Just ahead of the season 18 premiere of Real Housewives of Orange County, Alexis Bellino boasted about a proposal from John Janssen in her future. The returning RHOC personality told E! News that she and Shannon Beador‘s former fiancé have been “looking at engagement rings.” John and I are “talking about the future for sure.”
Jesus Jugs gushed, “We’re amazing. It gets better every day. We both are kind of like ‘pinch me’ in the fact that we truly found like a best friend and someone that we want to ride the rest of this life out with together. It’s pretty amazing.”
“I’m excited for everyone to honestly understand that it is organic. We’ve had backlash consistently since the time we met,” explained the Bravo TV star. “People think we’re doing this as a facade and it’s like no, this is reality and we are in love. Our kids are a group now, our dogs are acclimated, so we’re moving forward.”
According to Alexis, Shannon didn’t give her a warm welcome back. “I was very nervous” about coming back to RHOC. “I contemplated not even going back because I I knew what I was throwing myself into. But also I thought to myself, ‘Why am I not going to do something I want to do just because I’m dating somebody else’s ex-boyfriend?'”
She continued, “I didn’t know Shannon so I did not break girl code. I didn’t owe anyone anything and I wasn’t doing anything to rub anything in anyone’s face. It was literally timing and that’s why it’s reality TV, because you cannot write this script.” To Alexis’s point, she left the show in 2013 after season eight while Shannon joined in season nine.
RHOC returns Thursday, July 11, at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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