RHOC's Shannon Beador on what didn't air during the Alexis fight

Shannon Beador talked about what was not broadcast in the current season Real Housewives of Orange Countyher drama with Tamra Richter And Alexis Bellinoand her previous relationship with Alexis' boyfriend John Janssen – who is currently suing her.

After their split, John claimed he loaned Shannon $75,000 to pay for her plastic surgery, but Shannon never paid him back. In the current season of the show, she is forced to film with Alexis, John's girlfriend, and Tamra, who was once Shannon's girlfriend but apparently defected to her after Shannon's drunk driving incident.

To Sheena Shay's Scheananigans Podcast, called Shannon Peggy Sulahian as the “housewife” who bored her the most, but claimed that Tamra was the biggest “nuisance” and the biggest “horror.” She also called Tamra the pettiest.

Although Shannon wants less of Alexis on the show, she wants Alum Gretchen Rossi return.

Shannon stated that she previously disliked Gretchen “because Tamra didn't like her” and that Shannon wanted to be a good friend to Tamra.

But recently she had spoken to Gretchen and it was “really nice.”

“And I thought, 'My goodness, she's a really sweet girl. I can't believe I didn't even try to develop some kind of friendship with her,'” she explained.

Host Scheana said that at the last BravoCon, when Vicki received an award from her former colleagues, Alexis “went off script” and suggested that she herself was “the only woman [on stage] who has not slept with Slade Smiley' – Gretchen's husband.

“I had no idea Gretchen was going to be there, it was a surprise,” Scheana recalled. “So I talked to her afterward and said, 'Wait, so this wasn't planned?' And she said no. She was very offended… Later that night at the after-party, I saw Alexis and she said, 'Oh my God, hi, I'm Alexis!' I said, 'You're the one who said something really rude about my friend's husband on stage.' And she was like, 'Uh…'”

According to Scheana, she then said “nice to meet you” and immediately “walked away.”

Shannon then claimed that Tamra was “seething” at BravoCon because she wanted to see Gretchen and Alexis on stage, but Tamra and Alexis “made up at the after-party.”

Shannon later confronted Tamra about posting photos with Alexis, with Shannon reminding Tamra that she had “sent us a letter” while her ex-husband Jim's earlier lawsuit.

“[Tamra] said, “I think Jim forced her to do it,” Shannon recalled. “But that's part of our season because she told me to dig up the letter, so we'll see if I did it.”

Shannon said she was “absolutely not” open to a future friendship with Alexis. According to Shannon, she first learned about their relationship when someone called her and showed her a photo of them together.

“The minute I got the call, I knew they were going to be together,” Shannon said. “I just knew it.”

Shannon claimed that they “found each other” after her own separation from John.[ting] back together,” but they “didn’t admit it” because, as she now believes, they both “knew deep down” that it “wouldn’t work” because “too much blood had been shed.”

The star said John showered her with love every few days by sending her flowers, with notes like, 'Thinking of your beautiful smile.'”

“Slowly he let his clothes [at my place],” she added. “And when Covid hit… he really just had to bring a few more clothes because basically everything was at my house… Looking back now, we should have broken up after a year.”

Shannon said John would claim He didn't like the show, but she “felt that he enjoyed it” and he liked “going out and getting noticed.”

“He always said, 'I'm so proud to have you on my arm,'” she said. “He is clearly [love bombing] again [with Alexis].”

The star also said that she believes John sought a relationship with Alexis in order to maintain a place on the platform.

Shannon claimed that before their separation, John suggested that Shannon cut her hair to make it look more “age-appropriate” because long hair with extensions looked “artificial.”

“And then he said, 'Why are these girls dressing so provocatively? You know, like they should really cover up and be conservative,'” she added. “I feel like I don't even know him.”

She also claimed that she learned that John was suing her “through People Magazine.”

“They gave People a copy of the complaint,” she said. “He never asked me for the money back … and I offered to pay him in full because the legal fees are going to be well over $75,000 … And he said no. And so obviously it's not about money … He didn't want to sign a non-disparagement agreement, which is common when you settle with somebody. So he obviously wants to disparage me or hurt me.”

She also called it “odd” that Shannon's only other legal dispute was with Alexis' “ex-husband,” and talked about how John “added a fraud allegation” to his own lawsuit, claiming she “intentionally took money from him and [he’s now] and is seeking punitive damages.”

“Emily tells me – you know, because she's a lawyer – that it's so suspicious that he did that while we were filming,” said Shannon, who wondered why he didn't ask about the money when they broke up.

Shannon said the recent dinner table argument with Tamra and Alexis was the “worst day of filming in my ten years on the show.”

The star said Alexis claimed at the time that Shannon was not a good friend because she would never sleep with John.

“I said to her, 'I have three kids under the age of 18. So, yes, I wanted to sleep at my house,'” Shannon said. “I remember Tamra saying, 'Oh, now you're mom-shaming her?' It was like, no. I have young kids.”

Shannon praised her fellow actor Gina for the great support during this whole ordeal.

Regarding her colleagues' reactions to her drunk driving, Shannon said Tamra's behavior was not “compassionate” but “just show.”

Shannon claimed that calling Tamra an alcoholic was “slanderous.” The star explained that she will continue to go out and have a few drinks, but if it becomes a “problem,” she will deal with it.

Regarding her relationship with John, Shannon said that John was a “drinker” and they “went out all the time.”

She announced that the “Tres Amigas” – the comedy show consisting of her, Tamra and Vicki – is finally “done” and there is no chance of them getting back together, although Vicki and Shannon will continue to tour. After driving under the influence, Shannon wanted to remove a drinking song and video from the comedy show, but Tamra urged her to add it back – although Tamra later claimed Shannon's driving under the influence was the reason she left the show.

Shannon then recalled that Tamra had commented on a photo of John and Alexis together and Shannon then confronted her about it – and Tamra told her to “grow the fuck up.”

“We were sending each other nasty text messages and then she would say things like, 'Have another drink.' Just horrible things,” she said.

But then, a month later, after John and Alexis were officially together, Tamra said she felt “bad” because Shannon had to spend Christmas with the “Alexis and John stuff,” Shannon said.

“[She has] selective memory of how things happened,” said the star, who said Shannon hasn't been in touch with her since filming ended. “With Tamra, it's all about the show… She just has such an opinion of me, she doesn't know anything. Like you're somehow possessed.”

Shannon said that despite Tamra's hints before the season began, they never had a “conversation” about her drinking.