Shannon Beador BREAKS SILENCE on DUI Arrest and Sentencing _ E! News
Shannon Beador BREAKS SILENCE on DUI Arrest and Sentencing _ E! News
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00:00 Okay, Vicky, I've been asking people about you for two days, so I'm so happy you're finally
00:03 speaking because you're getting the highest honor in Housewives history.
00:07 The ultimate wife achievement, you are the OG, you're the reason every single person
00:11 is here right now.
00:12 What does it feel like and what do you want everyone to know about this great honor?
00:15 Life goes by fast.
00:16 You know, when I looked at that monologue of all the seasons, 18 years, 17 years, it
00:21 just, I thought like, oh my gosh, it was just a few years ago, but it wasn't.
00:24 It was almost two decades ago.
00:26 So life goes by fast, I'm going to capture every good moment, I'm throwing the garbage
00:31 out and I'm just enjoying life.
00:33 It goes really fast.
00:35 What do you think makes, like, what is it that is in you that makes you such a fabulous
00:41 television personality and why has the world fallen in love with you over the last two
00:44 decades?
00:45 I don't know, I just talked to Andy a little bit ago privately and he just said, you're
00:49 true to what you believe in.
00:51 It's my Lord, it's my family, it's my business, it's the people that love me and I love them
00:55 back.
00:56 I don't like toxic people in my life, so I've just really made my circle very small
01:00 now and it's worked.
01:02 I don't have any ick in me anymore.
01:03 I'm happy.
01:04 So maybe that doesn't work good for TV, but if it does, that's great.
01:08 Fabulous to that.
01:09 Shannon, how are you?
01:11 I know this has been a very difficult year, but now we're on the other side of it.
01:15 So how are you feeling?
01:16 How's your spirit?
01:17 You know what?
01:18 I feel really good.
01:19 I've spent the last month, which I rarely have that amount of time, focusing on myself.
01:23 I went to a behavioral wellness place with an alcohol component in it and I'm eliminating
01:28 and have eliminated a lot of the toxic and negative, unhealthy things in my life.
01:33 So I'm looking forward to moving on and I'm excited about it.
01:37 And I am incredibly grateful for these two that have been behind me and really supporting
01:43 me through all of it.
01:44 Well, I was saying to some of your castmates, I think that when anyone is struggling, the
01:49 most you want for them is you want them to just hit that breaking point where they then
01:52 realize it themselves and then start to have the upturn.
01:56 And so I think on behalf of all Bravo fans, I think people are really proud of you.
01:59 You know, there's a strength and a resilience in being able to admit that you need help.
02:05 At what point did you realize, was it the reunion or what point did you realize, like,
02:09 you know what, I'm going to do this for real?
02:11 Well, no, I realized after my DUI because I'm typically, and these guys know, I'm never
02:18 drink and drive.
02:19 I'm the Uber girl.
02:20 So, you know, there were a lot of unhealthy things going on in my life and I did drink
02:25 more alcohol.
02:26 So I wanted to, I was offered actually multiple free stays at alcohol rehabs, but I chose
02:32 a behavioral wellness program because I want to figure out what is going on in my head.
02:37 So I make good choices from now on.
02:38 I'm so happy for you.
02:39 You look amazing, by the way.
02:40 And this little spitfire, I saw a picture of you.
02:43 We couldn't believe it.
02:44 Rudy and I could not stop talking about that.
02:47 There's a picture of you and Alexis.
02:48 Did you squash the beat?
02:50 We did.
02:51 How did that happen?
02:52 It was so unexpected.
02:53 I didn't know she was going to be here, but I haven't really seen her in 10 years, really.
02:59 I had run into her like one time at Andy's show.
03:02 But yeah, we just sat there and we talked and it was like water under the bridge and
03:06 she's so sweet and so kind and we just had a great conversation.
03:09 It was really fun this season to see the Tres Amigos together again.
03:13 Would you guys ever do a spinoff like Luann's Got Crappy Leg?
03:16 Would you ever do just the three of you?
03:17 Tres Amigos show?
03:19 Yes, of course.
03:20 Of course.
03:21 I mean, if Bravo offers it, of course we would do it.
03:23 Okay, I love that.
03:24 And then last thing, I want to get your take on her winning this Lifetime Achievement Wife
03:29 Award.
03:30 What makes Vicky such a great housewife?
03:31 Well, I always say this about Vicky.
03:33 Vicky's been filming for 17, 18 years, right?
03:37 Every time she films, it's like the first time she's ever filmed.
03:40 She doesn't produce herself.
03:43 She doesn't act like...
03:46 She really is just who she is.
03:48 She doesn't pretend to be somebody she's not.
03:50 She's just Vicky and that's why she makes great TV.
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