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Sutton Stracke is opening up about where her friendship with her former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costar Garcelle Beauvais stands.
In a PEOPLE exclusive sneak peek of the season 15 premiere of RHOBH airing Thursday, Dec. 4, Stracke, 54, is asked by fellow housewife Bozoma “Boz” Saint John “what happened” after Beauvais stormed off the set of the season 14 reunion and announced that she was leaving the cast.
“That was very rough, I think, what happened with Garcelle,” Stracke says. “I don’t know. No idea.”
In a confessional, Stracke says that the last time she saw Beauvais, 59, was at the reunion.
“She was walking out on me and everybody else,” she says. “I texted again and again and again. She did not text back.”
Back at lunch with the group, Dorit Kemsley asks Stracke whether she thinks Beauvais saw their bond as more of “an alliance than a friendship.”
“I have a hard time believing that,” Stracke responds.
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Stracke further addresses Kemsley’s comment in a confessional, wiping away tears as she says she “loved Garcelle.”
“We were best friends,” she says. “I didn’t see her as just an ally. I just don’t like people to talk about her like that.”
At lunch, Stracke tells the group “we will never know” what exactly upset Beauvais.
“She’s not speaking to me, she’s not speaking to you, she’s not speaking to you,” she says. “So, we don’t know. We can play the guessing game for eternity. Because of that, I had to really just take a couple of months to be quiet and be calm and remember who I am.”
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In a confessional, Kyle Richards says Stracke is “completely different” when she spends time with her one-on-one versus “when she was with Garcelle.”
“Now that Garcelle is not here, I would like to see Sutton just be the Sutton I know one-on-one and be consistent,” she says. “That would be great.”
Beauvais revealed that she’d be stepping away from RHOBH after five seasons in March, saying that “one of the reasons why I’m leaving is my family, my boys.”
“Their last year of high school is next year, and I want to be a part of that,” she said. “Secondly, I have the most exciting projects that I am developing, producing and acting in — I can’t tell you anything now, but you’ll know soon.”
Despite her decision to leave, she teased that Andy Cohen said “I can come back anytime, the door will always be open, so you never know, I might pop back in sometime.”
As season 14 of RHOBH came to an end, fans watched Beauvais decline to take part in the cast photo at the reunion.
“I’m out,” Beauvais said as she shook her head before making her exit. “I’m not. I’m not.”
Noting that she didn’t appreciate how her costars didn’t acknowledge how she took accountability for her actions to repair their friendships, she added: “Everybody jumped at me and I felt like I was on an island by myself. I can’t be friends with people like that; I can’t trust them. I don’t trust them, and they obviously don’t like me.”
As she left, she noted, “I’m done. It’s been an amazing ride, I’m so grateful for the opportunity, but I’m done.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 premieres Thursday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
