Tamra Judge Broke Down on Real Housewives of Orange County Recalling the Moment Eddie Told Her, ‘I Think It’s Time to File for Divorce.’

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By Chrissy Stockton

Updated 2 minutes ago, September 4, 2026

“Our relationship has been so easy up until a year ago,” she said. “I feel like we are now roommates. I’m trying new things. I’m trying to spice this s*** up.”

Tamra and Eddie Judge celebrated 13 years of marriage this past summer, and on the September 3 episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” Tamra, 59, opened up about how fragile things have gotten. “We were in Big Bear and the entire trip we were just arguing about stupid things. We were driving home, and he just looked at me and said, ‘I think it’s time to file for divorce.’”

At Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Monster Energy Supercross Celebrity Night drew Eddie Judge and Tamra Judge on January 28, 2023. Photo by Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images.

She says the conversation scared her. She booked a night at the oceanfront Surf & Sand Laguna Beach hotel to reconnect, even giving herself the nickname Miss Juicy for the date. But she also owned her part in the distance.

“I know that I’m a really hard, tough person and I don’t give a lot emotionally and maybe I’m the problem,” she said. “I can’t let this marriage go. He’s such a good man and it just feels like we need to get this connection back.”

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Tamra Judge and Eddie Judge together at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in January 2023 for a Supercross celebrity event. Photo by Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images.

Eddie, 53, told her the fix starts with attention: “The bottom line is we need time where we can focus on each other.”

The couple married at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point in June 2013, with Vicki Gunvalson and Heather Dubrow among the guests. On their anniversary in June, Tamra wrote on Instagram, “Our wedding day was perfect, and 13 years later, I’d do it all over again.”

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