“Huge bully”—The Real Housewives of Orange County fans criticize Heather and Emily for going after Katie at the reunion

The Real Housewives of Orange County season 18 has come to a bittersweet end with part 1 of its reunion episodes released on November 7. The reunion marked episode 18 of this installment and the ladies customarily gathered to address their disputes with each other under host Andy Cohen's supervision.

At the reunion, Andy brought up the $5 million lawsuit Katie was facing on the charges of copying someone's business idea. While Katie was explaining that she was recently exempted from the charge, Heather jumped into the conversation to mention that Sutton Stracke had told her that Katie didn't pay her for a promotion party of her business and used her to promote her products.

Earlier in The Real Housewives of Orange County, Katie had accused Heather of calling the paparazzi on herself while on a trip to Disneyland with her husband, to ease out the rumors of friction between the couple. Heather had denied these claims but a legitimate source of Katie'e confirmed its authenticity.

When Andy brought this up at the reunion, Katie explained where she found the information, while Emily jumped in to call her out for following a lead she found on TikTok. Fans of The Real Housewives of Orange County came to X to criticize Heather and Emily for going after Katie.

"All I get from this is that Heather is very threatened by Katie. Also Emily needs to shut up. She is acting like a huge bully," said one fan.

The Tweet above (Image via X/@MarioTravels)

"Emily and Heather, you're two privileged white women in Orange County. How dare you both minimize Katie's experience with police, as a woman of color, especially in this climate. Gina, you too. You should all be ashamed," another fan said.

"Heather and Emily are clowns for going this lowdown to attack Katie for this deeply personal issue she experienced," a third one added.

"Heather, stop it! My God, there's 3 women on Katie, it's completely unbalanced. Everyone keeps trying to poke holes in what she's telling them, they wanna be condescending and aggressive towards her. This is just so f*cking mean," another wrote.

Some fans of The Real Housewives of Orange County called out Emily for jumping into the conversation and laughing on the side when Katie was talking.

"Emily is proving why I said her work with the Innocence Project is nothing more than self-serving. She’s doubting Katie’s story, asking if the police would lie on a report. Does she hear herself? Heather is such a loser," an X user said.

"Emily? Why in the hell are you bringing up Katie’s children custody battle!! SHUT THE F*CK UP," another X user wrote.

"Heather and Emily’s expose on Katie is so nasty to witness, and the scope of their interest is beyond weird and necessary. The low blows towards the custody of children, her interactions with the police, and her relationship with her ex is team too much," one commented.

"All the girls ganging up on Katie does not feel right in my spirit. Heather is condescending over the most irrelevant issues, and Emily is a mere follower that likes to demean people for fun. I love Katie and how she gets under Heather’s skin," commented another.

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The conversation between Katie and Heather on The Real Housewives of Orange County season 18 episode 18

In The Real Housewives of Orange County season 18 reunion part 1, Katie explained why she accused Heather of calling the paparazzi to take her loving pictures with her husband.

She said that she contacted her source to confirm the information after she saw a post on a TikTok feed that claimed Heather had called the paparazzi on herself. Emily objected to this and said that she didn't think Katie saw it on her TikTok feed because Katie had mentioned the same to Gina before.

Later in the reunion episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Katie said her source told her that it was someone close to Heather who had called the paparazzi. In response, Heather clarified that she didn't call them in any way. This made Katie quip in sarcasm and say that the paparazzi just happened to be there at Disney. Heather then said:

"I was very interested in meeting you, nothing about you adds up. I think there's a story for everything and I think you have absolutely no credibility".

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The other two parts of The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion will air on November 14 and 21 respectively at 9 pm ET on Bravo.