A reality TV personality pushes back on pressure to pick sides in cast conflicts, noting Erika Jayne gets away with neutrality while others don't. Karamo reframes it: fans demand her opinion because they respect her, not to control her.
I'm watching another Housewives show. Erika Jayne did exactly what I do, but I get in trouble for it. Erika Jayne said, these are two grown-ass women, they'll figure it out. She tried. No one's saying pick a side, pick a side. I'm watching Salt Lake City, everybody's fighting. Best friends are fighting with other people on the show. Nobody's saying, why are you jumping in on your friend's fight? Why is it only New Jersey that I have to be told Oh, you're no good if you don't pick a side.
I watched the two on Beverly Hills, and you're right, Erika Jayne, she can do what she wants and then no one gives her any stuff. Okay, I want to reframe this for you. The reason that we, as fans of yours, that people want to know your side is because we respect you. It's not fair, but people respect your opinion. They want to know what you're feeling. They want to know what— where you see things. Because they look up to you. And so I would reframe in my mind sort of that pressure of like, why do I have to pick a side? As, oh, well, people respect me. And I'm not going to even pressure you to feel like you got to pick a side, because you know what, you grown, you fly. Look at you in this leopard, girl. You everything. You do what you do, and no one has the right to make you feel like you have to do something you don't want to do. But I want you to understand maybe the perspective of why people want it. It's because we love your opinion, girl. You the boss. You it.
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