'Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip' star Gizelle Bryant addresses controversial 'no Spanish' comment to Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton: 'I respect that's a part of who they are'

• "Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip" season three is streaming now on Peacock.
• In the first episode, Gizelle Bryant tells Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton not to speak in Spanish.

"Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip" season three has only just premiered on Peacock, but already fans are criticizing one controversial moment in the first episode when Gizelle Bryant told Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton not to speak in Spanish when with the group.

As the Bravolebrities settled into their new digs in Thailand, "Real Housewives of Potomac" star Gizelle told her costars, who are Latina, "Okay, no. I have a rule: no Spanish."

When the "Real Housewives of Miami" stars said they regularly speak in "Spanglish," a combination of Spanish and English, Gizelle replied: "Not with the group."

Later, over dinner, Gizelle pulled Alexia and Marysol up again for speaking in Spanish, telling them: "We're not doing that, y'all. They're speaking Spanish."

When Marysol said that Gizelle's remarks "irked" her, Gizelle explained that her twin daughters, Angel and Adore, 16, often speak in Spanish at home and "talk about me," knowing she cannot understand. Gizelle then apologized for offending Alexia and Marysol.

But Gizelle's remarks have not gone down well with some viewers.

"Gizelle comment to the Miami women about speaking Spanish in front of her felt so ignorant and disguisting," one fan tweeted.

Speaking to Insider last week, Gizelle echoed what she told Alexia and Marysol at the dinner table in episode one, explaining: "So, I was having PTSD from my kids. My kids do that to me. They do it on purpose. They talk about me in Spanish because they know I don't understand."

But she added: "I do respect that's a part of who they are, that's their culture, and that's how they communicate. So, once I understood that I was fine with it."

Despite the initial hiccup, it seems all is well between Gizelle, Alexia, and Marysol, and they became friends on the Thailand trip.

"I know them now, and I know if they've got something to say to me, they're going to say it in English," Gizelle said.

"Ultimate Girls Trip" season three also stars Gizelle's "Potomac" costar Candiace Dillard Bassett, former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Porsha Williams, Heather Gay and Whitney Rose from the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," and Leah McSweeney from "New York City."

The first three episodes of "Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip" season three are streaming on Peacock now, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursday.