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Shannon Beador‘s shut good friend and fellow Bravolebrity, Jeff Lewis, provided an replace on the Real Housewives of Orange County star on his radio present on Monday, simply after her DUI arrest was confirmed.
Following the information that Shannon, 59, had been caught driving inebriated and dedicated a success and run after driving right into a home, the previous Flipping Out forged member, 53, confirmed she sustained accidents as her lawyer launched an announcement.
“I spent quite a bit of time with Shannon yesterday. She is extremely apologetic and remorseful. We will be awaiting the official information on this case as it becomes available, and Shannon is prepared to accept full responsibility for her actions,” the lawyer instructed TMZ on September 18.
Around the identical time, Jeff confirmed the RHOC forged member had pulled out of her upcoming look on his present.
“[Shannon Beador] has canceled Friday for obvious reasons, if you read, I think it’s everywhere right now. Unfortunately, she got into a bit of trouble on Saturday night,” Jeff shared on the September 18 episode of SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live, through Rate My Bravo on Instagram.
According to Jeff, he was with Shannon and her ex-boyfriend, John Janssen, on Friday night time as they celebrated his boyfriend Stu’s birthday at Nobu and likewise visited Elk’s Lounge, the place they loved a dwell cowl band. Then, the next day, Shannon opted out of the persevering with festivities.
“I invited Shannon on Saturday to go to Stu’s birthday. he said she was staying in but she ended up going out. Unfortunately, she got a DUI on Saturday night. She was also in a car accident,” he shared. “She was injured so she’s gonna be recovering.”
While Shannon’s ingesting has been a subject of dialog in recent times on RHOC, Jeff insisted she has by no means been one to get behind the wheel whereas intoxicated.
“Shannon and I have been friends for a very long time. I was shocked. She called me yesterday. We talked for a while and I was shocked because I’ve never known Shannon to ever, ever, ever drink and drive. That’s something that we both have discussed previously,” he revealed. “So I’m shocked. I will tell you she’s accepting full accountability. She is ashamed [and] she’s embarrassed.”
As RHOC followers properly know, Shannon has been labeled as an “alcoholic” previously. But regardless of her current arrest, Jeff mentioned she’s merely somebody who’s going by way of private hardships.
“People are like ‘Oh, she needs rehab. Oh, she’s an alcoholic.’ I don’t think Shannon is an alcoholic. I think as her close friend, I think she’s going through a lot of personal struggles right now and I think that she probably has been leaning on alcohol but I don’t think she’s an alcoholic,” he said.
He then mentioned he’s blissful to verify that she’ll “be entering counseling this week.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 17 airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
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