Garcelle Beauvais reveals she once spent $6,000 on a dating app
Celebrities are just like Us – even they lose count of their subscriptions.
While you only chat with We weekly about her new film, Terry McMillan presents: Seduced by Love, Garcelle Beauvais revealed that she once unknowingly spent thousands of dollars on a dating app.
“I went to this site and it cost about $399 a week. And I promised a friend of mine that I would try it, so I signed up,” said the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 57, explained. “And then I thought, ‘It doesn’t feel good to pay to meet a guy.’ You know what I mean? And so I left the site — [or] I thought so.”
Several months later, Beauvais said her son discovered she had spent a total of $6,000 on her app subscription without realizing it. “He said, ‘Why do you have a dating app you pay for, mom?’ And I’m like, ‘What?’” she shared. “Disaster. I haven’t even met one man.”
Beauvais shares her eldest son Oliver, 32, with her ex-husband Daniel Saunders and twins Jax and Jaid, 16, with her ex-husband Michael Nilon. The Bravolebrity has been linked to several household names over the years, including Eddie Murphy, Michael Jordan And Will Smith. Her most recent public relationship was with a film producer Michael Elliot. The couple split in February 2020, two months after going public with their romance.
Beauvais said Us that she hasn’t had a good date in ‘a long time’, but is ‘waiting’ for the right person. “I think now is a good time. My kids are going to college and it’s like, ‘Well, what about me?'” she shared. “Figuring out that part when I’m not a mom, when I’m not busy with my career – not that I’m not busy with my career. If I’m not a mother and I’m not focusing on my career, I think it’s time.”
When it comes to what she’s looking for in a relationship, Beauvais said marriage is “not at all” important to her. However, she does have one requirement for potential suitors.
Garcelle Beauvais.
Rich Polk/NBC“[I don’t want] a man with small children,” she joked. “I don’t pack snacks anymore. I made [enough] Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for life.”
Beauvais went on to note that she’s open to dating someone younger than her, an idea her character, Ava, struggles with in the new Lifetime movie. Terry McMillan presents: Seduced by Love.
Living the dream! Garcelle Beauvais, known for her roles in The Jamie Foxx Show, NYPD Blue and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, likes to share the spotlight with her family. The former model began her television career in 1994 after a successful stint in the fashion industry, achieving a number of impressive accolades, such as […]
“It was always something I wasn’t really interested in [in]. I wasn’t sure. But now that I’m making this film, I feel like it’s person-specific [thing]”, she said Us. “If someone comes into my life and checks all the other boxes I’m looking for and who happens to be younger, I’m open to it now. I didn’t used to be that way, but now I am.”
The film follows her character as she returns to her hometown in South Carolina to care for her elderly aunt.Donna Biscoe), then connects with the driver who picks her up at the airport, Luke (Vaughn W. Hebron), who is twenty years younger than her.
“It’s all about openness. Find love where you can get it. I’m not saying this means looking for a young guy all the time, but I think it opens up to the idea of being loved, of being sweet so that someone will love you,” says Beauvais, who also works as point of contact. executive producer – said about the film.
She praised her co-star Hebron, 33, adding: “We wanted to find someone young enough but man enough that you would believe she would fall for him. And I think the connection was there and what he was going through, and it just made sense.
Terry McMillan presents: Seduced by Love premieres on Lifetime Saturday, August 17 at 8pm ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
