Alexis Bellino confirms Real Housewives of Orange County exit.
Alexis Bellino.
(Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)Alexis Bellino will not return for season 19 The Real Housewives of Orange County.
The reality star confirmed her departure during an appearance on the Friday, Dec. 20 episode of “Rogue’s transition,” a podcast she hosted as a guest.
“I was not invited back next season,” Bellino, 47, said.
It’s nice who especially faced with a partner Shannon Storms Beador60, said she wasn’t too surprised to learn she couldn’t return.
“I can’t say it was a shock, it wasn’t a shock,” Bellino said on the podcast. “It was a difficult conversation. … I guess I wasn’t really prepared (because) I didn’t think the contracts were coming out — I thought we had more time. … (So) it was a shock when the call came, but I was never shocked by the information.”
Bellino returned to the village Housewives franchise as a “friend” of the following a ten-year absence. (Bellino started her first job in Season 4 of 2008 before leaving in Season 8.)
On the podcast, Bellino said that having previously dealt with exiting the show meant she was able to take the news in stride.
“It was a little bit of a relief,” Bellino said. “I mean, nobody wants rejection and nobody wants (to hear) not to be asked back. But it has already happened to me. This happened to me in season 8. I’ve been there, done that!”
Alexis Bellino.
(Photo by Getty)Storms Bieder and Bellino clashed throughout Season 18. Part of their feud stemmed from Bellino deciding to date Storms Bieder’s ex-boyfriend John Jansen, with whom she broke up in 2022. Bellino and Jansen, 64, became friends in 2023 and announced in August that they were engaged.
Talking to Us Weekly in November, Storms Bieder confirmed that she did not enjoy filming with Bellino.
Shannon Beador wants nothing to do with Alexis Bellino or John Jansen. “There were other reasons, John, aside from me not wanting to continue my friendship with (Alexis),” Beador, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month while discussing the new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. “There is a clip where she walks, (…)
“I was on Nick Viall’s podcast and he said, ‘What are you going to do when Alexis comes back on the show?’ And my response was, ‘I will never film with Alexis again,'” she recalls. “If they decide to bring Alexis back on the show, enjoy, but I won’t be filming with you.”
She added: “I never said I wouldn’t come back. Maybe I could have done it in my third or fourth year, and I’ve never done it since.”
Storms Bieder said she would like to return for season 19, but added, “But if Alexis Bellino does come back, I’m sorry, she won’t be around.”
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