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Amanda Frances recently revisited her comments about being “accosted” by Dorit Kemsley, just as the first part of the new season of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” was about to air on Thursday night.
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Reflecting on her interactions with Dorit, who is 49, Amanda expressed some lingering confusion. She also shared insights into the friendships she formed during the show, her most surprising moments from the 15th season, and the impact the series has had on her business ventures. At 41, Amanda has gained both personal and professional experiences from her reality TV journey.
Speaking to Bustle on April 23, Amanda recounted her expectations for filming the reunion. “I thought there might be some positive karma or energy since it coincided with the 15th anniversary of my business,” she explained.
Unfortunately, her expectations were not entirely met.
But that wasn’t the case.
“And that’s really indicative of my whole experience, right?” she asked.
“I guess that’s the most naive moment I had,” Amanda continued. “My whole life is me celebrating my friends and entrepreneurial women and my clients and myself. It just made the show such a juxtaposition.”
In addition to being shocked by the lack of support from her co-stars, Amanda said she was equally disappointed by her back-and-forth with Dorit, which began after Dorit found out that she had commented on the criticisms she’d voiced about Paul “PK” Kemsley, 58, amid their divorce.
“They took that moment where I said two things in support of Dorit and then one that’s like, ‘She probably shouldn’t talk bad about the father of her children,’ which wasn’t really against her,” Amanda noted. “When Dorit brings it up at Rachel’s, you see me try to wrap my head around it.”
Amid a heated dinner table debate with Dorit, Amanda used the word “accosted” to describe her co-star’s behavior against her.
“People will probably never let me live that down,” Amanda admitted. “[But] if I’m in a conflict, the intention is to resolve it, and that’s not what [Dorit] wanted. That’s very confusing to me.”
Although a friendship with Dorit wasn’t in the cards, Amanda found solace in Kyle Richards, 57, Jennifer Tilly, 57, and Kathy Hilton, 67.
“I was at Kathy’s house a few weeks ago, and we had a delightful time,” Amanda revealed. “We talked about the show and life and handling scrutiny. I mean, think of what she’s seen her daughters go through. She’s very willing to be a friend and a girl’s girl.”
When asked about what she’s “always defending,” Amanda said it was “women.”
“I feel like I eat, sleep, live, and breathe female empowerment and financial empowerment, and I always have. It’s very disheartening to me that, because there’s a spiritual and energetic component to it, it’s all being reduced down to manifesting money,” she explained of the show’s impact on her career focus. “If you look at my work, there’s so much psychology and human behavior and neuroscience and metacognition behind it. I have really woven some beautiful concepts into teaching manifestation, and I do not like the way the Housewife rhetoric has reduced it down to, ‘She tells people she can help them manifest money.’”
Despite that, Amanda has seen growth within her business due to her role on RHOBH.
“Book sales are insane. If you go check almost any day of the week, I’m number one in women in business, which is a great category to continually be number one in,” she shared. “And what we’re seeing in the past couple of months is a lot of new people — Bravo people included — checking out a $5 offer, an $11 offer, a pay-what-you-feel offer [to preview entry-level money-manifesting trainings]. Of course, I’ll love it if some of these people end up in a $2,000 course. But my bigger intention is to bring these principles to the general population.
“That makes me feel like I’m really getting the assignment of the show right, despite all this stuff,” Amanda added.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 reunion continues with part two on Thursday, April 30, at 8/7c on Bravo.