Heather Dubrow’s Husband Blames Show ‘Stress’ & ‘Conflict’ For Her #RHOC Exit! [VIDEO]
The departure of Heather Dubrow on The Real Housewives of Orange County saddened her fans.
However, her husband Terry Dubrow, is grateful his wife Heather walked away from the Bravo reality series. The Botched star spoke with Bravo’s Daily Dish and attributes ‘stress,’ as a contributing factor for his wife’s exit.
“One of the most incredible, interesting experiences of our lives was being on the Orange County Housewives, but there’s a certain component of stress that’s been removed because there’s less conflict.”
Heather joined the OC cast in Season 7, initially injecting a refreshing shot of “fancy” into the cast. Viewers watched her family grow, and move on up in the world of real estate, as Heather and Terry navigated careers in the reality spotlight.
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However, several seasons later, Heather‘s reputation was tainted when explosive newcomer, Kelly Dodd, exposed the 48-year-old as a mean girl that instigates drama. Heather came under fan-fire, when a cast trip to Ireland turned ugly. Heather was captured teaming with Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador, in a seemingly calculated and nasty shut-out of controversial rookie, Kelly.
Immediately following the conclusion of season 11, the Heather Dubrow World podcast host, confirmed her departure from The Real Housewives of Orange County.
“If you’re wondering why I’ve decided to not come back, it wasn’t an easy decision,” Heather explained during her podcast. “You know, it’s hard to walk away from something, first of all, that’s been successful for five years, and truly has given us so much. But I just feel like, right at this particular point in time, a couple of things [changed my mind].”
Heather shared her current thoughts about Kelly during her podcast.
“I was only on one season with Kelly. I’m glad Kelly and I ended the season in a good place and texted each other and moved on in a nice way. We had a lot of laughs together,” Heather said. “She has beautiful taste, and a sweet daughter.”
Heather also shared a chilly relationship with Kelly’s ally, Vicki Gunvalson. Heather offered some friendly parting comments on the OG of the OC.
“Vicki and I were never best friends, we didn’t call each other all the time or text each other,” Heather said. “But again, we had a lot of laughs, she’s very funny. I have to say, she is someone who definitely knows how to have a good time. She can take an ordinary ‘we’re just sitting around doing this’ — and turn it into, as she would say, ‘whooping it up.’ I’ll miss that.”
But marital strife has been rumored to be the real reason behind Dubrow‘s decision to leave the show.
“After Heather’s marriage became a central focus last season on the show, it really caused issues with her and Terry,” a source revealed to Radar Online. “They both decided that that she should just quit RHOC since they both have several other successful projects and do not need the money. The last thing that either of them want is to end up in a divorce because they became reality TV stars.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 12 premieres on Monday, July 10 at 9:00 p.m. on Bravo TV.
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