The "Quiet Woman" Revisited:  Is "Crazy" Shannon Back?

 

 

The cast of Real Housewives of Orange County got into a nasty fight at a Colorado restaurant that ended with glass being broken during a fight.  Caution:  "sources", "insider", and "reportedly" references ahead.

 

Amanda Rae, a local food blogger, was the first to report on the incident which was captured by Bravo cameras. Returning cast members Shannon Beador, Heather Dubrow, Emily Simpson, Gina Kirschenheiter were spotted filming with newbie Noella Bergener at Bosq in Aspen, CO.  

 

Sources told Amanda that the ladies were heard screaming and fighting at dinner which ended with glass(es) shattering at their table, ala Lisa Rinna style. The cast was reportedly thrown out of the restaurant and then took their argument into the alley behind the eatery.

 

The following day, the cast was seen filming at another spot named French Alpine Bistro. The nervous owner of the restaurant said that producers assured him that the ladies (a term used lightly) would not be causing a scene because they "got it out of their system last night.".

 

There is a lot riding on the upcoming season as ratings fell during the last two seasons.  So once again, producers decided to shake up the cast by firing Kelly Dodd, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, and Elizabeth Vargas, and have brought back former "housewife" Heather Miss Fancy Pants Dubrow, and hired three new cast members.  Nicole James, "socialite" Noella Bergener, and Dr. Jen Armstrong.

 

Sources close to production report that Nicole was expected to be one of the main cast members but was demoted after filming started. An insider revealed that a fight broke out between Nicole and Heather pretty early on in filming.

 

Noella is also bringing the heat this season and came to the show with a bevy of problems. She is currently in the middle of a nasty divorce from her personal injury lawyer husband, James Bergener. A couple of weeks before she filed legal papers, the IRS and the State of California filed massive liens against James over $5.8 million owed in back taxes. Then Noella herself was slapped with a $300k lawsuit over an unpaid legal bill stemming from a 2014 paternity battle. Sources tell us the Bravo star denies being responsible for the debt and was under the impression her ex-husband was ordered to foot the bill. Jen, the other new cast member, is also currently being sued for assault by one of her former patients.

 

There was wide speculation that long time (but now fired) cast members, Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge, were secretly returning as well, but both recently shot down the rumors.  Also, none of the spies stalkers of the show (who routinely report to the blogs) have reported that either Vicki or Tamra have been spotted filming.