The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne believes her costars have a reason to be disappointed in Sutton Stracke.
“We’re mad at Sutton because Sutton likes to kick a dog when they’re down,” Jayne, 53, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 7. “That’s a fact. I don’t think anybody looking at this without bias would say anything different.”
Stracke, 53, hasn’t seen eye-to-eye with Dorit Kemsley this season on the hit Bravo reality show — especially as she deals with a public divorce from PK Kemsley.
At one point, the ladies got into an explosive fight during a cast trip to Oceanside, California, where Stracke proclaimed to her costar: “You’re not angry with me. You’re angry at your life.”
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The argument came just days after Stracke wrote an essay about friendship and sisterhood. Her words were later shared with the cast during a sisterhood ritual at a filmed dinner.
“I never bought into the sisterhood because you have to lead by example,” Jayne explained to Us, referring to Stracke’s essay. “It’s great to say things, but then you have to do it and you can’t do it once. It has to be consistent and it wasn’t. It’s a lot of nice words but you have to lead. You have to put in the action.”
Stracke first started filming with Jayne in 2020 when she was a “friend” of the show in season 10. Even though the pair continue working together through the current season, Jayne isn’t sure if she can call Stracke a true friend.
“Sometimes [she’s a friend]. I consider us to be on friendly ground more so now than ever,” she said. “I enjoy Sutton when she’s her bubbly, kind, fun self. I don’t enjoy her when she’s mean.”
Jayne isn’t the only Bravo star trying to figure out where she stands with Stracke. On the January 7 episode, newcomer Bozoma Saint John questions if Stracke is “delusional” or “mean.”
According to Jayne, the answer to that question isn’t always clear.
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“I think there are times when Sutton is mean and there are times when she is just herself,” she said. “We can all be a little delusional. We’re all eccentric in our own ways. We can all be petty but there are times when we’ve all been mean to each other.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Fans can stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
