Real Housewives of Beverly HillsstarErika Girardiseems to be staying positive amid her ongoing legal trouble and divorce fromTom Girardi.
Extraspecial correspondent andRHOBHalumTeddi Mellencamp Arroyavecaught up with Erika, 50, on Wednesday and asked how she’s been holding up sincethe Bravo show’s four-part reunionconcluded earlier this month.
“Everything is good,” Erika said. “Life is turning in a positive direction and it feels so good to have the season over … and just be on a much lighter path.”
Mellencamp Arroyave, 40, then asked Erika about her dating life, saying “every guy wants to know what’s going on.”
“Slide in my DMs and find out. Yeah, I’ve said that to [men before] and then they’re good,” Erika responded, adding that former baseball star José Canseco DMed her but she wasn’t interested.
One thing Erika looks forward to is making music again: “It’s just a matter of getting back to it,” she said.
“The world is not re-opened fully,” she continued. “I want to go perform. I want to go do things. But the truth is is that COVID has changed everything and it will be a reemerging.”
Erika Girardi.Amy Sussman/Getty
Tom’s law partner Robert Keese and former business partners thensued himto dissolve their 1126 Wilshire Partnership. The lawsuit led to a chapter 7 bankruptcy petition.
Erika has also been accused of conspiring with Tom and using her “notoriety” tohide assetsas a bankruptcy trustee continues to investigate Tom and his firm.
Amid the scandal, Tom wasdiagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s diseaseand was placed in February under atemporary conservatorship, which wasmade permanentin July. He is currentlyliving in a “skilled nursing facility,“court documents revealed in September.
Erika and Tom Girardi.Steve Eichner/AP
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Erika addressed the divorce and legal drama throughoutRHOBH’s 11th season. During the reunion, shedenied knowing anything aboutTom’s “alleged theft.”
“There is a real boundary as to where I can and cannot go. However, if anyone in these cases has been proven wrong, I want them remedied,” she said. “Despite what you read, I have done everything they have asked.”
Duringthe fourth and final part of the reunion, the star said she wouldn’t have joined the Bravo series had she known where she’d be today.
source: people.com
