“I find it very interesting that Shannon is doing press about the upcoming season- which neither Tamra or I are in- and deciding that we are necessary topics of conversation. I suppose it shows how relevant we still are to the show- and how front and center we are in Shannon’s frantic mind- for her to need to continue to bring us up,” she told CELEB. “While I could simply suggest she call Dr. Moon to calm her down or take another colonic, I’m going to address this since she decided to mention my name.”
“I was always there for Shannon and let’s not forget how even when she turned on me and was so blatantly nasty to me, I still was there for her and was willing to let the past go when she finally got over being mad at me (which again was for something I had no involvement in but she decided to blame me for),” Gunvalson shared. “She should be thanking me for even bringing this franchise about or she wouldn’t have a platform to be on but instead she decides to do interviews where she denigrates and insults me still.”
Gunvalson also added that “If Shannon really considered me a ‘close friend’ as she claims in this interview she did today, where have the calls been since I announced I was no longer going to be on RHOC? Where have the visits been? Where was she when Tamra revealed Simon was battling cancer? Nowhere. Shannon is a selfish, narcissistic, ego-driven person who only cares about herself.”
Vicki continued, “As soon as I didn’t come back to the show she stopped calling me because she had no use for me. I called her and texted her and she never had the courtesy to call me back”
“When she needed ears to lean on when she was going through her issues with David- which, to be clear, even though she claimed I was lying about the abuse I never was and I still stand 100% behind what I said back then- Tamra and I were consistently there for her. We were her shoulders to cry on many a time. It’s like she forgets that happened and wants to rewrite history.”
The OG of the OC then slammed Beador's rekindled friendship with RHOC co-star Kelly Dodd. “And to think she’s now friends with Kelly Dodd? That is the biggest crock of reality bulls—t I’ve ever seen. Kelly Dodd legitimately called her fat on television and made fun of her- not to mention had issues with ‘Mrs Roper’ from day one- and now they’re BFF’s? Please. This is the biggest joke I’ve ever seen.”
“Shannon is ALMOST right on one thing, though,” Gunvalson went on to note, “which is that we don’t live in the EXACT same area. She claims we live about 45 minutes away from each other- which is actually 30 minutes, 20 on a good day- but she wouldn’t know because she rarely came out to visit me. I live in the country in over a $3 million home that I can afford, and have no desire to live in Newport Beach and attempt to keep up with the Joneses.”
“I am an independent, self-made woman who is able to afford to live a certain lifestyle and I love living in the country,” Gunvalson told CELEB. “Others, like Shannon, want to ‘keep up’ but then had to downgrade their lifestyle once their husband stopped paying all the bills. Sorry not sorry- the truth hurts. And that’s 100% correct. Perhaps she should try running companies like I do and working to buy multiple homes and making a life for herself instead of depending on a man to do that for her. It’s downright pathetic and sets a horrid example for her daughters- though I guess when your ex-husband forbids you from drinking around your daughters this can’t be the first bad example you’ve set for them.”
Vicki also slammed the upcoming new season of RHOC, claiming that she's glad that she is no longer part of the “hot mess” of a show. “This season is chalking up to be such a big joke and I am happy to say I’m no longer a part of this hot mess. You have Kelly Dodd mocking COVID and wearing hats that say ‘Drunk Wives Matter,’ you have Boring Wind and her ‘modern marriage’- whatever that means, you have the miscasting decisions that were Emily [Simpson] and Gina [Kirschenheiter], and you have wackadoo Shannon who really needs to check her ego and remember where she came from, where she started, and who was there for her all along.”
She concluded, “I have no intention of returning to the show but rest assured that if I ever did- Shannon and I will have words,” Gunvalson added. “And that is not a threat, it’s a promise. Shannon said it herself on one of the episodes- and I quote- ‘I look like a wackadoodle.’ Keep talking about Tamra and I in this way, Shannon, and you’re living up to this description to a tee. I highly suggest you shut your mouth and keep our names out of it. Love, your former Tres Amiga.”
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