It comes after the pair have been noticed holding fingers in Los Angeles amid Erika’s stalled divorce from disgraced lawyer Tom Girardi.
Erika Jayne is opening up about her new man.
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star shared perception into her budding new romance together with her former co-star Teddi Mellencamp on their Diamond within the Tough podcast.
“I met somebody and we went out on two dates, after which we went to get a manicure-pedicure,” Erika started.
She and bodyguard John McPhee have been noticed out in Los Angeles collectively earlier this month, which made headlines amid her ongoing divorce from Tom Girardi.
“We have been simply merely strolling in Koreatown, and [we were photographed together]. Clearly, we did not know,” she stated of the pictures that have been shared on Web page Six. She stated it “felt very nice” to carry somebody’s hand.
“I really feel snug holding this individual’s hand, and he is a pleasant man,” Erika stated on her podcast. “I have not been seen with anyone in 5 years, so this can be a very nice individual, and I loved my time with him. He doesn’t dwell right here.”
McPhee is a bodyguard for fellow actuality star Heidi Montag, which is how the pair met.
“I noticed him on a good friend of mine’s podcast, as a result of I watch everyone’s podcast late at evening earlier than I am going to mattress,” she stated. “I believed, ‘Wow, that’s an attention-grabbing interview.’ Then, I noticed him once more on one other and I believed, ‘God, that man’s form of attention-grabbing,’ and I noticed him backstage with Heidi in London simply randomly.”
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She added, “It was random as a result of [Heidi] went on, after which I went on after her. I believed, ‘That is the man from the podcast. I am gonna stroll up and say howdy.’ I launched myself, and I used to be, like, ‘Hey, my title is Erika, and I’ve seen you on a few podcasts. I am a fan.'”
Erika filed for divorce from Tom in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage. The next month, Tom’s authorized troubles started as he was accused of stealing settlement funds meant for the households of aircraft crash victims. Although Erika was named in a number of civil lawsuits over time, she has not been charged with any crimes.
Tom, 86, was sentenced to seven years and three months in jail on June 3, after being convicted in his California wire fraud case. He was additionally ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution to victims. The disgraced legal professional was discovered responsible in August 2024 on 4 counts of fraud, with prosecutors revealing he embezzled greater than $15 million from purchasers over time.
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“It will be 4 years in two weeks that I left dwelling and every part occurred,” she stated throughout an RHOBH After Present in December 2024.
“In that 4 years, I have been capable of settle for plenty of issues, heal by means of plenty of issues, and I’ll proceed to try this,” she continued. “I am not fully out of the woods. I am nonetheless being sued in plenty of locations, however these issues will resolve. It’s what it’s. I simply attempt to preserve the healthiest angle potential going ahead.”
On the current RHOBH reunion, Erika additionally stated that divorce was on the back-burner — explaining, “that was just like the lowest of my issues. What distinction does it make? Divorcing an incompetent individual, I do not know the way that works.”
