Tension is brewing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as Kyle Richards takes aim at her castmate Garcelle Beauvais for bringing up her controversial friendship with country singer Morgan Wade on camera.
During a recent dinner in St. Lucia, the topic of Kyle’s relationship with Morgan made its way into the conversation—something that Kyle has made it very clear she doesn’t want to discuss in front of the cameras. Garcelle, however, had other plans, calling out the “confusing” nature of the cast tiptoeing around a friendship that’s already out in the public eye. While Kyle may have rolled her eyes in the moment, Garcelle insisted she was just trying to make sure she was being “supported.”
But Kyle wasn’t having it.
In the RHOBH After Show, Kyle opened up about her frustrations: “When Garcelle and I have spoken in private, she’s been totally understanding of my position that I’m in in discussing this,” Kyle shared. But when it came to the group setting, she felt Garcelle’s actions didn’t match their private conversations. “In front of the other ladies, though, she wants to bring it up and bring it to the table. It just doesn’t match our private conversations. So, in these moments, I’m like, ‘Well, here we go again.’”
Garcelle, however, wasn’t backing down. She offered a different perspective, claiming that even if Kyle had asked her not to bring up the subject on camera, she would have understood. “Even if she said to me, ‘I don’t want to talk about it right now,’ and then later pulled me aside and said, ‘This is why I don’t want to talk about it in the group,’ I would have understood,” Garcelle explained. But she wasn’t about to ignore the elephant in the room: “We’re not dumb. The people out there are not dumb. We see it.”
It’s clear that there’s a lot of unresolved tension between the two, and things don’t seem to be getting better anytime soon. Garcelle opened up on the March 18 After Show, expressing her desire to have a “deeper” relationship with Kyle but questioning how they could get closer if certain topics—like Morgan—were off-limits.
Kyle, on the other hand, has some serious doubts about the foundation of their friendship. She admitted that she has always respected Garcelle’s boundaries when it comes to what she feels comfortable talking about on camera. But when Garcelle brought up Morgan in St. Lucia, Kyle was left questioning whether that same respect was being returned. “Obviously if I’ve shared things with Garcelle and these conversations were genuine to me and I leave these conversations feeling like, ‘this person’s my friend,’ and then all of a sudden, her actions are completely different the next time I see her, of course I’m going to question the validity of her words to me that we’ve had in private,” Kyle explained.
Kyle also stated that Garcelle’s son did not want to shoot the show and didn’t want to be talked about so she respected that.
Now, Kyle is proceeding with caution. She admitted that there’s a difference between arguing with a friend and feeling like you need to have your guard up. “I’m like, ‘Wow, do I need to have my guard up with Garcelle? … I shouldn’t have my feelings hurt after this many years, but I do.”
As the drama continues to unfold, it’s clear that Kyle and Garcelle have a long way to go before they can find common ground. Will they be able to resolve their issues, or is this a friendship that’s too far gone? Time will tell, but one thing’s for sure—this season of RHOBH is far from over!
