Vicki Gunvalson RETURNS to Real Housewives of Orange County as Guest to Confront Ex-BFF Tamra Judge

Vicki Gunvalson will reportedly face off against her ex-best friend and former Tres Amigas member Tamra Judge on The Real Housewives of Orange County (RHOC).

Nearly four years after leaving the Bravo series after fourteen seasons as a full-fledged Housewife, the 61-year-old TV personality has agreed to return as a “guest” to confront Judge over their feud.

According to production sources, cast member Shannon Beador took the mother of two to a “large group outing” with current and former RHOC housewives to “work through their issues and move on.”

Despite Beador’s efforts to bring them all together, TMZ reported that Gunvalson and Judge got into an “explosive fight.”

An insider added that it appears that the friendship between them and Beador “seems more fractured than ever before.”

The confrontation happened after “Vicki filmed lunch with Shannon and Heather Dubrow earlier this week.”

The women allegedly talked about Judge while grabbing a bite to eat together.

Gunvalson, Judge and Beador’s estrangement from each other is particularly devastating to fans because they went on to do a live comedy tour called Tres Amigas.

In January, Beador and Gunvalson revealed that they were moving forward with their plans to hit the road together, without Judge, who said she gave up on the act in part because she suspected they were “talking bad about her behind her back.”

Gunvalson’s return to the Real Housewives of Orange County comes after she was demoted to “friend” status for the show’s 14th season, in which she appeared in 12 episodes.

She officially quit the following year in 2020, but three years later she appeared as a ‘guest star’ in five episodes for season 17.

Judge confirmed her feud with Beador in November during an interview with Access to Hollywood.

Nearly four years after leaving the Bravo series after fourteen seasons as a full-fledged Housewife, the 61-year-old TV personality has agreed to return as a “guest” to confront Judge about the fallout from their close friendship ; Gunvalson pictured in 2022

According to production sources, cast member Shannon Beador brought the mother of two to a large group outing with current and former RHOC Housewifes to “work through their issues and move on” (seen in 2013)

“We had an argument,” she told the outlet. “I’m not very happy with her right now.”

Although she kept the details of what happened between the enemies secret, she insisted that there could be an olive branch in their future.

“I think it’s something we can work through, but we had a disagreement before Thanksgiving and I haven’t spoken to her since,” she explained.

“Right now, she’s the only one [cast member] that I don’t talk to’.

After being reminded of their “up and down” relationship over the years, Tamra agreed, saying, “It’s been one of those things since I’ve known her.” Not that she’s naughty, but right now she’s really the only one I’m not talking to.’

Despite her efforts, TMZ reported that Gunvalson and Judge got into an “explosive fight” (Beador, Judge, Gunvalson pictured together in 2019)

The friendship update comes just three weeks after Shannon praised Tamra and their former RHOC costar Vicki for being a good friend during her DUI ordeal.

“These two have been an incredible support to me,” she said We weekly at BravoCon 2023.

‘Tamra left for The Traitors [in Scotland] the day my DUI became public, and she didn’t even want to go. She was honestly there [for me].’

Sounding like total BFFs, Tamra added at the time, “I just wanted to lay in bed with her and watch TV.” And then order room service.’

Shannon was arrested in Orange County on September 17 for alcohol abuse and was hit as authorities say she crashed into a house, parked in the middle of the street and pretended to be walking her dog.

The trio had the crowd laughing as the ‘Tres Amigas’

Her vehicle was seized by authorities and she was subsequently released without bail.

The incident occurred after The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member was spotted at an establishment in Newport Beach, California called A Restaurant.

She had visited her ex John Janssen – they split in January – before the drunken incident and was then seen with him on the Tuesday after her arrest.

“We’re friends, I care about her,” John told DailyMail.com, adding that he had “no comment” regarding further questions about their relationship.