Tamra Judge is hoping season 20 of The Real Housewives of Orange County brings a juicy dose of nostalgia.
“I think that will definitely happen. I’m just speculating because I don’t know what’s going on, [but] I think it’d be fun to have the olden times,” Tamra, 58, exclusively shared with NewsPlop at iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball on Friday, December 5. “I really am concerned with Shannon
[Beador], where she can’t move forward and she holds grudges and getting in between me and Vicki [Gunvalson] and that kind of stuff. That’s something people don’t want to see.”During season 19 of Bravo’s reality show, Tamra and Shannon, 61, showed signs of improving their relationship. During the reunion show, however, Shannon gave her costar the nickname “Tamra Grudge.”
“To be a good housewife, you have to have conflict and resolution,” Tamra explained at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. “She’s one that holds a grudge, but yet she’s calling me Tamra Grudge? Where all I ever tried to do is move forward, she cannot.”
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During BravoCon 2025, Bravo confirmed that Vicki, 63, has received an orange and will be returning for the show’s 20th season. The network has yet to confirm any additional casting news.
While rumors have already started spreading online that past cast members, including Meghan King and Kelly Dodd, could be returning, Tamra warned viewers not to believe everything they read.
“First of all, Meghan lives out of state,” Tamra explained. “Kelly Dodd, I know somebody was saying I said I wanted her back. I never said that. Unfortunately, I think she’s crossed a line of no return. Going after families and kids and husbands, it’s not good. It’s just really not good. She really has a hard-on for Heather Dubrow. Leave her alone. Just leave her alone. I think if she played it smarter, she could be a good Housewife, but she just goes to places that nobody should go to.”
Instead, Tamra is hopeful that some familiar faces like Jeana Keough and Tammy Knickerbocker will appear when filming for season 20 gets underway.
For now, the host of iHeartRadio’s “Two T’s in a Pod” podcast is enjoying a break from filming after a “tough reunion.”
“I was very hurt after that reunion. I was hurt by everybody,” she explained. “I was hurt by my cast. It was very hard to sit there and be accused of something you didn’t do and have no support, and I didn’t understand it.”
One friend who has been supportive of Tamra on and off camera is former cast member Alexis Bellino.
While attending Jingle Ball, the newlywed — who was joined by husband John Janssen — stayed mum on if she could see herself returning for season 20.
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“I’ll never say never,” she exclusively told Us. “I think that they’ve done a pretty good job of the cast that they created, and I think they know what they’re doing.”
Alexis, 48, continued, “I think we should just focus on the glory of Vicki coming back. I mean, Vicki just came back.”
Watch the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour special airing on ABC December 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Stream the next day on Hulu.