Vicki Gunvalson’s Ex, Brooks Ayers, Says His Life Is Good Now

Filming for Season 11 of The Real Housewives of Orange County has apparently finally finished filming. On Sunday night, Vicki Gunvalson posted a photo of herself at dinner with her daughter, Briana Culberson, and hew new boyfriend, Steve Lodge. Vicki commented that the “final party” was all done.

Earlier in the day, Vicki, Briana and Steve watched Vicki’s co-star, Tamra Judge, compete in the Musclemania fitness competition. Vicki posted a photo of herself, Briana, and Steve in the car on the way to watch Tamra flex her muscles.

Vicki’s photos seem to show that Briana likes Steve and approves of him dating her mom. Many people commented on how happy Briana looks now.

As viewers saw on previous seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Briana certainly didn’t approve of and like her mom’s previous boyfriend, Brooks Ayers. On Season 10, as the other women began wondering whether Brooks was faking his cancer diagnoses, Briana made clear that she thinks that Brooks is a bad man who is using her mom. Briana’s hatred of Brooks was so strong that she refused to be near him. Briana even insisted that she and her two young sons stay in a hotel rather than in Vicki’s home during a visit back home because she didn’t want to be in the same house as Brooks, who had moved in with Vicki so that she could take care of him during his illness.

When it came to Brooks’ cancer diagnoses, Briana didn’t believe it. During a lunch with Tamra, Briana said that Brooks once said that he had pancreatic cancer, only for it to turn out to be pancreatitis.

On the Season 10 reunion show, Briana dropped an even bigger bombshell. Sitting next to her mom, Briana said that Brooks once hit on her when she was pregnant during her mom’s birthday party. According to Briana, when she told her mom this, she didn’t believe her. Briana also claimed that Brooks offered to show her his penis, which he said was really big and called “Girth Brooks.”

While Brooks didn’t attend the Season 10 reunion show, he did film an interview with host Andy Cohen. During the interview, Brooks said that Briana was lying about him lying about having cancer. As for why Briana would lie about him, Brooks said that she’s a manipulator. The interview was played during the reunion show filming. Briana let out some expletives upon hearing what Brooks said about her. Later, during an interview with E! News, Brooks said that Briana has “daddy issues” and never gave him a chance.

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, after the reunion show aired, Briana Culberson wrote on Instagram that she loves her mom and, despite Brooks causing her pain, won’t let Brooks ruin their relationship.

How is Brooks Ayers now? On Wednesday, days after Bravo released the first Season 11 preview, Brooks posted a message on Twitter about how there is a role for everyone you meet. While it’s not clear whether the message was about Vicki Gunvalson, Brooks did make clear that he has moved on and is happy with his life now with the hashtags “#mylifeisgoodnow” and “#grateful.”

Exactly… #perspective #truth #mylifeisgoodnow #grateful pic.twitter.com/Wx5zVrUrdO

— Brooks Ayers (@BrooksAyers) May 25, 2016

Now that Brooks is out of Vicki’s life and she has moved on with a new man, has her relationships with her co-stars improved along with her relationship with her daughter? Perhaps. On Sunday, Meghan King Edmonds, who clashed with Vicki on Season 10 over Brooks’ cancer, posted a photo of herself goofing off with Briana, behind Shannon Beador and Heather Dubrow, while watching the fitness competition. Vicki might have been sitting right next to Briana. Briana commented to Meghan that they have fun together.

“We have fun!!????”

Two weeks ago, Vicki posted a photo of herself with Tamra, Shannon and Heather out at night.

Notably, Meghan was not part of the photo. Early last week, in response to a viewer who asked her if she’s friends with Vicki, Meghan wrote that viewers will have to watch the show to find out.

you'll have to watch and seeeeee

— Meghan King (@Meghanking_) May 23, 2016

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 preview shows the return of Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Beador, and Meghan King Edmonds. Joining the cast in a starring role is Kelly Dodd. The preview shows Vicki trying to repair her relationships with the other women in the aftermath of Brooks. Yet, that seems to be complicated, since she’s not completely over him yet. In one scene, Vicki seemingly calls Brooks and tells him that she believes him and loves him.

“Brooks, it’s Vicki. I believe you. I love you.”

Shannon and Heather are then shown confronting Vicki over not being truly sorry. The preview also shows Tamra telling Briana Culberson that Vicki tells her that she stalks Brooks Ayers. “Yeah!” replies a seemingly un-surprised Briana.

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