Shannon and Tamra Tease a "Difficult" Yet "Surprising" RHOC Season 18 Reunion

During an appearance on the October 10 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Shannon was asked to describe the reunion, which filmed on October 6, in three words. 

"I mean, I would say emotional, difficult, and, OK, I'm going to say surprising," Shannon told host Andy Cohen. 

Then, in an interview with PEOPLE, Tamra hinted that she made some headway in her relationship with Shannon at the reunion. 

"Shannon's been close to me for a long time," Tamra told the outlet about her "hurtful" situation with Shannon on Season 18. "I can't really give anything away. I think everybody's just going to be a little bit surprised."

The Two Ts in a Pod co-host went on to admit that things did get tense on-set when friend of the ladies, Alexis Bellino, joined, though.

"That was the most explosive part of the reunion," Tamra said. "There [were] a lot of tough discussions that went down. There [were] a lot of emotions, there was a lot of explanation to why maybe I felt a certain way, and overall, I felt like it was one of the best reunions that I've done in a very long time."

Tamra Judge attends "Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip" season 2 New York premiere at The Bowery Hotel on June 21, 2022 in New York City; Shannon Beador at Watch What Happens Live in New York City. Photo: Jason Mendez/Getty Images; Charles Sykes/Bravo

Andy Cohen teases the RHOC Season 18 reunion

Andy, who hosted the reunion, also gave listeners a taste of what they can expect to see from the Season 18 conclusion on the October 8 broadcast of his Sirius XM series, Radio Andy. 

"On Sunday, we did our, I don't know when we've ever shot a reunion on Sunday. It just so happened that that was the day that we could all do it, I guess. We did shoot the OC reunion on Sunday. It was a very — we did what we had to do," Andy said. "I think people will be surprised. I think people will be surprised by what I liked."

Andy described the day as "very calm," for the most part. 

"We worked through a lot of things, but it wasn't people ripping each other's faces off..." he added, though he also said that things got a bit more heated when Alexis showed up.

"That was not calm," he shared. "That was very, it was a lot."

Before the reunion airs, watch new episodes of RHOC on Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo. Stream episodes the next day on Peacock.