Tamra Judge has opened up for the very first time about her nasty custody battle with ex-husband Simon Barney and estranged daughter Sidney in the first installment of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Season 10 reunion on Monday, Oct. 19.
Us Weekly shared that Tamra's lawyers should be ready as she just spilled some pretty big beans about her nasty custody battle with ex-partner Simon. The Bravo veterinarian has also shared something about her kids and confessed that she has been estranged from her eldest daughter Sidney for about two years.
The Housewife was shocked when Sidney told her hurtful words. "I don't want to live with you anymore. You've ruined my dad's life."
"I had no idea where it was coming from," Tamra admitted. "And she basically left that day and two years later has not come back. I was trying to do everything I could do to try to get her back and I didn't understand why Sidney left."
Tamra then admitted she bought her daughter a necklace during a vacation to Hawaii. She even revealed that Sidney finally reciprocated contact after months of silence.
"She texted me for the first time in a really long time and said, 'Thank you so much for the necklace. I love you,'" Tamra explicated as she tried to stay composed. "I hadn't heard those words in so long. I said, 'I love you too and we can work this out."
However, her happiness did not last much longer as the news that Simon was trying to take away her custody of their kids was everywhere. "And she never talked to me again," the mother said while weeping.
Tamra then went to court to fight her former-husband's petition. However, Simon did not allow the court-appointed therapist's suggestion to give Sidney more extensive counseling.
The two then went back to court! Tamra tried to get her daughter help and Simon fought not to get her help -- and he eventually won.
"Right after that, my son, Spencer, wouldn't speak to his dad and now he lives with me full-time," she publicized. "So the whole family is so separated." Read more about what happened in the first installment of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Season 10 here.