“Everybody jumped at me and I felt like I was on an island by myself,” Garcelle told cameras. “I can’t be friends with people like that, I can’t trust them”Garcelle Beauvais is at her wits end with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
On the final installment of the Bravo show’s season 14 reunion on April 15, the actress, 58, found herself on the outs with the rest of the Housewives when she refused to participate in the cast photo at the end of the special.
“I’m out,” Garcelle said as she shook her head before making her exit. “I’m not. I’m not.”
Host Andy Cohen and the rest of the cast appeared shocked by her outburst as she continued to head for the door. Despite cries that her decision to leave was “unprofessional” and “not cool,” Garcelle brushed off the comments and walked into her dressing room.”Guys, I’m not doing this anymore. I don’t want cameras here,” she told production as she began changing out of her reunion dress. “And I never say I don’t want cameras. I’m always a team player. But this — there’s no team.”
After cameras gave her space to undress, Garcelle confessed she was “just so f—— sick” of the way her costars had treated her this season. Despite taking accountability for her shortcomings, she explained that she didn’t feel that the Housewives acknowledged the steps she’s made to repair their relationships.
“They’re all f—— assholes. No one said, ‘Oh, I understand what you’re saying.’ No one said anything and the fact that I owned how I felt about [Dorit Kemsley‘s] situation with [her home invasion],” she continued as a flashback of Dorit and Bozama “Boz” Saint John confronting her played on screen. “I’m always honest.””Everybody jumped at me and I felt like I was on an island by myself. I can’t be friends with people like that, I can’t trust them,” she added. “I don’t trust them and they obviously don’t like me.”
Back on set, the Housewives had their own discussion about Garcelle’s exit, with Kyle Richards‘ calling her issues with the women “child’s play.” Her closest friend on the show, Sutton Stracke, also confessed that she didn’t “understand” Garcelle’s motives for leaving.
“I’m done. It’s been an amazing ride, I’m so grateful for the opportunity, but I’m done,” Garcelle said, heading for her car as the cast took the photos without her.On March 25, Bravo dropped the season 14 reunion trailer, and fans saw Garcelle storm off set in a sneak peek. Shortly after, she announced her decision to walk away from the show and addressed her exit in a video shared to her Instagram.
“I have some news: I have decided to leave Beverly Hills,” she began. “It’s been a wild ride, some amazing things have happened, and some hard things have also happened — but it’s been a ride nevertheless.”The Wild Wild West alum — who is mom to sons Oliver Saunders, 32, and twins Jax Joseph Nilon and Jaid Thomas Nilon, both 17 — said spending time with her boys was part of her reason for deciding to leave. Despite her hasty exit, Garcelle assured fans there was no bad blood by thanking “the producers, the crew, and of course, the ladies.”
She added: “Andy Cohen says I can come back anytime, the door will always be open, so you never know, I might pop back in sometime.”