Alexia Nepola Shades Jen Shah: ‘I Didn’t Care’ To Hear About Her While Filming ‘RHUGT’ (Exclusive)

Filming connected The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip season 3 began conscionable days after Jen Shah plead guilty to her engagement successful the telemarketing strategy successful July 2022, truthful people her crimes were a large taxable of speech connected the trip, since her Real Housewives of Salt Lake City co-stars Heather Gay and Whitney Rose were there. But Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Nepola was not funny successful proceeding astir Jen — oregon who gave Heather her black eye — successful Thailand, arsenic she explained connected the latest episode of HollywoodLife‘s Pay Attention Puh-Lease! podcast.

“I consciousness similar we learned much astir Mormonism than astir Jen Shah. Which I was really grateful for,” Alexia, 55, EXCLUSIVELY told us. “Cause I didn’t truly care. To me, that was much absorbing and much fascinating than Jen Shah. Like I don’t privation to cognize astir the fraud she committed. You tin conscionable look it up online if you’re funny successful that.”

Alexia did accidental that determination was 1 happening she learned astir the Jen Shah concern connected RHUGT. “The lone happening we learned was that a batch of radical thought she was innocent, including I deliberation Heather and Whitney, until she pleaded guilty,” Alexia shared.

The mom-of-two besides acknowledged that she “never thought” Heather would archer the radical who truly gave her the achromatic oculus connected the astir caller play of RHOSLC. The information of the achromatic oculus is inactive a enigma to the fans, arsenic well.

Alexia Nepola; Jen Shah (Photo: Bravo)

And portion Alexia wasn’t funny successful proceeding astir Jen Shah, she was intrigued by each the speech astir Mormonism from Heather and Whitney.

“I recovered it truly fascinating. I didn’t cognize thing astir Mormonism oregon that it adjacent existed,” Alexia shared. “Especially from her [Heather]. You know, some of them were really portion of the church, and past detached from it. So I wanted to speech much astir that than astir Jen oregon her [Heather’s] black eye,” she added.

The formed of ‘RHUGT’ play 3 (Photo: Bravo)

Over 5 months after RHUGT season 3 wrapped filming, Jen was sentenced to 6 and a fractional years successful situation for defrauding hundreds of mostly elder citizens retired of millions of dollars. The Bravo prima was informed of her sentencing successful a New York City courthouse connected January 6. Over a period later, Jen reported to prison connected February 17, leaving down her husband, Sharrieff, and their sons, Sharrieff Jr. and Omar. She’s serving clip astatine the Federal Prison Camp successful Bryan, Texas.

Alexia and co-star Marysol Patton‘s full interview on the Pay Attention Puh-Lease! podcast is disposable on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. They speech astir their acquisition connected RHUGT, including their issues with Leah McSweeney, the origin of their uncommon combat successful Thailand, and more!

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