Heather Dubrow weighs in on explosive ‘roofie’ allegations against ‘RHOC’ co-star Tamra Judge

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow was dumbfounded by the explosive allegations that her pal Tamra Judge once “roofied” Gretchen Rossi.

In an exclusive interview with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea,” Dubrow says the alleged incident, which supposedly occurred around the time of a 2008 Season 4 episode, “predates” her time on the Bravo show.

“We didn’t have the benefit of knowing what happened in that conversation. So you have to understand, I had no context,” Dubrow, who made her “RHOC” debut in 2012, says of the rumor, which was allegedly stirred up by Katie Ginella and a hot topic on the latest episode of “RHOC.”

Ginella adamantly denied spreading the rumor — which was purportedly told to SiriusXM radio host and social media personality Kiki Monique — and Rossi, for her part, asserted that she was never roofied during Season 4 when she infamously got “naked wasted” at a cast party with heavy encouragement from Judge. 

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Rossi, 46, also told Judge, 57, that she never said anything of the sort to Ginella.

During a discussion among the three women, Ginella insisted that she wasn’t responsible for perpetuating the gossip as Judge alleged the opposite, maintaining her account that the former sports broadcaster shared such information with “bloggers” like Monique. 

Rossi, who was close with Ginella at the time of filming and still engaged in a longstanding feud with Judge, chose to believe Ginella — which launched Judge into a tailspin that ended with the latter announcing a brief exit from “RHOC.” 

Prior to the departure, Dubrow, 56, was shocked when Judge returned to a group dinner enraged by Rossi’s reaction.

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“When Tamra came back in the room, I was like, ‘What happened?’ I thought a skipped a chapter in the book. I had no idea what was going on,” she recalls. “As a matter of fact, after I watched it, Gina [Kirschenheiter] texted me and was like, ‘Now do you understand what happened?’ I go, ‘I think so?’”

Judge eventually resumed filming the current installment of “RHOC” — while Ginella’s relationships with the entire cast, including onetime pals Rossi and Jennifer Pedranti, deteriorated as production progressed. 

Dubrow, who butted heads with Ginella, 41, last season, tells “Virtual Reali-Tea” that she’s disappointed by her fellow Bravolebrity’s onscreen trajectory. 

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“And you know what the bummer is? Katie came in sort of hot on me last year, granted. But I was excited to get to know her and I think she is so beautiful, she obviously has a lovely family and a great relationship [with her husband, Matt Ginella],” the actress shares. 

“I wish she had leaned into all of that and just let us get to know her without the nonsense. That would have been so much better.”

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET with new episodes available to stream on Peacock the next day.