Just when it seemed a fragile peace might be possible in Orange County, Alexis Bellino has just taken Shannon Beador’s olive branch and set it on fire. After Shannon offered a surprisingly gracious compliment about her wedding to John Janssen, Alexis has responded with a vicious, passive-aggressive takedown, effectively telling her nemesis to “move on” and keep “my husband’s name out of her mouth.”
The drama began when Shannon, both on “Watch What Happens Live” and at the reunion, put aside their bitter feud and admitted that Alexis’s wedding to her ex, John Janssen, looked “beautiful.” It was a moment of unexpected class from a woman who had been publicly battling John in court.
But Alexis did not accept the compliment with grace. Instead, she used it as an opportunity to twist the knife.
“I’m glad that it feels like she can finally move on
,” Alexis said with cutting condescension on the Reality with The King podcast. “And hopefully now next season… she’ll leave my husband’s name out of her mouth, because it makes her look kind of
like an idiot to bring him up this many years later.”
This was not a simple thank you; it was a calculated power move designed to humiliate Shannon.
“Alexis is reveling in her victory,” an insider source told us. “Shannon offered a moment of peace, and Alexis used it to kick her while she’s down. She’s not just accepting a compliment; she’s issuing a warning and an insult. She’s making it crystal clear that John is
her husband now, and that Shannon needs to know her place.”
Alexis then went on to praise her own wedding, almost rubbing it in Shannon’s face. “There’s no one that can say my wedding was beautiful and think they’re lying, because it was beautiful,” she declared.
She also gave a backhanded compliment to Tamra Judge for being “sensitive” to Shannon’s feelings at the reunion, while simultaneously confirming Tamra was holding back even more praise for the wedding out of pity for Shannon’s “difficulty moving forward.”
THE CONCLUSION
Alexis Bellino has made her position clear. She is not interested in peace; she is interested in victory. By taking Shannon’s compliment and turning it into a weapon, she has ensured that the war between them is far from over. She has claimed her man, she has claimed her victory, and she is now demanding the silence of her vanquished foe. The message to Shannon is brutal and clear: move on, or be made to look like an idiot.
Karen Huger has been found guilty on nearly all counts after being charged with a DUI in Maryland in March.
“Although we are disappointed in the jury’s verdict, we of course respect their decision and appreciate their time hearing our case,” the Real Housewives of Potomac star’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, tells PEOPLE exclusively in a statement.
Bolden, a partner at Reed Smith law firm adds, “We continue to reserve Mrs. Huger’s right to an appeal and intend to fully pursue justice on her behalf. We appreciate your support and prayers for Mrs. Huger and her family at this time.”
After the March 19 incident, Huger, 61, was charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
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Other charges include failure to control vehicle speed on the highway to avoid a collision, driving a vehicle in excess of reasonable and prudent speed on the highway, driving a vehicle on the highway with suspended registration, and failure to notify administration of change of address within 30 days.
She was found guilty on all charges except reckless driving, her rep tells PEOPLE. The reality star is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29.
A spokesperson for the Montgomery County Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE on March 20 that Huger had been involved in a single-vehicle collision in Potomac. Law enforcement said the television personality crossed a median and struck multiple street signs but was not injured at the time of the crash.
Authorities also reportedly told TMZ — who was first to report the news — that Huger was allegedly driving in an “aggressive manner” and very fast before the collision.
At the time of the incident, she was not arrested, however, she received several citations.
During Huger’s first day in court on Tuesday, Dec. 17, witnesses described what they noticed, with one man stating that Huger’s car allegedly smelled like alcohol, per Fox 5 DC. A volunteer EMT who responded to the scene said Huger did not want treatment and “swayed” when trying to step into the ambulance. Inside the vehicle, the EMT said Huger allegedly told them to “f— off” and “go f— yourselves” several times.
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Minutes later she complimented a female firefighter, telling her, “You’re so beautiful,” the EMT said.
The jury also saw bodycam footage on Tuesday, where one officer was seen telling Huger she was “hammered,” a claim she called “bulls—” in the footage.
Huger broke her silence on the incident in a statement to TMZ on March 20. The reality star, whose parents died within seven months of each other in 2017, said she was experiencing a moment of grief the evening of the crash.
“With the passing of my Beloved Mother, Grief comes and goes in waves, and with Mother’s Day approaching it has felt more like a tsunami,” she said. “Last night I met a girlfriend for dinner, we talked and brought up some very emotionally sensitive topics. I was crying on my way home and saw a car heading right for me.”
She continued, “I swerved to avoid the head-on collision, hit the divider, and then a tree. I’m hurt, bruised up a bit, but so grateful I am alive! I did receive citations, one of which was unrelated to the incident which is understandable, but what was most surprising is that the car that almost hit me just drove away!”
Huger concluded by reminding fans to “understate your emotional state” before getting behind the wheel, crediting her mother, whom she called her “Guardian Angel,” and her seatbelt for saving her life.
Huger’s arrest is a central storyline in season 9 of The Real Housewives of Potomac, which airs Sundays on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.