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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne has sparked controversy following her request for privacy in her latest romantic endeavor. This has led fans to call her out, reminding her of her previous comments to Garcelle Beauvais about being more forthcoming with her personal life.

During the season 14 reunion of RHOBH, Andy Cohen referenced Erika’s earlier remarks about wanting more transparency from Garcelle and Sutton Stracke. Erika had expressed, “We want the juicy scoop.”

The discussion continued with Garcelle asserting that she had indeed shared much about her life. Erika playfully pressed, “We wanna know who you’re dating, girl.” Garcelle, however, hinted that her dating life was relatively quiet, noting only a brief stint with “one guy that I went on two dates with.”

Andy then inquired further about Erika’s expectations from Garcelle, to which Erika quipped, “I wish you were more interesting, I guess.” The conversation bounced back and forth, with Erika pointing out that several cast members, including herself, had shared deeply personal experiences such as divorces on the show.

Garcelle said, “Well, my divorce happened before I came on the show, and I was very open about it.” Toward the end of the clip, Kyle Richards also chimed in, saying Garcelle has called her out for not sharing her life, and then gave examples of how she has. 

Regarding Erika’s backlash, she recently interviewed with US Weekly and discussed her new relationship with John McPhee. She started by saying that she likes people who are “confident and intelligent.” She also briefly discussed how they got together, which was in London when she was there for a music festival. 

The controversy came in when she discussed wanting to keep the relationship to herself and why the cast hasn’t met him. She said, “Because I like him and I know how bad these things are for your relationships, like I’ve gone through too much on this. I think I need — I would like to keep that relationship special and over here, if I could.”

Erika also said he’s never seen the show and that he makes her feel “calm and peaceful.” She also said she “needed space” and that it was “nice to have someone completely different.” 

Many RHOBH fans have shared their thoughts on social media. One person said, “And what has Erica shared?” Someone else wrote, “Says the most uninteresting one on the show.” Another fan said, “It’s all hypocrisy. Kyle demands the same from her ‘castmates’ but never wants to share her own life. If Erika and Kyle feel this way, then maybe they shouldn’t be on a reality tv show!”

In defense of Erika, another person said, “Yeah, because Garcelle doesn’t share anything except the little tidbits about her kids. Erika over shared her whole life was on display for years, so now, yeah, she wants to have a little bit of privacy.”

They continued, “Everybody can see who the boyfriend is and whatever she just doesn’t want him on the show, understandably so because every single person that’s on the show ends up in divorce practically but she does share still why do you think Kyle shares any more than anybody else she kept her lesbian relationship a secret for how long or tried to.”

RHOBH airs on Thursday nights.