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Alexis Bellino.
(Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)Alexis Bellino He will not return for the 19th season of Real Housewives of Orange County.
The reality star confirmed her departure during an appearance on the Friday, December 20 episode of the “Go Rogue” podcast, for which she was a guest.
“I haven’t been asked back next season,” Bellino, 47, revealed.
Nice, who? special conflict with castmate Shannon’s Storm Bead60, said he wasn’t too surprised when he heard he couldn’t return.
“I can’t say it came as a shock, it didn’t come as a shock,” Bellino said on the podcast. “It was a hard conversation. … I guess I wasn’t really ready (because) I didn’t think contracts were coming out – like, I thought we had more time. … (So) it was a shock when the call came, but I was never shocked by that information.”
Bellino has returned to the Housewives franchise as “friend” follows a decade long absence. (Bellino debuted in season 4 in 2008 before leaving in season 8.)
On the podcast, Bellino said that she had dealt with leaving the show before so she was able to take the news in stride.
“It was a little bit of a relief,” Bellino said. “I mean nobody wants the rejection, and nobody wants (to hear) that you’re not asked back. But it happened to me already. It happened to me in season 8. I’ve been there, done that!”
Alexis Bellino.
(Photo by Getty)Storms Beader and Bellino clashed throughout season 18. Part of their feud stemmed from Bellino choosing to date Storms Beader’s ex-girlfriend John Janssen, from whom she split in 2022. Bellino and Janssen, 64, became an item in 2023 and in August, they announced that they were engaged.
Speaking to Us Weekly in November, Storms Beader confirmed that he did not enjoy filming with Bellino.
Shannon Beador wants nothing to do with Alexis Bellino or John Janssen. “There were other reasons, John, aside, that I don’t want to pursue a friendship with (Alexis),” Beador, 60, told Us Weekly exclusively earlier this month while discussing the new season of Real Housewives of Orange County. “The clip of her goes, (…)
“I was on Nick Viall’s podcast, and he said, ‘What will you do if Alexis is back on the show?’ And my answer was, ‘I’m not filming with Alexis ever again,’” he recalled. “If they choose to bring Alexis back on the show, enjoy, but I’m not filming with you.”
He added, “I’ve never said I’m not coming back. I might have done that in my third or fourth year and I’ve never done it since.”
Storms Beader said she would like to return for season 19, but added, “But if Alexis Bellino comes back, I’m sorry, she wouldn’t be around (her).”
