Erika Jayne told Dorit Kemsley how she really feels, ending The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with a screaming fight — and some tears.
“I don’t owe you anything other than the truth, which is we don’t like it,” Erika said during the Thursday, April 2, episode of RHOBH, referring to Dorit’s constant lateness. “I’ll say it because these motherf***ers won’t. We don’t like it. How about that?”
During the women’s final night in Italy, tensions were high after the fight between Erika, Dorit and Kyle Richards from one episode earlier. Dorit demanded honesty from her costars, claiming that Kyle constantly talks behind her back. Then, Erika chimed in.
“You clearly need everybody to come to you and say, ‘You know what, I’m mad you kept us.’ I’m mad, actually, that we sat down at this table, Dorit, and we had to sit here and wait for you,” Erika continued. “Where were you?”
Dorit praised Erika for being “honest and direct” with her feelings before claiming that she was on the phone with her kids: son Jagger, 12, and daughter Phoenix, 10.
“Great, how long does that take? We all have kids. Why would you keep us all waiting? Because your kids are more important than everybody else’s kids?” Erika continued. “Send us a text and say, ‘Hey, I’m checking on my kids, I’ll be down in five.’ … You don’t think you need to do that?”
As things escalated, Erika noted to Dorit that “however loud you talk, I’m going to scream louder.” Erika added that Dorit’s apologies “don’t f***ing land,” claiming that all the women are “irritated” about Dorit’s lateness, but no one else will say it.
“So go down the line and you all speak up. Don’t be cowardly lions,” Erika told the group. Rachel Zoe started to say that Dorit is “going through a f*** ton” and Erika was quick to shut her down.
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“We’re all going through a f*** ton,” Erika started to say. Dorit cut her off, asking, “Really? You’re going through a f*** ton?”
Erika appeared to be floored by the question.
“Are you kidding? What the f*** do you think it is? My husband went to prison. The f*** are you talking about? I’m going to trial,” Erika said. “Your kids and your divorce are like — let’s not do the pain thing. Like, where we do the pain Olympics.”
Erika’s estranged husband, Tom Girardi, was convicted of wire fraud in 2024 and sentenced to seven years in prison. While Erika was never charged with a crime, the trustee presiding over Tom’s bankruptcy case sued her for $25 million. That trial is set to start later this year.
As their argument continued, Dorit claimed she didn’t know Erika was going through anything. Kyle chimed in, telling Dorit, “It’s all over the news.” Erika alleged that Dorit didn’t “give a f***,” which Dorit denied.
“Now you do, because you’re raising your voice because you need to show everybody,” Erika continued, bringing up the moment Dorit attempted to silence her earlier that day.
“When I said you need to work and you need to contribute, I didn’t mean you need to be a c***,” Dorit said. The rest of the women clutched their pearls.
“Dorit, I’m the one who brought the word c*** to this group, you’re late,” Erika said. “I can be a c*** if I want to Dorit. What are you?”
Dorit continued to throw around the word c*** before Erika attempted to stop the conversation.
“Dorit, you’re an assh*** and you’re a c***,” Erika said. “Do you think this is good for you? The entire last season and this season, you think this is good for you?”
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Erika continued, “You’re not winning this round with ‘It’s all about me and we’re having a divorce.’ … You’re putting us all through it.”
Dorit got up and left the table, and Erika questioned why.
“Dorit, you lay everybody out. All of a sudden, it’s you and I and you walk away,” Erika said. Moments later, Erika started getting emotional and Kyle consoled her, also crying.
“This isn’t fun to be like this with your friends,” Kyle said. Erika added, “These two have protected me and helped me, and the three of us are very tight. I don’t like to see them fighting.”
Erika also weighed in about the situation further in a confessional.
“I hate this. I hate feeling this way. I don’t give out my heart or my friendship easily,” she said. “I care for her, but I don’t know where Dorit and my friendship stand. I’ve never really felt this angry or this hurt by her before.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET and streams the next day on Peacock.
