Emily Simpson is hoping Shannon Storms Beador’s arrest for an alleged hit-and-run under the influence of drugs will be the enlightenment the reality TV star needs to make some much-needed changes in her life.
Following Beador’s brush with the law earlier this week, The Real Housewives of Orange County star, 47, spoke with Party tonight in connection with her castmate and her recent troubles.
“I was in shock. I was blown away,” Simpson told the paper, noting that at first she almost didn’t believe the news because she thought it might be “something someone made up.”
After coming to terms with Beadora’s arrest, Simpson said she reached out to her colleague, though their conversation was brief. “We actually corresponded briefly,” Simpson said. “I think she needs space.”
“I just asked her how she was and I said, ‘I hope you’re okay, and if you need anything, please, you can contact me,’ and that was basically it,” she added.
Emily Simpson at BravoCon in October 2022.
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Housewives react to Shannon Beador’s alleged DUI hit and run: ‘I feel like I’m going to throw up’
IN RHOC episode earlier this season, Simpson joked that Beador, 59, would have to take a breathalyzer just to use her phone. Although she emphasized that she was joking at the time, Simpson admitted that there was also a grain of truth in her comment. “I feel like there’s always a little bit of reality in a joke,” Simpson said ET. “I feel like we’ve seen her spiral. We’ve had conversations, like, about her, caring about her.”
“Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I hope that, like, sometimes people really hit rock bottom [and] take responsibility and have an ‘Aha!’ moment, where they say, ‘Yeah, maybe I need help,'” she continued. “And I hope this is her ‘Aha’ moment.”
Simpson also said she hoped Beador would “take responsibility and recognize what happened and the seriousness of it and [that she] he really wants to accept it and change for the better.”
On Monday, PEOPLE confirmed that Beador was arrested at 1:17 a.m. on Sept. 17 after fleeing the scene of a crash that caused property damage, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. NBPD also said The Real Housewives of Orange County star was booked for two misdemeanors — one for hit and run, the other for DUI — and was released on bail.
Beador police found her walking her dog after allegedly leaving her car in the middle of the road, according to TMZ’s first report.
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Shannon Beador at Andy’s Legends Ball during BravoCon 2022.
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RHOC’s Shannon Beador ’embarrassed’ and ’embarrassed’ after DUI hit-and-run arrest, friend says
Following her arrest, Beadora’s attorney, Michael L. Fell, told PEOPLE that the reality star was reeling from the aftermath and was “profoundly apologetic” for her actions.
“I spent a lot of time with Shannon yesterday,” Fell said in a statement Monday. “She is very apologetic and remorseful. We will await official information on this case as it becomes available, and Shannon is prepared to accept full responsibility for her actions.”
In the meantime, a few more housewives cast members have spoken out following Beador’s arrest, including Tamra Judge, who shared her reaction to the news on Monday’s episode of her podcast Two T’s in a capsule. She admitted to co-hosts Teddi Mellencamp and guest Cynthia Bailey, “I’m literally shaking right now. I feel like I’m going to throw up.”
Judge, 56, described Beador as “extremely quiet” during a conference call for their show Tres Amigas with Bravo star Vicki Gunvalson on Sunday, adding, “She said, ‘It’s been a rough couple of days,’ and that’s all she said to me.”
“I spoke to her the day after this allegedly happened,” the Bravo star continued. “So I immediately thought it was a lie. This is life-changing. This is going to change her life. I feel bad for her. I’m just happy no one got hurt.”
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From left: Tamra Judge, Shannon Beador and Braunwyn Windham-Burke.
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta Alum Bailey, 56, encouraged Beador to “stay strong” following the incident, while Mellencamp – who appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — also addressed an alleged DUI and urged listeners to avoid drinking and driving.
“In this day and age there is absolutely no reason to ever drink and drive,” she explained. I won’t even have one drink and get in the car because you don’t know how an alcoholic drink will affect you.
RHOC Alum Braunwyn Windham-Burke also addressed Beador’s arrest, calling it a “catalyst for change.”
“I know Shannon has a big heart and I hope this can become her story where this is the moment when everything changed for the better,” Windham-Burke, 45, said. Us Weekly on Monday.
She shared that the reality star is “going through a tough year,” adding: “Obviously, what happened is wrong. You should never drink and drive. It was a very unfortunate night for her, but luckily no one was hurt.”
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