Tamra Judge confirms ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ return for Season 17
Tamra Judge confirmed she is returning to “The Real Housewives of Orange County” for Season 17.
Andy Cohen helped the reality star, 54, share the news on “Watch What Happens Live” Wednesday.
“Ladies and gentleman, it’s true — Tamra Judge is returning to ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County,'” the talk show host, also 54, said.
Judge then gushed, “The Judge is back, and drama is in session.” (She later tweeted the same sentence.)
The Bravolebrity told Cohen that she feels “1,000 percent more energized” about being back on the show thanks to a “totally different perspective.”
She explained, “I think that being off for two years was probably the best thing you could have done to me, even though I didn’t like it. I was on the show for 12 years, and once you’re on that long, you become a professional ‘Housewife.'”
She went on to admit that she was “kind of an a–hole.”
Judge initially joined the cast in 2007 for Season 3 and got axed in 2020 after filming the 14th season. She was one of eight cast members starring on Season 2 of “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” which premiered last month.
Page Six exclusively confirmed Judge’s “RHOC” return Saturday after Jill Zarin let the news slip in a since-deleted Instagram Story.
“Tamra’s coming back, and my friend Vicki [Gunvalson]’s not happy,” the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 58, said at the time.
When asked about Judge’s return that same day, however, Gunvalson, 60, told us that she was “happy for” the real estate agent.
“Good for her,” she gushed.
As for Braunwyn Windham-Burke, the former Bravo personality, 44, said, “Obviously her presence has been missed. She’s a staple on the show, and they’d be lucky to have her.”
Judge responded to Zarin spilling the beans via Instagram by calling her “the thirstiest bitch.”
But she sarcastically thanked Zarin for her loose lips Wednesday before showing her gratitude to Cohen on “WWHL.”
“Things are going to be totally different. The kids are older,” she explained of son Spencer and daughter Sophia.
