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'RHOBH' Star Erika Girardi Is Close in Age To Her Stepchildren

Thomas Girardi's youngsters are around the same age as their stepmom, 'Real Housewives' star Erika Jayne.

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Ever since Erika Girardi joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2015, the 49-year-old has spent a large number of time speaking about her husband, Thomas Girardi, who’s 32 years her senior.

But the reality star infrequently mentions her best son, let on my own her spouse’s children from his previous marriages. What form of dating does Erika have with the legal professional’s kids?

Thomas Girardi's kids are round the same age as their stepmom.

It’s unclear what number of children Thomas has together with his first and second other halves, but on a contemporary episode of RHOBH, Erika published that she will get along great with them. "I got very lucky that Tom has really nice kids... And I'm their age," the singer shared. "We always go to Tom's daughter's house for Thanksgiving. It's wonderful... She's a chef."

Erika has praised her husband’s parenting abilities in the previous, particularly when it came to her 29-year-old son, Tommy Zizzo. "That's the one thing I loved most about Tom, when my son was younger, was that he welcomed him with open arms," she noted. "I'm very thankful. That's my guy."

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Erika Girardi is fiercely protective of her son, who is a police officer.

The actress made headlines in May when she posted a photograph of Tommy on her Instagram for the very first time. "People say we look alike," Erika captioned the pic, which shows him in his uniform. 

The blonde attractiveness disabled feedback on the symbol, later explaining why she’s careful to keep her son out of the spotlight. "He didn’t choose this life, I chose this life, and you try to protect them," Erika said. "I don’t care if he is an adult and he carries a gun and a badge. At the end of the day, he’s still my boy."

The "Pretty Mess" author’s Mama Bear attitude was on complete show after one follower criticized Tommy’s career as a cop. "My son was brought up NOT to be racist," Erika wrote in reaction to the troll. "His job is to protect and serve ALL not just people that have his skin color. F--k you and stay off my page."

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Tommy recently lives along with his mother and stepdad in Pasadena, however for a time, he stayed in NYC while Erika labored to generate income in L.A. "I was always very responsible with our son and put his needs first," she said in her 2018 memoir.

"Putting my son first was what moving [to the West Coast] was all about. If I was going to take care of him and provide the future for him that I wanted, I knew that I had to get away and find a better life and a more sustainable existence for myself," she added.

Despite the space between them, Erika published that she would seek advice from Tommy each seven to 10 days. "Even though his school was back east, I was at every teacher conference, school play, graduation, and any other event I thought I should attend," she shared.

New episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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