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Katie Ginella addressed Gina Kirschenheiter’s comment about “Asian designers,” and why she thinks Jennifer Pedranti “jump[ed] ship.” The Real Housewives of Orange County star also addressed the upcoming reunion, and claimed a costar called production to premeditate her takedown.

Throughout the new episodes, almost every castmate accused Katie of lying. During a lie detector test, Katie “failed” all the questions – leading to the end of her friendships with Jennifer and Gretchen Rossi. Later on, Katie suggested that Gina and Emily Simpson set up the test so she would fail. Meanwhile, many fans on social media are fiercely siding with Katie, and Jennifer has clapped back at some.

On Two Ts in a Pod, Katie was asked about Gina’s comment suggesting that Katie wasn’t wearing “Asian designers.”

“I am not looking to Gina for advice on how to be Asian, or how Asian I need to be. So I’m gonna do that on my own,” she said.

As for Gina’s suggestion that she might not return if Katie comes back, Katie stated, “I think it’s very sad, and I don’t think I’m that scary … [But] I don’t think [what she’s saying is] the truth.”

In an interview for ET, Katie addressed her friendship fallout with Jennifer.

“Jen is someone that I dearly loved, and I felt like last year I stuck up a lot for her in situations regarding the dress at Neiman Marcus and Ryan and all the allegations about Ryan,” said Katie. “I feel like when she saw [them] gang up on me, she thought, ‘Oh, I don’t want to go down with this sinking ship, so I’m going to jump ship basically.’”

She was asked why Jennifer doesn’t back up her claims.

“Her hate for Tamra is greater than her love for me, and that’s what all this boils down to,” said Katie. “…[And] the things that she’s doing online are kind of scary. I don’t know … It’s hard. I miss talking to her and I miss the relationship we had, but hopefully we’re going to repair it one day.”

Katie claimed that the first time she’ll see her castmates in a while will be at the reunion.

“I will be there,” she said. “I’m hoping to get some apologies. Big ones … I would like to discuss this setup and trying to push me out … [There’s] probably going to be a lot of heat coming my way. It might be everyone on one side and then just me [on the other].”

Katie said she’s only heard from Tamra Judge since the polygraph drama.

“[She asks] how [I’m] doing,” said Katie. “She checks in on me, which is really nice.”

Katie claimed her “biggest regret” of the season was “not standing up for myself,” as she never thought she would be “portrayed as this season’s villain.” Katie found it “suspect” that only Emily, Gina, and Gretchen passed all of their questions on the polygraph.

She also hinted that certain castmates may not realize there are “biases” behind some of the “words that they are using,” and they should perhaps “do some learning” — as Katie sometimes “felt like an other.”

According to Katie, one costar told her that a different castmate called the head of production in an attempt to plan her takedown (so Gretchen could take her spot). She suggested that Gina was somehow involved in the plan.

“I heard from one castmate that another castmate called the head of production and said we need to give Gretchen Katie’s orange. We want her out,” claimed Katie.

She continued, “So that’s where the planning started from the very beginning of the season. I also think you see in the episode where Gina says to Gretchen, ‘Don’t worry, we have a plan.’ And then says to Tamara, ‘We got her. Don’t worry.’ So, I think a lot of things were premeditated and planned.”