“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” season 13 reunion aired its second of three parts on Wednesday, March 6, and brought tension between longtime friends Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley. During part one of the reunion, Kemsley was seen sharing a lengthy message Richards had sent her asking her not to discuss all the details behind their growing distance over the past season, and in part two the pair discussed some of their issues, with Richards expressing her disappointment in Kemsley after last season’s disagreement between Richards and her sister Kathy Hilton.
While it may have been uncomfortable for some of Richards and Kemsley’s co-stars to observe the friends growing apart, nobody felt more out of place than castmate and mutual friend to both ladies Erika Jayne, who was seated directly between them throughout the reunion taping. Jayne shared her experience at the reunion in a March 6 interview with Deadline.
Erika Jayne Wanted to Disappear
Jayne told Deadline, “The couch is small, first of all, [and] we’re really kind of stacked in there. And then to see [them] having this conversation, and my shoulder pads, my ponytail, I literally had to be like… I felt like Homer Simpson in the hedge,” she said, referring to a meme of Homer Simpson fading back into a hedge.
While Kemsley stated in reunion part two that she did not feel a resolution was achieved between her and Richards and that they still had issues to address, Jayne was positive about the duo’s future.
“I think that Kyle and Dorit will resolve their differences. There are a lot of emotions running around. We all care about each other, even though it may not look like it, and believe me, we all do. There are things that the audience will never know that we know about each other and things that we’ve held on to or kept. No one wants anything bad to happen to anybody, I don’t think — I certainly don’t. But, they need to work that out and I’m sure that they will because they care about each other,” Jayne added.
Despite Jayne’s hope, Richards confirmed that she and Kemsley are still “not good” after the reunion taping in a February 29 Amazon Live, however she confirmed that the pair were still friends.
Erika Jayne’s 2-Part Special Premiered on Bravo
Besides the RHOBH reunion, Jayne had a lot to celebrate on March 6 as it also marked the premiere of her two-hour documentary special “Erika Jayne: Bet It All on Blonde”. The special follows Jayne as she begins to emerge out of the legal troubles that have plagued her over the past few years and work to put on her first-ever Las Vegas residency.
Jayne worked with longtime friend and collaborator Mikey Minden, whom RHOBH fans have seen countless times with her on the series, to get the residency ready. The documentary special showcases tensions between the friends in the creative process as Minden tries to keep Jayne’s focus during the rehearsal process despite her mind being pulled in a million other directions.
“Erika Jayne: Bet It All on Blonde” is now available for streaming on Peacock.
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