Gina Kirschenheiter is reflecting on her personal growth after her Real Housewives of Orange County costar Shannon Beador poked fun at a look from a “dark” time in Kirschenheiter’s life.
During the Wednesday, August 9, episode of RHOC, Shannon, 59, dressed up as Gina, 39, for the cast’s “You Do Me, and I Do Me” party hosted by Tamra Judge.
Tamra asked the women to come disguised as one of their costars, so Shannon arrived at the soirée wearing a sparkly purple mini dress and a blonde wig that was styled in crimps — appearing to take inspiration from the ensemble Gina wore to the season 13 reunion in December 2018.
Shannon even scattered random tape-ins throughout the wig, seemingly referencing Gina’s previous admission that her hair during her first few RHOC seasons didn’t look the best. (At the time, Gina was in the middle of an intense divorce from then-husband Matthew Kirschenheiter.) Shannon gushed over the costume via Instagram ahead of Wednesday’s episode, writing, “Hope you enjoy my IMMATATION of Gina on tonight’s #RHOC.” (Shannon purposely wrote the word incorrectly after Gina recently accused her of copying her style and spelled imitation wrong.) While Gina laughed off Shannon’s look during the episode, she later took to Instagram to share that the outfit brought back “scary” memories. “This is me,” Gina wrote alongside a photo of Shannon’s outfit and a throwback photo of herself. “This is me at a time that was dark.
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