Michelle Fox, the woman dating Elizabeth Lyn Vargas’ ex-husband, Bernt Bodal, used a Page Six Instagram post to slam the Real Housewives of Orange County star.
Fox, who is in a relationship with Bodal, claimed in the comments section that they have had to send two cease and desist letters to Vargas and want her to just “go away and get a life.”
“We mind our own business — except when someone like this has been constantly attacking to us and is obsessed with talking about Bernt — it’s beyond creepy,” she wrote, according to Page Six.
Fox clarified to the publication that she spoke out because she was “frustrated.”
“We have been through a lot with her and it’s none of her business,” Fox told the publication of Vargas. “She needs to move on and stop contacting Bernt and talking about him. We tried to take the legal action to make a point — that was why I got upset on comments and it’s not fair we have to see this stuff — it’s disgusting behavior.”
When a fan questioned why Fox was getting involved on Instagram, she shared that a pal sent her the article with her and Bodal’s picture and she felt compelled to speak up.
“I don’t have to follow the RHOC — but I DO care about the people I love and protecting them in this situation,” she said. “Bernt and I are very happy and have a wonderful relationship.”
Fox continued to vent to other Instagram followers, assuring them that she and Bodal are “both secure” in their relationship.
“I am standing up for Bernt who is the love of my life and we are both secure in our relationship for years now,” she shared. “We both just want her to get a life and go away — that is why I said anything.”
Vargas revealed in an episode of RHOC that she once reached out to her ex-husband via text as their divorce case was ongoing. So what does Fox has to say about the text?
“I have seen the texts, comments and calls — we just delete them,” Fox wrote in the comment section of Page Six’s Instagram post before seemingly confirming she and Bodal are indeed engaged.
“Bernt/I are committed to each other for the rest of our lives,” she wrote. “He is a wonderful loving man and I am proud to be with him.”
Fox claimed that she and Bodal have sent Vargas two cease and desist letters since she has spoken publicly about her split with the successful businessman on the Bravo hit reality series.
“You absolutely can have a C&D if they are out in the news saying highly defamatory comments that are not true about him – that is not how to ‘grieve,'” Fox told an Instagram follower. “She can focus on her ‘cult’ storyline instead.”
Fox concluded by confirming that she just spoke out so that Vargas will “leave [Bodal]/us alone” and “find a good therapist.”
Meanwhile, Elizabeth was asked to react to Fox’s claim in a statement she gave to the publication. “I am uncertain who this particular Michelle is on a personal level. However, it is my understanding that she is in somewhat of a relationship at some capacity with my ex-husband. Unfortunately, in today’s day and age there’s a lot of negativity going around in the world, and I feel she is caught up in it along with a lot of other individuals. However, she is not involved in my life in any capacity and never will be,” she told Page Six.
She added, “Women come after me all the time, and this is another clear example of another jealous woman coming after me, and it’s not my problem. I’m sorry she feels that way. I wish her well.”
Vargas then addressed the confusion behind whether Bodal and Fox are engaged, stating, “I have confirmed with my ex-husband that he is not engaged.”
However, Fox told the publication in regards to Vargas’s comment, “Our future plans are none of her business. We are in a committed loving relationship for the rest of our lives – that is very well known to everyone around us.”
If you recall in Part 1 of RHOC Season 15 reunion, Branwyn Windham-Burke told Vargas that a friend revealed to her that Bodal was engaged, which shocked Vargas.
“I have a good friend who is good friends with him and his fiancée,” Windham-Burke told Vargas.
“My ex-husband?” Vargas responded. “He has a fiancée now?”
When Windham-Burke insisted Bodal and his girlfriend were engaged, Vargas disputed it, saying, “Well, they’re not engaged, first off, or I would know.”
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