Let’s be honest. Everybody on The Real Housewives of Orange County has told a lie at some point. Some do it more than others, but a little bit of fibbing kind of comes with the job territory. Tamra Judge has been a part of the show for over a decade, so you can only imagine how many falsehoods she has under her belt at this point.
Thankfully, Tamra is doing a little better with her nasty habit of spreading misinformation. Blame it on the baptism or perhaps her brief break from RHOC. Whatever happened, she’s doing better now and can own up to her past mistakes.
During a recent episode of Two Ts in a Pod, she reflected on the biggest lie she ever told on RHOC and how she ended up getting caught. Here’s a hint: it had to do with a horrible email Shannon Beador received from her now ex-husband.
Tamra Judge’s biggest RHOC lie? The email heard ’round Orange County…
Tamra and her co-host, Teddi Mellencamp, were playing a game of Plead the Fifth when they started talking about Tamra’s past lies. The RHOC star was challenged to relive her worst one, and she immediately had one that came to mind.
According to Tamra, the worst lie she ever told happened during Season 9. At the time, Shannon and David Beador were having marital trouble, and thanks to Tamra, it all came to the surface.
Tamra said that before filming a scene with Heather Dubrow and Shannon, Tamra spilled the beans about an email David sent Shannon. In the email, David essentially told Shannon that he wanted a divorce.
“I knew that Shannon’s husband had sent her an email breaking up with her. Saying that he wanted to end their marriage or something like that,” Tamra recalled during the recent podcast episode.
“And I think there was more details. I don’t remember them. And so, I was with Heather filming and I said, ‘Can you just go easy on her? She’s going through some sh*t,’” Tamra continued.
The ladies filmed their scene without talking about the martial issues. Shannon and Heather had their own little beef at the time. However, when the cameras went down, Tamra told Heather everything she knew about Shannon and David’s doomed relationship.
“I go, ‘David split up with her. Like, he wants out of the marriage.’ And [Heather] is like, ‘What?’” Tamra explained.
Tamra didn’t think much of it and went over to Shannon’s house to film another scene. Little did she know, Heather went around blabbing about David’s email to her other friends. One of those girls called David’s mistress, and then all hell broke loose.
Tamra said she was sitting with Shannon when all of a sudden, her phone started blowing up with angry text messages from David. He was furious that other Orange County Housewives were gossiping about his breakup email. If you need to relive this, it all happened during Season 9, Episode 10.
“He basically repeated everything that I had repeated to Heather. So I was sitting on the couch. And [Shannon] goes ‘Did you tell Heather?’ I go, ‘No!’” Tamra recalled.
If you remember the direction of Season 9, then you know that this mishap was just one of Tamra’s many mess-ups. She was a full-time pot stirrer that year. When the entire cast confronted her on a cast trip a few episodes later, she ran away and vowed that no one would ever see her again.
Obviously, Tamra learned a very valuable lesson. The next year, she found Jesus. She came back to the show in Season 10 vowing to never lie or stir the pot again.
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TELL US – DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN TAMRA LIED ABOUT DAVID’S BREAKUP EMAIL? ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT SHE CONSIDERS THIS HER BIGGEST LIE?
