Someone just sent me an article from Star magazine dated April 18, 2014. It’s purportedly an interview with Shannon Beador talking about her decision to be on the Real Housewives of Orange County. I never saw it because I don’t get to much of anywhere anymore unless y’all send me links. Thanks again to all of you who send me links. I don’t always have time to respond but they are much appreciated! I don’t remember it being discussed before that David pled guilty to assault and battery on a “cohabitant” early in their marriage. I must have missed it if it was widely reported.
Anyway, the way it was brought up in the story was kind of weird. In general, even the most sketchy sites won’t put quotes around something and claim to be interviewing someone if they didn’t. That’s an easy lawsuit for the quoted party to win. So, I believe that this was an interview Shannon gave about her husband last year. Was this about the time of the cheating confession? Was she starting her campaign to smear David then? Or did Star have the information and confront Shannon with it.
Click through for the quotes.
“We had a sit-down with the family, and I said, ‘If we do this, we’re going to go all in — no censorship — because if you tell me you can’t talk about something, I’m not going to do it,” she says. “I hope viewers realize that I’m completely honest and authentic.”
The reality star and her husband, David Beador, have three daughters. “If another child comes up and says, ‘Your mother did blah, blah, blah,’ they know to answer, ‘I don’t agree with you. You have a right to your opinion, but I’m sorry you feel that way,” Shannon explains. “I’m hopeful it’s just going to help my children develop thick skin and become stronger women.”
These days, the family’s home is a “toxic-free zone,” but it wasn’t always that way. Two years into the marriage, in February 2003, David was arrested by Newport Beach police and charged with misdemeanor counts of assault and “battery against a cohabitant.” He pled guilty to both charges, and completed three years of informal probation, 10 days in a work program, a voluntary batterer’s treatment program. Still, Shannon insists to Star, “There was no abuse, no physical anything. We had an argument that was resolved very quickly afterward. I just thought that if I called the police, the fight would end. We’ve moved on; it’s over and done.
Who pleads guilty to assault and battery if they didn’t do it? If Shannon denied it happened and he denied it happened, they would have to have some proof to press charges. At the very least Shannon admits to calling the cops on her husband because the fighting was so bad two years into the relationship.
Just like the lady on the Today Show asked Joe Giudice today, “Why go on a reality show if you have a closet full of skeletons?” Why do couples in bad marriages choose to display them on TV? Shannon for one certainly doesn’t need the money. I can only assume she wanted the attention. But this is not the kind of attention she was seeking. Or was it? Was her motive to punish David since the very beginning?
What a mess. I keep saying I am not going to write about this mess anymore. But it just keeps getting weirder. The amount of arguing and misery in that house must be unbearable.
Holy shitballs. I think this might just be the tip of the iceberg kind of thing…I think there’s so much oddness with these two and some of their truths are just starting to leak out. I sure wish I could’ve seen the WWHL episode with those two! Their poor kids are the ones who will bear the brunt of this in the long-run, sadly.
Thanks for the afternoon tea, TT!
This is such a mess and so confusing that something just doesn’t ring true about these two. Why would David allow her to put him out there as her punching bag and embarrass him and why would she want to expose her children to this? If Shannon’s goal is to punish David then she is coming across as a very vindictive and stupid person. If he was/is abusive and he cheats why stay with this guy? It makes them both look horrible and very psychologically messed up. I am getting really tired of these depressing story lines and these even more depressing, desperate people. Bravo is nothing more than a junkyard collecting piles of trash for public display. Shannon has no self esteem and David is a zombie. There is nothing interesting or redeeming about either of them and the marriage seems doomed to me. Why would you stay with someone who wants to punish you and why would you stay with someone who wants to hurt you and your children? Something is very wrong with this picture.
I absolutely don’t understand why Shannon thinks working through David’s cheating is some kind of accomplishment. So what if you’re part of OC’s high divorce rate? Staying with someone who disrespects you (and that goes for both David and Shannon) is no achievement, it’s pathetic.
Yeah, somethings wrong, she is drinking Vodka (With water and lemon..OK? lol
:-\ ) all day while he works n cheats & kids in school.
That stay at home Mom doesn’t want to give up the gravy train!
I read this as well & belive it to be true.David is not a walk in the park but Shannon keeps defending him & we have all been there ( good looking charming man with a heart & soul devoid of substance & intolerable cruelty etc. So sad.
My ex to a “t”. He was a charming, good looking, caring, charismatic family man outside of the home. Inside, he was almost a monster. Everyone was shocked when I finally gave him the boot. I’m not the bitch I am today for nothing. He always said how much I changed, how I became a pessimist, moody, depressed person. I was the opposite but you get beat down so many times that you change. I didn’t like who I became so I got rid of the disease.
OMG, wait until Meghan finds out. Here comes next season’s story line.
Meghan won’t have anything to “research” and use her expertise on with these two…it’s all there…in “Star” magazine no less. Yuck. If this continues and Meghan comes back I am done with this show. I have enough depressing things going on in my own life without watching this crap.
The only thing we don’t is how many hairs are on that empty nutsack.
That is funny.
I noticed tha Shannon came from a
well-to-do home and David was blue collar. Which means nothing unless David has bought into Shannon knows best.
I think that happened early on with David wanting the life Shannon’s family led.
David is still caught up in that thinking.
Money can buy a lifestyle but doesn’t equal intelligence or common sense.
Just me thinking out loud.
Shannon comes from big money. Her family owned I.Magnin the upscale department stores. David didn’t come from money and her father bankrolled his business. He’s not going anywhere. They are very strange.
Zing!
Okay, now this getting REALLY WIERD. These 2 are like a deranged Lucy and Ricky mixed up with Gone Girl crossed with Fatal Attraction.
On peyote.
That was hysterical! Perfect!
Weird. She had a choice to bring up something like that though….
She for sure wanted to make him look bad in this interview. She is definitely a drama queen. She for sure wants to be seen as a victim no doubt. We do not know the details of the arrest or plea but these two for sure have a history of an unhealthy relationship clearly.
Interesting. David doesnt strike me as a batterer. If anything he looks henpecked and neutered.
Maybe the lawyer said it would be easier and quieter to plead rather than fight it especially if Shannon gave a statement to police. Or, can you say you changed your mind after giving the police a statement? My internet law license which was issued and stamped by Phaedra has been revoked.
I just got my internet law license from the same place Meghan got her medical degree. If Shannon dropped the charges, I find it difficult to see why David had to go through all those hoops, etc. When I read Shannon’s quote, I thought the lady doth protest too much….he probably slapped her around and by the time the police showed up maybe she had a black eye, split lip? Who knows, but am thinking something must have happened for him to have had to complete probation and battery program?
If it was in California, Shannon doesn’t need to press charges once PO are at your home. They are the witness’s and the State presses charges.
Yep. Battered women are often intimidated into dropping charges by their batterers, which is why this is how it works in many places.
I didnt know that. Thx for the info. Makes sense to do that so victims dont change their minds…
Whatever happened Shannon seems to have had David neutered by Dr. Moon.
David is starting to sound like Russell on Housewives of Beverly Hills. I sure hope it doesn’t end up the same way. Russell seemed henpecked to me at one time. Then it turned out that he allegedly was a batterer. Don’t remember if it was ever proved. Felt so sorry for his little girl.
I disagree, nothing like Russell. I’m thinking it was a one time event.
Phaedra and Meghan should go into business together. Phaedra can be the “Lawyer” and Meghan can be her “investigator”. That way, everyone will be screwed.
Is her father still alive? I wonder if she is doing this to embarrass Daddy. She is effing nuts.
If Daddy owns 51% and David owns 49% how is he broke? Is the Dad going to want to dismantle the company in a divorce? Wouldnt David still be rich?
I think Shannon’s loopy rationale was that the news of the affair was already out there and the kids knew about it. The kids would hear lots of stories in the schoolyard and instead of hiding it, she would be honest. Unfortunately, it was just TMI all season long.
I wonder if a wacky therapist told her to be this honest with her kids and that the show was a good idea. I just dont get it. Maybe in the hands of a documentarian infidelity could have been handled with dignity however, this is Bravo we are talking about. They both just look nuts.
I didn’t know her Father owned any part of the buisness? Thx I always thought she didn’t divorce since she is stay at home aka gravy train. I knew her parents had/have $ but again that’s theirs..not her’s.
Shannon needs to just stop with this nonsense. They need a divorce ASAP and some major counseling for those girls. Her advice to her daughters when someone tells them they saw their mom do this or that is to say you have your opinion and I don’t agree? How does that work when someone says I saw your mom had plastic stuck in her ass and your dad stuck his finger in there to get it out? Stop the insanity.
No kidding! How repulsive and weirdo to talk about the plastic stuck in her. Those two really are going downhill fast, in front of their kids too jeez
If there was no abuse why did he plead guilty and complete a program? Oh Shannon, I had such high hopes for you.
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OMG I was thinking the same thing. (because I just read the recap LOL). I don’t think anyone in the OC would blink an eye at any of this. They all seem like there are some bats loose in the belfry to me.
So lemme get this straight: “We had an argument that was resolved very quickly.”
So she called 911?! Whaaaa?
I assume Shannon is reading this as she keeps up on what all the “fans” are saying about her. So here goes Shannon:
Only 1 of 2 things happened: 1) Either you lied and set up your husband, shamed him in front of his family and gave him a public record or 2) he DID physically abused you and you are covering for him now.
And that pretty much sums up your options, you idiot. So let me ask you Shannon, were you lying then or are you lying now?
Exactly! Who hasn’t had a heated argument with their loved one. You call 911 to end it? Not buying it for a second.
She is a drama queen but I doubt that she would want her family in a legal drama unless she was fearful or there is more to this story. I don’t know something is not right here.
I loved Shannon at first but she is a loony toon and I am sorry I think David is a loon too. There is something creepy about him that I can’t put my finger on.
Did you hear her say or actually David say on WWHL that she signed on HW to “fix” their marriage? What the ? Who does that? My mother always said “Still waters run deep, look out for the quiet ones”
And the sharks waiting under the “still water”.
You nailed it Maisey. There’s no way to know, but I wouldn’t put it past Shannon for doing something like this just to shame David. I don’t like either of them, but sometimes people do go to the trouble of getting someone in trouble with the law out of spite. I’ll bet Shannon called Star magazine herself with the scoop. I’ve known women who’ve beaten their husbands, have then scratched themselves up, and then call the police to get the battered husband arrested. That takes a really rare, special kind of malice.
Yep. I keep an open mind on this sort of thing. I knew a woman once, we used to be friends, that hit men when she was pissed off or jealous. And she reported one guy for hitting her, even though she did the same damn thing, and chased after the guy and drove by his house all the time to check up on him. She even told me that she wanted to steal his house key and make a copy so she could check up on him in the middle of the night to see if there was anybody in his bed. I felt sorry for the guy. You dont know people as much as you think. Plenty of people believed her feel sorry for me crap.
Well stated Maisey. I think that Shannon is mentally ill. In fact, I think she leaked the story about the identity of David’s mistress to the Daily Mail. David’s behavior is equally unacceptable; the affair, lying, cheating, leaving his home for two weeks. If he cheated once, he’ll do it again or maybe he has had other affairs prior to this one. Clearly, they have been in an unhappy, dysfunctional marriage for the majority of their 20 years together. David said their marriage was “rocky” before they appeared on the show. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity, as the quote says. Stella clearly loathes her mother and will bolt as soon as she is legally able to do so.
And leaking the pic of hom and mistress laying in bed,.ugh
I wonder if being on the show, was a way to pay for Shannon’s spending and over use of the health care system? Being on a reality show seems a desperate move for a well to do couple who’s spending has crossed over the line into addiction. Some peoples spending will allways exceed their income and its a case of never enough. Thats probably why Shannon has all these justifications for doing the show and it being good for them. Shes the reason they have to do the show! She reminds me of my brothers wife who was bipolar with an eating disorder ,prescription drug addict and doctor shopper and hypochondriac. David has the trapped look of a husband who is overwhelmed by his wife’s issues and trying to fulfill his role as a family man with an ill spouse.
Wow. Just wow on so many levels.
As to her disclosing the abuse/battering thing the only thing I can think is that deciding to go on Reality TV she decided to reveal that tidbit herself vs not and having it come out as a ‘dirty little secret’ in the tabloids later …this way she beats it to the punch.
That’s what I was thinking too–and possibly it’s one more thing to hold over David as well, how she “handled” that issue and tried to keep his reputation intact by getting ahead of the story.
Why did Shannan feel it was funny about paper up her butt and David having to look? She is sick in more ways than one Remember how bad she treated him at first. Then the affair thing came up and shes so hurt. She is sickening and he needed to have an affair to put up with her.
I thought that was abusive, making your husband dig in your rectum like that. I hated the way Shannon has talked to David, demeaning and laced with anger. I have no patience for that. Get divorced or get it together, as there is no valid reason to treat a spouse like that and expect them to either stay or love you.
this man disrespects his home, his family, his children and his wife by running around town with some tramp…but she’s abusive because she thought she had something stuck up her butt and had her husband look? I don’t know, I think the cheating, lying, and putting her and her family’s sanity/reputation at risk is far more abusive than a little peeping down below.
would i want to have to have my husband do that, no, but I would like to think if I needed him to do something equally uncomfortable for both of us it would not be “abuse”.
I’m sorry, I just absolutely can’t handle it when other women say “he had to cheat to deal with her” or “I don’t blame him”. Bull. If you can’t stand someone and are miserable, leave. You don’t “have” to cheat. Cheating is dishonest and shows horrible character in yourself, nobody else can “make” you be a shady person. They can drive you nuts, but ultimately you either have the self respect to be faithful or the self respect to decide to leave.
Cheating isnt the only way to be cruel or shady in a marriage. Emotionally abusing or financially abusing and being a total fuck up are a few that are up there with cheating to me. Shannon wanted him back, so she needs to buck up and be part of the solution. If shes wanting to do these at home treatments know what you’re doing and leave some mystery for gosh sakes.
their marriage is a joke! I mean yes it’s real but who wants to live a life that way? Last season shannon treated him like crap!! I have no respect for any woman or man that treats their husband, wife girlfriend, boyfriend poorly! Belittling them! I don’t agree with cheating however she is bat shit crazy! She is way too overbearing and now he has set himself up to be treated that way by her for the rest of their marriage! She already wanted to control their marriage, but now she definitely will be controlling their marriage! She has his balls in her purse! And she’s never giving them back!
again, I do not agree with cheating whatsoever! And he has dug his own grave but, that marriage is depressing! It’s depressing to watch them. Yes shannon, yes shannon, yes shannon! he is never ever going to be able to live a normal life again. I mean he did it to himself but he should have just stayed away, got a divorce! I don’t understand why he went back to her!
Either this is all about money and business or her father threatened to have him offed. If I were her I’d sleep with one eye open because someday he’s going to kill her..or…she’ll kill him…..I am waiting to see this story show up on “Dateline”.
I have felt even from last season that Shanon tried to make. David feel like less than a man. That is demoralizing for a man and not conducive to a good marriage. For that reason I have felt a lot of empathy for him. But if there is no acceptable reason to assault your partner in any way in my eyes. If he did this I have lost all respect for him.
Shannon may be an emasculating harpy but David is also clearly a piece of shit human being. I feel for those girls.
I would really like to know how David grew up and what kind of family life he had as a child. He apparently is comfortable with this relationship and needs Shannon to run his life. This is a classic case of dysfunctional CO-DEPENDENCY.
Maybe Shannon’s father pumped money into David’s business, but supposedly that company was started by David’s father.
The shocking event to me was when he gave his wedding ring to one of his girls and told her to give it to Shannon because he didn’t want it any longer.
Yea he’s such a pussy.
that’s a coward move. as is cheating…just a way of avoiding what you’re too scared to deal with. so unattractive in a man.
David said he felt alive during the affair meaning he felt dead in the marriage. I dont understand why. Dont men find digging up your behind for an enema nozzle sexy? ?
The mistress just has to wait and bide her time if this keeps up. If I were her I wouldnt find David to be very sexy until he grows a pair of balls and asserts himself. My husband would have told me to go ask Dr. Moon to remove it because he wasnt. That was gross. Those two have no sexual chemistry together as it is, and this just made it worse. Yuk!
Just when you thought this sad story couldn’t get any sadder…
Time for Porky Pig to say that’s all folks on our behalf. This is the most looney tune shit except it doesn’t make you laugh nor is it amusing. No cartoon but a sad caricature. Or maybe more like a still life with all the lemons and none of Caravaggio ‘s light.
If they intend to grow old together, they’re going to be dealing with a lost more off-putting physical things than that. Personally, I would think watching a baby being born and the subsequent mess would be infinitely more traumatizing visually than having to check your wife’s behind for a foreign object, but that’s just me lol