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It’s"XXPEN$IVE"to beErika Jayne, butErika Girardiappreciates a good bargain.
Earlier this week, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar — who famously said she spends $40,000 a month on clothes, hair and makeup back in 2018 — was photographed shopping at T.J. Maxx in Pasadena, California, amid ongoinglegal troublesin the wake of her divorce fromTom Girardi.
Some social media users were quick to weigh in: “Shopping at TJMAXX…. with your assistant?…. Optics EJ….you are smarter than this…. This NOT winning!” one person wrote onTwitter.
But Erika clapped back, clarifying that the outing had nothing to do with her financial situation. “I shopped there for years. I also went to Petco and Target. Stop over analyzing my life.”
Multiple Twitter users defended the reality star, with out personsaying, “I don’t understand why people think that people with money don’t shop at target and s—t …sometimes you just want to go to target.
“Ugh! why dont people realize that even the rich&famous shop at the same places everyone else shops at too..Even Kyle [Richards] purchased & loves “tank tops at Target”… to have nice clothing & style does not always mean you have to shop at high end stores all the time….” someone elseadded.
The Twitter exchange comes after Wednesday night’s episode ofThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, during which Erika droppedanother major bombshell about her estranged husband.
While visitingKathy Hilton’s house for an at-home spa day, Erika chatted separately withKyle Richardsabout the latest happenings in her personal life.
“Tom’s housewas broken into,” Erika claimed. “He confronted the burglar and then had to go have eye surgery. And then my son [Tommy Zizzo] had to go over and help. And then my son, he rolled his car five times on the way home.”
Asked if the incidents had happened “recently,” Erika replied: “Yeah. I’m under a lot of stress.”
“I got a call at three in the morning, but I didn’t get it until six, from Pasadena Police Department that Tom’s home had broken into the home,” she continued, clarifying that Tom was present during the alleged burglary. “He confronted the burglar and then he had to go to the hospital, and then have some sort of surgery. I don’t really even know [what happened].”
Erika said that Tom, 82, underwent eye surgery due to having glaucoma, but that she was “not sure” about everything that went down since they hadn’t spoken.
Erika and Tom Girardi.Jerritt Clark/Getty; Steve Eichner/Sipa
The former couple’s legal woes were the subject of an ABC News Originals documentary in June, titledThe Housewifeand the Hustler.
source: people.com
