‘RHOBH’ Exclusive Clip: Kyle Richards Calls Out Bozoma Saint John’s “Juvenile” Behavior Toward Amanda Frances

Kyle Richards is gearing up to defend Amanda Frances in this week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In an exclusive clip obtained by DECIDER, Richards seems to accuse Bozoma Saint John of copying Dorit Kemsley in her dislike for the rookie reality star.

While indulging in some much-needed retail therapy on the streets of Florence, Frances tells Richards about a snarky comment Saint John made about her in one of the stores. According to Frances—and Natalie Swanston Fuller, the new “friend of” this season—Saint John saw masks hanging on a kiosk and said, “Look, it’s Amanda.”

“It was a joke. But it wasn’t a nice joke,” Frances says. “It was the insinuation that I’m fake.”

She further explains, “The idea is that I’m not authentic because I’m not showing enough emotion. But I think I’m just emotionally regulated and calm.”

Swanston Fuller attempts to smooth things over by claiming Saint John merely made the remark in jest, but Richards jumps to Frances’s defense.

“There’s no way that you can spin that that it’s a funny joke,” she fires back. “You can say, ‘That’s a joke.’ But that was not meant to be nice.”

In her confessional, she adds, “What’s funny about that? If I’m sitting there hearing someone say something like this about me, I would really have my feelings hurt … I don’t know where this would be coming from — if it’s because Dorit doesn’t like Amanda? It feels very juvenile and really mean.”

As we know, Saint John and Kemsley immediately hit it off when the former first joined RHOBH in Season 14, so it’s not all that surprising that Saint John—who has been a loyal soldier ever since—would take Kemsley’s side in her ongoing beef with Frances. Per the logline for this Thursday’s (March 19) episode, “Kyle argues on someone else’s behalf.” Based on that information alone, it sounds like Frances is finally going to get the backup she’s so desperately needed this season.

See how it all unfolds when The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.