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Jeff Lewis and Real Housewives of Orange County star Gina Kirschenheiter have been going back and forth at one another for some time now.
It all started when Jeff, 56, said he couldn’t work with Gina as he “can’t work with her budget.” He also took another dig at her, stating that “broke people shouldn’t have big weddings.”
At Bravo Fan Fest last month in Charleston, South Carolina, Gina, 42, clapped back at Jeff.
Specifically, she noted she was fine with him not redesigning her house due to how he “redesigned” his face, taking a jab at Jeff’s looks.
Sitting onstage alongside Gina was Jeff’s longtime friend Shannon Beador, who stars on RHOC alongside Gina.
Jeff took to his radio show to vent about Shannon, 62, and how disappointed he was that she didn’t have his back when Gina insulted him.
He admitted he was “a little disappointed” in her.
“She didn’t defend me,” Jeff stated.
He also blamed Bravo head honcho Andy Cohen for starting this when he initially asked Jeff a question on Watch What Happens Live and then just sitting there.
After the comments at Bravo Fan Fest, Jeff noted Shannon did end up texting him and insisted she “knows she was wrong.”
Her text allegedly read, “Just got home from Nashville seeing my mother, wanted to talk to you about the whole Gina thing. I’ve been so out of it. I don’t know what’s going on on your end. Call me when you can.”
“Hi, I can call you later,” Jeff replied. “ I just needed a few days to process. I was disappointed you didn’t defend me on stage at Fan Fest. We can talk about it.”
He shared Shannon, then said she was “sorry” that he was upset.
“I don’t like that. Just say I’m sorry,” he said.
“I would have fiercely defended her,” he elaborated. “And by the way, I would have also fiercely defended Andy Cohen, who sat there with his card over his mouth and should have said something, because we’ve been friends for what? 19 years. He defends a lot of those housewives. [I’ve] been friends with him longer than any of those people. So, I’m disappointed in him too.”
Jeff elaborated that any time Shannon is criticized, he’s the first one to defend her on his radio show.
He concluded by noting they will “talk it through.”
Shannon has yet to comment again on the situation with Jeff.
