Tamra Judge Gives Update on Her Relationship with Daughter Sydney
Longtime fans of Real Housewives of Orange County have become accustomed to Tamra Al-Qadi Her difficult relationship with her eldest daughter, Sydney BarneyBut now she’s sharing a hopeful update.
“She’s communicating with her brother and sister now, so that’s good news,” Tamra told Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea.
“We’ve made some progress,” said the mother of four. Tamra shares three children (Sydney, Spencer, and Sophia) with ex-husband Simon Barney.
Painful alienation
In 2016, during the RHOC Season 11 reunion, Tamra opened up for the first time about her issues with her daughter. She tearfully told Andy Cohen and her cast mates that Sydney stood by her father Simon during their contentious divorce in 2011.
“My oldest daughter, Sydney, said, ‘I don’t want to live with you anymore. You’ve ruined my dad’s life,'” Tamra said at the time.[She] He left that day and never came back.
Although mother and daughter are still estranged, Tamra has not lost hope that they will one day be able to mend their relationship. Meanwhile, she celebrates her daughter’s achievements from afar.
“She’s doing an amazing job, and without me crying, that’s all I could ever want as a mom,” said the Vena CBD owner. “She’s very successful, and she’s in the film industry, behind the camera. So she’s doing amazing things in her life, and that’s all I could ever want.”
“I mean, I could wish for more, but it’s really in God’s hands. God’s timing,” Tamra added.
holding on to hope
During the RHOC premiere on July 11, Tamra broke down in tears over the situation with Sydney.
“Every time I see the number 111, I always wish that Sidney would come home one day,” Tamra told her youngest daughter Sophia before getting the angel number tattooed on her arm.
“I know you don’t want to talk about her,” Tamra admitted, while Sophia agreed that she didn’t want to discuss her sister but was still willing to give her mother a comforting hug.
“I’ve always been really close to Sofia. I’ve been really close to Sydney. With Sofia, we talk all the time and I tell her I love her all the time,” Tamra said in her confessional.
“Unfortunately, Sydney is standing by Simone. She doesn’t talk to any of us. It’s hard. It’s like your child is dead, but they’re still alive,” she added.
Tamra married her current husband, Eddie Judge, in 2013, two years after her divorce from Simon was finalized. The RHOC star and her ex-husband have worked hard to maintain an amicable relationship for the sake of their children.
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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