Tamra Judge loves to quit, and she never does it quietly. Some of her best moments on the show have come from declaring, “You will never see my face again!” and she doesn’t disappoint in New Orleans.
It starts the way all great RHOC scenes start, with Tamra quietly pulling the strings on two of her castmates and then yelling, “fight!” She tells Gretchen that Katie is talking about her to bloggers, spreading a lie that Gretchen claims to have been roofied the night Tamra got her “naked wasted.” But when it comes time for the showdown? Katie says it's a lie and Gretchen believes her, leaving Tamra with no options besides drunkenly flouncing out of dinner and quitting the show.
But the show goes on, Tamra commences filming, and Shannon shows up late to a gator cruise because she was having a panic attack about lash glue.
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Housewives A-Team Vicki and Tamra stayed at home on this trip, while B-Squad Gretchen, Alexis, Peggy Tanous, and Fernanda explored a cornucopia of bull-centric activities. They ate BBQ and listened to Alexis describe her eating disorder. They watched bull riding.
It was a girls weekend. A weekend for the girls. And Tamra’s husband Simon. And Gretchen’s boyfriend Slade. And Alexis’ chin-challenged husband Jim Bellino.
Gretchen is keen to enjoy some of San Francisco’s fine dining, but unfortunately, she has brought along Alexis Bellino, a woman who thinks a rare and expensive dish is called a “delicatessen.”
Later seasons of Housewives would be invited to stay in opulent hotels in far-flung locations, but on this trip to Vegas, the ladies are staying off the strip. Seventeen miles off the strip, in Red Rock.
In 2007, every single person living in Orange County, California was “in real estate” (unless, of course, they were in energy drinks) and so it’s to be expected that before the gals even reached San Diego, Jeana Keough and Vicki Gunvalson are barking at each other across the limo about a security deposit.