Real Housewives of Orange County’s Shannon Beador Gets Emotional About John Janssen Split, Thought She and Ex Were Taking ‘Next Step’

13.01.2023 - 05:17 / usmagazine.com

Didn’t see it coming. Shannon Beador thought everything in her relationship with John Janssen was going well — until filming wrapped on season 17 of The Real Housewives of Orange County.

“My relationship is always a topic of what’s going on, so at the end of the season we did film a dinner, [and production said], ‘Let’s put a button on where you stand, let’s get that beat,’” Beador, 58, said during SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live on Thursday, January 12. “John and I filmed together. I got teary-eyed with the words he was saying and I thought, ‘We are going to get there.’ I thought, ‘Whatever the next step is, we’re going to take it.’”

The Bravo star explained that she remembered “saying very kind things” as she and Janssen, 59, discussed where their relationship was headed while in front of the cameras. “So for that reason, that’s why I felt blindsided [by the breakup],” she said.

Beador confirmed on Wednesday, January 11, that she and the insurance agent ended their relationship in November 2022 after nearly four years together.

“I was hopeful this was the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I wanted it to work out. I’ve never loved anyone like I’ve loved John,” she said in a statement to People. “But clearly, he didn’t feel the same way.”

Janssen, for his part, told the magazine that “it doesn’t make sense to be together if you don’t believe” in the relationship anymore.

“I’ve been in pain over it. It’s sad because I love Shannon very much. I have loved her more deeply than any woman in my life,” he said. “She’s one of a kind; so funny and generous and full of life and adventurous. We have a connection that’s unlike anything I’ve ever had. And I know that for as long as I live, I’ll never meet anyone like her