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Sutton Stracke is reacting to claims made by Tamra Judge in regard to her mother, Reba.

After the 57-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County cast member labeled Reba “the new villain” of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Sutton, 53, looked back on her “vulnerable” moments with her mom on the show as she defended Reba’s parenting, offered an update on their relationship, revealed that her dad wasn’t the only one who died at her childhood home, and more.

“I’m ignoring that. [Tamra] doesn’t know my mother,” Sutton declared to Extra TV on February 12, explaining that it was tough for her to expose her intimate family relationships to the world.

“It’s very real, and I guess just to people out there to remember, you know, these are just real people and to be kind,” she advised.

During recent episodes of RHOBH, Sutton has been seen visiting with her mom in Augusta, Georgia.

“It was an emotional season for me, and I think because my family had such an intense, awful, tragic death with my father killing himself, my mother really retreated a little bit… You miss that mother dynamic, but she’s a great mother. She’s just different. She’s a different mother,” Sutton reasoned.

While it wasn’t easy exposing the intricacies between herself and Reba, Sutton admitted that the show and her experience “healed [her] relationship with [her] mother.”

“I went to Augusta with that intent and didn’t know what the outcome was. I really didn’t know what was going to happen, and it ended so well and it’s gotten better and better and better, and now my mom and I talk about things all the time,” she revealed. “It was important that I was able to be heartfelt with my mother and tell her what I needed from her.”

Continuing on about her visit, Sutton revealed that after her father shot himself in the backyard of her childhood home, another tragedy struck their family.

“My brother and his family moved into our family house a few years after and my niece died in that house when she was 13. So there were two deaths in that house,” she shared. “But there was so much happiness in that house. The family that lives there now, they have nine grandchildren, and there’s just fun and laughter and joy. It just makes me happy.”

As RHOBH fans have seen, Sutton didn’t go home alone. Instead, she brought along her castmates, Garcelle Beauvais, 58, and Kyle Richards, 56.

“Having Garcelle and Kyle with me… we all felt it… There was this, like, energy in the house, and they were emotional. We all got so emotional, but it was good. I left that house happy and joyful and smiling,” Sutton revealed.

Then, after noting that she and Garcelle have been “thick as thieves” for five years and described her as “one of [her] closest-knit friends,” she offered an update on her status with Kyle.

“Kyle and I [had] a roller coaster, a ride of a friendship, but we are always going to be friends,” she explained. “She’s a really special person and she’s a good friend. People say, ‘Oh, Kyle’s not your friend.’ Yes, she is, yes, she is, that’s why I wanted her to come to Augusta with me.”

Also during the interview, Sutton teased her upcoming fashion line.

“We just shot my next capsule collection, which is going to come out… It’s been really fun. We’ve done really well… To bring my love of the environment and my love of fashion together in one place, I’m really happy where we’re going,” she gushed.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 14 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.