'Real Housewives': Tamra Judge confronts Vicki about Brooks' cancer controversy
Face it — you love a good reality TV blowup or well-timed table flip. We do, too. So we’re taking our guilty pleasure to the next level and analyzing the most dramatic moments in a new regular series we’re calling Reality TV Burn Book.
The waves weren't the only things crashing at Kelly Dodd's beach party on Monday.
Yes, with their toes in the sand and the ocean behind them, the ladies still managed to find something — or someone — to be upset about. And that was the presence of Vicki Gunvalson. Not that we should be surprised, The Real Housewives of the O.C. also found reason to feud aboard a luxurious yacht on the premiere, even with beautiful Bali as a backdrop in season 9.
The author:
Sharp-tongued Tamra Judge may have found religion, but she hasn't lost her ability to form a well-timed blow.
The beef:
Like her co-stars, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Beador, and Meghan King Edmonds, Tamra desperately wanted Vicki to come clean about her involvement with Brooks Ayers' alleged cancer charade.
While Vicki's former beau admitted to falsifying documents so it would appear he was a patient at the cancer treatment center City of Hope, he told E! he acted "alone, without Vicki's knowledge."
But just like anything with simple carbohydrates, Tamra wasn't buying it.
The burn:
"I just find it really hard to believe that you lived in the same house with a guy, I mean you would know if somebody had stage 3 cancer like that," Tamra said. "And if you knew that he was lying, and you covered for him, for whatever reason, why wouldn't you just come to your friends and say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up'? We would all hug you and go, 'You know what? It's okay.'"
"I didn't know that he was lying to me," Vicki professed.
"Honestly, I don't believe that," Tamra confessed. She said to Vicki: "You told us that you fabricated the story so people would bring you casseroles."
"No, I assumed people would bring casseroles," Vicki replied. "I believed my man that I loved period." And when she tried to bring the other ladies' husbands into it, Tamra was having none of it and turned up the heat for this burn that she delivered to the cameras.
"Vicki's like the older sister you don't want. She's always causing (expletive). She's always blaming other people. That's who Vicki is to me."
"All the (expletive) that that guy had put you through, all the lies that have been exposed, and you chose him over us," Tamra said to Vicki. "And not even us, me — your own daughter."
Vicki admitted that she was being stubborn about Brooks and that she had hoped to "prove 'em wrong." She held back tears as she told Tamra, "You were right," and apologized. Tamra said she forgave her, but told the cameras she didn't think Vicki will ever admit to knowing Brooks was allegedly faking his illness. Still, Tamra vowed to let it go.
She also suggested that Vicki talk to the other Housewives, but from the previews, it appears things don't go smoothly with Mrs. Beador. Should've opted to head to work, Vick!