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Gretchen Rossi suspects that Tamra Judge might be behind the controversial screenshots allegedly showing her “liking” several inflammatory posts.

After the finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County, where Gretchen, 47, faced criticism for purportedly endorsing homophobic and anti-abortion content, she voiced her suspicion about Tamra, 58, potentially orchestrating the situation. Meanwhile, Tamra highlighted the evidence against her, and Jennifer Pedranti, 48, commented on Tamra’s seemingly dubious response to the unfolding drama.

“Are you really going to tell me these posts have been online, and I’ve supposedly been ‘liking’ them without any media attention?” Gretchen questioned during the October 30 episode of the RHOC: After Show.

Gretchen claims Tamra is associated with the account that disseminated the contentious posts.

“It’s nowhere but on this one Twitter feed that Tamra is the only person that happens to be following that account,” she noted.

Gretchen also pointed out that the posts in question were nowhere to be found when she and her castmates went looking.

“[Gina Kirschenheiter] and [Emily Simpson] were so angry because they had stayed all night looking for that post. They couldn’t find it. And then I went and looked for the post. I could not find it,” she shared. 

Then, after Emily, 49, admitted to Tamra that she and Gina, 41, “couldn’t find” the post, Tamra insisted, “There’s overwhelming evidence,” before noting that she expected to be blamed.

“I’m already expecting, ‘Oh, you did this. You made this up,’ and I’m like, ‘No. I wouldn’t have made something up like that at all,’” she shared.

As for Jenn, she recalled the demeanor of the group on the day after Gretchen’s reported “likes” were revealed.

“[Gretchen] was not with us, and it was weird because something shifted, and everybody’s energy was so sad, yet Tamra was the most elevated I’d seen her,” she stated. “And I knew, ‘I don’t know what I know, but I know.’”

Shannon Beador, 61, was also suspicious of Tamra.

“Certain things … made me think, ‘What’s going on?’” she admitted. “I thought, ‘Tamra and Gretchen just made up on some swing off a building. How do you make up with someone, knowing that Gina’s gonna deliver this bombshell?’”

Jenn then recalled a conversation she had with Emily and Gina.

“They both said, ‘Do not break and act [differently] around Tamra. Don’t let her know you feel one ounce of anything.’ They very much had the mindset of, ‘There is something to get to here,’” she explained. “They’re so aware of who Tamra is that if she gets any inkling that anyone’s on to her, she’ll start spinning. So I thought that was so telling that even Gina and Emily were like, ‘Toe the line.’”

The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 reunion begins Thursday at 8/7c on Bravo.