During part one of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" reunion special, Tamra Judge opened up about the nasty custody battle with her ex-husband Simon Barney, and spoke about her estranged daughter Sidney for the first time. The reality star broke down in tears as she explained why she hasn't seen her teenage daughter in two years.
"When I started last year," Judge said, as she wiped tears from her eyes, "my oldest daughter Sidney was at her dad's and she texted me and said 'mom can you pick me up?' and I said 'yeah.' She was coming over for the week anyways, and she came to the kitchen and sat down and she said 'I don't want to live with you anymore, you know you've ruined my dad's life.'"
"I had no idea where it was coming from and she basically left that day and two years later has not come back," Judge said.
A hush fell over the ladies and reunion special host Andy Cohen responded with a quiet "wow."
Judge and her ex-husband Simon Barney had a very public divorce in 2011, and Barney filed for full custody of the couple's three children (17-year-old Sidney, 16-year-old Spencer and 10-year-old Sophia), claiming that she was a "neglectful" mother. In September, he accused her of displaying "outrageous embarrassing behavior" while on the show, according to E! News. The former couple shares 50-50 custody of their children, but the teens are split up between the two homes.
"My son Spencer, he won't speak to his dad now and he lives with me full time," Judge explained. "So the whole family is just, they're so separated."
Watch a clip from part one of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" reunion special below.
