Erika Jayne stops rumors that she has hired bots to “attack” Garcelle Beauvais’ son Jax with “racist” comments on Instagram.
“I didn’t hire any bots to attack Jax,” the 51-year-old star of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” wrote on a black-and-white Instagram story on Friday.
The controversial reality TV star went on to claim that she had offered to apologize in person to Jax after she drunkenly cursed him on a July episode.
“I want everyone to know this,” she wrote. “When I apologized to Garcelle for yelling at Jax, I also told her that I would personally apologize to him. But that didn’t make it to the edit. All the women saw me say this.”
Jayne had been criticized after yelling at the 14-year-old to “get the f–k out” from his mom’s 55th birthday party. Shortly after, the “Pretty Mess” singer apologized to Beauvais.
Jayne previously told the former model that she took “full responsibility” for “talking and treating the kids like they were adults,” referring to Jax and his twin brother, Jaid.
“But I’ll say this, it didn’t come from a bad place, it wasn’t mean, it was just wrong,” added Jayne.
The two have since had an on-again, off-again friendship, but Jayne made it clear that the rumors that she hired bots to attack Jax were false.
Earlier this week, Jax posted several “racist” comments he received from Instagram users amid his mother’s feuds with her “RHOBH” co-stars — namely with Lisa Rinna, Diana Jenkins and Jayne.
“I’m a 14-year-old, please leave me alone,” he captioned a video showing all the comments calling the Beauvais family “immigrants” and accusing his mother of “using race”.
“You would have knelt your neck if it weren’t for your white father, [Michael Nilon]. Tell your mother to leave Diana alone or you’ll have to deal with us,” came a shocking message.
Regardless of the feuds that took place on the popular Bravo show, the cast of “RHOBH” all posted statements Bravo released condemning the comments.
“We are shocked and appalled at the social comments directed at Garcelle’s son,” the statement said. “We urge our viewers and social media followers not to target our cast and their families with harmful rhetoric.”
Jax also spoke out about the comments on his mother’s Instagram story on Wednesday, pleading to be treated like a “normal kid” because he “didn’t sign up for this show” or “has something to do with the drama of the show”.
Beauvais has since shared her gratitude for those who have spoken out in support of their families.
“I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported Jax and me, it means the world,” Beauvais tweeted on Wednesday.