Shannon Beador’s ‘Real Housewives’ Co-Stars Addressed Her Drinking 10 Days Before DUI, Hit-and-Run Arrest

Shannon Beador's Real Housewives of Orange County co-stars questioned her drinking habits right before the reality TV star's DUI and hit-and-run arrest.

During Wednesday's explosive RHOC Season 17 reunion episode — which was taped just 10 days prior to the arrest — Heather Dubrow, Gina Kirschenheiter and Emily Simpson confronted Beador about her alcohol use over the years.

Dubrow kicked things off, saying, "Please don't get angry with me, [but] you tend to drink and call some of us."

"That's a f---ed up thing to say to me," Beador replied, to which Dubrow responded, "It's not. You're the town crier."

"For you to say I need rehab, for you to paint a picture so that I'm calling people every single night... For you to say that I can breathalyze," Beador continued, directing the statement to Simpson.

"You should! I think it's a good invention. I think you should put it on your phone," answered Simpson — who previously joked this season that Beador should attach a breathalyzer to her phone and use it before calling people.

Kirschenheiter then addressed the real elephant in the room.

"You don't want to look at that at all though, Shannon," she said of her drinking habits. "You don't want to look at it all."

"You don't know anything about my personal, in-depth life," Beador responded. "From the beginning of you starting the show, you said in your first season when I was going through my acrimonious divorce [from David Beador], you said I masked with alcohol, and I said, 'Did I drink more this year? Abso-freaking-lutely.'"

"Our job is to say how we feel and say the truth about what's going on," Kirschenheiter shared.

"You know what my job is? My job is to be Shannon Storms Beador, so I'm not gonna look at this and go, 'Well, I'm on a reality show so I'm gonna act differently.' I act the way I am," said Beador.

10 days after filming wrapped, Beador was arrested for driving under the influence and a hit-and-run on Sept. 18, the Newport Beach Police Department confirmed to The Messenger.

The Real Housewives of Orange County star allegedly drove her car onto a residential property in Newport Beach, Calif., and clipped the house, according to a report from TMZ, who was first to report the news. 

Beador's attorney Michael Fell issued the following statement to The Messenger days after her arrest: "I spent quite a bit of time with Shannon yesterday. She is extremely apologetic and remorseful. We will be awaiting the official information on this case as it becomes available, and Shannon is prepared to accept full responsibility for her actions."

On Tuesday, The Messenger confirmed that Beador is currently enrolled in an outpatient behavioral wellness program with an alcohol component.