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Erin Lichy took aim at Sai de Silva after Tuesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City, labeling her a “dirty b*tch” for going public with a rumor she heard about Jessel Taank‘s husband, Pavit Randhawa.
As Sai, 45, confirmed why she decided to share the information and Jessel, 46, called out Erin’s bad intentions for her marriage, Erin, 39, insisted she would’ve never mentioned the false report about Pavit’s sexuality on camera, and Erika Hammond, 35, and others accused Erin of “digging up dirt” on the cast to use against them.
“I found out that Sai called her makeup artist who was there at the dinner to confirm what it was that I said. Dirty. Dirty. She’s a dirty b*tch … I never would’ve brought it up on TV,” Erin said on the October 20 episode of the RHONY: After Show. “And by the way, he was trustworthy because he’s never spread it. She called him and put him in an awkward position to be like, ‘Hey, say what it was.’”
After Carole Radziwill, 63, agreed it was Sai who “brought it up,” Hailey Glassman, 39, noted that Sai’s intention “was to give Jessel a heads up.” Meanwhile, Sai suspected that Erin was only upset with her because she exposed her before she was ready to go public with the information.
“I was in such a moment of being so angry about the fact that she constantly says she doesn’t talk about anyone. Like, you talk about everyone, and enough is enough,” Sai reasoned. “I shouldn’t have used Jessel as an example, but the thing is, I did not say exactly what it was. I think I was so freaked out in that moment it was like, not only did I want to prove to you that I was telling the truth and I had your back, but I also, selfishly, which, I’m sorry, wanted to prove Erin wrong, which is why I, like, telephoned Chris so quickly.”
“I’m so glad you did,” Jessel replied. “She said it, plain and simple: ‘I’ll release everything I know about her. It will ruin her family.’ Her intention [was] crystal clear.”
According to Jessel, Erin has threatened her before, claiming she “knows stuff” about her and other cast members.
“She uses it as ammunition, and she thinks that we’re scared of her or should be scared of her,” Jessel explained.
Sai also accused Erin of telling “everyone’s business” and “[collecting] information on everyone” as Erika weighed in.
“I do think she has a history of digging up dirt, and I also think she has a history of keeping receipts and tabs,” Erika stated. “She showed Carole and I all these receipts. She’ll take screenshots. If you send a voice memo, like, literally nothing is safe.”
Even Erin admitted to having information on her castmates.
“Absolutely, yes, correct. I do. 100 percent. There’s information that I get and correct; I sit on it. I don’t tell everybody it,” she clarified.
Erin went on to suggest that Sai has made a habit of pinning her behavior on her.
“When we first met Jessel, Sai called me and told me that her husband is doing weird things, flying to Vietnam. She doesn’t know why. She thinks it’s weird. I laughed. But yet still somehow she always pinned it on me,” Erin recalled. “She’s always like, ‘You did this, you did that.’ Was I friends with Sai and maybe going along a little bit? Yes. And that’s not cool. I should’ve been like, ‘Don’t say that about somebody.’ I wasn’t perfect. Fine. But I wasn’t the one who said it.”
The Real Housewives of New York City season 16 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.