Garcelle Beauvais Finds Her “G-Spot” at MIPCOM’s Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch

Garcelle Beauvais has high hopes for the upcoming U.S. election — which she says will produce the first Black female president in Kamala Harris.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star sat down with The Hollywood Reporter‘s co-editor-in-chief Nekesa Mumbi Moody at MIPCOM‘s Women In Global Entertainment Power Lunch with A+E Media Group on Monday afternoon, to talk about breaking into the industry as a model, being a Black woman in Hollywood and U.S. politics.

A&E is a sponsor of the annual Power Lunch, where some of television’s most senior industry execs gather to get inspired among fellow women. The Hollywood Reporter, which publishes its annual list of the most powerful women in international television to coincide with the event, is the official media partner.

Beauvais is a woman of many talents: not only a beloved real housewife but also an actress in films such as Coming to America and Spider-Man: Homecoming. In recent years, she’s put on her producer hat with Lifetime and will now build on the success of Black Girl Missing (2023) with subsequent films and Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love. Her first memoir, Love Me As I Am, describes Beauvais’ journey to finding her “G-spot.” “It’s about finding Garcelle, finding my voice,” she clarified in between fervent applause.

Across the 20-or-so minute conversation, the Haitian-American star re-emphasized her hurt following former president Donald Trump’s claims that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio while debating Harris on ABC News on Sept. 10. “It was not only disrespectful and hurtful,” Beauvais began. “But it also made me think: What does a Haitian person look like? There is no one face of Haiti. It was dangerous across the board.”

Trump’s accusation was fact-checked in real-time by the debate moderators who said there was no evidence of pets being consumed by immigrants in the area. In a video posted to her social media shortly after the debate, Beauvais spoke about the dangerous conspiracy theories targeting her community. She told Moody on Monday: “I needed to say something… And it got something like 1.1 million views in a matter of seconds.”

She briefly described to Moody her meeting with Harris — “she’s really nice!” — who told Beauvais about the work she wants to do to win votes and trust in Black communities across the States.

As well as politics, Beauvais spoke candidly about her struggle with infertility and miscarriages before the birth of her twin sons, Jax and Jaid. “There was jealousy, envy,” she said, “Everywhere I went I saw a pregnant woman.” But after changing her mindset and being happy for others, a successful pregnancy followed.

It wouldn’t be a conversation with a RHOBH star without talking about the show and its reception. “People love reality,” Beauvais said. “And they see everything. If I post a picture with a different vase in the background, [fans] will say, ‘What happened to the other vase?’” [Laughs.].

“My platform is for three things,” she added. “Posting cute pictures of myself, speaking out on issues important to me, and shading a housewife every now and again.”

The Women In Global Entertainment Power Lunch also brought to the stage Deborah Bradley, executive vp global content sales, A+E Networks and Lucy Smith, entertainment division director at RX MIPCOM.