“Right before this season, Jax said to me, ‘Mom, I can’t do it anymore. It was too negative for me.’ I respected that, and so he’s not on this season at all,” the actress revealed on Tuesday’s episode of ABC Audio and GMA’s “Pop Culture Moms” podcast with Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg.
Garcelle Beauvais said her son Jax, pictured in Beverly Hills in March 2023, did not film Season 14 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Getty Images Jax, pictured here with his mom and brother in Santa Monica in 2022, made his decision after receiving racist comments. Getty Images for MTV Beauvais, pictured here with Jax and Jaid in October 2022, revealed that the Bravo show was “too negative” for her son. Getty Images for Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Jax was the target of racist comments in August 2022 while Beauvais, 57, was feuding with some of her co-stars . The negative comments included everything from accusing the family of “using race for everything” to bringing up his older brother Oliver’s past issues with addiction.
Beauvais further explained that, despite filming Season 13 of the Bravo show right after being attacked on social media, he changed his mind about the most recent season, which has been filming for the last couple of months.
“I always leave it up to them every season,” she said, referring to Jax and his twin, Jaid.
Jax spoke up about racist comments he was receiving on social media in August 2022. FilmMagic The “Coming to America” actress called the whole ordeal “horrible.” garcellebeauvais/Instagram
“When that happened with Jax, it blew my mind, because nobody deserves it. Nobody’s kids deserve it. But I thought, you know, he’s doing this because of me and it’s our family. And it was his first week of high school. And for him to be subjected to such ugliness and such, it was just horrible. It was horrible,” she recalled of the whole ordeal.
Beauvais also gave a special shoutout to “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice for giving her “real support” during that time.
“She reached out to me, she was so cool, I’m getting goosebumps just saying it, like, she really came out and supported me –– more so than people in my cast, honestly,” she raved.
Jax, pictured here with Beauvais, Jaid and Oliver Saunders, initially gave filming a second shot with Season 13 before deciding to take a step back before Season 14. garcelle/Instagram Beauvais’ co-stars also condemned the hate –– including Crystal Kung Minkoff, Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne and Dorit Kemsley pictured here in November 2023. Todd Williamson/Bravo
The “Coming to America” actress and her son previously addressed the hate they were getting with social media statements at the time.
“From Jax … Well I’d like to start off by saying I am still a kid and wish to not be viewed as a fully matured adult, because I am not one. It is currently my first week of high school and, instead of enjoying it like most kids at my school, I have to deal with being attacked on social media,” he began in a statement posted in August 2022.
Jax reiterated that he did not have “anything to do with the show’s drama” and wanted to be treated like “a normal kid.”
Bravo also released a statement at the time. Instagram Beauvais has since returned to filming Season 14 alongside co-stars Kemsley, Jayne, Sutton Stracke and Richards, as pictured here. Casey Durkin/Bravo
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