Lara Sophia 
On this week’s episode of RHOC, Vicki Gunvalson slammed former BFF Tamra Judge for ditching the Tres Amigas live show.
On the August 1st episode of the Real Housewives of Orange County, Vicki Gunvalson made waves with her first appearance of season 18.
Vicki Gunvalson and Shannon Beador met to discuss how to proceed with their Tres Amigas live show tour after Tamra Judge decided she no longer wanted to be involved.
After Shannon’s arrest for DUI in September 2023, Tamra chose to walk away from the tour after vocalizing her disappointment in Shannon’s continued drinking.
“I’ve only had a very short convo with Tamra,” Shannon told Vicki on Thursday’s episode of RHOC, noting that Tamra had no interest in sitting down and hashing out their issues.
“She has vinegar running through her veins and a black heart,” Vicki replied.
Despite Tamra’s departure from Tres Amigas, the OG of the OC was confident they could continue the tour with great success.
“I think we can still do it,” Vicki insisted; however, Shannon wasn’t so sure.
“Tamra didn’t have the balls to call me or Shannon to tell us that she didn’t want to be part of the show anymore,” Vicki said in her RHOC confessional. “It’ll be like Thelma and Louise and Ethel and Lucy and Laverne and Shirley. There were only two all the time anyway.”
Eventually, the two RHOC stars agreed to keep the tour going and decided to change the name to The Shannon and Vicki Show.
The friends then chatted with their manager and discussed how Tamra’s absence could impact the show’s ticket sales.
“I definitely think there’s some fallout,” the manager said as Vicki admitted she believes Tamra “owes it to us” to rejoin the tour.
“I’m very upset with her,” she said. “You don’t do this in business.”
Shannon agreed: “It’s a way to make additional income. I’ve got three kids in college; I’m still single.”
Earlier this season, Tamra discussed her desire to exit the Tres Amigas tour with her husband, Eddie Judge.
According to Tamra, she didn’t leave the Tres Amigas because she disliked the tour but because being around Shannon was “too stressful.”
“I thought she was gonna get help, and it’s frustrating to me because she’s lying to everybody,” she said of Shannon’s post-DUI drinking habits.
“She says, ‘I’m just gonna have a drink, I’m just gonna have two drinks, I don’t have a drinking problem.’ I will be there in a heartbeat if she reaches out to me, but I’m going to choose me and my happiness,” she added. “I cannot deal with the day-to-day with her anymore.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
