Diana Jenkins claims Garcelle Beauvais played a part in fans blaming her for hiring Instagram “bots” to cyberbully her co-star’s 14-year-old son Jax.
The two got into a heated conversation during Wednesday’s episode of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” reunion when Beauvais, 55, alleged that she received a “threatening text” from Jenkins, 49, over the incident.
Bravo cameras flashed to a screenshot of the message, in which Jenkins alleged that Beauvais “wanted to solidify me as racist and actually ruin my life.”
She added, “Believe me when I say if anything happens to my children you will be held legally responsible and no Bravo contract will stop me.”
Jenkins claimed she sent the message when she and her family started receiving death threats after Jax shared a hateful comment from one of the “bots” via his Instagram Story. At the time, he also told his followers to “leave Diana alone.”
Some fans assumed that Jenkins had hired people to go after Beauvais’ son and thus threaten her own family.
Jenkins claimed that she requested Jax to delete the Instagram Story where her name was mentioned, blur out her name and then re-post the hateful comments he was receiving.
“He’s a 14-year-old kid. He gets this horrendous message, he’s not thinking, ‘Let me take out Diana’s name so she’s not implicated,’” Beauvais clapped back. “He put it out there, because he was fearful.”
Kyle Richards then chimed in and tried explaining what Jenkins meant, which only fired Beauvais up even more.
“Are you f–king kidding me?” Beauvais snapped. “Wait a minute, so you want in the middle of me trying to protect my child, I have to then come and save all you? This is outrageous!”
The Bravolebrities didn’t end up resolving things. Instead, Beauvais begged Jenkins to stop “harassing” her on social media and to “leave me alone.”
Both Jenkins and Beauvais have started investigations into the messages – with Jenkins even suing the “bots.”
Elsewhere in the reunion, Beauvais admitted that she “absolutely” thought one of her co-stars was responsible, and she later accused Jenkins of being that cast member.
“Then you obviously have a very low opinion of me if you think that I’d be behind bullying a 14-year-old,” Jenkins quipped, to which Beauvais agreed with her.
The second part of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” reunion airs Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.