Alexis Bellino. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Alexis Bellino will not return for the 19th season of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
The reality star confirmed her departure during an appearance on the Friday, December 20 episode of the show “Going rogue» Podcast, which she hosted as a guest.
“I haven’t been asked to come back next season,” Bellino, 47, revealed.
Bellino, who particularly clashed with his comrade Shannon storms Beador60, said she wasn't too surprised when she learned she wouldn't be able to return.
“I can’t say it was a shock, it wasn’t a shock,” Bellino said on the podcast. “It was a difficult conversation. …I guess I wasn't really prepared [because] I didn’t think the deals were going to get done – I thought we had more time. … [So] it was a shock when the call came, but I was never shocked by this information.
Bellino had returned to Housewives franchise as the following “friend” an absence of ten years. (Bellino began his first stint in 2008's Season 4 before leaving in Season 8.)
On the podcast, Bellino said that having already had to leave the show meant she was able to take the news in her stride.
“It was a little relief,” Bellino said. “I mean, no one wants to be rejected, and no one wants [hear] we are not asking you to come back. But it's happened to me before. This happened to me in season 8. Been there, done that!
Alexis Bellino. (Photo by Getty)
Storms Beader and Bellino clashed throughout season 18. Part of their feud stemmed from Bellino choosing to date Storms Beader's ex-boyfriend. John Janssen, from whom she separated in 2022. Bellino and Janssen, 64, became a couple in 2023 and in August, they announced they were engaged.
Talk to Us every week in November, Storms Beader confirmed that she did not like touring with Bellino.
Shannon Beador wants nothing to do with Alexis Bellino or John Janssen. “There were other reasons, John, aside, why I don't want to maintain a friendship with [Alexis]Beador, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month while discussing the new season of Real Housewives of Orange County. “There's the clip of her leaving, […]
“I was on Nick Viall's podcast and he said to me, 'What will you do if Alexis is back on the show?' And my response was: 'I will never tour with Alexis again,'” she recalls. “If they choose to bring Alexis back on the show, enjoy, but I'm not filming with you.”
She added: “I never said I wouldn’t come back. I might have done that in my third or fourth year and I haven't done it since.
Storms Beader said she would like to return for season 19, but added, “But if Alexis Bellino comes back, sorry, he won't be there. [her].”
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