Biggest Revelations From BravoCon’s WWHL Legends Ball Taping: What to Expect on Screen and What May Get Cut

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Biggest Revelations From BravoCon's WWHL Legends Ball Taping: What to Expect on Screen and What May Get Cut

A night to remember! BravoCon got off to a dramatic start in New York City — and the surprises just kept coming when the casts from every major franchise made an appearance at Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Presents: Andy's Legends Ball on Friday, October 14. During the live taping at Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a variety of Real Housewives came together to attempt to squash their past issues. Jill Zarin and Tamra Judge kicked off the event by addressing the real estate agent's return to The Real Housewives of Orange County. Earlier this year, the Ultimate Girls Trip costars made headlines when the RHONY alum, 58, announced Tamra's return to Bravo after her 2020 exit. "Tamra's coming back, and you know, my friend Vicki [Gunvalson]'s not happy," Jill said via an Instagram Live video in July. In response, the Vena CBD cofounder, 55, replied, "Go f--k yourself @JillZarin! You thirsty bitch!" Jill, for her part, attempted to clarify the situation that same month. "I just have to straighten something out. This morning I was on my way to the event and I use the expression often, 'breaking news,' but it doesn't mean that there's anything breaking that wasn't broken to me," she explained on Instagram. "I had read online that Vicki was not coming back and Tamra was — and I said that. I just repeated what I had read. I don't have any inside information. Nobody talks to me at Bravo. I know absolutely nothing. I just repeated the news that was already printed." She continued: "[Tamra] I'm so happy for you. You wanted this and I'm happy for you. Why is there any animosity? Anyway, we're going to have to straighten that one out but congratulations anyway, and only wish the best for everybody." While filming the special episode of WWHL, Jill once again pointed out that Tamra's return was already public information. The California native, however, was still certain that Jill intentionally announced the news ahead of time. “F--k yeah,” Tamra responded when asked whether Jill shared the information on purpose. “Did you not do it on an outlet that you got paid?” The entrepreneur replied, “I have a subscription on Instagram ... Who gives a s--t? I didn’t do it on purpose!” [jwplayer xVIhS9aU-zhNYySv2] Meanwhile, Ashley Darby and Vicki, 60, faced off after an awkward past encounter. After the Real Housewives of Potomac star, 34, recalled Vicki being rude to her at a photo shoot, the Coto Insurance CEO shared her side of the story. “I was kind of like, ‘Where’s the Housewife?’” Vicki explained about the confusing run-in with Ashley. The former restaurant owner replied, “OK, this is case and point why this is a problem, Vicki. You were very dismissive for no apparent reason. ... The panel was called Housewife to Housewife! Why didn’t you ask who I was?” An eyewitness exclusively told Us Weekly that Ashley received support from her RHOP costars during the event. The RHOC cast, however, appeared as if "they didn’t want to get involved" in the drama. The epic event continued to pull out all the stops when Anderson Cooper made a surprise appearance as the "gay shark" from past WWHL episodes. Before he took off his disguise, the political commentator humped his longtime friend Andy, 54, and shared a funny exchange with Brandi Glanville. Anderson, 55, also told the WWHL host that he was inspired by Sonja Morgan to pull out all the stops during the taping. Scroll down for more details on what to expect — or what may not make it to screen — from the WWHL Legends Ball taping:

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Biggest Revelations From BravoCon's WWHL Legends Ball Taping: What to Expect on Screen and What May Get Cut

A night to remember! BravoCon got off to a dramatic start in New York City — and the surprises just kept coming when the casts from every major franchise made an appearance at Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Presents: Andy's Legends Ball on Friday, October 14. During the live taping at Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a variety of Real Housewives came together to attempt to squash their past issues. Jill Zarin and Tamra Judge kicked off the event by addressing the real estate agent's return to The Real Housewives of Orange County. Earlier this year, the Ultimate Girls Trip costars made headlines when the RHONY alum, 58, announced Tamra's return to Bravo after her 2020 exit. "Tamra's coming back, and you know, my friend Vicki [Gunvalson]'s not happy," Jill said via an Instagram Live video in July. In response, the Vena CBD cofounder, 55, replied, "Go f--k yourself @JillZarin! You thirsty bitch!" Jill, for her part, attempted to clarify the situation that same month. "I just have to straighten something out. This morning I was on my way to the event and I use the expression often, 'breaking news,' but it doesn't mean that there's anything breaking that wasn't broken to me," she explained on Instagram. "I had read online that Vicki was not coming back and Tamra was — and I said that. I just repeated what I had read. I don't have any inside information. Nobody talks to me at Bravo. I know absolutely nothing. I just repeated the news that was already printed." She continued: "[Tamra] I'm so happy for you. You wanted this and I'm happy for you. Why is there any animosity? Anyway, we're going to have to straighten that one out but congratulations anyway, and only wish the best for everybody." While filming the special episode of WWHL, Jill once again pointed out that Tamra's return was already public information. The California native, however, was still certain that Jill intentionally announced the news ahead of time. “F--k yeah,” Tamra responded when asked whether Jill shared the information on purpose. “Did you not do it on an outlet that you got paid?” The entrepreneur replied, “I have a subscription on Instagram ... Who gives a s--t? I didn’t do it on purpose!” [jwplayer xVIhS9aU-zhNYySv2] Meanwhile, Ashley Darby and Vicki, 60, faced off after an awkward past encounter. After the Real Housewives of Potomac star, 34, recalled Vicki being rude to her at a photo shoot, the Coto Insurance CEO shared her side of the story. “I was kind of like, ‘Where’s the Housewife?’” Vicki explained about the confusing run-in with Ashley. The former restaurant owner replied, “OK, this is case and point why this is a problem, Vicki. You were very dismissive for no apparent reason. ... The panel was called Housewife to Housewife! Why didn’t you ask who I was?” An eyewitness exclusively told Us Weekly that Ashley received support from her RHOP costars during the event. The RHOC cast, however, appeared as if "they didn’t want to get involved" in the drama. The epic event continued to pull out all the stops when Anderson Cooper made a surprise appearance as the "gay shark" from past WWHL episodes. Before he took off his disguise, the political commentator humped his longtime friend Andy, 54, and shared a funny exchange with Brandi Glanville. Anderson, 55, also told the WWHL host that he was inspired by Sonja Morgan to pull out all the stops during the taping. Scroll down for more details on what to expect — or what may not make it to screen — from the WWHL Legends Ball taping:

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A Tense 'RHOBH' Cast Reunion

According to an insider, Lisa Rinna kept her distance from her RHOBH costars after their tense day at BravoCon. The former soap star, 59, sat at the end of the row with visible space between her and Crystal Kung Minkoff.

During the night, the crowd showed their enthusiastic love for Kathy Hilton by chanting her name — which didn't elicit a response from Lisa. The fans also cheered for Garcelle Beauvais after she shut down any future questions about Diana Jenkins.

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Switching Spots

After arriving at the taping with the Southern Charm cast, Shep Rose opted out of sitting with his costars. He joined the Real Housewives of Miami ladies for most of the night before moving to talk to ex-girlfriend Taylor Ann Green.

An eyewitness tells Us that the former couple appeared to be having a "tense conversation" at the event.

Meanwhile, Craig Conover immediately ditched his coworkers to grab a seat with girlfriend Paige DeSorbo and the Summer House cast.

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Notable Tension

While taking a night off from filming RHOC, the cast appeared to be at odds when Shannon Beador, Tamra and Vicki chose to keep their circle small at the taping. (Vicki made her debut with the Ultimate Girls Trip season 2 cast before heading over to the RHOC section.)

Meanwhile, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson and Heather Dubrow kept to themselves. In response to a question about Tamra's return, it seemed that Shannon, 58, and Tamra mended their relationship. Tamra and Heather, 53, however, were still on the outs when the That's Life alum reminded the crowd that their show has an “ensemble cast.”

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Commercial Break Surprises

Larsa Pippen took the opportunity to do a mini photo shoot with Marysol Patton during commercial break. An insider also shared with Us that Chrissy Teigen was in the audience at the taping — and even took photos with the Summer House cast.

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Andy Cohen Answers Burning Questions

The Bravo executive producer did an unplanned Q&A with the audience where he hinted that John Mayer might make an appearance during the weekend.

He also offered free WWHL tickets to people in the balcony following audio issues.

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Where the Housewives Stand Amid Their Various Feuds

The Housewives' attempts to squash their past feuds had mixed results. Ramona Singer and Teresa Giudice figured out their misunderstanding over the wedding invite (which Ramona broadcast on social media, revealing all of Teresa's wedding details ) amid a filming delay while waiting for Andy to return.

Vicki, however, faced several feuds throughout the night which included a rift with Kenya Moore.

“I too have a 'Vicki is a monster' story. The first time I ever met Vicki, Jill Zarin [was there], who she treated horribly. And [Vicki] told us that none of us would be there if it were not for her! How narcissistic do you have to be to say that to a fellow Housewife? We are all really sisters," the RHOA star, 51, said. "This is a sisterhood. No one of us is more important than the other. Vicki, check yourself before you wreck yourself.”

The Illinois native, for her part, pointed out that her words were received wrong. “I didn’t say I was more important, I said the facts," Vicki explained. "If our show wasn’t successful, they probably wouldn’t have gone to franchises.”

Teresa, 50, also called Vicki out for referring to her as overrated. In response, Vicki added, “I said you were very nice. We don’t know each other very much and the question to me was, ‘Who’s the most overrated?’ I said complimentary things. Did you hear that too?”

An insider tells Us that Summer House's Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard as well as Vanderpump Rules stars Scheana Shay, Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval were very invested in the outcome of the game.

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A Bravo Crossover Romance

During the night, Andy revealed to Ashley that her Bravo crush Luke Gulbranson was in the audience. “I’ve heard a lot about Luke. And yes, he’s very easy on the eyes,” she said, while the Summer House star, 38, smiled in the crowd.

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Making Moves

Lala Kent hinted that she has taking inspiration from Erika Jayne by “having a lot of sex” with men that "have jawlines" following her split from Randall Emmett.

Erika's costar Lisa brought the comment to the singer's attention, to which she responded, “It’s true, I am.” (Erika is currently going through a divorce with Tom Girardi.)

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A Musical Conclusion

The crowd got a special surprise when Kenya, Scheana, Candiace Dillard-Bassett and Melissa Gorga performed to close out the show.

The Vanderpump Rules star, 37, received support from Lala, 32, Sandoval, Schwartz, Ariana Madix and James Kennedy while she sang "Good as Gold." Brandi, 49, however, seemed to be "hiding her reaction," according to an eyewitness.

Kenya put on a special rendition of "Gone With the Wind Fabulous" and got applause from the entire RHOA cast. Meanwhile, Melissa, 43, sang her hit song "On Display" which Brandi and Chrissy, 36, were going wild over. Although Teresa initially talked over her sister-in-law's performance, she "smiled" when Andy came out to dance to the track.

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Choosing Sides

The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast remained divided with Teresa, Dolores Catania and Jennifer Aydin sitting on one side of the stage. Meanwhile, Melissa, Jackie Goldschneider and Margaret Josephs remained separate from their costars.

With reporting by Sarah Hearon