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Tamra Judge and Jennifer Pedranti’s feud heats up as RHOC cast resumes filming for season 18 amid Ryan Boyajian’s gambling scandal.
Bravo cameras are back up in the OC!
Over the weekend the Bravo cameras headed back to Orange County to resume filming for season 18 following Ryan Boyajian‘s gambling scandal that rocked the Bravoverse when it came to light last week.
The RHOC cast wrapped filming earlier this month. Season 18 was expected to have a quick turnaround and begin airing in the summer. However, this latest scandal may postpone the season a bit in order for Bravo to capitalzlie on filming all the drama.
The Bravoverse was shocked when Jennifer Pedranti‘s fiancé Ryan Boyajian was named in the $16 million gambling and theft scandal surrounding the former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
Multiple sources tells ESPN that Ryan Boyajian “is the bookmaker’s associate to whom interpreter Ippei Mizuhara wired money to pay his gambling debts.”
Ryan and the alleged bookmaker, Mathew Bowyer, reportedly laundered interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s payments through “marker” accounts at various casinos.
Then after depositing the payments, Ryan and Bowyer “then withdrew the chips from the marker accounts, gambled with them and if they won, cashed out.”
A lawyer for Ryan told ESPN, “Because there is an active investigation and Ryan is working with the authorities, he can’t confirm or deny what is going on. He is not a bookmaker or a sub-bookie.”
Because of all of this, the RHOC cast has resume filming for season 18 with Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Alexis Bellino, and Emily Simpson meeting up over the weekend to film and discuss the scandal on camera.
Tamra Judge revealed the Bravo cameras were back up on Satuday, May 11 when she shared a clip of her, Heather, Alexis, and Emily filming at a rooftop restaurant along with the Bravo cameras.
“It’s never really over…” Tamra captioned the clip on Twitter.
It’s never really over… pic.twitter.com/451vX4o7m1
— Tamra Judge (@TamraJudgeOC) May 11, 2024
Meanwhile, Tamra decided to stir the pot during the lunch and wore a baseball cap that read, “FBI” which was a dig aimed at Jennifer and Ryan.
Jennifer Pedranti fired back by sharing a photo of herself with a baseball cap that read, “Trash.”
Alongside the photo, which was shared on her Instagram Stories, Jennifer wrote: “Oops didn’t blur out the message on my hat good enough…” The RHOC star also added an FBI emoji sticker to the post making it clear she was firing back at Tamra’s shade.
The Real Housewives of Orange County will return for season 18 in mid-to-late 2024.
