See the shocking photo of Shannon Beador’s bloody face after a drunk driving accident

Shannon Beador shared a horrifying photo of her bloody face after she was involved in a car accident that led to her arrest for driving under the influence in September 2023.

In a preview of Thursday’s season 18 premiere of “Real Housewives of Orange County,” the reality TV star joins co-star Heather Dubrow for an emotional conversation about the ordeal.

Beador, 60, claims she was at her ex-boyfriend John Janssen’s house shortly before the accident when they got into an argument because he called her a “drunk idiot.”

“I got in the car and lost control,” she admits.

An emotional Beador then pulls out a selfie from the night of the accident, which shows a bloody and bruised eye, as well as blood covering half of her face and running down her neck.

“Oh, Shannon! Oh my God!” says 55-year-old Dubrow, stunned, gasping for air before putting her hand over her face.

Beador’s accident seems to be a hot topic in the upcoming season, because the preview clip also shows her “Housewives” colleagues talking about her alcohol consumption behind her back.

In one conversation, Beador tells Emily Simpson that she is “a two-drink-maximum person right now.” Simpson asks her if she would ever “choose sobriety,” but Beador insists that she “doesn’t drink that often.”

During another conversation between Dubrow and Tamra Judge, the latter bluntly asks the former if she thinks Beador has “some kind of drinking problem.”

“Yes, I do,” admits Dubrow.

The preview also shows a dinner together, with Beador emotionally reflecting on her thoughts “about what happened” each morning. However, Judge interrupts her and asks her, “Is this after you’ve had a drink?”

“I’m sick of people saying I’m the drunk that needs help, because I’m not. I had a really bad night. I want to walk out right now because I’m ruining my makeup, so I have to walk out,” Beador says in a confessional before leaving the hot seat.

In September 2023, Beador made headlines when she pulled her car over to the side of the road and drove away. After police managed to track her down, she was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and hit and run.

She was subsequently sentenced to three years probation, 40 hours of community service and a nine-month alcohol program.

Season 18 of The Real Housewives of Orange County premieres July 11 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.