Erika Jayne poses for photos before the grand opening of her “Bet It All On Blonde” residency at the House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on August 25, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo:Ethan Miller/Getty
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After years of headlines about her personal life,Erika Girardisees herLas Vegas residencyas a chance to introducea newer version of herself.
“It was a rebirth in a lot of ways,” the singer, who performs under the moniker Erika Jayne, tells PEOPLE after premiering her Bet It All on Blonde show. “It was a lot of emotion and anxiety, but we really prepared as much as possible, and I think it went off beautifully and I feel relieved and I feel happy. It’s a combination of emotions.”
Throughoutthe highly provocative show, Jayne’s actions are sexually charged; her outfits, risqué; her song lyrics, very suggestive.
“That’s Erika Jayne’s persona,” she says . “I think that women my age were so often told that you can no longer be sexy. And I just think that’s old. Like f— those old rules. I mean, there’s a boundary, but I like to walk right up to the line and stick my toe right over.”
At one point in Friday’s show, though, Jayne got emotional while indirectly referencing her legal woes and impending divorce from husbandTom Girardi, who has beenindicted on fraud charges for allegedly stealing from the victims' families of a 2018 plane crash.
“Tonight is about keeping our heads up and moving on. I just really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing up for me. You know I love you,” she told the crowd on Friday night. “In lieu of keeping our heads up and moving on, it’s a new life, it’s a new day and not only am I keeping the door open, but you should too.”
Erika Girardi and Tom Girardi.Steve Eichner/AP
On Wednesday, Tom Girardi, a disgraced former attorney,attended a hearing to determine if he is competent to stand trial for the aforementioned fraud charges. Erika has been dismissed from the lawsuit, but she has other legal woes ahead.
“I mean, I know what happened. I do know what happened,” the Bravo star tells PEOPLE, regarding her estranged husband’s court hearing. “I have to acknowledge that in its own space and then I have to be here on stage.”
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For now, Jayne has a one-track mind: the Bet It All on Blonde show at Mandalay Bay. Her divorce, she says, can take a back seat to everything else.
“I’m separated. It’s hard to divorce. It’s the lowest thing on my radar right now because I have other legal battles to fight out that I’m getting dragged into,” she says. “So, f— the divorce. I’m separated. We have separate lives. I’ve not seen Tom since the day I left, and it is what it is.”
Bet It All on Blonde runs select weekends through Dec. 16.
source: people.com
