Tamra Judge Hints atReal Housewives of Orange CountyExit with Cryptic Message: 'I'm Out'

Mar. 15, 2025

Tamra Judge at ‘The Traitors Experience’ in January 2024.Photo:Randy Shrophsire/Peacock via Getty

Randy Shrophsire/Peacock via Getty

HasTamra JudgeleftThe Real Housewives of Orange County? It certainly seems like it.

On Sunday, March 9,the Vena CBDfounder shared a message to her Instagram Stories that appeared to look as a resignation letter for her time on the Bravo series.

“It was a long run!” Judge, 57, said. “When life gives you real problems, this reality s— doesn’t make sense.”

“Peace out ✌️ I’m out,” she wrote in the conclusion to her post.

Tamra Judge’s Instagram Stories post.Tamra Judge/Instagram

Tamra Judge/Instagram

PEOPLE reached out to the star for comment, as well as a representative for Bravo (the network typically doesn’t comment on casting).

A source tells PEOPLE Judge is currently filmingRHOCon a cast trip to New Orleans with her Orange County HousewivesShannon Storms Beador,Heather Dubrow,Gina Kirschenheiter,Emily Simpson,Jennifer PedrantiandKatie Ginella.

Grethcen Rossiis there, too. She’s been absent from the show since 2013, butreturned this season as a Friend— though likely not as a Friend of Judge’s. The two were mostly at odds when they crossed-paths during their time on the show, and have remained on the outs in the years following.

Tamra Judge arrives at the KIIS FM’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2022.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Judge has been onRHOCsince it’s third season.She left the series in 2020after season 14, butreturned in 2023 for season 17.

Throughout her years on the show, Judge givenRHOCsome of its most memorable moments, including the franchise’s first wine toss. She also led a three-episode spinoff series,Tamra’s OC Wedding, which chronicled her June 2013 wedding to husbandEddie Judgeat the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California.

In addition to her time onRHOC, Judge has appeared on other spinoffs for the network includingReal Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives ClubandThe Traitors.

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The mother of four also hosts iHeartRadio’s hit podcastTwo Ts in a Podalongside best friend,Teddi Mellencamp, ofThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsfame.

Mellencamp, 43, is currently taking a break from the podcast amid her ongoing health issues. Over the past two years, Mellencamp has had 17 differentspots of melanomaremoved, and recently discovered the cancer had spread.

Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge at BravoCon 2023 in Las Vegas.Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty

Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty

Back in February, she underwent emergency surgery after doctorsfound multiple tumorson her brain, which they believed to have been growing for at least six months.Further tumors in that area remain, she shared on March 2, while two more have been found in her lungs.

Immunotherapy, according to Mellencamp, begins on March 11 at 11 a.m. local time.

“I am feeling positive and excited that I will beat these tumors," she wrote.

The Real Housewives of Orange Countycan be streamed on Peacock.

source: people.com