Emily Simpson is still trying to wrap her head around The Real Housewives of Orange County’s shocking finale.
In the final moments of season 19, Shannon Storms Beador, Jennifer Pedranti and Gina Kirschenheiter spoke to an unnamed individual who claimed Tamra Judge was leaking top-secret information about the Bravo show to bloggers.
Although Emily, 49, wasn’t present for the call, she believes Tamra, 58, did in fact share story lines.
“I’m sure she did, because the amount of information that this person knew — it was detailed,” Emily exclusively shared with Us Weekly while supporting Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition on Thursday, October 30. “It was dates. It was who was there. It was where we were filming. It was content.”
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What really grabbed Emily’s attention was the fact that this mysterious source knew about screenshots that allegedly showed Gretchen Rossi “liking” anti-LGBTQIA+ posts. (Gretchen, 47, denied “liking” the post when Gina, 41, and Tamra brought up screenshots in Amsterdam.)
“That’s detailed information that only cast and production would know about,” Emily claimed. “So, clearly, someone leaked it, and the fact that they said it was Tamra? I mean, I believe them. I’m sure that she does or has done it for years. I think it just caught up with her. There’s no reason for me not to believe that it was her. It seemed very black and white.”
While Tamra will have the opportunity to respond during the three-part reunion show, many cast members seem to have made up their minds that the “Two T’s in a Pod” podcast cohost could do something like this.
During Thursday’s season finale, Shannon, 61, and Jennifer, 48, slammed their costar after speaking with the anonymous source.
“Tamra will do anything for maximum impact,” Jennifer claimed in a confessional interview. “I think she will hurt anybody. I think she will leak information, and I think she’s probably one of the most calculative, scary, dangerous people within this friend group.”
Shannon added, “How dare you try to destroy so much for your own benefit? I really can’t come up with another word other than evil.”
Speaking of the reunion, the trailer showcased Tamra and Emily butting heads. The tense conversations caught one person by complete surprise.
“I feel like Tamra came into the reunion with a chip on her shoulder towards me, and I don’t even understand where that came from,” Emily said. “There’s this surprise ending — I’m not even in that end and I’m not even part of that — and after that, she comes at me. I’m thinking, ‘There are three other people that were just sitting here just destroying you, and you’re yelling at me.’ I don’t know. I don’t understand it.”
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As an added plot twist, Emily agreed to film Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition shortly after filming the RHOC cast trip to Amsterdam.
“I think I was only home from Amsterdam a couple days before we started Wife Swap, so I really was questioning my life choices at that point,” Emily joked. “I really wanted to connect with the kids, and I just felt they welcomed me so easily and were so loving and so endearing and so kind. It was a great experience.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. Stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.
