Alexis Bellino accused Real Housewives of Orange County castmates of having a “strategy” to get Tamra Judge “off the show” for season 20, and she claimed they’re “jealous” as Tamra “carries the show.”
This season, Tamra called out Katie Ginella for allegedly leaking information about Gretchen Rossi to a content creator. Tamra also exposed Katie for secretly recording Shannon Beador during a meltdown. But after the cast ousted Katie completely, Tamra quickly reconciled with her amid their mutual animosity toward Gretchen. Now, they seem to be the best of friends.
“I do know that every single woman on that stage has a strategy,” said Alexis on Reality with The King, referring to the recent reunion. “There’s no doubt it was to get Tamra off the show for season 20.”
“I think they’re jealous that she’s been on the longest,” she added. “And I think they don’t want someone who has so many facts in her brain — because she’s very smart — that will just call it out when it’s time for the truth to be told. And that is why Tamra carries the show forward … Everyone has some sort of a strategy. It is kind of the game of
According to Alexis, Housewives try not to “tick everyone off” because they don’t want to be like “Katie, on the desert island.”
“You have to try to kind of keep the peace but yet be honest and real and authentic and call the truth out when the truth needs to be told,” said Alexis. “It’s a very difficult career … not everybody can handle it. Not everybody can do that job. And it is entertainment, so you kind of have to keep it at that level — like, none of us are performing brain surgery … We’re literally here to make people laugh and escape their reality and their own world.”
Part two of the Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 reunion airs on Thursday, November 13, at 8/7c on Bravo.
In a world of over-the-top, staged proposals, Paulie Connell just delivered a masterclass in heartfelt, chaotic, and utterly perfect romance. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dolores Catania is engaged, and the story of how her longtime love popped the question—in the middle of an Apple Store, with a fake PEOPLE interview as a decoy—is a tale of pure, unscripted magic.
The plan was elaborate. Dolores was told she had a PEOPLE interview for a new medication she was promoting. After getting full hair and makeup, the meeting was “canceled.” Seizing the opportunity, Paulie insisted they finally go get her new iPhone. “I kept saying, ‘Just go get it for me! Why do you need me?'” Dolores recalled. But Paulie was relentless, inventing a story about the “only one iPhone Pro Max in the area” being held for her.
At the Apple Store in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey—the very spot where they first met nearly five years ago—Paulie’s nerves began to show. “He was sweating so bad, his T-shirt was soaked, his face was beet red,” Dolores laughed. “He started saying these sweet, beautiful things to me out of nowhere and I was like, ‘Paul, are you okay?'”
As an employee led them to the exact table where their love story began, Paulie’s mind was racing. “I was so nervous, my knees where knocking,” he confessed. “I’m like, ‘What are you doing? Don’t start getting sad, you’re meant to be happy!'”
While he was trying to deliver a heartfelt speech, Dolores was still completely oblivious, even joking to the employee, “Wouldn’t it be funny if we got engaged here?”
Then, he pulled the box from his pocket. That’s when reality hit. “I immediately said yes,” Dolores gushed. The ring, a show-stopping 11-carat centerpiece from John Anthony Jewelers, was a testament to his devotion. “Go big or go home,” Dolores laughed.
This wasn’t the first ring Paulie had bought. He revealed he’d purchased a stone years ago, but after getting to know Dolores better, he realized it was the “opposite of what I got.” This new ring, which he’d had for over a year and a half, was perfect.
The proposal was a symphony of sentimental details. The date, November 10th, was the same day Dolores had moved in with him four years prior. The celebration dinner was at Rocco’s steakhouse, the site of their very first date. “There’s not a thing this guy didn’t think of,” Dolores said.
For years, Bravo fans have relentlessly asked, “When is he going to propose?” Now, they have their answer. In the most unexpected of locations, surrounded by iPhones and unsuspecting shoppers, Dolores Catania’s next chapter has officially begun. And as Paulie laughed, “I’m just glad Dolores won’t have to answer a stupid question anymore.”