Apparently, her reconciliation with Shannon Beador and Tamra Judge wasn’t enough to keep her as a full-time cast member.
“Now that Vicki is best friends with Tamra again, she became less interesting,” the source explained. “Fans loved it when the two of them would fight on-air. The three of them getting drunk in Mexico together was just not as interesting as the three of them screaming at each other.”
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