“RHOC”: Shannon Beador Slams Alexis Bellino for 'Being John’s Mouthpiece' During Reunion Screaming Match
“You have a really strange relationship with the truth,” Alexis shouted at Shannon on the Nov. 14 episode
Warning: this story contains spoilers from the Nov. 14 episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Shannon Storms Beador and Alexis Bellino’s feud is heating back up.
On part two of The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion on Nov. 14, Alexis joined the ladies to discuss the past season and address the lawsuits filed against Shannon by her ex-husband Jim Bellino and current fiancé John Janssen (who Shannon also dated previously).
When flashbacks played onscreen, featuring Alexis threatening to release videos that allegedly showed Shannon nearly running over John’s daughter the night she got a DUI, Alexis explained what prompted that.
“I brought it up then because I was in a weak moment,” she said. ”It was not to be brought up. John has never brought it up, so there is no extortion.”
Alexis went on to say that Shannon’s attorney was the one who brought the videos into their court case, in which John is suing Shannon for $75,000 he claims was a loan.
“You have a really strange relationship with the truth,” Alexis shouted at Shannon, who snapped back saying that was the same thing John had said about her in his confessional.
“Stop being John's mouthpiece!” Shannon exclaimed.
“How many times did you practice in front of the mirror and ‘Johnny J,’ ‘There's the door, Shannon Beador?’” she added, referring to Alexis’ memorable line when Shannon confronted her about the lawsuits earlier this season. "Get a job, girl!"
Alexis brushed it off, saying she was not involved in either lawsuit against Shannon and didn’t know why Shannon was asking her about them.
“You berated me for 25 minutes that day,” Alexis said, to which Shannon responded, "Liarface, you lied to me that day."
Shannon accused Alexis of sending her a cease and desist letter when Jim sued her for defamation, referring to texts from Alexis stating “we” would be taking legal action against her in 2018. When Alexis asked to show her the letter, Shannon pointed to the texts again.
“This is why it's again, another lie,” Alexis said. “There was no court document. It was not a cease and desist. Like she said, I have no signature on any part of the legal part of this court case at all.”
Emily Simpson, who is a lawyer, pointed out that Alexis was named as “an interested party” on the cease and desist even though she didn’t sign it.
“Because I’m the ex-wife, you should know this as an attorney,” Alexis yelled.
“It got the ball rolling,” Shannon replied.
“I want to explain the text, it’s very simple,” Alexis then said. “Jim calls me and goes, ‘Alexis, Shannon is saying that I allow people to break their neck in my trampoline park. This is hurting my children, this is hurting our children.’ He said to me, ‘Will you send this text to Shannon and Tamra?’ I sent one to text to protect everybody and say, 'Back down and tell the truth and take back what you said.'"
Shannon wasn’t standing down, though, insisting she never said what Jim was claiming and declaring: “I didn’t do anything wrong. I won.”
Acknowledging Shannon won the lawsuit, Alexis insisted she sent the text on Jim’s behalf and had nothing to do with the actual proceedings. “Whether I sent that text or not, Jim was going to sue your ass,” she told Shannon.
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The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.