Jen Shah has broken her silence about her fraud case in her first interview since her release from prison in December 2025.
Speaking to PEOPLE, the former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star said she now fully accepts responsibility for her role in the telemarketing scheme that led to her conviction.
“I was wrong,” Shah said. “I made wrong decisions. I should have done things differently. I should have been more diligent. And I’m deeply remorseful and sorry for my actions and for my part. I take full responsibility.”
During season 2 of the reality series, Shah denied wrongdoing and declared in the show’s opening credits, “The only thing I’m guilty of is being Shah-mazing.”
Shah, 52, said her outlook changed after prosecutors turned over extensive evidence shortly before trial.
“It was like a train hit,” she said. “That was the first time I saw all of it, the communications, the interviews, the witnesses.”
According to Shah, reviewing the material made her realize there were “actual victims” connected to the scheme.
“I saw for the first time that there were people who were hurt,” she said. “I had never seen anything with my own eyes.”
Shah pleaded guilty in 2022 and served 33 months in federal prison. She is now completing the remainder of her sentence under home confinement.
Bravo executive Andy Cohen has previously stated that she has not been invited back to join the show’s cast.