Real Housewives of Rhode Island star Alicia Carmody has a good reason for not driving on the highway.
“I’ve gotten in accidents. I ran over a woman. I’ve almost driven off a bridge,” Alicia revealed during her confessional on the Sunday, April 5, episode of the new Bravo reality show. “So, I’ve been there, done that with driving.”
A RHORI producer asked Alicia to clarify her comment about running someone over.
“I ran over a woman,” she simply replied.
When Us Weekly chatted with Alicia exclusively ahead of the season, the Bravo newbie clarified exactly what went down — and how it impacted her driving.
“I was driving like 15 miles per hour because I was just coming from a red light, and this woman just dove in front of my car,” Alicia told Us. “It was life-changing for me. It was crazy because I thought for 10 seconds I killed someone.”
Alicia said it was “the worst feeling in the world,” and it forever impacted her driving.
“I think that probably gave me PTSD,” she continued. “Accidents do happen, but it was just the worst.”
Alicia told Us that she has to take “more classes” before she starts driving on the highway again.
The episode also showed a clip of Alicia behind the wheel complaining about the traffic on “this little bridge.” She also could be heard telling someone to “fix your car.”
Fellow RHORI star Kelsey Swanson explained that Alicia’s issue with driving is just one of the things that makes her the quintessential Rhode Island citizen.
“If you are from Rhode Island, born and bred, you are a different person. You’re a breed. Alicia, so Rhode Island,” Kelsey said in her confessional. “The way she talks, her mannerisms, the not wanting to drive on the highway.”
Ashley Iaconetti also exclusively told Us her favorite things about the “unintentionally hilarious” Alicia.
“She’s always going to give people the benefit of the doubt,” Ashley gushed, calling her costar “sweet.”
Alicia might call herself a “flip-flopper” (more on that in a second), but Rosie DiMare made it clear that her friend is “not flaky at all.”
“I thought a flip-flop was someone that’s like, ‘Oh, I like her. Oh, but I like her too.’ I didn’t realize what a true flip-flop was,” Alicia said. “Why did I say yes? I was a flip-flop, because I’m so not.”
New episodes of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island premiere on Bravo on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET and stream via Peacock the next day.
