Bozoma Saint John issued an apology to her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star, Amanda Frances. In March 2026, the business guru turned Bravo star shared a lengthy apology video on Instagram after she denied comparing Frances to a Pinocchio mask that the group saw at a vendor’s stand during an outing in Italy.
After seeing that cameras did indeed capture her joking exchange about the mask, Saint John stepped up to publicly apologize to Frances, with whom she’d butted heads throughout Season 15. “After all, enough’s enough,” — Jiminy Cricket,” Saint John captioned the video.
Andy Cohen commented with a series of clapping hands emoji. “👏👏👏👏👏👏 love it,” the Bravo host wrote.
Bozoma Saint John Owned Her Mistake
During the RHOBH cast’s trip to Italy, newcomer Natalie Swanston Fuller suggested the women all purchase masks from the street vendor. She joked, “Who’s going to be Pinocchio?”
“Amanda,” Saint John cracked.
But after she was later confronted by Frances, who overheard the catty comment, Saint John insisted, “I did not say Amanda’s name in reference to a damn mask.”
After the episode aired, Saint John told fans, “It looks like I accidentally stepped in it on this one.”
She then explained that she truly forgot what she had said.
“How many of us don’t have a poker face, how many of us sometimes say slick things under our breath? How many of us sometimes say slick things, forget we said the slick thing, and then stand 10 toes down that we didn’t say it?” Saint John asked. “That’s what happened on this week’s episode of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ okay?”
“For the purposes of this conversation, I’m gonna own this,” Saint John added. ”So, first, let me start by saying, Amanda, I apologize for hurting your feelings. I really, really do. I didn’t mean to do that, okay?”
Saint John, who has long questioned Frances’s seemingly “perfect” life, doubled down on her ongoing stance that the cast members must share everything about their lives.
“All I was trying to get to was the fact that, like, look, we are here,” she said. “We are talking about our lives in the most honest way possible. It’s not often pretty. We have to talk about everything. We signed up for this. So, let that be the lesson. It’s two things. One, get a better poker face. Two, don’t say slick [expletive] that hurts people’s feelings, okay? My bad.”
“Now, next time, we’ll talk about what we were really talking about underneath all of this,” Saint Join added. “Stay tuned.”
Bozoma Saint John Said Her Comment Wasn’t Important Enough to Remember
Saint John previously admitted she forgot what she had said about Frances until she saw it in the episode.
On the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show,” she explained of her comment, “It was not important enough for me to remember it later.”
Frances had another theory for Saint John’s denial. “I think Boz is hoping the microphone’s not that strong,” she said.
Frances felt that Saint John’s comment suggested that she thought she was “fake.” She also noted that not all of her co-stars got to know her during her first season on the Bravo reality show.
“Women who have not at all tried to get to know me are complaining that they haven’t seen the authentic me,” the RHOBH newcomer noted.
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RHOBH Star Issues Apology After Camera Captures Forgotten Moment With Amanda Frances