Garcelle Beauvais reveals her son Jax, 16, decided not to appear on season 14 of RHOBH following racist cyberbullying

Garcelle Beauvais has revealed her son Jax, 16, will not be appearing on this season of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills after he endured horrible cyberbullying two years ago.

During an appearance on the Pop Culture Moms podcast, Garcelle, 57, revealed her son approached her with his decision to not appear on season 14 of the show.

Jax was subjected to terrible cyberbullying back in 2022 after his mother became embroiled in a feud with several co-stars, and trolls sent him cruel and racist remarks. 

'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,' she explained.

'I wasn't going to force him. When he said that to me, I said, "Well I respect you for that and you don't have to."'

On top of the cyberbullying, Jax also was cursed out by RHOBH star Erika Jayne back in 2021 at a birthday party for his mother. 

Erika subsequently apologized 'from the bottom of my heart' to Jax for her actions.

'That was also one of the hardest things because they didn't sign up for it,' Garcelle elaborated of all the drama her children had faced. 

'Watching the show in the past, I always felt like the kids were in the background. You saw them at the house, they weren't subjected to any negativity. So I thought, "We can do this." And then when that happened with Jax it blew my mind, because nobody deserves it,' she said. '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 said of that time.

But Beauvais found a shoulder to lean on in the form of fellow Real Housewives star Teresa Giudice, saying her Bravo peer gave her 'real support' amid the cyberbullying. 

'She reached out to me, because I think my cast was, they were surprised that Bravo put out a statement because they had never done that in the past, and they did saying "kids are off limits", which they should be,' she said. 

Indeed, Bravo did put out a statement in response to the controversy, urging viewers to refrain from using 'harmful rhetoric' with the cast and their families. 

'We are shocked and appalled at the social comments directed at Garcelle's son,' the network explained. 'We urge our viewers and social followers alike to refrain from targeting our cast and their families with harmful rhetoric.'

At the time, Beauvais lashed out at the online trolls attacking Jax, pleading with fans to leave her children alone. 

'I'm usually a very strong woman I've been raised to be strong my life has taught me to be strong but when it comes to my kids! It hurts it's not OK I've been in tears all night it's just a TV show people scream at your TV throw something at your TV but leave our kids alone,' she posted. 

Other RHOBH stars also slammed the messages, including Lisa Rinna, who issued a message of her own where she called the rude comments 'disgusting' and said kids should be off limits. 

Beauvais shares Jax and his twin brother, Jaid, with her ex-husband Mike Nilon. She also has a 32-year-old son named Oliver with ex Daniel Saunders.