The Real Housewives of Miami’s Larsa Pippen is angry with her Bravo co-star Julia Lemigova after the Russian model asked her boyfriend Marcus Jordan to take photos of her at BravoCon in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Lemigova, 51, had asked Jordan, 32, to use his phone to take a few “innocent, smiling shots” of her at the Caesars Forum event, sources told TMZ on Tuesday.
Pippen, 49, seemed “a little jealous” of Lemigova’s request and complained about it to her co-stars, although no one else felt it was an inappropriate gesture, sources told the outlet.
Pippen felt that Lemigova – who is married to tennis icon Martina Navratilova, 67 – was trying to seduce her boyfriend with this request, especially because she wanted him to accept it on his own phone.
After the networking conference concluded, Lemigova asked Pippen if she could send her the pictures Jordan took, but Pippen did not respond, insiders told the outlet.
The Latest: The Real Housewives of Miami’s Larsa Pippen, 49, is angry at her Bravo co-star Julia Lemigova, 51, after the Russian model asked her boyfriend Marcus Jordan, 32, to take photos of her at BravoCon earlier this month to do in Las Vegas. Pictured November 4th in Las Vegas
Lemigova asked Jordan to use his phone to take a few “innocent, smiling shots” of her at the Caesars Forum event, sources told TMZ
According to insiders, Lemigova was informed by the other cast members about the events that had caused tension between the two, insiders reported.
According to the outlet, Lemigova is put off by Larsa’s perceived jealous feelings and thinks Pippen badmouths her to anyone who will listen.
Lemigova, who was cast on the rebooted Bravo series two years ago, did not post footage of the event on social media, the outlet reported.
Pippen and Jordan, who were first spotted going out together in their native Miami a year ago, have their own iHeartRadio podcast called “Separation Anxiety,” which debuted last June.
Larsa told People that she first started talking to Marcus in 2019 and that they had “a good reason as friends” before dating.
Admittedly, jealousy has been an issue for Larsa in the past, as she told the outlet in February that she realized she had feelings for Marcus when she saw another woman approach him while they were out together.
“I think it was one night when we went out and there was a girl,” Larsa told People. “She tried to talk to him and it made me jealous.
“And it was weird because I’m not really jealous, but I was jealous of the situation.” And then I thought, maybe I really like him. That kind of sealed the deal.’
Lemigova and Pippen were pictured on a BravoCon panel looking happy before the controversy over the images
Admittedly, jealousy has been an issue for Pippen in the past, as she told People in February that she realized she had feelings for Jordan when she saw another woman approaching him while they were out together
Lemigova, a former Russian beauty pageant winner who won the title of Miss USSR in 1990, was cast in the rebooted Bravo series two years ago
Lemigova retired from modeling in 2005 and is the mother of two children from previous relationships, daughters Victoria (22) and Emma (17).
Lemigova has been married to tennis icon Martina Navratilova, 67, for almost nine years. They were pictured in NYC in 2019
Lemigova is a former Russian beauty pageant winner who won the title of Miss USSR in 1990. She eventually moved to London and then to Paris, where she continued to model and walk for labels such as Giorgio Armani and Ungaro.
She retired from modeling in 2005 and is the mother of two children from previous relationships, daughters Victoria (22) and Emma (17).
Lemigova and Navratilova met in 2006 and tied the knot in December 2014 in New York City.
“The Real Housewives of Miami” airs Wednesdays on Bravo at 9/8c, with episodes streaming the following day on Peacock.