Brooks Ayers definitely had his fair share of drama with the women of The Real Housewives of Orange County...and he doesn't appear to hold anything back himself!
Whether it was fights with now ex-girlfriend Vicki Gunvalson, her daughter Briana Culberson or his co-stars, Brooks was always involved in some sort of conflict with the other ladies on the show. He says he is an "easy target."
"I don't fight like those ladies fight. They fight below the belt," Ayers added. "I was brought up a little differently, and that's sad for me on the outside, but what am I supposed to do? Do you fight, cuss with women? I don't do that. It's not gonna happen. I'm not gonna bring up that Simon [Barney] hates Tamra [Judge] and that she has issues with her 16-year-old daughter...I'm not gonna bring up Meghan [King Edmonds]' past relationship issues."
Those tense relationships also spilled into Vicki's personal circle of friends, too. Especially once cast members began questioning Ayers' diagnosis.
Ayers had said in 2014 he was battling Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an aggressive form of blood cancer, following an initial diagnosis from the year before, Bravo's website reported. Several of Gunvalson's co-stars have accused Ayers of faking his illness.
On an episode of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County that aired in August, a psychic was shown telling three cast members that he had a "wishy-washy perspective" on "the cancer issue."
"HE is NOT faking cancer....it's a fake story that the girls made up," Gunvalson had said on Twitter that month, days before she revealed she and Ayers broke up.
Meanwhile, on the Real Housewives of Orange County season 10 finale, Tamra told Vicki, "You're not Jesus and you're not getting nailed to the cross, but you could be going to hell if you're lying about cancer."
To hear more from Brooks, watch part one of our exclusive interview with the reality star on E! News tonight at 7 & 11 p.m., and don't forget to catch the second part of The Real Housewives of Orange County season 10 reunion Monday night at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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