Garcelle Beauvais opens up about the life of a reality TV star.
The 57-year-old appeared on Show Jennifer Hudson on Tuesday and said that recording The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills not necessarily compatible with dating.
“It’s tricky because not everyone wants to be on a reality show,” Beauvais told host Hudson. “But I have a full life. When a man comes, he comes.”
The star also said that filming the series was “the most difficult job [she’s] ever done.”
Beauvais — who joined the series for Season 13 in 2020 — went on to say that her transition from acting to reality took a long time to adjust to.
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Beauvais talked about working on ‘RHOBH’ on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ on Tuesday.
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“As an actor, you can hide behind a character,” Beauvais told Hudson, 42. “But being on a reality show is all about you. It’s you, it’s your family, it’s your house. So sometimes, you know… somebody can dig up something or say something that gets under your skin and it hurts.”
But despite the downs, the star revealed that there are also a lot of ups. “The best part is we have a lot of fun,” she said.
“When we’re not catty and shadowing each other, it’s really fun,” she joked. “And funny how we dress, where we go… I mean, ball gowns to lunch if you like. So it’s fun.”
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Beauvais also discussed her love life since being on the show.
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Beauvais went on to talk about her role as an executive producer on the film Missing black girl which was published last year.
“That film was so important to me because I really want that when black and brown women, or men, or children go missing, we want the same coverage as everyone else,” she said of the project.
But of all her roles, Beauvais told Hudson that her favorite is being a mom to her three children, Oliver Saunders, 32, and twins Jax Joseph Nilon and Jaid Thomas Nilon, 16, who made several cameos in the show’s final season. RHOBH.
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Beauvais is currently starring in her fourth season of ‘RHOBH.’
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“What I had to learn with my twins is that I have to raise them differently because they have different needs,” the star explained. “I wanted my children to be able to open up and say anything. And be careful what you wish for, because they will tell you!”
The mother of three revealed that Jax is the more outgoing of the twins.
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“In a way, it’s wonderful because we have this dynamic where if we were to confront each other a little, then I would shut down,” she said.
“And I remember one day he walked out of the room and then he came back and said, ‘When you stop talking, it hurts me.’ And I thought to myself, ‘I would never have time to tell my mother that.’ ”
“So I’m happy that he’s open enough, respectful enough to say how he feels,” she added.
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