Shannon Beador and Alexis Bellino Are About to Be Reunited on Real Housewives of Orange County
· Thought Catalog
Updated 3 minutes ago, October 1, 2026
Shannon Beador is heading into Tamra Judge’s Vena CBD party with Alexis Bellino on the guest list, and her castmates are already rehearsing what might happen if Alexis arrives with Shannon’s ex, John Janssen.
In Us Weekly’s sneak peek of tonight’s October 1 episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Shannon, 62, asks, “Is Alexis coming? I don’t give a s***.” Heather Dubrow, 57, says she’s heard Alexis may be on her way, while Jennifer Pedranti asks whether she’s really coming.
The tension traces back a few years. John and Shannon split in 2023, and he subsequently began dating Alexis, 49. When Alexis returned for season 18 in 2024, her relationship with John became part of her conflict with Shannon. That December, Alexis confirmed she hadn’t been asked back for the following season.
Alexis and John married in October 2025, with Tamra, 59, among the Bravo stars who attended. Shannon addressed the wedding that month on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live: “I looked at the photos. It looked pretty.” She also said time had helped her see things more clearly.
At Tamra’s party, Emily Simpson puts a possible encounter to Shannon: “Alexis walks in with John. What do you do?” Heather’s advice is, “Nothing! You live your normal life.”
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Carmella Garcia, who’s never filmed with Alexis, pledges her support to Shannon: “I’m going to support Shannon now to the end of time. If you got to drop-kick a whole Housewife, I’m down.”
The previews also name Braunwyn Windham-Burke, Quinn Fry, Jo De La Rosa and Lizzie Rovsek among the former cast members invited. The episode airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams tomorrow on Peacock.
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