Historically, Shannon Beador and Gina Kirschenheiter donât get along. Season 17 of The Real Housewives of Orange County gave us one of their funnier fights when Shannon donned a flashy sequin dress and an unbeweavably bad wig to cosplay as Ginaâs messy era at the âYou Do Meâ party, but we also got a fight between them that was immeasurably more bleak and dishonest.
Gina was slapped with a DUI a few seasons ago, and Shannon called the Orange County D.A. to pull some strings so Gina wouldnât be arrested. Shannon hasnât stopped talking about it since. However, Shannon went below the belt this time by saying something that sounded a lot like she saved Ginaâs kids from being taken by CPS in the aftermath of the DUI. Even worse? When confronted, Shannon vehemently denied ever saying it.
Thereâs a sneaky little thing called a camera that follows her and her friends around, though, and it captured her saying just that. Forced to acknowledge it once presented with undeniable proof, Shannon talked about it to Today while promoting her Tres Amigas Live show (yes, ugh, and Vicki Gunvalson was also there for the interview) and addressed those CPS comments.
Shannon says she and Gina go hard at the reunion over the CPS comment
According to Shannon, weâll see her and Gina go toe-to-toe at the upcoming RHOC reunion that just taped last week; not because of the social media storm that erupted between the two after Shannonâs shady Gina costume, but mostly because of the out-of-line CPS comment Shannon made at her tequila party when she was âangry with [Gina].â
âI think a lot of the audience and fans, and even Gina thought that I was alluding that Child Protective Services were going to put her children in the system. I never ever meant that, I shouldnât have said it at all.â
Use your words better, Shannon! She says sheâs sorry anyway and wished she just kept quiet.
âI regret it and I apologize for it, but I just meant that if she were to have been arrested, and an adult wouldnât have been home, they would have temporarily taken the kids for a little while, which still doesnât make it right to say.â
Vicki defends Shannon
Vicki chimed in, of course.
âBut thatâs the facts, if nobody was there, they would have probably taken the children until they could get ahold of Matt [Kirschenheiter] â Ginaâs ex-husband/father of her kids]. Theyâre not going to leave the children home alone. â
Shannon reiterated that it was a point of contention at the reunion.
âAnyways, it was a big, big deal for Gina, and it made it [the reunion] tough.â
Gina already said she was ready to rumble with Shannon at the reunion, so with those two voices competing, weâre going to need some earplugs! The Real Housewives of Orange County airs every Wednesday at 8/7c. on Bravo.
TELL US â DO YOU BUY SHANNONâS APOLOGY? WAS HER CPS COMMENT OUT OF LINE?