It was supposed to be Kandi Burruss\u2019s big night at The Bravos, the semi-annual ridiculous awards shows filmed live at BravoCon, when she received her Wifetime Achievement Award. But it was Victoria Denise Gunvalson Junior who life altered drastically when Andy Cohen presented her with an orange for the 20th season of\u00a0Real Housewives of Orange County. Yes, that orange comes with a full-time berth on the show when it returns next year. When Vicki was awarded the inaugural Wifetime Achievement at BravoCon in 2023, she pulled our her own orange and told Andy she had an extra in case he wanted to give it back. That cringey moment\u00a0came full circle when Andy pulled some fruit out of his back pocket (not the first time) and welcomed Vicki back into the fold.<\/p>\n
Other highlights of the night included Andy\u2019s opening song-and-dance number, a genius In Memoriam reel, Dorit Kemsley lighting a cigarette on stage, and a Golden Globes-worthy monologue roasting the Bravolebs. Of\u00a0Southern Charm\u2019s Craig Conover, Andy said, \u201cCraig is single! He\u2019s hot! He\u2019s a business owner. He\u2019s on a successful podcast. Oh wait \u2014 those are words to describe Paige,\u201d a reference to Craig\u2019s ex-girlfriend Paige DeSorbo, formerly of\u00a0Summer House. The crowd winced for him, but in the best way possible.<\/p>\n
Oh, and Teresa Giudice said, \u201cThe Oscar goes to\u2026\u201d while presenting an awrd. She totally thought she was on stage at the Dolby Theater.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Karen Huger returned to a huge round of applause, Teddi Mellencamp got a standing ovation, and Mary Cosby and Angie Katsanevis collected some awards. During her acceptance speech, Mary said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t even gonna to come.\u201d Mary, never change.<\/p>\n
Finally, it was Kandi\u2019s big moment, and she gave a rousing speech mostly thanking her fellow\u00a0RHOA\u00a0ladies and the fans. I\u2019m not crying, you\u2019re crying. You\u2019ll see it all when The Bravos air on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was supposed to be Kandi Burruss\u2019s big night at The Bravos, the semi-annual ridiculous awards shows filmed…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9056,182737,182203,171,138135,60025,173,67,132,68,182738],"class_list":{"0":"post-381651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bravo","9":"tag-bravocon","10":"tag-bravocon-2025","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-liveblog","13":"tag-remove-interruptions","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-watch-what-happens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115556049488370896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}