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Reality TV stars Erika Jayne and Dorit Kemsley took time to address their intense dinner argument that unfolded on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which aired on Thursday night.
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The episode showcased a fiery exchange between the two, where they resorted to calling each other derogatory names amidst a rivalry over whose personal challenges were greater and accusations of lacking support. Reflecting on the incident, Erika described the exchange as “depressing” and, alongside Kyle Richards, 57, implied that Dorit, 49, seemed self-absorbed during the confrontation.
“I had a clash with Dorit early on,” Erika recounted on the April 2 episode of the RHOBH: After Show. “This was uncharted territory for us, and it really affected me. I care deeply for Dorit and am aware of her struggles, so it was painful to experience. It was quite disheartening.”
Erika pinpointed the tipping point of their spat as being Dorit’s remark that Bozoma “Boz” Saint John, 49, had offered her more support than Erika and Kyle had.
According to Erika, what really set her off was Dorit’s suggestion that Bozoma “Boz” Saint John, 49, had been more supportive than her and Kyle.
“I collapsed into tears,” Erika noted. “We’ve confided in each other for almost 10 years now, and that means something to me, so to see it sort of just blown apart, I was like, ’No, no. That’s not what’s happening here’ … ‘Hold on. Dorit, I know you’re going through a lot, but you’re telling me, you’re looking at me and saying, ‘Whatever. What have you been through?’ ‘Dorit, I’ve confided in you a lot.’”
“I reached my limit. While I understand it, there are limits,” she continued. “You go through this experience. These women, meaning Kyle and Dorit, know something very private, and I’ve been very vulnerable with them, and to see that sort of turned and thrown in your face is like, ‘What the f*ck are you talking about? I get that you’re going through sh*t, but no. That’s enough. No.’”
In her own segment, Dorit said she was taken aback by her tiff with Erika.
“I didn’t expect any of what I got from Erika that day from Erika. I would’ve put so much f*cking money on it, that’s how far from expecting what I got,” she explained, praising Boz for being “open and honest” amid speculation into her finances.
“[She] said, ‘Listen, I’m concerned about your finances, I am,’ and largely due in part because I had actually said to her many times about money and [Paul “PK” Kemsley]. So she actually even had more information,” Dorit shared. “It wasn’t even just because she thought I was being so reckless.”
Comparing Boz’s approach to the approach of others, Dorit said Boz was “a true friend.”
“It felt real. It felt supportive. It felt genuine. It felt like it was coming from a good place,” she noted. “I mean, Erika and I … how do you put into words?”
Although Dorit claimed she was “absolutely the most surprised and hurt” by Erika, Kyle said that she was shocked by Dorit’s words.
“To see her talk like that to Erika, that that would even come out of her mouth with one of her close friends of all these years, and then to see [Erika], it was so depressing,” she admitted. “I felt so sad. Like, what are you talking about that this is what we’ve been reduced to?”
“That just goes to show that she’s only thinking of herself right now, whether it’s being late with us, and it’s not okay,” Kyle added. “[And] she’s not the first person to be going through a divorce. Like, how can you just completely not see what other people are going through?”
Then, after Kyle suggested that Dorit was trying to “throw out any dagger just to bother [Erika] and hurt [her],” Erika said she didn’t think Dorit understood how hurt she was.
“She’s in her own thinking, and she’s in survival mode, and I understand that as well,” she stated.
Also on the After Show, Dorit confirmed that she and Erika were no longer speaking.
“I would love to work it out with her if she wants. If she doesn’t, and her stance is I don’t want to be friends, good luck to you. I wish you well … I’m not gonna beg any friend of mine that doesn’t want to be friends to be my friend,” she concluded.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.