Tamra Judge On Gretchen Rossi And Slade Smiley's Drama, Simon Barney's Cancer

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Tamra Judgeaddressed her ongoing drama with Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley during an April 3 appearance on Jeff Lewis' SiriusXM radio show, "Jeff Lewis Live."

Before answering a fan question about the current health of her former husband, Simon Barney, and revealing how their co-parenting relationship is today, the former "Real Housewives of Orange County" cast member admitted that when it comes to Rossi and Smiley, the controversial couple has never liked her and has frequently taken aim at her in the press.

"They’ve never liked me. It’s constant," Judge said of the negative comments Rossi and Smiley have made in recent months.

According to Judge, she learned years ago that Rossi and Smiley didn't just dislike her, but had tried to take her down in the press.

"I actually have emails from a reporter where Slade is actually trying to sell bad stories about me. I don’t know anything about them. They have their a**es hurt over me for some strong reason," Judge stated. 

In January 2020, after Judge announced that she would not be featured on the 15th season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County," which aired later that year, Rossi and Smiley were thrilled.

"They celebrated when I got let go. I don’t know what their problem is. I don’t really care," Judge explained. "To be stuck in that negative world and to constantly think about Tamra Judge and what’s going on with her life and, ‘Let’s expose her.’ I read something on Instagram where she said, ‘Tamra was in cahoots with Bravo and they would sell stories about me.’"

"I’m like, ‘Could you imagine being in cahoots with Bravo?’ Me and Bravo are selling stories about her. I’m like, ‘First of all, nobody gives two sh*ts about you.’ Bravo doesn’t take our calls and nobody gives a crap about those two,” Judge continued.

As for her relationship with Barney, Judge said that she and her former spouse have come a long way in the months since he was diagnosed with cancer.

“Our relationship is good, much better than it was before," she admitted.

"I can’t really talk about his cancer because he hasn’t given an update and it’s not my position to give an update about his health but we’re hoping for the best at this point," Judge shared. "He’s hoping for the best. He’s being a little bit private with me, as well, even with the kids."

The 16th season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" has not yet gone into production and an official cast lineup for the new episodes has not yet been announced.