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March 16, 2023 43 mins

Rachel Fuda may be a NJ newbie but she’s serving the tea piping hot! 

Does she hold a grudge against Jennifer Aydin for calling out her nose job?

Who is the most toxic on the cast? 

Is she getting along with Danielle? 

Oh and, we’re calling Rachel out on her Finsta! #BravoLover1234

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Two Teas in a Pod with Teddy Meloncamps and camera Judge. Hi, guys,
welcome to two Teas in a Pod with myself, Teddy
Mellencamp and Tambra Judge. Hey, Teddy, Hi, Hi. We are excited.

(00:23):
We have to get right to business today because we
have newbie Rachel Fuda from Real Housewives of New Jersey
joining us and we can't wait to ask her all
of the juicy question me, my second New Jersey newbie
i've met in two days. You know what, You're on
a Jersey mission. You're really you know what, You're gonna
take my Teddy Walter's title. And maybe Tamra Tattles. There

(00:52):
is a Twitter Tamra Tattles. It always used to give
me the business. I feel like I know everybody thought
it was me in the very way, like, oh, we
gotta ask Rachel about her fen stuff, her fin stuff.
Oh yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on, way are
you hi? How are you guys? Were good? How are you? Um?

(01:15):
You know, trying to stay awake with three kids and
you know, so job it's a lot. How old is
your youngest? She just turned one? Yeah? God, you born
and you had a rock and bod right after she
was born. Thank you. I appreciate that, but I literally
cannot take any credit for that. That was just pure stress. Okay,
So first and foremost, we we are hard on newbies,

(01:38):
and no, no, no, no, no, no no, don't say we
Oh are you kidding me? Teddy? I feel like you're
just hard on people in general. Came at me right
with a walk. You didn't miss a beat with that.
I actually and it was actually tam was actually yeah,
I said, somebody stole your walk, Teddy. It's so fun album.

(01:59):
Tam Ross says the ship and then somehow it comes
out through me and it looks like I'm yeah, we
have we have, we have different assholeisms. Can you tell
us a little bit about how you originally got on
the show? How that all started? Right, No, it's through Melissa,

(02:22):
so I guess technically both. But um, we moved to
Franklin Lakes and Jayden and Gina were on the same
football team, and Melissa and Joel had just been building
their house and they moved back in town and stuff,
so we met through the kids. But um, frank trains
Britt and I for a bikini bodybuilding competition. So that's
how I met Britt and Frank at the gym, So

(02:44):
that's how I know. Doris. What year did you do
your finness competition? Oh? My god, A long time ago?
Like how long ten years ago? Oh I did? When
like six years ago? Did you? It is the hardest thing,
I swear. It's mentally so challenging. Forget about like the
physical stuff, because your body only goes as far as

(03:05):
your mind pushes it. Right. Yeah. For me, it wasn't
so much the actual the working out part two three
hours a day, like I've always worked out, But it
was the diet. And when I say diet, like you
eat a lot, you eat a lot and you limit
I mean I had no carbs at all. Turns it end.
But that's the hardest part for me. You were filming
during your competition, right yeah, and no drink that. I

(03:26):
don't know how the hell you did that. My kids
were like, mom, please never do that again. Like you
were so angry all the time. I don't worry one great. Yeah,
the no carbs thing really affects you, like you don't
realize it, but like you're tired, you're cranky. It's all
like the horrible things that you don't want to be

(03:47):
in a person just you become so fast, Rachel. We
recently had Melissa on the pod and she said that
she is closest with you from the cast. What do
you think Do you think that's time or do you
think you get what do you think the reason is
for that? So I think there's a couple of different
things here. John and Joe, my husband John, are super close.

(04:09):
Like I'll just go downstairs on any given Tuesday afternoon.
He's drinking espresso with my two and a half year
old on his lap. They're very, very very close. Um.
But I also think that like the boys being close,
like Jayden and Gino, and we also have a lot
in common, like she is, she's fun, she likes to
go out just like have a good time. It's about
the fashion, the hair, the makeup. We just have a
lot in common. So I just feel like I gravitated

(04:31):
towards her just so naturally, just you know, forget about
the show aside, like we just have a lot in common. Um,
does she also have a fence to or only you?
I think only me? Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait?
Do you have a mist? And I need to know
all about this? Rest in pre piece of Brabo lover one, two, three, four, Okay,

(04:53):
so okay, I have the log in so I can stalk.
I deleted it because I'm like this enough, Like you
just need the fanatics. This in the world of Instagram anymore.
This is like it's so stupid and so embarrassing, and
like now I'm just gonna creep a confidence with my
verified Instagram will check or whatever it is, TikTok, Like
that's it. So I had an old Instagram page that

(05:14):
was Rachel Dell, which is like part of my maiden
last name before I got married, and there was nothing
on there. I deleted everything. It wasn't following anyone nothing.
So when things like during the season started happening, I'm like,
all right, why slights, Like keep an eye on what
everybody's doing. So I changed the name and like just creeped,
like I swear to god, I never posted a comment.

(05:35):
I never did anything. But I forgot to untag myself
from all the damn pictures that I took, so there's
like pictures of me and no, it's a complete rookie
move because I clearly I've never had a finstone before.
So I now I'm like just minding my own business
and I see this thing. It's like, oh, Rachel, like

(05:56):
Bravo fan whatever, And I'm like, first of all, there's
something wrong with being a fan of any show on Bravo.
But it's like it was almost like it was trying
to like be weaponized to be used against me. They're
trying to make you a creepy fan. It's so weird.
I used it to creep on my castmates and it
backfired horribly for me. But I'm willing to own it,
So I guess it's not that embarrassing, right if I

(06:18):
was denying it. Who specifically do you think you creeped on?
I mean, you can just use your context clues from
the season of who I was probably creeping on. But
to be honest, a lot of these girls have so
many followers they weren't paying attention to me, probably looking
at their stories anyway. So okay, so you wanted to
look at their stories, but you didn't want them to
know you were looking at their stories? Yeah, like commenting

(06:44):
comment like me, no, like no, you are so, But
why couldn't Why couldn't you have done this on your
regular and stuff? Because I am verified, and I feel
like when I look at who looks at my stories?
I scroll and I only pay attention. I can only
see really the check marks, right, because it's like something
that sets everybody apart. So I don't these are you?

(07:05):
These are the girls you don't like on the show
that you were looking at. They're still like I was,
you know, just having some problems with I just want
to see I say it was it was itemless, Like
I get it. It's like when you break up with
a guy and then you create in stats to still
be able to see his page, but he doesn't actually
know that you you care enough to jail. No, I
like you use your best friends log in Like same

(07:27):
same idea here. No, I don't know. I had it.
I had somebody just sent me a video of somebody
I don't particularly care for on my cast, and I
watched the video and I'm like, oh my god, is
that a story? Am I gonna she gonna know? I'm
so I get it. I get it. I know it's
exactly what I'm talking about. And then the big scheme
of things, who gives a shit exactly? Well, that's now
I'm just gonna creep a confidence. I don't watch everybody,

(07:49):
But did you have a dog or a flower as
your profile picture? Nothing? Nothing, there was nothing you should
put a should put a nose. I should put a nose.
You're right. I think exactly what I should do if
it wasn't a lady. Maybe I'm making a bravel over one, two, three,
four five, and I'll make a nose. Okay, so from it,
we'll take over the account for you, Teddy will Oh

(08:12):
my god, oh god, it's the opposite. I throw myself
under the bus. But my next question is when we
were talking about the newbies, Tam just met Jim Fessler,
who she loved um. She was in Orange County with
her husband. Her reaction was a little bit question right
there me. Rachel's like, wait, you guys are right, I

(08:36):
am like the right before she actually knew that you
were gonna be on she said it to me. She
told me I was cracking up to her the entire time.
She's so funny. She is one of the funniest people.
But she just has like a good heart. She's a
good soul. She just yeah, like I just love being
around her. I absolutely we are so stunning, stunning, and

(08:58):
you and Danielle seemed to be getting along so far.
Do you think that will last throughout the season? No?
Does it ever last? I mean, let's see what happens.
Let's see. I mean we still have, like I think,
half a season to go. We're half almost halfway through.
But I will say, I just hope that I can
get to know her better because I feel like I

(09:19):
didn't really get to get underneath the surface of really
who she is as a person. So we'll say, did
you get to know Jackie any better than what we're seeing?
Because for us seeing like you know, I'm watching it,
you know, from a completely different perspective. I'm like, listen,
I get it. She's in a place where she's probably
not feeling one hundred percent because she knows she's not
in the same situation she was years past. But do

(09:42):
you think she was threatened by you guys, or did
you treat her differently? Or she I think actually said
herself that, like she came into this season with you know,
three new women, and like she felt she did feel
like we were all trying to take her job. Because essentially,
I guess we were right. So she's owns that. But
I did get to know her much better, you know,

(10:05):
off camera on a more personal level. And I have
a lot of respect for her. She's battled a lot
in her life. She's been through a lot. She's very intelligent.
She's very well spoken. So I did smart, Yeah, very
very very smart. So some you know, it was very
nice to get to know her on a more personal level.
It was unfortunate that that's how we kind of started
off the season, but it was like whatever, It was

(10:27):
no big deal to me. I kind of saw it
for what it was, like you just said, Teddy, So
I wasn't going to like hold it again, star, like whatever,
like I'm new here, I'm probably taking your job. And
so it was Danielle and Jen so whatever. But she's
shining now and I think that it was a good
step because now she's focusing on her book and I
see her all over Instagram promoting her book and she's
really happy. So I'm happy for her. She has a

(10:48):
lot of positive things going on right now. In the
book is a labor of love for her. I mean,
she wrote every single word in that book, and not
many people can say that, especially in the housewife world,
right every ninety percent of them have got out. Yeah,
I could never write a book. Camera can't even read.
We can't even read our headlines half the time, like Teddy,
what's that big word? We should barely read. When you

(11:22):
came onto the show and you started filming, were you
told exactly what your position was on the show? Because
I've been hearing a lot from movies that they don't
really they're not told. They're just like, go and we'll
figure it out as time goes on, figure it out.
And I think that was like one of the biggest
things for Yeah, one of the biggest things for me
to like adjust to is that I didn't really have
like guidance from production in that sense. It was like

(11:44):
whatever feels natural to you, like that's what you do.
But it's there's like a learning curve. It's like any
new job or you can trying to figure out like
the dynamics of like who has been striends for a
long time, who really knows each other? Like how deep
these relationships go? But there was zero guidance at all.
Had you ever was like begging, Yeah, have you ever?
Did you ever film in the past on the show? Now?

(12:05):
Is a guest at a party or anything? I mean, no, no,
not on the show. So this is your very first time.
Yea when um. One of my favorite parts of this season,
which first I need to ask you how your husband
is able to maintain a beard, was such a straight part.

(12:25):
It's like he gets a ruler out I need is
he sitting there like I gotta get like this like
a straight edge? How somebody wait, someone called him a
mustache murderer, and I will never ever mean what does
that even mean? Like, I guess that's like her beard.
It's like a it's like a joke in our house

(12:46):
because he's so goddamn Harry that he just there's no
maintenance on anything. Like he's just like a Will the Beast,
Like he's just so Harry. So his beard has like
different personalities. So it's it's like very time consuming for
him to stay group. So he puts a lot of effort.
Like when he gets that line, it's because it took
him forty five minutes to do it. Periously. Yeah, my

(13:07):
husband tries, and it's like once up heierre went down
there he shaves aside from a cybrans to his beard,
I'm like, what are you doing? This part like goes
too low and I'm like, and then the days happened
where it's like he takes the whole thing off, and
I'm like, no, no, no, see I like a little
shadow and Edwin, but I don't need like the full hair.

(13:27):
But I also don't need like clean baby face. I
don't want clean baby face me either. I don't want it. No.
But the part of him other than his beer, that
I really loved was when you guys were walking out
and he doubled checked with you, and he goes, are
you sure you don't want to check her right now?
And you go, no, I'm good. That's when I officially
got really excited. There's no door, asshole. There's no door, asshole.

(13:53):
I don't remember saying that. I just, you know, like
when you just black out in some of these like situations,
like you don't even know what you're saying anymore. You
just it's like whatever's in the brain is on the
tongue like that. It was that. But John is a
ride or die and every meaning of that saying like
without question, he wasn't didn't even see what happened. I
don't know where he was at that time. He was

(14:15):
just like he saw me, like he was on his
fence to watch it was probably creeping. He was like
up in the bushes with like Jeff besl Jen's husband,
just drinking, taking shots of whiskey or something, and I'm like,
let's go, and he had no clue. So that is
so cohesive with like our relationship. We are like, he
has my back, no matter what, no matter what. So

(14:38):
kind of the opposite of that's like, I mean, that's
that's the conversation they were, no, but like that's that's
what they're having on camera saying She's saying, I want
you to have my back regardless, and you and I
discussed that, Tamera saying, well, I don't know that our
husbands would have our back regardless. But what Rachel's saying
right now is he has mine. He didn't even know

(14:58):
what situation where he was walking into, but he had
my back. Yeah. But he's not getting he's not getting
involved though, like noa yeah. But also like on the
interm of that, like the private conversations are like you know,
what the hell were you doing? But like like when
it's in real time, there's no like reflecting. It's like
he is very reactive in that sense in all aspects

(15:21):
of his life, so that's so true to who he is.
But you know, Jen and Bill, they have their things
they need to figure out. I'm interested to see how
that unravels in the rest of the season for her
because I actually don't know, but I hope that they
can get to a better place because hearing Olivia talk
about how she wants to be a love therapist was
absolutely heartbreaking to me, regardless of what conversations took place

(15:42):
between Jennifer and I. Arguments like, at the end of
the day, we're both mothers and that would absolutely kill me. Yeah,
she's clearly affected, which I mean, I thought that that
you were really um the way that you handled the
conversation about your son, your stepson and his mom. I
thought you did it in such a way that you

(16:04):
still respected your family's privacy, but you kind of gave
the viewers an idea of you know, that you've been
in his life forever and that he's been, you know,
living solely with your husband. And I just think that
the way you handled it was like that perfect amount
of sharing without oversharing and hurting other people, right putting
thank you, yeah, thank you, Because as you guys know,

(16:26):
there's situations that come up that you know, you can
say something that deeply affects the people around you, not intentionally.
But that was something that John and I had spoken
about that I just I didn't want to There's no
reason for me to get into it. She's not around,
She's irrelevant. You know, I raised Jaden to this point
for the past eight years now, so for me, like
that's all that really matters because she's not here. So

(16:49):
like she's not around. So so you didn't hear from
her after you had said that, whereas I need knock
on one, I know there's no like reaching out. I've
done stuff like that. I said something about my ex husband,
my oldest son's father and I barely said anything, and
he like rapped me, and I'm like, I didn't really.
I says you weren't weren't around, you weren't right, and
that's your truth. And where it gets tricky as like,

(17:11):
you know, we have this platform, but they necessarily don't
necessarily have the same opportunity to like speak out. So
that was also something I took into the consideration. But
I the relationship I had with his birth mother was
not a negative one, so I was always very respectful
of her boundaries. I wanted to keep her in the
loop at the very, very very beginning, you know, when
I came into the picture, because I wanted Jayden to

(17:32):
always feel comfortable to come to me there if the
day comes that he does want to see her, Like,
I'm just very realistic about it, Like he might get
curious one day, and that'll be a bridge across when
I get to it. Um, But I never wanted to
create any bad blood with her on his behalf. That's good.
That'll change his life because at some point he probably
will see that. I appreciate that. Thank you. Before the

(18:03):
season started, you did a video that I really loved
because it's I feel like I would make fun. Yeah,
I would make fun of myself of you know about
a situation, get ahead of it. But do you think
that you started to discuss your nose in that video
because you wanted to get ahead of what happened, Like
you didn't want what happened with Jennifer to then happen

(18:23):
to you. Right, it had already happened at that point,
and I would just get so many like it's honestly,
at this point, it's so dead, like the horse is
dead and bleeding. It's beaten to nothing at this point.
I know I have a crap nose job. Like I
don't need Mary Sue in Oklahoma to tell me that

(18:44):
in my comments every day. So when I did the
Q and A, it was like some people were saying, like,
oh my god, like your nose, your nose, your nose,
Like you know, I'll just talk about it because it's
obviously going to be a thing. I know it was
spoken out during the season, so I'll just answer it.
I have no problem talking about it. Does say I
got my nose done, does it bother you your nose
for your nose just not bother I just bother me.

(19:04):
I appreciate that. I appreciate that, but it's it's like
a personal thing. I when I went in to get
it done, I said I wanted just like my bump
gone yea, And I woke up and I had like
a paper machee nose, and I'm like, I'm not quite
sure how this translated to taking my bump away, but
like it is what it is, and getting a nose
job is a huge pain in the butt and I'm
just not going to do it again. So it is

(19:25):
what it is yeah, well you look like a character.
And I think sharing that that's what you know. You know,
we all tamer and I are open books when it
comes to surgeries and what everything that you know pretty much. Honestly,
I feel like it's the easiest way to handle things
because the more you try to like cover up and
push under the rug, like why are you hiding it?

(19:45):
Just own it, like we all get things done, like
for what that's my That was always been my advice
to all new housewives. It will contact me and goes
you have any advice, I'm like, just be transparent. And
if you have something that's that's bothering you you're afraid
to get out, get in front of it because it
will come out and talk about it and be okay
with it. Because once you're okay with it and everybody knows,
they can't go after you about it because you're like, well,

(20:07):
it's great advice and it's true. What are your thoughts
on the kind of veterans callum to give history on everybody?
I mean, do you think they're really doing that to
help to help you or they're doing that to help them?

(20:28):
I mean the writings on the wall, the writings on
the wall with that. You guys, you know, I'm sure
you can see and form your own opinions, but it's
just I didn't ask for it. And that's all I'm
going to say about that. Yeah, that is actually bad advice,
Like to go into a new cast member and try

(20:49):
to convince them not to like or to sway them
and tell their them their experience, like it's just going
to backfire in their face. Just let me, like, I
almost feel like, just let me look through it and
figure it out. And if I make a mistake, I
make a mistake. Whatever that is, Yeah, because that's what
that's real life. Sometimes we make mistakes in relationships and

(21:09):
we think that somebody's a good person and then they're not.
Is there someone you don't have to say who, but
is there someone that you think is just beyond toxic
in this group? Um? Yeah, absolutely, But I think who's kidding?
I think, you know, the dynamic of our cast right
now is like things are just weird in New Jersey

(21:32):
right now, and I really I'm interested to see how
the reunion goes because there's toxicity and in a few
different directions. It's not only that it's not coming from
one person. I think things are so ugly and dirty
and messy right now that it's like where do we
go from here? Guys go to the reunion. That's where
you go, like you, but it's like not abnormal for

(21:56):
that to be to be like that in most cases,
like as you air, you watch what other people say
and other things are going on, and then it becomes
like a big old shit show. And that's why the
reunion is so important. I do agree, But there's a
lot of things that have transpired off camera that we
will that will be brought out at the reunion that

(22:16):
I think it'll make a lot more sense to everybody.
I hate the off camera stuff. I hate it, I know,
but then well we will find out about it with this.
That's what happened in Beverly Hills. There's so much off
camera stuff and I feel like it just ruined it.
It does. I think it makes it. It makes it spotty,
like it makes this like the story doesn't there's story? Yeah, right, yes,

(22:40):
Multiple housewives have been accusing Marge of collecting dirt on everybody.
Do you think she has dirt on you? Um, I
don't really know if I have dirt to collect, but
if if I do, she probably has it. I think
I think a lot of the time and Margaret is
like one of those people that you just talk to

(23:01):
and it just comes out like she's so easy to
talk to. I don't know, even though necessarily that she
just collects dirt. I think it's just like regular conversations
and she just like knows a lot of stuff. I
don't know if she's going and I love her, Yeah,
we love her. I love her. I think she's a
great housewife. I don't see her as the one sitting

(23:22):
behind the scenes going, Okay, who can I call to
see if I can get information. I think if you've
been on the show for a long time, people love
to send you information for sure. It's what you do
with that information. Even being on just for six episodes,
people send me stuff. But I'm like, I don't even
want to know this, Like don't tell me, don't I
don't want to know, Like ignorance is bliss. But I

(23:43):
like to go back to your point, Teddy, I don't
think she's a digger. I think a lot of it
just is coming to her naturally. She knows a lot
of people, Like I'm always surprised when she says, oh
I know someone say I'm like, oh, really, like I
know them too, Like she knows everyone, that woman. It's crazy, Well,
who do you think a bigger diggers then Jen or Teresa?
What do you mean digger like digs in? Because they've said,

(24:06):
you guys have said or some people said on the
show that it's actually Teresa feeding information to Jen and
then Jen's like her workhorse. To be honest, at this point,
with all the stuff that's going down, I don't really
even know anymore. They're so like, it's so messy. It's
so messy. I don't know even what the intentions are.
I don't know what the point of it is. I

(24:27):
don't get any event where it's coming from. I feel
like it's just grown into this monster of like, what
what are we doing for? What? Why is this happening?
So I don't really know even how to answer that question.
I have my own opinion, don't don't answer it my opinion,
but you don't have to answer. They're trying to get
one of them off. They're trying to either get Melissa

(24:47):
or Teresa off, and people are going to push to
the death until that happens. But I think we need both.
I'm sorry, I will don't show without both. I do too.
I think I need both. But I I think that
we need some resolution, like we need some and you
know what, Timmer, I actually think, as as a friend
of Melissa and Joe's, and John would agree with me,

(25:10):
I hope for their own stake that they can have
some type of resolution to all of their problems. It is,
it's so it's just so sad to watch happen like
it is Joe and Tarifa. They're the only two in
their family. So when you really think about it and
you put yourself in their position, like they have no
one else, I really do. I hope as their friend,
they can come to some type of, you know, mutual

(25:31):
understanding that they're just not on the same page. But like,
let's just move forward. And I think if one was
removed from the show, it's only going to make their
family even farther apart. Oh that'll be I actually agree, like, yeah,
way worse the nail mcffin. I want. I want to
see therapy sessions with the families. I actually suggested that

(25:51):
significant others to not be a part of it for
a little bit, like just put those two together I
agree and let them figure it out. To me, it's
not about Melissa and Teresa. It's really got to be
about Joe and Teresa because they're the siblings. Melissa or
Louie can say whatever they want, but at the end
of the day, if those two don't have a real

(26:14):
conversation and it's through their spouses, they're never going to
come to any resolution. I agree. I think they need
to just the two of them need to sit in
the room, have a mediator and just put it all
out on the table, like gloves off. Let's have like
a deep conversation and get it all out there. I
actually agree with that. Do you think you could be
the mediator? I don't think you are right. They need

(26:36):
like maybe Margaret psychotherapist. No way, Oh my god, could
you imagine? I actually think Margaret would would be a
good mediator and other circumstances. Maybe not with Teresa, not
with us. Yeah, no, I agree. So where do you
think you like want next season to go? I am
just I need to make it through the reunion, Like

(26:56):
I don't know, like I'm not even like at next season.
I'm thinking to myself, how do I even navigate a reunion?
At this point. So next season, I have no clue.
I don't know what's happening with like with casts, who's
coming back, who's not. Like I got it one step
at a time, especially with this group, because I swear
like I said it, Melissa coughs, and like the world

(27:18):
blows up into flames, like it's like the smallest thing,
Like things are so sensitive right now that the tiniest
things that are going on are being blown out of proportion.
You mean between Melissa and Teresa just in general, like
the whole cast, Like you know, I said this, and
it gets blown up. It just all becomes so it's
become so toxic. So as far as next season is concerned,
I really have to see, like where my relationships go

(27:40):
with the cast to figure out what that looks like
for a next season. Did you have fun during the filming?
I did. We had a lot of fun together. We
really did. And that's kind of why it's even more
sad that we're at where we're at, because we all
had fun with each other as a group. We were
big casts this years, I think nine of us. So
with that being said, we had a blast. I mean,

(28:02):
Ireland was so much fun. I cannot wait for you
guys to see that I can shore. Oh my god,
the shore was a blast, Like we just had a
great season and then it went like this and it
hit the fan. And if you were to pick your spot,
like if you were to guess by how the rest
of the season goes, this doesn't give anything away other

(28:24):
than just how juicy it's going to be personally for you.
Where would you place yourself on the couch? First, second, third,
fourth spot? I mean, listen, I'm humble. I'm not gonna
be like I'm right the first spot, like I got it.
I'm probably like number three off the off the core,
one person after you. That's what you're thinking, No, Like,

(28:45):
I mean, I'm just assuming in my head it would
probably be Melissa, Margaret and then me because they're not
gonna you know, Oh you think Melissa would be in
front of Margaret. Yeah, closest to Andy? You mean? Yeah? Okay,
I personally think Teddy started trying to figure it out
and it's months away. I have my hold on. Let
me get what is your dress gonna look like? That's

(29:07):
what I want to know. Are you I don't are
you going to wear an un we know it hurts.
Just don't weary in a comfortable dress. You're sitting there
all day long. Okay, I will definitely take your advice
on that. Um, I will last question that I have
and then Tam, I don't know if you have anything else,
but um, if you could ask one question at the

(29:30):
reunion that you want an answer to, what is it? Like?
What is everyone's intentions with all the toxicity? What's the point?
What's the point besides getting each other off a show
or try to manipulate casting, Like, what's the point what
are we doing here? Yeah? Well that's what I want
to know. That's the hard thing about that question, though,
is you're making a TV show. That's what you're doing.

(29:51):
Yead off the show. But also there I believe in
that Teddy by the way, like we are making a
TV show, but when it gets to the level that
it's gotten to, we're not. This is not about TV anymore.
What it's happening off camera? Yeah, that's their assassination because

(30:11):
I do happen to agree with you, like obviously, like
you know, we gotta throw shade, we gotta we have
to repeat things that we hear, like we're making a show.
I get it, but it's we've graduated here and it's
not it's not good. Yeah, yeah, that's sad, I know.
And I don't think we fully understand because we're not
in it. So we I mean, we've seen the interviews
and we do well just part Yeah, I'm sure we will.

(30:33):
It will make sense. It will make sense. I think
we can already feel. I mean, there hasn't been a
setting that hasn't blown up other than on the the
charity softball thing. But other than that, every scene there's
been a fight. Oh yeah, and I would say that's
pretty consistent for the entire season. Do you ever cry

(30:55):
about your kids? No, I'm not a crier, but although
I feel like lucky and I'll let me rephrase that,
I wasn't a crier until I had kids, and then, like,
I don't know, I just cried. I cried more frequently,
but now I didn't. How old was your baby when
you started filming? I want to say seven and a
half weeks old. Oh my god, Oh my god. That's hard.

(31:19):
I've never like, I think my daughter was two when
I started filming. And it was manageable, but it was
definitely hard because I was used to being a stay
at home mom. Did you have a job prior to
that or were you mainly at home with the kids
And so no, it's like I mean John and I
was helping him run our business. So I was doing
that from home where I used to be in the
office so much. So we're basically a parking management staffing.

(31:45):
So we've staffed like concierge for apartment buildings. We provide
um car dealerships with like the staff that does the
service on your cars. We do valet parking for restaurants
and hotels, m we have our hands and a few
different things. Yeah, so I helped John run the company,
but when I had my two and a half year old,
I had to you know, work from home and it
was part time. So it was tough to manage. After

(32:08):
I had a second baby and I you know, got
on the show, I'm like what, like what am I doing?
What am I doing? I was like, you know, not
even sleeping through the night yet. So in these scenes
like the um Jen Fessler's brunch in the backyard, like
at these events, I am so dead and some of
these events and I'm like I can't even participate in
this conversation, like I had. I'm like, I'm drink a

(32:30):
monster a five hour energy this this is my best
you've got And you're not the mom that has like
three nannies at home either. No, you don't have like
the night nurse and that, No, you have to go
all night long and which I'm like would be no. Wait, Teddy,
you were pregnant. I was checking it my last season
and that was no alcohol on that show. Is really

(32:52):
you want to talk about challenging? That is yeah for me?
My god, yeah. I mean it's very different to podcast.
Here was my Alca celtzer and water and talk shit.
It's a whole different ballgame to be pregnant eight months
traveling to other countries. But it is would be hard

(33:13):
because I'm a really emotional and anxious post baby. Did
you have postpartums? I had extremely bad postpartum anxiety with
my two and a half year old, like life altering anxiety.
And then after I had Juliana, my baby baby, I
had all the same anxiety. But I think that I
had so much change going on in my life at

(33:33):
the time that I wasn't reading as like postpartum anxiety.
It was just like my life is just chaos right now,
But reflecting back, it was absolutely had to do with
just having a baby. I mean I was like literally
in diapers. I think during you know, the beginning of
the season, I was like still bleeding. I had a
C section, so I couldn't even like lift my kids yet.

(33:54):
H God, are you going to any more babies in
the future? To be honest, we talk about it all
the time. I have five Embryos'll talk about it on
the show. Yes, I know. I think you guys like
ripped me a little bit that you were bored of, like,
my are we going to have a baby storyline? Did
you guys know you didn't? I think I think there's
no This storyline has been on every Housewive show because

(34:14):
it get back to every woman. Yeah, I have different
I had if I feel the same, like there is
a lot of challenging things happening. Until I went on
the show and openly said I had miscarriages, I didn't
realize how many women had miscarriages or part of anxiety.
Oh my god, it's overwhelming. I think, like, I'm only

(34:35):
I'll be thirty two next month, so this is a
very real place for me to be in life. Trying
to figure out like if we are going to have
more babies. I just like I don't want to be
pregnant again, Like I just don't like it's not some time. No,
I want to be done young, Like I don't want
to be doing this stuff like in ten years. Like

(34:56):
I just want to like pop my kids out and
close the shop, like let's finish this. But it's you know,
I look at my kids and I love them so much.
It's like why not. Our family definitely doesn't feel complete.
I will say that I definitely feel something's missing. Okay,
you're gonna have another one? How did that? Kids react
to filming? So? Obviously Juliana was too small. Jaden, my

(35:16):
sixteen year old, was so nervous. I didn't even know
though we filmed. We like our first like family dinner,
and he did so good and after he's like, mom,
I was shaking. I'm like you were, and he's like, yes,
did I do? Okay, I'm like you did great. Hunt
Like we just like talked, you know, like real life stuff,

(35:37):
and he's like no, Like I like I need to
get used to this. So it took him like a
couple of times, but he didn't It didn't read as
nervous to me at all whatsoever. But he adjusted pretty quickly.
He's such a good kid. He's so well spoken. And
Gigi cracked me up because she loved having people in
the house, so she would be staring at the camera
and being like hi, guys, like waving at him because

(35:59):
they're all so nice, you know, they become like a
part of your family. I feel like that's a few
four year olds do They just want to look at
the camera and touch the camera and point at the camera. Yeah. Well,
and it's fun, like there's a bunch of people in
the house and there's lights everywhere, and you know, everyone's
staring at you. Yeah. And then just what one you know,
shady question before we go, which we always play, I

(36:21):
make camera play. She cannot stand it. Um, it's a
little f Mary. We don't have to say kill. We
can say never see again. But from the other husbands
or boyfriends on Jersey, you can't pick your own f
mary never see again or kill. Oh my god, you guys,
I'm going to marry Jeff Bessler. Oh we don't even

(36:46):
know him yet. I know, yeah you did, okay, so Mary, Jeff,
because I don't want to any of them. I don't
you have to, okay, just to hand job, hand job
a hand job? I mean Evan. Oh yeah, that's a
good one. I forgot about even he that's like an

(37:06):
easy one, right, yeah, okay, to pick the never see
again or murder Um. I did enjoy all the guys,
and I have me thinking who what did I want
to be around? Who did Margaret pick? You didn't make
her do this? Yeah, so I don't. I don't make

(37:28):
people do that, did I? I don't think. I don't know.
I don't know. I like to play card until I
comes out and everyone's gonna be like, oh hell wait,
hold on, when is OC coming out? Because it's been
way too long. I wish I knew. I wish I knew.
I think it's coming close. I feel like it's been forever.
When do you guys end? You know? Because I feel
like we're going to come on right when you guys end? No,

(37:50):
I actually don't know for sure, but I'm assuming, like
may ish, Yeah, how many episodes do you guys usually do?
About twelve episodes? Right? Twelve? Thirteen? Well park, well park? Yeah,
but I would imagine there was yeah, and there was
so much to happen this season. I can't imagine that
there won't be more. Oh, you're probably gonna have a
three episode for you. Oh we did make Margaret. You
made Margaret do it, but you did it with housewives

(38:11):
outside of her franchise house husband. You did it between
Lenny and someone of that nature. Oh yeah, do you
watch Miami? Yes, I'm so behind, but I happen to
love Miami. The reunion last night was so good that
you guys have to catch up. Don't tell me anything,
it is so beyond, but I need to just ask

(38:32):
you in closing, are you team Alexeia or like, are
you for Alexeia? Are you four? I think she needs
me up to date to know because it's each week. Well,
I made it. I'm on, Like, I just watched um, Like,
what was that party? The engagement party? Nicole's engagement party.
Oh so you're behind, You're quiet behind? Okay, I'm quite

(38:55):
I'm not gonna call. I think Alexia is a great housewife.
I think she she's top tier, and I think Nicole's
great too. I mean, if you're asking me between a
Lexy Nicole, I definitely I definitely picchnicle me too. We
love Nicole. Alrighty, thank you so much. You can find
Rachel on Instagram, um, but follow her actual one. I

(39:17):
knew you were gonna say that. I knew it. We guys.
I'm also like, did you know that I'm actually like
almost TikTok famous? By the way, what what Okay, I'm
gonna start calling yourself an icon and allegend like Tarama
calls herself. I do not call myself that. Where have
you ever said that? Oh my god, no, she says,

(39:38):
I'm iconic. It was no, I did not. It wasn't.
It wasn't like, oh I'm iconic. It was joking, I know,
but we pull your tits over there. There's also like
a little bit of truth to every just kidding about like, well,
let it was somebody somebody called me an icon or
we were talking about how people are like queen icon

(40:01):
legend when they send messages to you. You'll get it,
but you've taken out of content. I mean, this is
coming from somebody who's TikTok famous. Now, so tell us
how you did it. Yes, guys, It's like it's literally
a crapshoot. It's like, okay, just make a video. And
maybe you'll get a million views on it. There's no
method to the madness, at least I don't think. I
just keep posting and posting and posting, and like if

(40:23):
you throw you know what at a wall, something will
eventually stick. And now I'm like, I feel TikTok pressure
that I now have to create content constantly because that's
what TikTok is to be relevant. So now I'm gonna
look up right now. Now, I'm like, hold on, We've
got a little bit of time here to it's like
millennial like you know, my son, mom stuff, like more

(40:47):
personality stuff, because I feel like Instagram is so like
it's like perfect little squares of like the best moments
of your life, and I feel like TikTok is a
little bit more like you could see people's personalities. I
am following you. I've got that there is a you
like that one? Bam? I do? Is it a transition?

(41:07):
Do see? Because I almost bought that dress recently. It's
a good dress. That's a good good You're gonna have mine.
I'm never gonna wear it again. We should just rotate
the house clothes. It's so sad. It is such a
waste of money. I know, I know, but we appreciate
you so much. We love watching you. We can't wait

(41:29):
for it to get uh, you know, even even juicier,
even juicier. Do you have any really big fight that
you regret this season? I don't regret anything. I think
I stayed true to who I am and my character,
So I don't regret. I don't regret anything. That's what
I always say. One that you thought like, maybe I
could have lived without doing that, or I mean no,

(41:52):
I didn't really know. No, she's she's like, no, I'm
TikTok famous. I can say and do whatever I want.
There's no door, asshole. I love listen. Maybe maybe I
will feel differently after I see you know, the episodes,
because I mean I would you right, like you see
something from somebody else's perspective that you didn't think of
how they received what you said. So yeah, I mean

(42:14):
I said what I thought and I felt good. We
can't wait. Makes a good housewife. Well, guys, make sure
to follow Rachel over on Instagram and TikTok because um
and keep tuning into Jersey. We know that we are
hooked and so are you. Guys. Yes, and thank you
for being one of the best newvies. You guys all

(42:36):
three on that cast. I was I was telling Jenda,
I'm like, you guys are like the best newvies ever.
Thank you. If we need it was a much thank you.
It was a much needed refresh the show. I feel
like needed it. Yeah, a little bit of lightness, airiness,
young families. Again, thank you. We've received so much five feedback,
all three of us. Only that can happen on Orange County.

(42:58):
We've gone through so many movies, so so many. I know,
I know, I can't wait for your new season. I'm
excited to watch. I'm just so you know, I'm an
asshole on it. You okay, like you had to come
you had to come in like guns blazing. I'm a
little friend. But it's okay. I'll survive. It's okay. So

(43:18):
why she doubles down and is super nice on the pod.
So I look like a bigger asshole as if I'm
not a bigger balance. It's about balance, right, Like, you
can't be you can't be an a hole everywhere. You're
my ying to my yang Teddy. I thank you for
having me nice meeting you. Rachel. Can't wait to be
a person. Good bye, I know, hopefully soon. Bye guys,

(43:41):
yea bye
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