The Real Housewives universe is heating up with some juicy cross-franchise drama as RHOM‘s Julia Lemigova has publicly gone after RHONJ‘s Jenn Fessler over comments about a messy cruise vacation situation. This heated back-and-forth has put a spotlight on the growing tension between Julia and her castmate Guerdy Abraira, with Fessler somehow getting dragged into the middle of their friend feud.
What started as your typical Housewives drama has snowballed into a multi-city mess after Fessler showed up at a crossover event and shared her take on the ongoing Julia-Guerdy battle. Julia didn’t exactly take it well, firing back on social media in a way that has fans buzzing about loyalty, truth-telling, and the messiness of reality TV friendships.
The Cruise That Started It All
The whole mess traces back to a celebrity cruise that became the perfect storm for drama between Julia Lemigova and Guerdy Abraira. Julia claims Guerdy wanted to tag along after Julia’s wife, tennis legend Martina Navratilova, couldn’t make it. Guerdy tells it differently, saying she only went as a favor because Julia asked her to. Things went south when Guerdy claimed Julia shut her out from a dinner table with other Bravo personalities, telling her there was “no room at the table” because of reservation issues. This snub became a major sore spot in their crumbling friendship, eventually blowing up on screen during The Real Housewives of Miami.
Jenn Fessler Stirs the Pot
The drama jumped franchises when RHONJ‘s Jenn Fessler, who happened to be on that same cruise, decided to share her version of events during an appearance on Two Ts in a Pod. Fessler backed up Guerdy’s story, saying, “Julia said, ‘There’s no room for you at the table.’ We’re all like part of the Bravo family, and you can’t pull up a chair?” She even defended Guerdy’s later decision to leak Julia’s texts at an event, saying, “Guerdy did what she felt like she had to do.” This testimony from another Housewife basically validated Guerdy’s side, putting Julia in an awkward spot.
Julia’s Instagram Clap Back
Julia didn’t waste any time addressing Fessler’s comments, taking to Instagram with a pointed message that didn’t mince words. “@jennfessler let’s clear the air, because you yourself say ‘you don’t remember how it went down exactly,'” Julia wrote, basically calling out Fessler’s fuzzy memory of what happened. She pointed out that Fessler got the timeline wrong – the Daniel Boulud dinner was actually on the first night, while Captain Sandy’s dinner happened on the second night. Julia made it clear that none of them had control over the dinner arrangements, suggesting Fessler should know better since she was right there on the cruise. And just to twist the knife a little, Julia added, “Sorry you flew all the way to Miami only to be edited out of last night’s episode!”
The Birth of “Flip-Flopping Fessler”
The real zinger in Julia’s response was her dubbing Jenn with the nickname “Flip-Flopping Fessler” to call out what she sees as Jenn’s wishy-washy loyalty. “I see why your castmates call you Flip-Flopping Fessler. Loyal one day, shady the next,” Julia wrote in her Instagram Story. The nickname suggests Julia thinks Jenn can’t pick a lane when it comes to where her allegiances lie. This public name-calling turned what could’ve been a minor disagreement into something much more personal, showing just how quickly things can get ugly when reality stars from different shows start weighing in on each other’s drama.
The Bigger Picture: Julia and Guerdy’s Broken Friendship
The beef with Jenn Fessler is really just a symptom of the much bigger breakdown between Julia and Guerdy. Their friendship has been on the rocks throughout Season 7 of RHOM, hitting rock bottom at Guerdy’s recent event where she dramatically exposed their private texts on a massive screen for everyone to see. Guerdy pulled this stunt to prove her version of events after feeling like Julia kept twisting their interactions. Earlier drama – including Julia allegedly dumping water on Guerdy at a wedding and then bizarrely complaining about the situation during opera lessons – had already created major tension. They supposedly struck a peace deal to handle their issues privately, but Julia reportedly broke it by coming for Guerdy at another event, which only made things worse.
Time to Face the Music?
As the drama keeps unfolding, some viewers and castmates have started calling for Julia to own her part in all this. Critics point to what looks like a pattern of Julia playing the victim while refusing to acknowledge how she’s contributed to the mess. People have also noticed a double standard in how the group has reacted – slamming Guerdy for sharing private texts but giving Julia a pass for her behavior. This accountability debate has split fans down the middle, with some in Guerdy’s corner saying she had no choice but to expose the texts after being pushed too far, while others think she went way overboard.
Catch new episodes of The Real Housewives of Miami Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo and stream on Hayu in the UK and Ireland, where this messy situation between Julia, Guerdy, and now Jenn Fessler continues to unfold in all its dramatic glory.
