Garcelle Beauvais Gives Update On Life Since Leaving ‘Real Housewives’

Garcelle Beauvais sent the Bravoverse into a frenzy when she announced her departure from “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” in March 2025. At the time, the reality star admitted she was quitting the series, which first premiered on Bravo in 2010, to focus on other projects and spend more time with her family. During the 2025 Emmys red carpet, the “Coming To America” star opened up about her life since leaving the series and admitted she’s doing exceptionally well.

During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Beauvais, who joined “RHOBH” during season 10 in 2020, revealed she’s been “thriving” since deciding to bow out from the drama-filled reality series a few months ago.

According to a previous report from The Blast, Beauvais made an Instagram video in March 2025, admitting she was walking away from the reality show after five years. At the time, she called the experience a “wild ride,” adding, “… some amazing things have happened, and some hard things have also happened — but it’s been a ride nevertheless.”

The actress-turned-reality TV personality also admitted in her exit video that one of the main reasons she decided to take a step back was to spend more time with her children, twins Jax and Jaid.

“Their last year of high school is next year, and I want to be a part of that. And Jaid is starting a new career, and I want to be a part of that, too,” she said.

During her interview with ET, Beauvais confirmed that she’s made good on the promise to herself, savoring the little time she’s able to snag from her growing teenagers whenever she can.

But that’s not all that the iconic actress, most known for her role as Fancy in “The Jamie Foxx Show,” was looking forward to when she said goodbye to reality TV. Beauvais, 58, also shared that she was hoping to develop additional projects, including movies and TV shows.

“It’s been really, really fun to just work on projects I wanna work on,” she told ET. “I’m developing shows, I’m starring in shows, and it’s just been really fantastic.”

As reported by The Blast, Beauvais didn’t leave the most recent “RHOBH” reunion in the best place with her co-stars.

In one clip, the mother of three can be seen exiting the stage and refusing to take the final group picture with the cast and host Andy Cohen.

“I’m out,” she said to producers. “I’m not. I’m not. Nope, I’m not doing it.”

While the cameras followed her backstage, Beauvais got candid about her relationships with some of the women. “I’m just so f-cking sick of it,” she said. “I can’t be friends with people like that. I don’t trust them.”

Weeks later, eagle-eyed Bravo fans noticed Beauvais unfollowed her castmates, including Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Erika Jayne, and Sutton Stracke, on Instagram.

And Beauvais isn’t the only “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star who has admitted to “thriving” since exiting the show.

Lisa Rinna, the program’s biggest villain, echoed a similar sentiment during an earlier interview with PEOPLE.

“I’m happy,” Rinna, who left the series in January 2023, said. “I get to express myself in ways that, like, no one’s stopping me. Nobody’s telling me I’m bad for doing it, and if they are, I don’t care. It’s so much fun, our girls [Amelia Gray and Delilah Belle] are thriving, Harry [Hamlin] ‘s thriving. I could not be happier. Life is good.”

In a lighthearted conversation on the “Who’s the A**hole?” podcast, reported by The Blast, Rinna spoke briefly about her career before “Real Housewives,” admitting she once auditioned to become a Bond girl in the “James Bond” franchise.

She later explained that her weapon of choice would be a “gold-plated chainsaw” before revealing her surprising first act with it.

“I would like to go back to ‘Housewives’ with two rhinestone f-cking diamond chainsaws and cut all [of] their heads off,” she admitted. “That would be the greatest day of my life.”

“Producers, head of Bravo, Andy f-cking Cohen, all of them. Just slice and dice all of their f-cking heads off,” she added, later finishing with, “That would be f-cking heaven.”