TV personality Tamra Judge, from The Real Housewives of Orange County, said she’s “hit a wall” emotionally after her pal Teddi Mellencamp was diagnosed with brain tumours
A Real Housewives star appeared to announce her exit from the show.
Tamra Judge, 57, is famed for appearing on The Real Housewives of Orange County buthas sparked speculation that she has quit the US reality hit during filming. Last month, her friend Teddi Mellencamp, from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, announced she had been diagnosed with multiple brain tumours.
Teddi, Tamra’s co-host on their Two Ts In A Pod podcast, had surgery to remove two of the brain tumours – the initial op was successful. But she has now revealed more tumours have been found – 2 in her lungs and other brain tumours – that surgery couldn’t remove.
The TV star said the tumours were picked up by scans and relate to her skin cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in October 2022. However, she said doctors are “hopeful” that immunotherapy will treat the remaining tumours.
Tamra has said she’s “hit a wall” emotionally while opening up about her struggles on a recent episode of her podcast. Teddi has stepped back from the podcast due to her medical issues.
“There’s so much going on in my life … between therapy and Teddi and some other personal things I’m going through, I just hit a wall, and I feel like I’m in a full depressed mode,” Tamra told guest co-host Doloros Catania, from The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
“I think everything with Teddi, and watching what she’s going through, weighed very heavy on you,” Catania replied. I haven’t seen you once since this all happened that you weren’t viscerally upset. You really care, and that says so much about you to me.”
Judge said she’s been “dealing with some stuff through therapy, and that really breaks you down to your lowest point. … And then jumping into the show, and then Teddi — it’s just a combination of so many different things.”
The TV star said she approached the show’s 19th season “not knowing, not sure, very anxious.” She admitted she feels like she’s reached a point where everything around her “is starting to crumble.”
She revealed her friend Teddi boosted her spirits in hilarious fashion as she went on: “I just couldn’t take the extra pressure. So, as of right now I’m just not good, but you know, Teddi gave me a pep talk and that is the first time I’ve laughed in so long.
“We laughed, laughed, and she just yelled at me and said, ‘Listen to me. If I have to be bald and fat right now and going through this, you get your ass back over there,’” she continued. “And I just started laughing.”
Tamra said she feels anxious about filming given the emotional issues she’s dealing with. “When I get like this, my body just shuts down. It just completely shuts down. I can just sit in one place and just stare at the wall for hours,” she said.
“And that’s how I feel, and it’s really hard to film like that when you feel like that.” Catania was quick to offer words of encouragement and suggested she show her vulnrability on screen.
“If you need to sit and stare at the wall, I think it should be allowed,” she said. “Because that’s a part of real life, right? This is reality.”
In an apparent nod to speculation Tamra is walking away from The Real Housewives, Catania said: “Whatever decision you make, I stand behind you.” It is not confirmed at this point if Tamra has quit the show.
However, she seemed to hint at her exit earlier this week on her Instagram story. “It was a long run! When life gives you real problems this reality s— doesn’t make sense.” She added: “Peace out [peace sign emoji] I’m out.”
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