“I've never been called that word before,” Shannon tells Entertainment Tonight. “So, there's a first time for everything. It was a very vicious attack,” Shannon says of Kelly’s name-calling. “Everyone in the room was shaken up after it. That's all I have to say … I don't know where it comes from. I don't have any explanations.”
The dinner, which leaves Heather in tears, is Shannon and Kelly’s third showdown so far this season. The two first got into a massive screaming match at Shannon’s ‘70s-themed party. That’s where Kelly claims Shannon “set her up” by having a mutual acquaintance bring up Kelly’s one-time separation from her husband, and where Shannon alleged Kelly had an affair. Shannon is adamant it was not a set-up.
“I saw red,” Shannon recalls. “I didn't remember what I was screaming at her. I had to ask people, 'What did I say?' You know, when you're pushed to that level of anger? So, I'm not proud of myself for that at all.”
The pair then met to clear the air at a lunch, but it ended with both women storming off, and the issue unresolved. The drama has played out over a month’s worth of episodes, but it happened much faster in real life.
“All of these things happened in less than a week's period,” Shannon reveals. “I was pretty much done … It was like, round three! Ready for round three!”
As for where Shannon and Kelly go from here, Shannon says viewers will just have to watch.
“I'm always a person that forgives,” she says. “And people will say, 'Oh, but you didn't with Vicki [Gunvalson].' Yes, I did forgive Vicki. I'm just not her close friend anymore … I'm entitled to make that decision for myself, but you'll see that my relationship with Kelly takes some big ups and some big downs.”
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