Garcelle Beauvais says her teenage son Jax has decided to back away from the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” spotlight after he was subjected to racist online harassment in 2022. The “Coming to America” actor said her son approached her about his absence before the cameras began rolling for “RHOBH” Season 14. “Jax said to me, ‘Mom, I can’t do it anymore.
It was too negative for me,’” Beauvais told “Pop Culture Moms” podcast hosts Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg. “I respected that, and so he’s not on this season at all,” she added in the episode published Tuesday. In August 2022, the Daily Mail reported that Jax, who was 14 at the time, had spoken out about negative comments he received on an Instagram photo.
He urged trolls, who left comments about older brother Oliver’s battle with addiction, to “leave me alone please.” Within the same week, Beauvais urged fans to “leave our kids alone” on social media amid the drama that was playing out onscreen. “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,” she tweeted at the time.
In another statement shared on Aug. 24, 2022, Beauvais shared a statement on Jax’s behalf in which he condemned the online harassment: “I did not sign up for this show, nor do I have anything to do with the show’s drama.” He added: “Middle aged women spamming me with racist and crude comments about my family is not w.