Reality Bites! Ex ‘RHOC’ Stars Vicki Gunvalson & Tamra Judge Banned From TV For 1 Year
Feb. 5 2020, Updated 4:36 p.m. ET
Reality bites!
Ex Real Housewives of Orange County stars Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge are banned from TV for a year due to their iron-clad contracts, RadarOnline.com exclusively learned.
According to an insider, “Vicki and Tamra have a one-year non-compete clause in their contracts.”
The source told RadarOnline.com, “they will have to get special permission to film any other television shows for the next year.”
Both Vicki and Tamra are off RHOC for season 15, in a shocking shakeup for the original housewives franchise.
Vicki made the announcement on her Instagram page on January 24, writing, “I will always be the OG of the OC, but it’s time to say goodbye to The Real Housewives of Orange County. It’s been an incredible ride for 14 years and I want thank all of you for your support, for your love and for ‘whooping it up’ with me along the way.”
Tamra’s message was much shorter.
“It’s been a wild 12 years . But it’s time for me to move on. Im sad to go but very excited about my future . Love ❤️ you guys,” she wrote on Instagram.
Tamra confirmed that she was only offered a three-episode arc on the show and walked away after the humiliating demotion.
And after a year demoted to a “friend,” Vicki walked as well, claiming that she was starting a podcast to continue sharing her life with her fans.
Scroll through the gallery for more details about Vicki and Tamra’s post-RHOC lives!
Bye
“It’s the end of an era,” a source close to production exclusively told RadarOnline.com about Vicki leaving the show.
“She made it very clear at BravoCon that she would never come back to the show as a friend.”
Pay Cut
Tamra was offered a paltry $20,000 for each of her three episodes for season 15, a shocking pay cut from her $900,000 RHOC salary.
Down But Not Out
“She’s been such an incredible part of the show for 12 years, that my only thing that I’ll say about her is, you have not seen the last of Tamra on the Housewives of Orange County,” Andy Cohen said about Tamra on Entertainment Tonight.
Not Enough
“Bravo bosses wanted Tamra to be a bridge from the old cast to the new in season 15 and she refused,” a source told RadarOnline.com about the offer for Tamra to appear for just three episodes.
Bad Blood
“It was a rough day and there is a lot you the viewers didn’t see,” Vicki said to a fan about her volatile appearance on the RHOC season 14 reunion show. “I shouldn’t have gone on, as I was lied to that morning by them.”
Not Enough
Vicki’s friendship with Tamra and Shannon Beador, dubbed the “Tres Amigas,” was a storyline on the show as was her engagement to Steve Lodge, but neither were enough to bring her back on Bravo.
Negotiations
“Tamra got her pick-up contract letter last, after the other ladies, and it had major conditions in it,” a source previously told RadarOnline.com. “She was even more than demoted to a friend role. She’d have very little camera time. And it meant she would earn next to nothing in reality TV terms.”