Shannon Beador Outs Alexis Bellino As A “Liar” In ‘RHOC’: “This Is Called A F***ing Smoking Gun”

Alexis Bellino, you’ve got some splaining to do.

At the end of tonight’s new episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Shannon Beador drops the most jaw-dropping receipt this season: a text proving Bellino was involved in the defamation lawsuit her ex-husband had filed against Beador and Tamra Judge back in 2018.

In case you missed it, Beador confronted Bellino about the case in the Season 18 premiere, telling the newly returned “friend of” that she had no interest in being best buddies after everything her ex-husband put her through with the lawsuit, which ultimately cost her a whopping $300,000. However, Bellino swore up and down that she had nothing to do with the lawsuit — and even challenged Beador to show her proof stating otherwise.

Flash forward to last week’s episode when Beador texted Bellino to let her know she wasn’t invited on the cast trip to London. Apparently, as Beador explains to Gina Kirschenheiter in tonight’s episode, she noticed that the last text she received from Bellino was on June 27, 2018 — when Bellino threatened to sue her and Judge for defamation on behalf of herself and her ex-husband.

“Shannon, everything you and Tamra have said in the media since the divorce are lies. We have engaged an attorney and will be suing you and Tamra for slander and defamation,” Bellino wrote in the message, before later adding, “You will be hearing from our attorney tomorrow.”

Shocked by this new piece of ground-breaking information, Kirschenheiter refers to Bellino as the “biggest liar” in her confessional.

“This is called a fucking smoking gun, you liar!” Beador fumes. “Had I not not invited her to say you’re not coming, I never would’ve known this was on my phone from 2018.”

According to Beador, she also forwarded the message to Judge, who confirmed that she remembered Bellino sending the text. However, it’s clear that Judge is still riding harder for Bellino than she is for Beador.

“I’m not doing this anymore. So if you want to go on the bandwagon and get on your platform and say, ‘Shannon Beador’s a liar,’ then you right ahead,” Beador says in her confessional. “Because I know who I am. And I have taken such responsibility in the hardest year of my life. I am doing the best that I can.”

Mic drop.

The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursday nights at 9/8c on Bravo. New episodes are available the next day on Peacock.