Whereas the Bravosphere remains to be buzzing over “OG of the OC” Vicki Gunvalson’s return to The Actual Housewives of Orange County, potential drama between the forged is already brewing.
“Even simply, like, over the summer time, Vicki was, like, texting me stuff and saying, like, oh, I’m simply gonna maintain me mouth shut [about] what she stated,” Gretchen Rossi completely instructed Us Weekly on Saturday, November 15, whereas attending BravoCon 2025 in Las Vegas.
“She was telling me some insane stuff,” she continued, claiming that Vicki was texting about her longtime buddy and RHOC costar Tamra Decide.
“Yeah, it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be attention-grabbing to see the dynamics,” Gretchen stated.
Vicki’s official return to actuality TV was introduced at this yr’s three-day fan conference in Sin Metropolis on Friday, November 14, after Andy Cohen shocked her on stage with an orange throughout The Bravos awards.
“Vicki, would you be a part of us as a housewife for season 20?” Cohen requested Vicki, who grew to become visibly emotional on stage. (Vicki helped launch the truth TV present and appeared for 14 seasons earlier than strolling away from the cameras in January 2020.)
After her onstage BravoCon second, Us caught up with Vicki, who completely shared what the shock expertise was like for her.
“After I went on the market, Andy wished me to present Kandi Burruss the Wifetime Achievement Award, and he gave me per week’s discover,” Vicki defined to Us on Saturday. “I ready a speech, and I went up on stage, and it wasn’t on the prompter.”
She continued, “When he requested me about season 20, I used to be actually somber going on the market as a result of I assumed, ‘That is my final time on stage. That is my final time with BravoCon. They’re placing me out to pasture. I’m going to kick and scream the entire manner out, however I’m going to do it.’ After which, when he requested me, it took some time for me to grasp that that is my subsequent life now for at the very least a yr. I’m so grateful and grateful. I’m simply going to be me and have enjoyable and encourage girls.”
Whereas Gretchen appeared to allude to some doable dangerous blood nonetheless lingering between the pair, Tamra instructed Us that whereas she was shocked to listen to that Vicki was returning to the present she is worked up for the upcoming season.
In accordance with Emily Simpson, Vicki Gunvalson’s The Actual Housewives of Orange County return introduced an underlying animosity. Whereas talking with Us Weekly at BravoCon 2025 on Friday, November 14, Emily, 49, revealed that she just lately bumped into Vicki, 63, on the purple carpet. “She was, like, ‘Effectively, I nonetheless don’t belief her. I don’t belief […]
“No, I didn’t realize it was gonna go down,” Tamra instructed Us on Saturday. “I’ve been, you understand, spending just a little time with Vicki currently and speaking together with her. And I’m like, ‘Have you ever bought any information? You already know, usually we don’t get information about subsequent season until about December or January. So she’s like, ‘No, I haven’t heard something.’”
She continued, “So yeah, she was completely shocked. Completely shocked.”
Tamra later instructed Us that she “was so glad” to see her buddy on stage accepting her orange, including that her husband, Eddie Decide, was sitting subsequent to Vicki’s boyfriend, Michael Smith, because the second performed out on stage.
“He’s like, his jaw dropped,” she dished to us of Michael’s response to his girlfriend having her BravoCon second. “And he’s like, ‘Oh my god, that is occurring.’ As a result of he’s very similar to Eddie, the place he’s like, ‘OK, you do your stuff. I’m gonna go sit over within the nook.’ So now, Eddie can have someone to hang around with.”
