Viewers of The Real Housewives of Orange County were left buzzing after the season finale stirred up drama with accusations against Tamra Judge for allegedly leaking stories to bloggers. Fresh reports now suggest that the controversial phone call the cast received, implicating Tamra, might have been orchestrated to tarnish her reputation.

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During the episode, fans watched as Gina Kirschenheiter, Shannon Beador, and Jennifer Pedranti spoke to an anonymous caller who claimed Tamra had been sharing show secrets during production. Tamra, taking it all in stride, humorously updated her Instagram bio to include “cybersecurity hacker” among her talents.

Although many of her fellow cast members seem convinced of her guilt, Radar Online has reported that the entire scenario was allegedly a ploy to undermine the podcast host. According to a source, “The phone call at the episode’s conclusion was entirely staged to cast Tamra in a negative light as the season wrapped up, redirecting suspicion towards her.”

The insider elaborated, “It’s highly suspicious that after Tamra expressed fears of retaliation, a mysterious caller, using a voice changer, suddenly accuses her of spilling secrets to bloggers.” They added that the incidents mentioned by the caller took place in public settings, suggesting that anyone nearby could have overheard the details.

The person continued, “The timing is super suspect that she says she’s worried about retaliation and suddenly, a few weeks later, a caller with a ‘ghost face’ like voice changer calls and says she was talking to bloggers and outing storylines.” The insider went on to mention that the examples the caller cited were filmed in public spaces, which means that anyone in close proximity to the filming could have had access to the same information. 

They then said, “Just as Gretchen and Katie [Ginella] are in the throes of scandals the entire season, both of whom have drama with Tamra at one point or another during the season, suddenly, as the season is FINISHED, there’s a FILMED phone call to try and out Tamra and make her look bad.”

The person went on to say that the claims against Tamra “weren’t even bad.” They said, “It’s not like the caller said, ‘Oh, Tamra’s been saying hateful things.’ This was just a ploy to try to make her look bad.”

They continued, “None of the RHOC storylines appeared online before the season, for the most part. So if she was ‘outing’ these things to bloggers, where were they?”

From there, the insider stated that Tamra will be vindicated at the reunion, saying, “It just doesn’t add up and, as fans will see at the reunion, the plot to make her look bad falls, sadly for those who dislike her, flat.”

Part one of the RHOC season 19 reunion airs on November 6.