Garcelle Beauvais.Photo:Chris Millard/Warner Bros
Chris Millard/Warner Bros
The 57-year-old appeared onThe Jennifer Hudson Showon Tuesday and said that filmingThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsis not necessarily compatible with dating.
“That’s tricky because not everybody wants to be on a reality show,” “Beauvais said to hostHudson.“But I have a full life. When the man comes he comes.”
The star also said that filming the show was the “hardest job [she’s] ever done."
Beauvais — who joined the show for season 13 in 2020 — went on to share that her transition from acting to reality has taken quite some time to adjust to.
Beauvais spoke about working on ‘RHOBH’ on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ on Tuesday.Chris Millard/Warner Bros
“As an actor, you can hide behind a character,” Beauvais told Hudson, 42. “But being on a reality show it’s all you. It’s you, it’s your family, it’s your house. So sometimes, you know…somebody can dig something up or say something that gets under your skin and it hurts.”
But despite the lows, the star revealed that there are a lot of highs, too. “The best part is we have a lot of fun,” she said.
“When we’re not being catty and shading each other, it’s really fun,” she quipped. “And the ridiculousness of how we dress, where we go…I mean, ballgowns to lunch if you want to. So it’s fun.”
Beauvais also discussed her dating life since being on the show.Chris Millard/Warner Bros
Beauvais went on to discuss her role as executive producer on the filmBlack Girl Missingwhich was released last year.
“That movie was so important to me because I really want us, when black and brown women, or men, or children go missing, we want the same coverage as everybody else,” she said of the project.
But of all her roles, Beauvais told Hudson that her favorite is being mom to herthree children,Oliver Saunders, 32, and twins Jax Joseph Nilon and Jaid Thomas Nilon, 16, who have appeared several times on the latest season ofRHOBH.
Beauvais is currently starring in her fourth season of ‘RHOBH’.Nicole Weingart/Bravo
Nicole Weingart/Bravo
“What I’ve had to learn with my twins is that I need to parent them differently, because they have different needs,” the star explained. “I wanted my kids to be able to open up and say anything to me. And be careful what you wish for, because they’ll tell you!”
The mom-of-three went on to reveal that, of the twins, Jax is the more outspoken.
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“In a way, it’s beautiful because we have this dynamic that if we would go head-to-head a little bit and then I would shut down," she said.
“And I remember one day, he walked out of the room and then he came back in and said, ‘When you stop talking, it hurts my feelings.' And I thought to myself, ‘I never would have had the wherewithal to say that to my mother.’ ”
“So I’m happy that he’s open enough, respectfully, and can say how he feels,” she added.
source: people.com
