The 'Real Housewives' star tells ET she never sends DMs, but did so to praise Heather Gay.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne recently shared with ET her admiration for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Heather Gay, commending her performance in the Bravo show's season finale where she confronts Monica Garcia over a fake Instagram profile targeting the Salt Lake City cast.
Jayne made the revelation during an interview with ET's Brice Sander on Tuesday at a screening of Sofia Vergara's new Netflix crime mini-series, Griselda, in Los Angeles. When asked if she was following the drama on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Jayne responded with an enthusiastic, "Uh-huh."
Pressed for her thoughts on the situation, she added, "C’mon Heather. C’mon. I actually DM'd her the other day."
Curious about the contents of the direct message, Jayne shared, "And I never do this. I was just like, 'Wow, good job.'"
The conversation then shifted to Garcia's alleged creation of a fake fan page to infiltrate the RHOSLC cast, to which Jayne remarked, "Oh, where have I seen that before? Except it wasn’t a fan page. It was something else. You know exactly what I'm talking about." Jayne declined to name the specific incident she was referring to.
Intriguingly, when asked if she would ever consider switching over to another Housewives franchise and transitioning from Beverly Hills to Salt Lake City, Jayne firmly stated, "No, no, no. I'm good over here. I’m busy over here."
On the first night of the RHOSLC fiery reunion, the women of Utah sat down with Bravo's Andy Cohen to discuss the drama-packed season 4, which ended in one of the most explosive confrontations in Real Housewives history.
In the Jan. 2 season finale, the ladies -- while on a trip to Bermuda for Garcia's birthday -- were faced with the realization that the newest cast member may not have been upfront and honest about her role in the group and how she came to the show.
"Monica is not who she says she is," Gay proclaimed to her longtime castmates and friends. "She's not our friend. She's someone who has schemed and worked to infiltrate our friend group, and the name that you all know her as -- the woman whose birthday we celebrated, who we have been trying to champion and support and defend -- is Reality Von Tease."
Reality Von Tease, a Real Housewives gossip blogger, had been posting supposed insider secrets about the RHOSLC cast members to the anonymous Instagram account over the course of multiple seasons.
In Tuesday night's reunion, the ladies did not get to delve into the Bermuda drama too much but Gay did double down on her fight with Garcia, and brought an audio recording that she says proves her castmate schemed her way into the series.
Garcia -- who previously worked as an assistant for currently-incarcerated Housewife Jen Shah -- says in the audio clip that she used the role as a "stepping stone."
"Kim Kardashian was a f**king assistant and look at that b***h now! I can fully admit that the whole reason why I was an assistant and putting up with that s**t was as a stepping stone, as a learning experience..." Garcia shouts in the voice memo.
Despite the evidence, the newest cast member of RHOSLC said that it proves nothing -- and that her role in the show was just a friendship that snowballed into becoming a Housewife.
"You didn't have like, 'Kim K. started out as an assistant and look where it got her? I'll start as an assistant and see where it gets me?'" Gay asked, prompting Garcia to deny the accusation.
It didn't end there, however, as Cohen followed it up by asking if Garcia signed up to be Shah's assistant in hopes of getting on the show, which she replied to and said that she didn't think that would happen. In spite of that comment, she noted that she ended up seeing an opportunity and seizing it.
"But why wouldn't I try to get on the show?" she asked Gay, adding that when she met Shah, the show didn't exist. "I applied like everybody else."
As for how Garcia got bumped up to a main figure on the reality series, Gay said she sent the production team a note saying the show would get canceled for "s**t ratings" if they did not add her to the mix.
They then showed parts of her original email, reading, "Reaching out in regards to your casting call! Would love more information on what needs to be done or how to move forward. You guys need a feisty exommunicated [sic] Latina on the show immediately!! I'm your girl! - Monica F."
Part 2 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 4 reunion airs next Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. Uncensored, extended reunion episodes will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
As for the Netflix series, Griselda, Vergara portrays the real-life drug lord Griselda Blanco, who rose to prominence in the cocaine industry in late 1970s Miami despite a challenging upbringing in Colombia. It will be available to stream Jan. 25 on Netflix.
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