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Emily Simpson took goal at Heather Dubrow throughout an interview on Wednesday.
As she blasted her Real Housewives of Orange County castmate for tipping off manufacturing in regards to the drama between Shannon Beador, 59, and her now-ex-boyfriend, John Janssen, and reacted to Heather, 54, evaluating her to Sesame Street‘s Mr. Snuffleupagus, Emily, 47, provided an replace on the place they stand right this moment and teased the “dramatic” season 17 reunion.
“I feel like things were resolved and everyone got to say their piece,” Emily revealed of the upcoming particular throughout a September 27 interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I think there were dramatic moments [and] I think there were funny moments.”
Following the taping, Emily stated that regardless of their drama on the season, she and Heather are in a very good place right this moment.
“Heather and I went to dinner after the reunion,” she revealed. “I do truly consider Heather a friend, and I hope she feels the same way about me.”
According to Emily, she believes a lot of the drama that she and Heather confronted resulted from filming for lengthy hours and being pushed to their wits’ ends.
“You’re tired and you’re traveling and you’re irritated with each other, and you say things and you call names, you’re able to realize later, when you take a step back, that you are really friends, you do care about each other,” she defined.
“I saw Heather after we filmed,” she continued. “She had a birthday party a couple of months later, I was the only one on the cast that went to her birthday party. So, I feel like I’ve shown up for her and shown her that I’m sorry about certain, isolated events where I was not at my best.”
Reflecting on the season, Emily admitted to having regrets relating to Heather and famous that her co-star is extra delicate than she realized, which led to “misfires” of their relationship.
“I think I read her wrong, ’cause to me, when I look at Heather Dubrow, I think she’s so strong and stoic, and she’s very poignant with her words and how she deals with people,” she shared. “So, to me, I just thought she could take it.”
Heather has been vocal in saying that she felt just like the season’s “whipping boy,” and Emily stated that after watching the episodes play out, she agrees.
“It was a wolf-pack mentality and, at the time, I didn’t see it,” she defined. “I was frustrated with her, but I wish I wouldn’t have let that frustration get the best of me. I wish I would have been able to bring it back in.”
One specific level of competition for Emily was studying that Heather allegedly referred to her and different solid members as “losers.”
“I’ve worked so hard on my own to pull myself out of situations, where I’ve become successful, and so that word is very — I hate to say ‘trigger’ because I hate that word, but it’s very triggering for me, because I think it brings up past emotions,” she admitted.
Although Heather has denied saying that any of her castmates are “losers,” Emily didn’t have a lot belief in her on the time the drama was taking part in out.
“I also don’t believe Tamra to be a liar … I have never known Tamra to just make up something and throw it out there,” she added.
As for Heather’s previous declare that she “hates” the ladies of RHOC, Emily understands the place she was coming from.
“I think it was valid at that point,” Emily famous. “If I was sitting at a table and everyone was attacking me, I would call [my husband, Shane Simpson] and say, I hated everyone, too.”
In addition to the hypothesis relating to Heather’s potential “loser” remark, she additionally in contrast Emily to Snuffleupagus.
“I have looked at lots of memes with me next to a Snuffleupagus and I am like, I don’t know, I like the eyelashes,” she mused. “I like the big eyes, the hair. I am like, I am just going to go with it. I am going to take it as a compliment.”
Moving on to Shannon’s relationship with John, Emily stated that whereas it didn’t seem that Heather was saying a lot on the present, she was energetic behind the scenes.
“She doesn’t do it on camera,” Emily defined. “Heather is very smart. She is very smart. I do think that she can be calculated in some ways about what she presents on camera, and what is off camera.”
“I honestly would’ve never brought it up on camera — I do have certain boundaries — and when Shannon was telling me those things, I had conversations with Heather,” she continued. “We all knew she was doing it, it ended up being brought up on camera because Heather had told production, ‘You need to start following the real story with Shannon and John.’”
Looking forward to season 18, Emily stated she “would love” for the solid to remain the identical.
“I think the season was very well received,” she reasoned. “You couldn’t have six more different women, but that’s what makes it interesting, because if we were all the same and we all got along and we all held hands and sang ‘Kumbaya,’ like, no one would want to watch.”
Emily additionally added of Heather, who lately confirmed she’ll return if requested, “I’m sure she will [be back] because she’s Heather. She likes to be on TV.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 17 reunion begins airing subsequent Wednesday, October 4, at 8/7c on Bravo.
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