Former Actual Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King despatched her well-wishes to Alexis Bellino following her engagement to John Janssen — however she was met with an emotional response.

“Once I first discovered they had been collectively, I used to be initially a little bit bit apprehensive in regards to the relationship,” Meghan, 39, solely informed Us Weekly. “However after I noticed she bought engaged, I truly reached out to her and informed her congratulations as a result of she was actually upset with me.”

Forward of Alexis and John’s engagement in August, Meghan did an interview with Web page Six the place she was requested about her final alternate with the Housewives. As a response, Meghan pulled out her telephone and skim her final textual content to Alexis, the place Alexis responded to Meghan’s warning message about John’s “love bombing.”

“As a result of I mentioned I used to be apprehensive or one thing, and he or she bought actually upset with me. So her interpretation was that I used to be principally exploiting her state of affairs within the press so as to get myself the press or one thing,” Meghan defined to Us. “That’s not what occurred, however the optics for her had been that and it harm her emotions.”

Meghan famous that “it is sensible” that Alexis “had an emotional response.” Meghan later prolonged an olive department by apologizing, and the twosome made amends.

“She mentioned, ‘Thanks a lot,’” Meghan recalled. “And truthfully, I simply need her to be blissful.”

Alexis and John’s relationship has made waves because of his lengthy historical past with fellow RHOC costar Shannon Beador, whom he dated on and off from June 2019 to November 2022. Meghan, for her half, says she doubts Shannon, 60, “cares in any respect anymore.”

“They’ve been collectively for a bit and that’s their enterprise,” Meghan mentioned. “They’re not hurting anyone, so to every their very own.”

With reporting by Andrea Simpson