Vicki Gunvalson defends ‘quality person’ Tamra Judge amid Shannon Beador feud

Vicki Gunvalson is opinionated by Tamra Judge — moreover arsenic she admits she wasn’t a instrumentality of really her longtime pal treated Shannon Beador.

The “Real Housewives of Orange County” OG, who counts some women among her friends, tells Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” that she recovered herself playing peacemaker arsenic tensions betwixt Judge and Beador exploded while filming nan upcoming “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.”

“You’ll spot this season, I did my very champion to conscionable benignant of beryllium nan intermediator, but besides say, ‘We gotta extremity this!’” Gunvalson says of nan existent “RHOC” installment. “In nan existent image of nan world, what are you guys fighting about?”

She continues, “OK, let’s opportunity you don’t respect each other, let’s opportunity you don’t for illustration each different — but we’ve gotta activity together, we’ve sewage to beryllium capable to do this. So you’re gonna see, I deliberation things germinate a small bit.”

The latest section successful Judge and Beador’s fractured relationship unfolded during a filmed segment astatine Newport Beach hotspot The Quiet Woman, wherever Judge told her erstwhile champion friend she would ne'er ain a location aliases find lasting love.

Despite nan harsh exchange, Gunvalson believes viewers will spot a different broadside of Judge connected this play of “RHOC.”

“I cognize Shannon wasn’t wanting to apologize because she didn’t consciousness for illustration she did thing wrong,” she explains. “Tamra did really show immoderate softness of herself this play — which I loved — because Tamra is simply a value person.”

Still, Gunvalson says she didn’t ever work together pinch Judge’s approach.

“I emotion Tamra and I conscionable didn’t for illustration nan measurement she was treating Shannon,” she says. “When you’re friends pinch some of them, like, why are you being truthful mean?”

Gunvalson besides weighed successful connected different premiere section dust-up involving Jennifer Pedranti, who informed Judge that Heather Dubrow had allegedly been speaking negatively astir their friendship.

“I didn’t for illustration that either,” Gunvalson says. “I conscionable want everyone to get on and whoop it up. … I deliberation possibly she’s trying to find her measurement a small bit, which is fine, but it wasn’t Jenn’s position to do that.”

After appearing only arsenic a “friend of” successful caller years, Gunvalson says returning to nan fold successful a much important capacity for Season 20 has fixed her a different position connected nan formed dynamics.

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“I haven’t filmed pinch these ladies successful 4 years,” she says. “I was a ‘friend’ a mates seasons and that was nan worst point to do because you didn’t cognize what was going connected and I’m like, ‘OK, what are we doing now? Why is everyone huffy astatine each other?’ So I travel from a different place.”

These days, nan Bravo seasoned says property has taught her that holding onto grudges simply isn’t worthy it.

“As you age, you besides look astatine what is really important to guidelines existent to yourself. You can’t proceed fights for play aft play aft season. Resolve it and move on,” Gunvalson says. 

“And I deliberation you’re going to spot immoderate resoluteness this year.”

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” airs Thursdays astatine 8 p.m. ET connected Bravo pinch caller episodes disposable to watercourse nan adjacent time connected Peacock.