RHOSLC's Jen Shah Prison Sentencing: Bravo Stars React

Not holding back. Bravo stars took to social media and reacted to the news of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah‘s prison sentencing, and some threw a lot of shade.

The reality star was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Friday, January 6 — which is 6.5 years — after her involvement in a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme alongside one of her assistants, Stuart Smith. She’s set to report to prison on February 17.

“I am profoundly and deeply sorry,” the reality star told her husband, Sharrieff Shah, and sons, Sharrieff Jr. and Omar, following her sentencing, per ABC reporter Aaron Katersky. “Reality TV has nothing to do with reality.”

Shah’s arrest, which took place in March 2021, was featured on the second season of RHOSLC. Initially, she pleaded not guilty to all charges, which included conspiracy to commit money-laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection. However, Shah changed her plea to guilty in July 2022.

As the show entered its third season, the Bravolebrity — who continued to appear on the show — and her costars spoke about the arrest and its aftermath at length.

“I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared,” Shah revealed during the show’s third season premiere. “I’m not thinking about myself, I’m thinking about my family. I can’t imagine being away from them. It would literally kill me.”

While in the court room on Friday, Judge Sidney Stein made it clear that Shah’s role as a public figure was not taken into account when it came to the sentencing.

“People should not confuse, and this court is not going to confuse, the character she plays on an entertainment show with the person I have before me,” Judge Stein said. “The other is acting and this is reality.”

Bravo boss, for one, Andy Cohen spoke about Shah’s future on the show ahead of her sentencing.

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“I don’t know what to say to people who want her on the show,” he told Us Weekly in November 2022. “I hope that she gets no jail time whatsoever and she can come right back … but I have a feeling that she’s not going to be available to be on the show.”

He added, “Some people on Twitter were saying, ‘We want Jen next season.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, well, talk to the judge.’”

Scroll through the gallery to see which other stars have spoken out about Jen Shah’s sentencing.

Heather Gay

Jen’s fellow costar admitted she was “overwhelmed with grief” during the season 3 finale of RHOSLC.

“Grief that we are in this situation, that there are victims, our friend is going away for a decade and she has a 16-year-old,” Heather said.

Heather then reflected on Jen’s decision to plead guilty in July 2022.

“What she pled guilty to is so bad,” Heather added. “And the fact that she’s taken it this far and gone on for this long and proclaimed her innocence, and now, I can only think she did it and she thought she was going to get away with it. And when she realized she wasn’t going to get away with it, her story changed. It was the last thing I expected, was for her to plead guilty.”

Teresa Giudice

During a January 11 appearance on the “Namaste B$tches” podcast, the RHONJ star said she can’t “relate” to Jen’s decisions.

“I wouldn’t steal anybody’s money,” she noted. “I would not do that. I would never do that. That’s so bad. I’m a mother first. That was my first priority always since I started the show. I always put my kids first. But when you’re stealing from people and the kids could read this, and be like, ‘Mom, well, why’d you do this’, what do you say to your kids to that?”

Tamra Judge

‘Don’t do illegal stuff period!!!!!” the Bravo star shared via Instagram Stories alongside a video of herself reacting to Jen’s sentencing.

“If you’re doing illegal stuff and you go on reality TV, you’re a special type of idiot,” Tamra said in the clip. “Why go on reality TV if you’re doing criminal acts? You’re just asking for it.”