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Longtime Bravo star Shannon Beador admits that she thought joining RHOC would save her marriage to now ex-husband David Beador.
On the Tuesday, December 2 episode of Bravo’s Hot Mic podcast, Shannon Beador admitted that she was hopeful her relationship with her now ex-husband David Beador would improve when she joined the season 9 cast of RHOC in 2014.
“October 13, 2013, that was my first day of filming, and the next day, David left on a trip with a group that he was in,” Shannon revealed. “He started an affair that very next day. I had no idea.”
The longtime RHOC star explained that when she began her career as a Housewife, she immediately noticed a change in her husband.
“I thought it was because his ego was getting bigger that he was getting to be on television. I remember asking [fellow OC Housewife] Tamra [Judge] about that,” she recalled. “Did [her ex] Simon [Barney] all of a sudden get cocky like this? And I was so stupid, I had no idea.”
Shannon Beador then confessed that she hoped David’s behavior would shift when he watched RHOC and saw how he acted and the fact that they never spent time together.
“I thought if he watched the show back and saw how little time he spent with me, he would make more of an effort because on those rare times that we did go out to dinner, we would have fun, and I would feel a connection with him,” the mom of three admitted. “I just wanted more of that … Most people say I don’t want to ruin my marriage and be on the show. I was thinking, ‘Oh, maybe he could learn something from it.’”
In between filming seasons 9 and 10 of RHOC, Shannon Beador learned of David’s affair, which became the major focus of season 10. During season 10, the now exes attended the couple’s counseling in an attempt to save their marriage.
For a while, the RHOC couple seemingly worked things out, but they eventually called it quits for good in 2017.
According to Shannon, being on RHOC inspired her to work on saving her marriage instead of throwing in the towel over David’s affair. However, she confesses that if it weren’t for RHOC, her marriage to David may have ended much sooner than it did.
“I might have done it differently had I not been on the show after discovering the affair. I think I would have left the marriage right away,” Shannon shared. “But part of me, I was working on the marriage for my first season, and it was all fake with him, and I thought I’m gonna fight for my family. I had been fighting for this marriage this whole season, so I’m gonna keep fighting. I don’t know if I would have kept up the fight had I not been on the show.”
Both David and Shannon have moved on since their split in 2017. The exes finalized their divorce in 2019.
In October 2020, David wed Lesley Cook-Beador. They share one daughter together. Since then, David and Lesley have endured an up-and-down relationship, with David filing for divorce in 2022 and then again in 2023. The pair have recently reconciled and are giving their marriage another shot.
As for Shannon, she dated John Janssen from 2019 until November 2022, when the Orange County businessman dumped the OC Housewife out of the blue.
The RHOC star is currently single.
Filming for season 18 of the Real Housewives of Orange County is expected to begin in January or February 2024.
The Real Housewives of Orange County will return for season 18 in mid-to-late 2024.
