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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne finally addresses ‘f**king complicated’ divorce from Tom Girardi
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans finally got to hear Erika Girardi speak about her divorce from estranged husband Tom, amid the former couple’s legal issues.
Wednesday night’s episode saw the Bravo star gearing up for the discussion with her castmates, but it was clear she was dreading the conversation.
The 49-year-old stated in a confessional: ‘There’s so many layers to this divorce. It’s so f**king complicated. It’s very difficult to explain.’
After shocking her co-stars by dropping the announcement of her divorce plans in a group text, Erika continued: ‘You know, I’m sure that they were very shocked and that they’re going to have a lot of questions.’
Indeed, the ladies were left gobsmacked by the text message which read: ‘Ladies, I truly consider you my close friends and this is why I’m reaching out to tell you that I filed for divorce this morning. Thank you for supporting me. This will be tough.’
The episode then teased Erika’s conversation with her fellow reality stars in which she told them that she ‘did not see it ending this way’ with Tom.
Erika added: ‘I was going to hold that man’s hand until he died.’
Tom, 89, and Erika tied the knot in a swanky ceremony in 2000, with the reality star making her debut on Real Housewives in 2015, joining in the sixth season.
Shortly after their divorce was announced, they were accused of embezzling money ‘to fund their lavish lifestyle.’
Tom’s license to practice law in California was revoked in March amid the legal battle, and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease the same month.
Erika has denied the claims she ’embezzled millions’ of dollars, some of which was meant to go to ‘widows and orphans who lost loved ones in the tragic crash of Lion Air Flight 610.’
The fallout from their marriage ending will continue to play out on screens, with Erika said to face plenty of questioning from the show’s cast.
An insider told US Weekly that she was forced to ‘keep defending herself’ while filming as the women ‘kept accusing her of certain things’.
‘From day one Erika was, like, “I will tell my story, but you have to let me tell you myself.” Then news kept coming out about all these legal issues Tom was involved in and it led to the girls wanting answers,’ they continued. ’They kept trying to stir up more drama on top of the existing drama Erika had going on in her personal life.
‘She has nothing to hide. She was very open about her divorce, very honest. Like she said [in the teaser], she did not see her marriage ending in a divorce.’
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Wednesdays on Bravo in the US, with new episodes dropping on Thursdays on HayU in the UK.
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