The Real Housewives of Orange County cast is ready to set the record straight.
In Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek of part one of the season 19 reunion — airing Thursday, November 6, on Bravo — host Andy Cohen asks Jennifer Pedranti why she allegedly called Katie Ginella a “con artist” between seasons.
“I will tell you, things were not adding up,” Jennifer shares with Katie. “You’ve asked me this a million times. I told you I don’t remember telling Gina [Kirschenheiter] you’re a con artist.”
Gina quickly steps in and says both Jennifer and her fiancé, Ryan Boyajian, weren’t exactly in the habit of calling any costars harsh names.
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“It was something to the effect of, ‘I’m even sitting over here, like, is this girl a con artist?’” Gina recalls. “And Ryan is saying, ‘No, no, no. She’s just new,’ and that’s how I remember it.”
Jenn adds, “For me, you and I would have so many conversations but I was having weird feelings about stories that you were telling me.”
When Katie joined season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County in 2024, she quickly developed a strong friendship with Jennifer. In season 19, however, the pair grew distant as both parties started to question the authenticity of their friendship.
Before the season 19 reunion kicked off, Us Weekly caught up with Jennifer and asked for an update on her relationship status with Katie.
“I had heard somewhere along the way that Katie had said that one of her hopes at the reunion was that she was going to receive a ton of apologies from us,” she told Us at Variety’s Power of Women event on October 29. “I’ll say it was a little bit different for me. … I was actually hoping now that I thought Katie could sit there and say, ‘You know what? Here’s where I messed up. Here’s what I’d like to do. Here’s where I wish I could take back.’ That’s kind of what I was hoping for.”
While viewers will have to watch the reunion in full to see how things unfold, Katie also appears to be butting heads with Emily.
In Us’ sneak peek, the “Legally Brunette” podcast host continues to question why Katie allegedly went to bloggers instead of confronting the cast directly with any issues.
“I feel like you used content creators, podcasters, journalists — whatever you want to call them — to fight your battles for you,” Emily shares. “You’re allowed to be that pissed Katie, that’s fine. But at least have the guts to bring it up to me to my face.”
In a step towards resolution, Katie appears to be receptive to the feedback by saying, “And I truly apologize for how I handled it.”
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While Emily previously told Us the reunion taping was all “a blur,” she hopes the three-part special “gives a little bit of everything” to loyal viewers.
“I think there are funny moments. I think there are lighthearted moments. I think there are tense moments,” Emily teased to Us. “I think there are moments where you still don’t know exactly, so you have to decipher through the info, because there’s more information that comes out, and you have to think about it.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. Stream past episodes anytime on Peacock.
