RHOC’s Emily Simpson talks to Alexis Bellino, Shannon Beador Drama

Emily Simpson he shares his thoughts about The Real Housewives of Orange County the costar Alexis Bellino‘s intentions with Shannon Beador.

While talking only with Us Weekly ahead of Thursday’s August 8 episode, Simpson, 48, recalled Bellino, 47, and Beador, 60, coming face-to-face for the first time Heather DubrowWishing Wall’s party, where Bellino brought the alleged receipts for Beador’s $75,000 face-lift. (Bellino is dating Beador’s ex John Janssen(who sued Beador in March for money he allegedly borrowed from her for the procedure.)

“I think what bothered me was that I never had a problem with Alexis being with John,” Simpson began. “Then the first group we went to came out, which was Heather’s party at the Balboa Debate Club, I rode there with Alexis and I felt like we were on our way there, she was very logical. He was like, ‘I don’t want to fight Shannon. I don’t want to be in a bad place with him.’”

Noting that he thought Bellino’s attitude toward the situation was “mature” at the time, Simpson continued, “So. [when] we are there, it’s like, you say one thing, but then you do something completely different. He will say, ‘I want to be friends.’ But then you will degrade him. He will say, ‘I want to get along with this woman.’ But he will always talk about John in front of her. And it’s like, it doesn’t make sense.”

He added, “I mean, if you come to a dinner and there’s a bunch of people there and you have copies of the receipts, nothing else. [you’re trying to do] without trying to humiliate him.”

The reality star also told Us that watching Bellino interact with Beador changed the way he looked at her.

“I feel like I’ve seen a completely different Alexis,” Simpson explained. “I have always known her as a girl. And it’s very sweet. Then I saw another side of him where I felt like his main goal was to destroy Shannon and make her look bad – that’s sad.”

Bellino made her return to Bravo for the first 18 seasons RHOC in July. When fans were first introduced to Bellino in season 4, she was married to her ex-husband Jim Bellino. The former couple got married in 2005 and finalized their divorce in 2018. Together they share three children: son James, 18, and twins Miles and Mackenna, 16. (Alexis left the franchise as a main cast member after season 8.)

On the other hand, Janssen, 62, has a long romantic history with Beador. The two dated on and off from 2019 to 2023 after her split from her ex-husband. David Beador. The former couple have three daughters: Sophie, 22, and twins Adeline and Stella, 19.

Alexis and Janssen first sparked romance rumors in December last year after they were introduced by mutual friends. The new season of the long-running Bravo series marked the first time Alexis and Shannon filmed together.

“There were other reasons, besides John, that I didn’t want to be friends with him [Alexis],” Shannon previously said Us when we were discussing season 18. “There’s an episode where he’s like, ‘You’re not going to win my man,’ or something. It’s like, I’m not in a race. Enjoy!”

New episodes of RHOC airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 pm ET and can be broadcast on Peacock the following day.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi