The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne and Bozoma Saint John are sharing their reaction to the departure of costar Garcelle Beauvais.
The Bravo stars appeared on the Tuesday, March 25, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen just hours after Garcelle, 58, revealed she was leaving the show following five seasons.
When host and RHOBH executive producer Andy Cohen asked them about the news, Erika, 53, and Boz, 48, initially met Cohen’s question with a frosty silence. After being pressed to answer, Boz alluded to tension between Garcelle and her costars at the recent RHOBH season 14 reunion. (A trailer released Tuesday shows Garcelle storming off during the reunion and declaring, “Everybody can go f— themselves, I don’t care.”
“I am disappointed that she is departing like this. I wish that she would have stuck around to work out another season,” Boz told Cohen, referring to the way things were left at the reunion.
Erika claimed, “We’ve known that she’s quit for two weeks,” adding that, “She did not take the cast photo with us [at the reunion], which is a clear indication that I am leaving.”
Garcelle announced her exit from RHOBH Tuesday morning in a video shared via Instagram.
“Hey, guys, so I have some news. I’ve decided to leave Beverly Hills,” Garcelle said. “It’s been a wild ride. I mean, some amazing things have happened, and some hard things have also happened, but it’s been a ride nevertheless.”
She continued, “I just want to say thank you to Andy Cohen, to Bravo, NBCUniversal, Evolution, 32 Flavors, the producers, the crew and, of course, the ladies.”
Garcelle noted that Cohen told her she can “come back any time, the door will always be open.” She added: “You never know, I might pop in sometime.”
“I want to say thank you so much, you guys have cheered me on, supported me and sometimes even fought for me or on my behalf,” Garcelle concluded. “It means a lot, and I hope you guys will continue on this journey with me. It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. So, see you later.”
The RHOBH season 14 reunion trailer suggests that Garcelle’s departure follows friction with her castmates.
“I’m really pissed right now,” Garcelle said in the trailer, which premiered Tuesday following the show’s season 14 finale. “So, I don’t want to answer any more questions, honestly.”
Garcelle could be seen walking off the reunion set as the other RHOBH cast members looked stunned.
“Everybody can go f— themselves, I don’t care,” she said as she stormed off.
