Season 15 of Bravo’s hit series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is underway with new faces, returning ones, and the absence of a fan favorite.
Garcelle Beauvais — the first full-time Black Housewife on the franchise — announced her exit from the series in March after five seasons and a memorable exit from the Season 14 reunion in which she walked off the set without taking the customary cast photo. She has reportedly since blocked her castmates on social media and stopped talking to those who considered her a close friend, including Sutton Stracke.
While Beauvais wasn’t physically present during Thursday night’s season premiere, she was certainly a topic of conversation among the cast. Stracke was asked about Beauvais’ exit from the show and their subsequent severing of ties, though she didn’t reveal much initially.
“I had to find out in the press that she unfollowed me,” Stracke said.
In another surprise to castmates Erika Jayne and Kyle Richards, Stracke also revealed that she parted ways with her longtime assistant and house manager, Avi.
“Nothing really happened. There was no drama,” Stracke explained. Asked by Jayne if she and Avi parted on good terms, Stracke explained, “I thought that we did, but things get complicated.”
Avi and Beauvais have since been photographed together, though it wasn’t clear if this was what Stracke was referring too.
Later in the episode, at a group luncheon hosted by Richards, the entire cast further speculated about Beauvais’ exit and subsequent silence. Bozoma Saint John inquired about the situation, having not spoken to Stracke about her falling out with Beauvais and also with Avi.
“That was very rough,” Stracke began. “I think what happened with Garcelle really ...” she continued before trailing off as Saint John interjected: “What happened?”
“I don’t know,” Stracke said before confirming that Beauvais didn’t give any sort of explanation for her departure or silent treatment.
“The last time that I saw Garcelle she was walking out on me and everybody else,” Stracke said in a confessional. “I texted again, and again, and again. She did not text back.”
Pressed further at the luncheon by castmate Dorit Kemsley, Stracke said she “had a hard time” believing that her relationship with Beauvais was more of an alliance and less of a friendship.
“I loved Garcelle. We were best friends,” Stracke said. “I didn’t see her as just an ally. I just don’t like people to talk about her like that,” she continued through tears.
Stracke concluded at the luncheon that “we will never know” what really happened because Beauvais is still not speaking to her.
The wives of Season 15 include returners Stracke, Richards, Jayne, Kemsley, and Saint John, along with newcomers Amanda Frances and Rachel Zoe. Kathy Hilton and Jennifer Tilly also return in a “friend of the Housewives” capacity, with Natalie Swanston Fuller also joining the group.
New episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills will premiere Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo, with streaming available the next day on Peacock.
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