{"id":42156,"date":"2026-01-07T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=42156"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:28:06","slug":"theyre-from-different-worlds-so-how-did-erika-jayne-and-her-boyfriend-john-mcphee-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/07\/theyre-from-different-worlds-so-how-did-erika-jayne-and-her-boyfriend-john-mcphee-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re from different worlds, so how did Erika Jayne and her boyfriend John McPhee meet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/05\/rhobhs-erika-jaynes-new-boyfriend-is-nicknamed-the-sheriff-of-baghdad-meet-john-mcphee\/\">Real Housewives of Beverly Hills&#8217; Erika Jayne<\/a>\u00a0is the epitom\u00e9 of glam. She&#8217;s selling out shows, donning head-turning outfits, and doing what she does best, being the Pretty Mess!<\/p>\n<p>After her marriage to Tom Girardi went down the pan, Erika entered a new era. RHOBH lovers saw her almost reinvent herself. She had to downsize her life &#8211; although we still saw her washing a Porsche on the driveway &#8211; so it&#8217;s all still very Erika.<\/p>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s unlikely she&#8217;d ever be a plain Jane, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/01\/14\/rhobhs-erika-jayne-secretly-got-advice-from-cool-therapist-with-famous-parents-for-years\/\">Erika<\/a> has surprised a lot of people by announcing her new romance. Her new boyfriend appears to be a total breath of fresh air for her as he&#8217;s from a totally different world and hasn&#8217;t ever seen the Bravo show!<\/p>\n<h2>Erika explains how she and John &#8216;Shrek&#8217; McPhee met<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN92mFIjitV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN92mFIjitV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Erika Jayne (@theprettymess)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on her <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/no-more-love-hotel-rhoc-recap\/id1477524410?i=1000719714799\">Diamonds in the Rough podcast<\/a> with Teddi Mellencamp in July 2025,\u00a0 Erika spilled the relationship tea.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;I met someone and we went on two dates. Then, we went to get a manicure-pedicure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really nice, I feel comfortable holding this person&#8217;s hand, and he&#8217;s a nice man. I haven&#8217;t been seen with anybody for five years&#8230;&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Erika also dished that John &#8220;doesn&#8217;t live here,&#8221; and that she first saw him on a &#8220;friend&#8217;s podcast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw him on a friend of mine&#8217;s podcast, and I thought, &#8216;wow, that&#8217;s an interesting interview&#8217;. Then I saw him again on another one and thought he was interesting,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/31\/rhobhs-crystal-just-revealed-what-kyle-and-dorits-friendship-is-really-like-behind-the-scenes\/\">RHOBH<\/a> star then said she saw John backstage with Heidi Montag in London at The Mighty Hoopla.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just randomly, because she went on, and then I went on. And, I thought &#8216;that&#8217;s the guy from the podcast, I&#8217;m gonna walk up and say hello&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Erika then walked up and introduced herself to John and told him that she was a &#8220;fan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Wait, John and Spencer Pratt are best friends?!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPfNlJnDmwS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPfNlJnDmwS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by John \u2018Shrek\u2019 McPhee (@sobtactical)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>More recently, Erika caught up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/erika-jayne-shares-why-rhobh-costars-havent-met-her-new-boyfriend\/\">Us Weekly<\/a> and divulged more of the story to them.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the two met when she &#8220;was in London performing at the Mighty Hoopla, and he was there with his friend Spencer Pratt, and I\u2019d seen John on these two podcasts&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Erika added: &#8220;He\u2019s a normal, regular person, and does not live in Los Angeles, I like people who are confident and intelligent. I was married to somebody who was really good at their job for a long time, and then obviously ended in a really bad way. \u2026 I need to feel comfortable. I need to feel calm. This person is calm and this person is centered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that John and Spencer are more than just friends, too. He&#8217;s worked as Heidi Montag\u2019s private security for some time, and the retired US Army Special Operations Sergeant Major is also the godfather\u00a0of her and\u00a0Spencer&#8217;s\u00a0son\u00a0Gunner, per <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/erika-jayne-opens-up-about-new-romance-with-john-mcphee-11782191\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, he&#8217;s never seen 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