Shannon Beador is sharing additional details after she alleged during Part 1 of The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 15 reunion that her co-star Braunwyn Windham-Burke once offered her teenage daughter Stella Beador drugs.
“Stella didn’t tell me for a very long time [because] she didn’t know how to handle it and she didn’t want to be perceived as a ‘tattle tale,’” Shannon replied to a user in the comment section of an Instagram post after the RHOC reunion aired on Bravo. “Had I known at the time, it would have been a completely different story. I didn’t want to interfere with Braunwyn’s sobriety, but after being called a liar and an alcoholic, she needed to hear and take accountability for what she did. And for the record, she and my daughter were the only ones present during the conversation.”
During the January 20 episode, Shannon claimed Braunwyn approached her teenage daughter Stella, who was 14 at that time, at a cast party while filming season 14 of the Bravo hit reality series.
“I [didn’t] know whether I was going to say this today, but as a mother, I’m going to,” she said, according to Us Weekly. “When my daughter Stella was 14 years old at her very first beach barbecue, you went up to her and said, ‘Stella, if you want the good stuff, text me.’”
Braunwyn, for her part, started to cry after Shannon brought up the allegations before the episode ended on a cliffhanger.
After the episode aired, Shannon denied reports that the drug in question was cocaine, replying to a fan, “No one was ever offered cocaine …”
Meanwhile, Windham-Burke addressed the drama to a social media user in the comment section of an Instagram post.
“I honestly have no idea [if I said that to Stella]. I was drinking at the time,” Braunwyn replied. “I’ve heard from her what happened and made amends. I’ve since heard a very different version of what happened which isn’t at all what she said from someone I trust though.”
Photo Credit: Instagram/Shannon Beador; Instagram/Braunwyn Windham-Burke
