After filming with Shannon and Tamra, Vicki Gunvalson reveals her 'RHOC' status.
Vicki Gunvalson shared that she hasn’t officially returned to “The Real Housewives of Orange County” despite filming with current cast members Shannon Beador and Tamra Judge last month.
“I wasn’t cast as a full-time ‘Housewife’ or even a ‘friend of.’ I filmed a scene with Tamra and Shannon which was fun and I miss filming. But nothing more,” Gunvalson exclusively told Page Six when asked about her “Housewife” status during BravoCon on Friday.
Despite her exit seemingly causing a rift between the Tres Amigas, the OG of the OC revealed that her friendship with Beador and Judge is stronger than ever.
“We’re good! We’re all good. I was in Tamra’s room this morning and then I was out with Shannon last night. So everything’s fine. Everything’s been fine,” she shared.
She explained that there was never any beef between her and the other Bravo stars but rather they had just grown apart for a while.
“Tamra and I were never really in a bad place. We were fine,” she said. “Shannon and I just stopped talking for whatever reason. And there really was no falling out or even a specific issue. We just reached out to each other and we’re back at it.”
Gunvalson, however, admitted that she misses being on the show but that she could also take it or leave it depending on how things unfold.
“It really depends on a lot — the contract, the people. It really would depend on a lot,” Gunvalson noted. “I can’t just tell you right here, right now, ‘Yes, I wanna go back on!’”
“My life is good with or without it. I definitely miss Bravo. I miss everything. But regardless, I’m fine,” she told us.
Gunvalson left the “Housewives” franchise in January 2020, a day before Judge announced that she too would be exiting.
“It’s been a wild 12 years. But it’s time for me to move on. Im sad to go but I’m very excited about my future . Love you guys ,” Judge shared on Instagram at the time.
But Page Six exclusively reported that she would be returning to “RHOC” in July.
“Tamra is thrilled to come back to the show, especially after feeling the fan love from her stint on ‘Ultimate Girls Trip,’” an insider told us at the time “She can’t wait to get back in the mix on ‘RHOC’ and see how she can shake up the dynamic.”
Gunvalson admitted that she had “FOMO” and broke down in tears when she heard that Bravo asked Judge to return to the show.
“The immediate thing I did was cry,” she said on E!’s “Daily Pop” in August, adding that she asked herself, “What does she have that I don’t have?”
Gunvalson was an original cast member when “RHOC” premiered in 2006 and remained on the show until 2020.
