RHOC: Why is Tamra Judge blackmailing Braunwyn Windham-Burke?

The Real Housewives of Orange County has quite a mess on its hands with Tamra Judge trying to meddle with Braunwyn Windham-Burke and her secret.

The Real Housewives of Orange County is forging ahead with its second episode this season, and no one is holding back so far, especially Braunwyn Windham-Burke.  Emily Simpson was quick to call out Shannon Storms Beador for struggling without her evil ex-step-sisters, Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson.  Shannon has been doing her best to make her relationship with the other women work, but Kelly Dodd and Emily see right through it.

Braunwyn picked up Shannon for dinner and spilled the beans about her drinking problem, but only because she had to.  Apparently, Braunwyn’s mother, Dr. Deb, spoke to Tamra about Braunwyn’s issues with alcohol and they planned on using the information against her.  Of course Tamra and Dr. Deb we’re going to blackmail Braunwyn about her alcoholism. Tamra can’t keep herself busy lurking the #RHOC hashtag on Twitter forever!

Regardless of how you feel about Braunwyn, knowing that her own mom and Tamra wanted to share her secret before she was ready to share it sucks all around.  Tamra is forever claiming she has moved on with her life and that life is so much better post-Bravo, but here she is inserting herself into drama with the other ladies…and she’s not even getting paid for it.  People like Tamra and Dr. Deb are the worst kind of reality television stars.

Regardless of the authenticity of this storyline, we have to respect Braunwyn for sharing her journey.  Being able to put it all out there at the start of her journey to sobriety has to be incredibly hard, especially with hanger-oners like Tamra and her own mother.

We have not seen how this will pan out with Braunwyn yet, but she seems to be having issues with just about everyone in her life right now.  And in current times, Braunwyn is not speaking to any of the housewives.  We respect her journey, but it is definitely going to get worse before it gets better.

The Real Housewives of Orange County is on Bravo every Wednesday at 9 PM.