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Gretchen Rossi is speaking out about her ongoing issues with Tamra Judge, accusing her Real Housewives of Orange County costar of lies, manipulating storylines, and more.

While also confirming that she was “definitely involved” in Tamra’s temporary exit from the show, looking back on the “sad” finale and her fallout with Katie Ginella, 41, and being labeled a “MAGA Barbie,” Gretchen, 46, defended her hairstyle, claiming Emily Simpson, 49, copied her as she declared she was “not afraid” of Tamra, 57.

“I’ve never been afraid of her. I’m afraid of what she’s capable of doing and the lengths she goes to, for sure. But I’m not afraid of her in the sense that I’m not going to stand up when I feel like someone is being a bully or continuing to harm people,” Gretchen told The Daily Beast’s Obsessed on July 31. “I was probably the one person that was willing to speak up and call her out on it. And I think that’s why [she] and I have always butt heads, because she’s so used to manipulating situations.”

As fans have seen, Gretchen wasted no time reviving her on-screen feud with Tamra, most recently feuding with her castmate at a hot pot restaurant.

“I’ve never been a wallflower. I’ve always stuck up for myself, but I think that back in the day, you could sense some timidness,” she admitted. “And now I’m coming in with the facts, and I’m just going, ‘Okay, no, this is such B.S.’. You saw it in the first episode where I [told Tamra], ‘You’re the liar beyond liars. You have been lying for years.’”

According to Gretchen, who The Daily Beast said was “not apologizing” for being a “MAGA Barbie,” she runs to adversity, while Tamra runs away from it.

“Tamra’s the one who’s always out running. You address her, and she goes running. Stay tuned, because you’ll see a lot of that this season,” Gretchen noted, signaling Tamra’s temporary resignation from the series.

While fans will have to wait and see what led up to Tamra’s departure, which came around the cast’s trip to New Orleans, Gretchen revealed, “I was definitely involved in that.”

“There were so many twists and turns, and so many things that I was trying to figure out what was happening,” she teased.

Another trip taken amid season 19 was the group’s girls’ trip to Amsterdam, which did not include Katie. And, despite their initial friendship, Gretchen confirmed she was at the center of the fallout as she described the finale as “sad.”

“You have to stay tuned to see how that all works out, because there are some dynamics that change there, which was really sad. It was,” she shared.

Also during the interview, Gretchen addressed the controversy surrounding her supposedly dated hairstyle.

“It’s funny, because I see these girls out making comments in their media and press interviews about my hair being dated or whatever … What’s so funny about that is if you actually go and look on Chat GPT, ’90s bouncy wave bob cuts are what’s in style right now. So I’m very on trend right now with my hairstyle,” she stated.

Gretchen then gave a nod to Emily, saying, “What’s even funnier is one of them went and just cut her hair exactly like mine.”

The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.