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Erika Jayne is looking back at the moment she called Sutton Stracke the c-word.
Following the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which saw Diana Jenkins agreeing with the claim as many of their co-stars erupted in laughter, Erika was asked out how she felt about her co-star’s reaction as Dorit Kemsley questioned why Sutton brought up the comment so many months after it was first uttered.
“Okay. Alright. Whatever I’m sure she’s been called worse,” Erika replied on the RHOBH: After Show after being asked how she felt about Sutton’s reminder of the shade.
And Dorit was equally unfazed, saying sarcastically, “That seems very genuine 11 months later. It just dawned on you?”
Meanwhile, Sutton was completely flabbergasted that Erika had called her the c-word, and she was further stunned by the amusement her RHOBH castmates got out of Diana’s agreement with her sentiment.
“Erika called me the c-word publicly and none of you said anything to her and that was in a huge public forum. And Diana, she said, ‘That’s because you are,’ and everyone laughed. [Garcelle] didn’t laugh. Who are these people laughing at that joke? That’s not funny,” Sutton proclaimed.
“It was terrible. It was a horrible night,” Garcelle replied.
And while Kyle Richards was among those laughing at the attack on Sutton, she doesn’t actually feel that Sutton is a “c-nt.”
“Sutton can say things and make mistakes but she’s not the c-word and being called that is very hurtful,” she admitted. “I personally don’t like that word at all. If someone called me that, it would make me feel sad so I feel bad for [Sutton].”
But Crystal Kung-Minkoff seemed to agree that Sutton had some unlikable qualities.
“That’s a word a don’t really use. [But] I’ve never hidden the fact that I think that [Sutton] jabs people and claims it’s like she’s being cheeky,” she explained. “She’s been very good at sort of being able to play this Southern Belle thing but it’s actually quite snarky and mean and I see that in her.”
Looking back, Sutton suspected that many of her RHOBH castmates were simply following along with the verbal beatdown because it seemed like the popular thing to do.
“Culture shows this: Over the thousands of years, people love to join in. You could be a really good person and when you see that this is popular to do, you’ll surprise yourself and you’ll join in on this mass of hatred,” she noted. “I’m the target. [Diana] joined in. Maybe she’s proud of herself. Maybe she really feels this way about me. I don’t know.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 12 airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.