{"id":1716,"date":"2024-10-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=360073"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:59:21","slug":"rhoc-star-katie-ginellas-mom-almost-gave-birth-in-factory-at-15-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/10\/18\/rhoc-star-katie-ginellas-mom-almost-gave-birth-in-factory-at-15-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"RHOC star Katie Ginella&#8217;s mom &#8216;almost gave birth in factory&#8217; at 15 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Real Housewives of Orange County fans are still getting to know newbie Katie Ginella. While the drama among the other ladies in the group reaches a fever pitch in season 18, Katie can hardly get a word in edgeways. But, the newcomer certainly has viewers&#8217; attention as she shares her heartbreaking adoption story with her co-stars this fall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county\">The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a> cast is made up of some true OGs this year including Tamra Judge and Shannon Storms Beador. The two are arguably taking a lot of the limelight in the season 18 episodes, and Emily Simpson, Gina Kirschenheiter, Jennifer Pedranti, and Katie are all weighing in on the drama, too. During a conversation about mammograms, Katie takes the opportunity to shed light on why she doesn&#8217;t know about her own medical history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-katie-tells-the-group-about-her-adoption\">Katie tells the group about her adoption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the RHOC ladies are on the subject of mammograms, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bravo\/rhocs-katie-ginella-accused-of-stealing-golf-ball-shot-glass-idea-in-5-million-lawsuit\">Katie Ginella<\/a> tells her co-stars how she &#8220;doesn&#8217;t know anything about her history, being adopted.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She adds: &#8220;That&#8217;s the one thing that I wish I had, a medical history.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/reality-tv\">reality TV<\/a> newcomer explains how, for her fortieth birthday, she is going to Korea to &#8220;hopefully&#8221; meet her birth mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OMG:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/rhocs-jen-pedranti-has-financial-privilege-others-dont-understand-says-symone-sanders\">Jen Pedranti has financial \u2018privilege\u2019 others \u2018don\u2019t understand\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>She explains that her birth mom is 55 years old, is married, and has kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katie Ginella&#039;s Heartbreaking Story About Why She Was Given Up For Adoption | RHOC (S18 E14) | Bravo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m0gGWVxXXJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-katie-s-mom-had-her-at-15\">Katie&#8217;s mom had her at 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Katie tells the emotional story of how her mother had to give her up as an infant, she explains the tough scenario to the other ladies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katie tells her co-stars her mom was &#8220;super young when she had her,&#8221; before she&#8217;s asked: &#8220;Your birth mom&#8217;s 55?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Simpson does the math, and tells Katie: &#8220;You&#8217;re 40, so she was 15.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katie goes on to explain more details about why she was given up for adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;She almost had me in a factory. She worked until the day I was born and she kept me for three days, and then discovered she couldn&#8217;t keep me,&#8221; Katie tells the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/bravo\">Bravo<\/a> star sheds tears during the show as Gina tells her: &#8220;She couldn&#8217;t, she wanted to.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, but it&#8217;s OK. All I want to do i say like &#8216;I had an amazing life and I&#8217;m fine&#8217;, I&#8217;m super thankful.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in a confessional, Katie adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel like if I had given my baby up for adoption, that&#8217;s all I would want to know is they were raised right, loved, cared for, and provided for. So, I just want her to know &#8216;I&#8217;m great and I&#8217;m not mad at you, I actually applaud you for making that decision&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>RHOC:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/rhocs-tamra-judge-says-being-on-the-spectrum-isnt-her-biggest-problem\">Tamra Judge says being \u2018on the spectrum\u2019 isn\u2019t her \u2018biggest problem\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Housewives of Orange County fans are still getting to know newbie Katie Ginella. While the drama among the other ladies in the group reaches a fever pitch in season 18, Katie can hardly get a word in edgeways. 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