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The Actual Housewives of Orange County could have filmed its notorious “bare wasted” episode years in the past, however for Gretchen Rossi, the drama round it’s removed from over.
In a latest interview on Heather McDonald’s Juicy Scoop podcast, Gretchen sat down with fiancé Slade Smiley to lastly deal with the resurfaced, and doubtlessly damaging, declare that she accused Tamra Decide of drugging her throughout filming.
The allegation got here to gentle when Katie Ginella reportedly advised Radio Andy contributor Kiki Monique that Gretchen had accused Tamra of spiking her drink throughout their time on RHOC. However in keeping with Gretchen, not solely is that model of the story unfaithful, it fully caught her off guard.
“I didn’t see this coming in any respect,” Gretchen mentioned. She recalled that the dialog in query stemmed from a dinner a number of months earlier, saying, “You must bear in mind, this was again in September or October, all of us had dinner collectively: me, Katie, Jennifer, Ryan (Jenn’s boyfriend), and Matt. We talked for 3 hours, and yeah, I shared some issues, together with the ‘bare wasted’ evening. However I by no means mentioned I used to be drugged.”
What actually surprised Gretchen was what got here subsequent. She mentioned Katie circled again months later, calling each Jennifer and Ryan to dig for extra particulars about Gretchen’s previous with Tamra, conduct Gretchen discovered suspicious.
“Jenn and Ryan known as Slade on a three-way as a result of they had been weirded out,” Gretchen defined. Slade chimed in, recalling how odd it felt when he overheard Katie talking to another person within the background whereas on the decision. “Then abruptly she simply hangs up and says, ‘By no means thoughts,’” he famous.
Slade didn’t hesitate to name the narrative Katie allegedly advised Kiki “fully false.” Initially, although, Gretchen mentioned she gave her good friend the advantage of the doubt.
“Katie swore up and down she by no means advised Kiki something,” she mentioned. “She was so adamant, and I believed her. I even defended her.”
That belief has since eroded. Rossi now says she’s shocked by Katie’s newest claims that she had been “defending” her.
“I’m sitting right here considering, ‘Defending me from what? Your lies?’” she mentioned, denying she ever shared the drugging story publicly. “If I had truly believed that occurred, I might’ve spoken up 17 years in the past. I wouldn’t have stayed silent.”
As to why Katie would allegedly twist the story, Gretchen believes it’s a deflection tactic. She recommended that after Katie sensed the RHOC solid suspected her of leaking information to bloggers, she shifted the narrative.
“It’s like she wanted a backup plan. For the reason that present began airing, different bloggers have come ahead saying she advised them the identical story. So it’s clear she’s on the market pushing this. Not me.”
In the long run, Gretchen made it clear she has little interest in dragging this out additional, however wished to set the document straight.
“I’m not making an attempt to spin something. But when Tamra’s upset, her problem is with Katie, not me,” she concluded.
