Tamra Judge is ready to explain her decision to briefly quit The Real Housewives of Orange County. "Going into filming, Teddi Mellencamp had just gotten diagnosed [with brain cancer]," Tamra, 57, exclusively shared with Us Weekly while attending Alexis Bellino's bridal shower on Saturday, August 16. "I think people don't understand the other side of cancer. When your friends or your family member or somebody is diagnosed, you don't know what's gonna happen. When someone says you have stage four brain cancer - you're having brain tumors removed from your head - it's scary as hell.