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Gretchen Rossi is talking out amid claims that Slade Smiley was the particular person behind the distorted male voice heard on the finish of the finale episode of The Actual Housewives of Orange County.
After the unidentified particular person accused Tamra Choose, 58, of leaking tales in regards to the present, Gretchen, 47, addressed the rumors in a remark after Zack Peter, of the No Filter with Zack Peter podcast, alleged that it was “1,000 % true” that Tamra had been in contact with podcasters and bloggers all through season 19, and had leaked details about what was taking place behind the scenes.
“I can say that with full conviction. I’ve recognized about this since at the least July,” Zack started in a video shared to Instagram on October 31.
In response to Zack, he believed the finale cellphone name and the DMs that preceded it seemingly got here from a producer.
“This occurs in actuality TV so much, the place producers will get information and so they’ll leak it by means of like a DM or by means of like an nameless Q&A query or one thing, and it’s to push the storyline ahead. It occurs in actuality TV on a regular basis,” he defined.
Regardless of the case, Zack stated he can “assure” that “Tamra’s completely been leaking issues for months.”
“She’s been reaching out to podcasters, she’s been telling them to not have Gretchen on their present, to not interview Gretchen as a result of, ‘Simply wait. On the finale, Gretchen’s gonna be uncovered. There are these homophobic posts, and Gretchen’s been ‘liking’ them.’ I can in all probability title at the least 5 people who have gotten this information from Tamra during the last a number of months,” he acknowledged. “She’s completely been planting seeds all summer season lengthy.”
Zack then criticized Teddi Mellencamp, 44, for dragging Scheana Shay, 40, into the storyline by suggesting she was concerned within the passing on of the rumor relating to the supposed drugging and hospitalization of Gretchen.
“She knew precisely what she was doing by throwing Scheana Shay’s title into the combination as a result of the Bravo followers already hate Scheana that it was only a better adversary for them to direct their warmth onto, and so they acquired their pitchforks, and the followers liked it, and so they got here for Scheana’s neck,” he suspected.
Following the sharing of the put up, somebody prompt that the voice heard on the finale was that of Slade.
“All of them leak stuff to the bloggers. In all of the franchises. Nonetheless the distinction with Tamra is when each podcaster or a blogger interviews her she straight up comes out and says what she has to say boldly … We see it within the replays. Why would she ‘leak’ issues that she says out proper? Even on their Two Ts in a Pod. Gretchen and Slade clearly set this up and that voice feels like Slade,” they alleged.
However Gretchen denied it, suggesting there’s proof on the contrary.
“It’s not Slade [and] all of the solid [and] manufacturing can confirm that,” Gretchen replied.
One other fan stated that whereas they didn’t imagine that Gretchen had “preferred” the homophobic and anti-abortion rights posts, they didn’t perceive how the screenshots may’ve been manufactured.
“In case you watch they stated they discovered the unique posts and so they weren’t exhibiting Gretchen liking them, I believe it will get uncovered on the reunion that the [screenshots] had been faked,” somebody replied.
And after seeing the second fan’s remark, Gretchen confirmed, “Yep.”
Then, after Scheana reacted to Zack’s video with a sequence of clapping emojis, another person requested, “So are bloggers going to be the primary subject on each housewives present now?”
“It’s a fabricated put up, I didn’t like that … and that’s NOT Slade on that cellphone name,” Gretchen insisted.
One other IG person requested why Tamra was getting warmth for “leaking” Gretchen’s supposedly “preferred” posts when it was Gretchen who reportedly “preferred” them.
“As a result of as we spoke about this morning, these posts are previous. Tamra has recognized about them for a very long time however strategically waited till the finale to make use of them towards Gretchen. Tamra’s circle is encompass by MAGA individuals. However instantly she takes subject with it, to jab at Gretchen? After which leak it MONTHS earlier than airing?” Zack shared.
In the meantime, in one other video shared on Instagram by Bravo OMG, Gretchen was seen with a Trump hat in a years-old video as she held her daughter, Skylar Grey, now 6.
“Go Trump, go! I acquired a Trump hat!” Gretchen declared.
Then, after Slade warned her of a Biden hat, she added, “No, burn that one!”
The Actual Housewives of Orange County season 19 reunion begins subsequent Thursday, November 6, at 8/7c on Bravo.
