{"id":11565,"date":"2025-09-16T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=11565"},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:05:10","slug":"is-shannon-beador-facing-a-demotion-on-rhoc-source-says-producers-are-eyeing-alexis-bellinos-return-plus-plans-for-og-reunion-20th-anniversary-party-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=11565","title":{"rendered":"Is Shannon Beador Facing a Demotion on RHOC? Source Says Producers Are Eyeing Alexis Bellino\u2019s Return, Plus Plans for OG Reunion 20th Anniversary Party Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to a rumor, Shannon Beador is perhaps getting demoted to a \u2018friend\u2019 next season on the Real Housewives of Orange County, as execs are considering the full-time return of Alexis Bellino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last season, fans turned on Alexis as she seemed to go after Shannon, the ex-girlfriend of her new fianc\u00e9, John Janssen. In the new season, alum Gretchen Rossi took Alexis\u2019 \u2018friend\u2019 spot in the cast. Now, some viewers are unhappy with Shannon because she ended her friendship with Katie Ginella (who allegedly showed Alexis a secret voice recording of Shannon\u2019s meltdown).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next year will mark the show\u2019s 20th season. As of now, it\u2019s unclear what production is planning, though many assume there will be nods to the original cast. Jo De La Rosa has started making appearances in recent episodes, but her future on the cast is a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking to Bravo and Cocktails, a source recently claimed that production is looking to shake things up a bit next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAhead of RHOC\u2019s landmark 20th season, producers have begun eyeing a full-time return for Alexis Bellino to spotlight her pre- and post-marital journey with John Janssen,\u201d said the source. \u201cThe move comes after last year\u2019s decision to side with Shannon over Alexis, which is a choice executives now view differently, as Shannon has been increasingly difficult to film with (refusing to reconcile with certain castmates and experiencing frequent emotional meltdowns).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIdeally, Alexis will join Tamra, Heather, Gina, Emily, and Jen [full-time]. Gretchen Rossi is expected to appear as a \u2018friend of,\u2019 (if she ends the season on a decent note), alongside a new cast member with ties to Heather and Gretchen\u2019s lavish Newport social circle,\u201d the source continued. \u201cExecutives still plan to invite Shannon back in a reduced \u2018friend\u2019 capacity, though they are prepared to move forward without her if she declines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the source, Katie is not \u201cexpected to return,\u201d but this could change \u201cfollowing the reunion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProducers are also still looking to tap legacy OC housewives Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, and Lauri Peterson for either a 20th anniversary party or a special dinner event,\u201d the source went on. \u201cDespite recent rumors, there are no plans to end the franchise after season 20.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County air on Thursday nights on Bravo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to a rumor, Shannon Beador is perhaps getting demoted to a \u2018friend\u2019 next season on the Real Housewives of Orange County, as execs are considering the full-time return of Alexis Bellino. Last season, fans turned on Alexis as she seemed to go after Shannon, the ex-girlfriend of her new fianc\u00e9, John Janssen. In the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1694],"tags":[1754,522,544,520,519],"class_list":["post-11565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show-rhoc","tag-alexisbellino","tag-bravotv","tag-housewivesdrama","tag-rhoc","tag-shannonbeador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11572,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions\/11572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}