Tamra Judgeis giving an update onVicki Gunvalsonafter her friend’s exSteve Lodgerecently got engaged.
PEOPLE broke the news of Lodge’sengagementto girlfriend Janis Carlson on Monday. The 63-year-old former police officer, who recentlyran an unsuccessful bid for governor in California, proposed to Carlson, 37, late last month.
The engagement came three months after his split from Gunvalson, 59, was announced. The former pairgot engagedin April 2019 after three years of dating and sheconfirmed the breakupin September.
Judge, Gunvalson’s fellowReal Housewives of Orange Countyalum, discussed the situation on Thursday’s episode of her podcast withTeddi Mellencamp Arroyave,Two T’s In A Pod.
“Vicki is adjusting, she’s trying to understand it, she’s still hurt,” said Judge, 54. “She’s really sad about it, she’s having a hard time. She just can’t understand. She doesn’t want to be single.”
Vicki Gunvalson (left) and Tamra Judge.Tommy Garcia/Bravo/ Getty
She continued, “She’s coming up on her 60th birthday and all she can talk about is, ‘I don’t want to be single! I am 60, I want to be in a relationship!’ But I think that she dodged a bullet with that one. He’s been engaged seven times.”
Judge went on to share what she knows about Lodge and Gunvalson’s split based on her conversations with Gunvalson, noting that she talks to her former co-star “every single day.”
Vicki Gunvalson and Steve Lodge.Astrid Stawiarz/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“They started fighting, and then he blocked her on Instagram,” Judge claimed, adding that he later moved back in with Gunvalson in California so he could run for governor over the summer.
After he lost the bid in September, Judge said, he was “out” of Gunvalson’s home again.
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Judge previously spoke out about Lodge’s engagement news, saying on her Instagram Story that Gunvalson “dodged the lodge.”
Gunvalson also reacted to the news, tellingPage Sixon Monday that she didn’t “want to give [Steve] any more publicity” because he’s “a fame whore.”
A rep for Lodge did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
